Colorado executive vice president of hockey operations Joe Sakic generated a great deal of buzz when he said the team would likely draft a forward first overall at the 2013 NHL Entry Draft.
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That would the team would pass on defenseman Seth Jones, who is believed to be the top prospect by several pundits heading in the draft. Sakic apparently has Nathan MacKinnon, Jonathan Drouin and Alexander Barkov ahead of Jones on his draft chart. However, it is also possible that the Avalanche are playing coy and they could be trying to elicit trade offers from teams that want to move up to select Jones with the top pick. Whether this was strategy or honesty, Sakic has certainly made it interesting going into the 2013 draft.