Realistically - True, but the chances decrease which cant be argued.
I have seen this argument lots and what I think people are missing is, even if we lose out on Bedard we are getting a worse draft position due to winning now. We were sitting 6th last now 10th. The difference between picking 6 OA verse 10 OA is what bothers me.
These end of season, feel good runs have not benefitted us - they have hurt our draft position multiple times