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Then if makar busts, we are set back even further. Were not good enough offensively to pass on clearly better forwards for a dman. We cant just draft a guy that is say 10th on our board just because he is a dman. Thats how you make mistakes in a draft. I without a doubt would prefer to take d with our first pick but cant reach like that. If a dman is say 6th on our board then im ok with using the 4th pick on them but cant say d no matter what. Theres going to be a wide variety of rankings for makar and lilj. It wouldnt shock me at all if they arent top 10 on a majority of boards
There's no real "sure shot" in this draft and Makar is one of the most (if not the most) talented player of this class. IMO he has the highest ceiling of all these guys, including Patrick.
I understand why there are red flags surrounding him and it would be real bad for us to waste the pick resulting of a season like we just had on a bust.
Ideally I'd love to draft Makar with an extra 1st rounder.