I'm on board, even if he can't be a C in the NHL, which is what some of his critics are saying.Akil Thomas please.
This team has no prospect depth down the middle.
A Trade Down Scenerio:
To DET:
25th OA
4th 2019
To TOR:
35th OA
36th OA
160th OA
35th OA: C Jack McBain
36th OA: RD Ryan Merkley (or Calen Addison)
54th OA: C/LW Filip Hallander
85th OA: LD Toni Utonen
118th OA: LD Alexander Romanov
149th OA: C Aiden Dudas
200th OA: C/RW Austin Wong
211th OA: G Jared Moe
I know some people think McBain won't be available by the second round, but I suspect that he will be. Just not generating the confidence in people, so I think he could be picked up at #35 - adding Merkely would be hilarious, as the Leafs would then have one large 2-way C and 1 smaller but faster one-way D-man! Sort of balance each other out, haha
I liked @93LEAFS suggestion of Samuelsson. Could be a very complimentary partner for a guy like Liljegren down the line.
The Dobber Hockey write-up says that he's projected to be more of a winger than a centerAkil Thomas please.
This team has no prospect depth down the middle.
I wouldn't mind going the Samuelsson route either but the defensemen in that range are pretty good
There's quite a few guys I'd be interested in
Yeah there is. I know where most people will go and say "go BPA" but I really want to see us get a centre and/or defenseman pipeline going, huge as trade commodities and worst case you have cheap players coming in at key positions.
I like the defensemen and wingers more than the centers in the mid 20's
I'm of the belief that you can never have to many good defensive prospects
I like a lot of guys for different reasons
Addison is small but moves the puck really well
Samuelsson is really toolsy just like Miller
Woo plays a really solid 2way game
Some solid options
Woo might be available in the 2nd, concussion seems to have slowed him down. We could trade back, I do agree that the D and Wingers are stronger in this draft then the centres. Centre might be a 2nd-3rd round type thing.
Unless someone falls unexpectedly I wouldn't get to caught up in drafting a center in the first couple of rounds
In a defenseman heavy draft I'd probably be more inclined that way and try to trade one if you get a surplus for a center down the road
Woo won't get anywhere near our second, he's still a late first early second type talent imo, it doesn't hurt that he plays for a team that develops defensive prospects fairly regularly either
We'll see how it all works. Nothing we can do except for draft who is there for us at the time.
BPA but I've got a feeling it's going to be a defenseman maybe a winger but not a center
Yeah there is. I know where most people will go and say "go BPA" but I really want to see us get a centre and/or defenseman pipeline going, huge as trade commodities and worst case you have cheap players coming in at key positions.
I don’t see us trading back. I think if hunter thought their might be a plateau around our pick, we would have seen our first rounder moved at the deadline, and we would have stayed with the two 2nds.
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Eh, it's funny because I've been the one poo-pooing the idea that we don't need wings in the draft but I'd disagree. I'm not particularly enamored with any usual C suspects talked about in the late 1st, but I think that's because I think that there is little to no gap to some of the guys ranked in the early to mid 2nd. Wouldn't bat an eye if we go up on Day 1 and call out Wise or Dellandrea. That's why I'm so in favour of trading back.Yeah, centre maybe in the 3rd round the way the draft looks right now.
Eh, it's funny because I've been the one poo-pooing the idea that we don't need wings in the draft but I'd disagree. I'm not particularly enamored with any usual C suspects talked about in the late 1st, but I think that's because I think that there is little to no gap to some of the guys ranked in the early to mid 2nd. Wouldn't bat an eye if we go up on Day 1 and call out Wise or Dellandrea. That's why I'm so in favour of trading back.
I don’t see us trading back. I think if hunter thought their might be a plateau around our pick, we would have seen our first rounder moved at the deadline, and we would have stayed with the two 2nds.
I guess things could always change but I’d expect us to pick where we’re at. A move up would be exciting though too.