2016 NHL Draft: Boston Bruins Five Realistic Draft Day Scenarios
5. Use Both Draft Picks
The Bruins made three consecutive selections in the first round of the 2015 NHL Entry Draft. While the picks will be 15-to-16 picks apart this year, depending on where San Jose finishes in the playoffs, the Bruins’ could still look to use both picks this year as well.
The early crop of draft-eligible players includes some very solid names that the Bruins could look to draft with the 14th overall pick, including Mikhail Sergachev, Jake Bean, Julien Gauthier, and Logan Brown, among others. When the Bruins end up on the clock with pick 29 or 30, the crop of talent will have dwindled down, but there will still be valuable names to choose from as there is every year.
Using both picks seems like a move that most Bruins’ fans would be opposed to, especially given the fact that the team has missed the playoffs in two consecutive seasons and already have a stockpile of prospects who are developing within the system. There can never be enough prospects developing, but at some point, the team on the ice needs to grow, and the city of Boston is growing impatient.
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