That's a big gamble especially when the odds are even less of getting the top pick now. Just imagine the sh1t show that would erupt if we didn't get the #1 pick. All the "NHL vs the Canadian markets" conspirators would get riled up again. Then good luck relaying that message to the veterans still here that the season is over before it even began. Then management and ownership still has to sell this season to the fans somehow. And then of course you always have to take into consideration that McDavid, assuming if we actually got him after all is said and done, doesn't become the star everyone thinks he will be. It wouldn't be the first time a player was hyped like this and failed to meet such expectations.