Celebrini

For a second I was gonna say that isn't even possible, but it totally is, and that is disgusting.

So we draft him but he doesn't make the team?

NSH declines easily. A single 1st round pick that is likely to be somewhere between 12-20 doesn't get you Saros. And my likely hot take, Lauzon > Marino, not for play reasons, but for contract reasons. Lauzon has become a decent 2-way defenseman while leaning more toward defense, which is what NSH needs.

If you want to only throw only one 1st at a chance toward getting Saros, the Casey or Mercer better be involved as well. Especially considering that for the 2025 pick, a contract can be negotiated prior to the trade happening.

If we were to win lottery again, and take Celebrini, I think there are lessons that could be learned with Jack’s experience. He probably joined the league a year too early…and even he later said he should have gone to Michigan for one season. (Celebrini, like Hughes, is very young). I wouldn’t say he “doesn’t make team”…they are not going to ‘Ty Smith’ him. It would be pre-arranged.

“A single 1st”?

(It’s been 30 years since a goalie has returned multiple 1sts in a single trade…and that guy had term).

Mercer is a non-starter for a rental. Casey, maybe, but probably not with a 1st attached.