Prospect Info: Leafs 2018 1st Rd Pick (#29 OA via STL) - Rasmus Sandin (5'11 186lbs, D, Sault Ste Marie Greyhounds)

[Cor]

 

[Warden of the North]

Decent player, but smallish LHD. I know you don't pick for need, but that is a strength position of ours, while we need C and RHD. and a couple of decent ones were available in Veleno and Wilde.... oh well.

Outside of Rielly, Dermott, and Liljegren we dont have a whole heck of a lot in terms of young talent. I presume Gardiner will be gone a year from now.

 

[Funk21]

Veleno and Wilde both on the board and you take a small LHD. A position we don’t need. Awful pick.

 

[ottomaddox]

This pick should have been used in a trade to improve the defense.

 

[MagicalRazor]

Season ticket holder here for the hounds , Hes good with a low ceiling he's a safe pick IMO he will be a number 4 D man Great skater really good one of the best on the hounds this season , really good break out passer to get out of the zone , Doesn't block many shots at all . uses body position well to close gaps has a chip on his shoulder and loves to throw the body but lose alot of battles on boarder and isn't that great in front of the net when he fills out and gets stronger he's gonna be a good player but right now he needs at least 2-3 years to develop

 

[LeafSteel]

Underwhelming pick for me. We already have an ample pipeline of small, puck moving LHD.

 

[stickty111]

Its not my preferred choice, but its a decent pick with some solid upside.
You factor in getting an extra 3rd rounder and it makes it a good pick.

 

[Cor]

A lot of good analytics on Rasmus Sandin.

He compares favorably to Travis Dermott, and even a guy like Jacob Chychrun

 

[A1LeafNation]

He’s going back to the soo

 

[Morgs]

Reminds me of the Stuart Percy pick.

Except he's better in every measurable way. Especially IQ and defense.

 

[7even]

Leafs 1st round picks and collective pants-shitting, name a more iconic duo

 

[Diddy]

Wanted veleno. Not complaining tho

 

[stickty111]

Reminds me of the Stuart Percy pick.

Ofcourse you do.
Reminds me of the Dermott pick.

 

[TheBeastCoast]

Detroit won the 1st round.

TOR...no.

Detroit won the 1st round because of Joe Veleno....Alrighty then

 

[BM14]

Is he a rhd?

Negative.

 

[Daisy Jane]

Leafs 1st round picks and collective pants-****ting, name a more iconic duo

bacon and eggs
peanut butter and jelly
chocolate and vanilla ice cream

 

[DavePoulin4PM]

Decent pick. Very Dermott-y in that he's an all-round guy who needs to improve his skating a bit, right?

Dermott plays with an edge and is well rounded. Sandin is a one trick pony and that trick is moving the puck. He is small, soft and not a true threat on the PP.

Sandin is going to get pushed around at the NHL level.. in a big way.

 

[AuraSphere]

Really wanted Sandin/Berggren. I'm going to cry about missing on the latter but Sandin was well expected

 

[BertCorbeau]

Always good to add more defensemen to the system. The Leafs have good organization development in place to develop him properly over the long haul.

 

[ErnieLeafs]

Except he's better in every measurable way. Especially IQ and defense.

Percy was a high IQ guy who played solid positional defense. Good, but not great skater, kept the play in front of him.

Hugely similar.

 

[Coaches Coroner]

I have seen him several times this year in local tv. Few times in regular season and all 7 games against Kitchener in the OHL playoff semi finals. I watched his D game because I know his puck moving/offense is good. He's solid defensively and a good skater. I'm a fan of this pick, would have been happy with it at 25.

 

[Cor]

5-11, 185lbs isn't small anymore lirl

 

[White Shadow]

Outside of Rielly, Dermott, and Liljegren we dont have a whole heck of a lot in terms of young talent. I presume Gardiner will be gone a year from now.

Or a week from now

 

[Cor]

 

[Mikeyg]

Oh god maybe the “you knows” tanked veleno’s interviews