With Sheets, Gagne, and Turnbow all potential FA next season, and all ranking as B level players last season, the club has a very good chance at getting 3 extra picks for the next draft. A healthy year by Sheets, and a solid year from Gagne could make them type A guys, so you could be looking at 5 extra picks in '09 so I don't think they will draft anyone they don't expect to sign, just to get an extra pick next year. Edit to add: Obviously losing Sheets will hurt, but the thought of having 7 of the first 90 picks this year and maybe 8 out of the first 100 in '09 means our system could be very deep when our young studs start to leave, and this club could remain very competitive heading into the middle to late portions of the next decade.