Prospect Info: 2016 Leafs Pick - 72nd Overall (NJ) - J.D. Greenway - D - USNTDP [6-5/205]

[MJ65]

6-5 205 Dman

Size, size and more size this draft.

Was impressed with his play at u18.

Your kind of pick

 

[SEER]

Lou, Dubas and Hunter are on the ball, with this pick..

Babs must be smiling ear-to-ear, with all these players who have strong 2-way games.. (and size)..

 

[Phion Keneuf]

Solid pick

 

[Leafsman]

Daaaang!! Leafs mgmt is really going after team needs this draft.

Needed size and defensive players.

I really wanted a big dman this year! I'm happy with this one

 

[DonskoiDonscored]

Fan of this pick. Big, heavy D who can skate and defend.

That's debatable.

 

[Marlander93]

Scouting Report:
At 6’4″ tall, Greenway has excellent size. He also put up 28 points in 64 games with the US NTDP; showing his offensive potential. Greenway added seven points in seven games at the IIHF Under 18 World Championships. He will attend the University of Wisconsin next season. Another prospect with bloodlines, his brother Jordan was drafted by the Minnesota Wild in the second round last year.
Greenway takes full advantage of his tremendous size. He throws punishing bodychecks to attackers who come in with their heads down. They are the type of hits that force opponents to reconsider rushing up his side of the ice. Greenway also uses his size and strength to clear the crease and win battles along the boards. Greenway has good skating ability, and is tough to beat one-on-one as a result. However, Greenway needs some work on his positioning and defensive fundamentals.
While he makes a decent first pass out of the zone, and has a decent shot; he could be even more of an offensive threat if he could develop a harder shot. Greenway is also prone to the occassional turnover, especially when put under pressure..
http://lastwordonsports.com/2016/06/22/2016-nhl-draft-scouting-reports-86-90/

 

[Leafsrock95]

I like this draft as someone else mentioned lots of euro and college players goo to spread out our prospects don't need everyone on the marlies.

 

[LastWordArmy]

#72 J.D. Greenway

#86 on our list

At 6’4″ tall, Greenway has excellent size. He also put up 28 points in 64 games with the US NTDP; showing his offensive potential. Greenway added seven points in seven games at the IIHF Under 18 World Championships. He will attend the University of Wisconsin next season. Another prospect with bloodlines, his brother Jordan was drafted by the Minnesota Wild in the second round last year.

Link: http://lastwordonsports.com/2016/06/22/2016-nhl-draft-scouting-reports-86-90/

 

[diceman934]

Kid is big, can skate and is mean....colour me sold!

 

[buttman*]

Hunter- "So we have a few options..."
Lou-"nah, this guy is huge and played for the states."
Hunter-"well can I also suggest...."
Lou-"NO! Moar huge guys!"
Hunter-"Guh, fine."

Don't know much about Lou eh?

He drafted Mattias Tedenby, Scott Gomez, Nicklas Bergfors, and Zach Parise in the first round. Also drafted many other small players like Brian Gionta and his brother.

 

[Hurt]

Hunter- "So we have a few options..."
Lou-"nah, this guy is huge and played for the states."
Hunter-"well can I also suggest...."
Lou-"NO! Moar huge guys!"
Hunter-"Guh, fine."

Yeah this is probably the least like scenario in the history of NHL picks.

 

[Mess]

Hunter- "So we have a few options..."
Lou-"nah, this guy is huge and played for the states."
Hunter-"well can I also suggest...."
Lou-"NO! Moar huge guys!"
Hunter-"Guh, fine."

The difference between a Hunter run draft and Lou Lam setting BPA standards and draft criteria priorities.

Babcock loves big strong players so Lou is getting his coach some.

 

[The Magic Man]

This is my kinda pick. I love big D with solid skating potential nice to hear he has a good developing shot.

 

[mallory67]

Terribad pick. I had him 242 on my list.

I had him as my 157TH defenseman ... crappy pick ... could have got him in Round X!

 

[SeaOfBlue]

Similar to the Nielsen pick last year. Only problem I see is he's a bit of a project (which is fine) and he's LH, which means he enters that rat race. Hopefully some of our guys learn how to play both sides, like Valiev last year.

 

[member 147413]

Huge D.

Has some offense in him too.

Good stride for such a big D

I'm 5... Please stop

 

[Krylian]

Terribad pick. I had him 242 on my list.

Then that's a pretty bad list. haha.

 

[Menzinger]

A few people have suggested hes got even more untapped offensive potential, especially goal scoring.

The difference between a Hunter run draft and Lou Lam setting BPA standards and draft criteria priorities.

Babcock loves big strong players so Lou is getting his coach some.

We have no idea if the Leaf draft priorities have changed.

 

[7even]

The difference between a Hunter run draft and Lou Lam setting BPA standards and draft criteria priorities.

Babcock loves big strong players so Lou is getting his coach some.

I'm sure that's why. These kids being at the top of Hunter's board is out of the realm of possibility. Only drafting them because they're tall.

 

[Stephen]

The thought process with this one is they seem to be looking for their Colton Parayko sleeper.

 

[Al14]

Kid is big, can skate and is mean....colour me sold!

But, can he handle NHL speed coming at him without becoming a turnover machine?

 

[Menzinger]

The thought process with this one is they seem to be looking for their Colton Parayko sleeper.

Yep, that seems to be the trend this draft. Identify guys who are ripe for a 'boom' in their development period.

 

[RoadWarrior]

J.D Greenway is a classic boom/bust pick. Terrific size and raw skill package. If he can round out the rest of his game he could be another Dustin Byfuglien.

 

[Stephen]

Sounds like Leafs scouting were quite high on Parayko before the Blues snagged him up, so they've clearly been looking for those kinds of physically impressive, raw prospects with tons of upside. Of course he could be John Doherty.

 

[Auston Matthews]

He scored a pretty nice goal there