All right, Buffalo Sabres fans: let’s talk about what a lot of you have been thinking ever since the 2016 NHL Draft Lottery went down.
When the order of the top 14 teams in the upcoming draft was finally determined, fans immediately began mapping out trade scenarios in their heads. Including the Edmonton Oilers in a trade is an obvious choice, simply because the Oilers would be wise to consider doing exactly that: trading out of the top 5.
Almost everyone ahead of the Oilers in the draft is staying put – there is no way the Toronto Maple Leafs pass up the chance to draft Auston Matthews, and the Winnipeg Jets will stay put and make Patrick Laine the number two overall pick in the draft – and then there are the Columbus Blue Jackets.