More for LA, less for EDM.

Honestly pretty decent

I mean all that your have to do is eat up 30 million dollars over the corse of 5 years and give up one of your best young players. Wording it like that makes it sound terrible but it is Byram

But I think CBJs 2nd or Montreal’s 3rd. Lucic’s contract is a big weight but you are asking them to move out of the top 10. In a draft that falls off after the first 10 players.
With LA they are 2nd worst in scoring but only 10th worst in goals against so an argument can be made to take a goal scorer with this pick. Plus flashy offensive players do put people in the seats. I’m also hoping for the Kings go with a forward if things stay the same in hope that Byram falls to The Wings. Who should’ve taken Quinn Hughes at last years draft.
Now I don’t like it but it’s a scenario that COULD work.

I think LA will take Byram so I doubt they will move down

LA says no

This is quite the opposite of clever

Why? We're getting a potential Norris winner for 15th overall, Lehkonen, Lucic (which we can buy out during the lock-out) and a second...

tough to get him when he probably doesn't slip past Chicago at #3

Key word being "potential". Who we pick at 15th could be a "potential" Norris winner.
Not saying Byram doesn't have value but this is an awful lot to pay to move up 10 spots.

Granted Hughes and Kappo got #1 and #2, though the order is not a certainty. Chicago drafts #3 and based on Seabrook and Keith still being as important as they are to the Blackhawks, even with Boqvist and Beaudin in the feeder system, Byram has to be considered at #3. With the 4th pick, Sakic might opt for Podzolkin or one of the young centres (Dach, Cozens or Turcotte), but the D is also a work in progress with Girard, Makar and Timmins all pushing their way in. Now, if Byram does fall to be available at #5, there's a good chance the Kings take him. But if there's a run on the centres, L.A. might feel the need to seize the moment and take a C, especially if they're worried about Vilardi's long-term health.

That's my long way of saying that Byram could go as early as #3 and could just as easily fall as far as #6 or 7.