Chicago is the elephant in the room when it comes to the lottery once again.
Everyone outside of Chicago was hoping they wouldn’t win the lottery to land Connor Bedard a year ago because, among other things, we’ve watched them be successful enough as it is.
Even with Bedard this season, they were still pretty dang bad, and they’ve again ended the season with the NHL’s second-worst record behind a team from California.
The thing is…Celebrini landing in Chicago to give them a one-two punch with Bedard and with Frank Nazar III, Kevin Korchinski, Alex Vlasic, and the host of other prospects they’ve got on the way, makes them a fascinating team. Even with all these young guys in place, Chicago is still not shaping up to be too good next season (at the moment at least), but they do become a much more interesting team for established players to want to play there.
Most everyone would hate seeing Chicago win the lottery again, no doubt, but Celebrini landing there would start the clock officially for when they become a league power for years to come once again.
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