Isn't Dupont a righty?Lets say we get Schaefer imagine a top 6 of
Eklund-Celebrini-McKenna
Musty-Smith-Chernyshov
with
Dupont-Dickinson
Schaefer-xxx
Askarov
after we lose the 2026 and 2027 lottos.
This strikes me as too small of a top six to win in the current NHL. Maybe the next move is to trade Eklund for a defenseman but that projected lineup won't work in the long run.Eklund-Celebrini-Smith
X-Hagens/Misa-X
It would be malpractice to trade the #1 overall.
You keep it and draft BPA
DuPont’s stats for a 15 year old are insane. Not saying he’s the next Bobby Orr, but quite a talent…Lets say we get Schaefer imagine a top 6 of
Eklund-Celebrini-McKenna
Musty-Smith-Chernyshov
with
Dupont-Dickinson
Schaefer-xxx
Askarov
after we lose the 2026 and 2027 lottos.
I hope the Sharks are too good to draft DuPont but that kid looks so good.DuPont’s stats for a 15 year old are insane. Not saying he’s the next Bobby Orr, but quite a talent…
Tons of time for anything to happen, wouldn't be the first time a crazy good player petered out between 15 and 18, but as of now he looks like an insane talent that any team in the league would drool over.I hope the Sharks are too good to draft DuPont but that kid looks so good.
Here is to hoping we finish 11th and win the lottery in 2027, our last lottery before becoming the best team of the 2030s in the NHL!Tons of time for anything to happen, wouldn't be the first time a crazy good player petered out between 15 and 18, but as of now he looks like an insane talent that any team in the league would drool over.
Even if we are still bad, chances are we won't get to draft him, but that's the kind of player that puts any team over the top, if he keeps his trajectory.
The 2019-2022 Tampa Bay Lightning are the best team of the salary cap era, they won a President's Trophy, 2 Stanley Cups and 1 more Prince of Wales trophy, they did not have a single top-6 forward bigger than 6'1"This strikes me as too small of a top six to win in the current NHL. Maybe the next move is to trade Eklund for a defenseman but that projected lineup won't work in the long run.