Leaderboard

I think Bedar's shortcomings mentioned here will certainly give him a tougher time adjusting to the NHL than a guy like McDavid did. But I do think he will be a top-10 player in the league in due time. Will he put up McDavid numberS? Absolutely not. We may never see that again after McDavid. But I do think he has that dedication, work ethic, and will to win that will have him put in all the work in the gym and on the ice to keep getting better. I feel like his development trajectory will be closer to Jack Hughes than Connor McDavid. But I think Crosby COULD be his ceiling. But it won't happen overnight. He will have to work for it, for the reasons you have mentioned. Of course, when I talk draft lottery picks, Fantilli is very much a part of that conversation. While I agree that lottery picks are by no means the end all, be all many make them out to be, getting one of those two top players would be a huge deal for this rebuild.

We could have drafted Stutzle if Ottawa didn't luck out one pick ahead. Our own Holy Roman Empire.