Anyone else finding the ads to be at all-time level of suck on HF? Had a long post about how I think Buium is really f'in good, then click to edit a word, took me to ad, and when I pressed back it was gone....
Anyway, Buium's speed isn't great, but his edge work is quite strong. Lot of 5'11-6'1 dmen (who may be shorter than 6'1 per combine measurement standards). Fox, Makar, Hughes, Karlsson, Morrisey, Heiskanen, Josi, McAvoy, Doughty all 6'1 or less. Sure, I'd love a Hedman, Power, Dahlin, Dobson, or Bouchard as a 6'3 lead d-man, but really don't think Buium being 6'0 is a massively limiting factor. It's not like he's Luca Cagnoni at 5'9.
To the question, not sure I'd give 14+Vegas 1st, but I'd certainly do 14+33 for Buium (or Dickinson, Silayev, Levshunov). I think I might pull the trigger on 14th+Vegas 1st for Buium+2nd in 2024/2025 though. Vegas seems very likely to be in the playoffs. Having a really good D prospect lessens the need for next years 1st (likely top 1-5) to be a D. There is good odds BPA will be a forward next year and Hagens very likely looks to be a clear #1. Can't imagine we'd get that lucky in back to back years, but imagine we draft Nygard at 14 and then win the lotto next year. Maybe we move a star forward, but there are so many really interesting D this year, that I'd love to be able to grab one of the top 6, but especially the 4 named.