Pierre Gotye
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If Gauthier is Leafs 2nd best NHL prospect in the system then Leafs are in trouble. If he meets expectations and becomes the next Martin Hanzal as projected the Leafs prospect pool in not very deep on high-end talent. IMO
Colborne's talent level is > Gauthier at least offensively anyways.. Gauthier might be the better 2-way all-around player however.
Meh, I am just not enthusiastic about Gauthier. Less so than Colborne.
I wasn't a fan of the pick before his name was discussed during the draft, and when the pick was actually made.
Still blame the Wings for selecting Mantha. But I guess that's payback for the Leafs taking Antropov and Olden in other years when the Wings were high on those guys.
But still if the Leafs were after 3rd liners, because that's all that was there, I would have gone the Hartman route. Then swapped other players and picks to move up in the 2nd round to go after a guy like JT Compher, who I also think they'll regret not taking.
Both are high-energy guys, you'd ideally like as 3rd liners.
Morrison liked his picks. Of course he's going to say that. Mark Seidel gave the Leafs picks a 'C' but I think that was being generous.