SA16
Sixstring
I mean...just throwing this out there...
Trade Hayes, zucc, spooner, mcquaid and namestnikov for futures...
Win the draft lotto. Draft Hughes, sign ek65, and panarin this off-season..and go to war with this next year...
Panarin Hughes kravtsov
Kreider zibanejad buchnevich
Lias chytil fasth
Gettinger howden vesey
Skjei ek65
Smith shattenkirk
Hajek DeAngelo
Pionk
Staal bought out
It's not a championship caliber team...but it sure as hell ain't far off.
What happens the 80-90% of the time they do not get the first overall pick and Hughes?
My very rough calculation would have us ~8% to get the first pick assuming we finish in the bottom 10 100% of the time.