That number 5 pick is a tricky one... I'm sure the Islander Scouts are way smarter than I am and know tons more, but it might be a trade-able pick, not necessarily up, but down... After Stamkos, picks 2, 3, 4, and maybe 5 are defensemen... While the Isles could use a strong skating power-play qb (Bogosian, Doughty, Pietrangelo) and you can never have enough shut-down defensemen (Schenn), they need offense - skilled forwards who score. Filatov is probably the logical choice with the 5 pick, Boedker might also be a good choice at 5, but a guy like Colin Wilson would be around a few picks later and might be a good fit to let Okposo become the scorer and open up some ice for him...
Truth be told, I was disappointed when they didn't win the lottery (not that I really thought they would, but it would've been nice), there are no losers with the first 7 or 8 picks... so they're going to get someone good. They've got a nice core of young talent already, maybe they can pull a rabbit out of a hat and get a veteran scorer (or one of the guys they already have will step up and become what they're supposed to be)...
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