A top-three pick is a beautiful thing in any professional sports draft.
Any NHL team that receives one automatically has a ticket to an NHL-ready player who is ready to hit the ice as early as the following season.
But it does come with a price. The fact of the matter is that a top-three pick almost assures that the team is currently on an unsuccessful run. They likely are coming off the heels of an awful season and need something to spark a turnaround.
That’s where the draft pick comes in great handy. And fortunately for the Dallas Stars, they are already past the dreary part of this scenario and are simply waiting to cash in on their pick.