The greatest need is scoring, you take a forward. Then i trade to move up and pick one of the defensemen if wvailable. If not i would go after catton. I was all in on lindstrom until the back issue… at 17 its a red flag. They can pick up a d man in a trade or fa to place hold till the kids in the system are ready.
- LFS
You don't draft based on need you draft based on best available.
They should take the player they feel is best in that slot.
There are also some scorers in the pipeline. Hayes, Lardis, Nazar. Maybe not comparable to Eiserman but the first two look like they have projectable shots and if Hayes can thicken up - he could turn into a decent power forward.
Depends on what the back issue is. I think people exaggerate some of this stuff with younger players. As long as the back injury isn't related to a disk it's a non issue. Plus he's a kid who has probably grown super fast over the last few years. I wouldn't be overly concerned.