Quoting: JhonnyCanuck5
Don’t get me wrong, I’d take Cat for this price, as I said this is his fair value after the down year and lack of contract certainty. But Cat wouldn’t be my 1st choice. I’d look at using those picks to get Connor, Keller, or Konecny first then Cat.
For this I agree and you're right. DeBrincat is for a team who lacks a goal scorer
Ottawa already had :
Norris and Stutzle as a 40+ goals scorer
Tkachuk and Batherson as 30+ goals scorers
Then Giroux, Pinto, Greig, etc
They didn't need DeBrincat (PP already stacked), they needed a top-4 D-man much earlier and have 2 middle six forwards instead of DeBrincat (Paul and Brown were PERFECT)
But yeah, a mid 1st and a 2nd is not a fair price for DeBrincat.