Blues Eye the Draft Jackpot, But the Math Gets Dicey Fast

St. Louis is staring at a tantalizing idea, but the kind that can torch a rebuild if it goes sideways. The Blues have three first-rounders in hand, and that kind of ammunition makes front offices start dreaming about the top of the board. The problem is that packaging all that capital for a single swing can leave a team thinner in all the wrong places. This is the sort of decision that looks genius in June and brutal by Christmas.