The immediate gratification of getting Stenberg is incredibly tempting, adding a guy to the NHL team day one versus waiting a year.

But even if Stenberg is a lot more physical and defensive minded than their other small forwards, a 6’2” center who is stylistically a Toews/Bergeron type of player is probably more what they need than another under 6-foot winger. And Malhotra is 8 months younger with a lot of room still to grow.

Push Frondell and Nazar to the wings and roll with a top 6 of Frondell-Bedard-Kantserov and Nazar-Malhotra-Lardis (or Moore).

It’s not a bad thing if all 3 of the forwards are gone and they have to pick whoever is the best defensemen in the draft, since they do need another one. But I’d still much prefer one of the forwards and think I’m at the point where I’m not going to be disappointed at all if it’s Malhotra instead of Stenberg. Only thing that will piss me off is if Stenberg is there at 4 and they pick a defenseman anyway.