BigBlu
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We did it boys. We finally got a Gagne in the system.
A win.
We did it boys. We finally got a Gagne in the system.
It is going to be very comical in here when Gagne doubles his point production, (18+ in 33 games for Marlies compared to 9 in 33 with Belleville). Gagne has good potential, ceiling of a 2nd liner but will probably end up as a 3rd liner.
Klimchuk would be buried in the depth of the roster as much as Gagne but Gagne is a bit younger and provides something that the Leafs are generally missing in the system.
Maybe he carves himself out a 4th line roll in the future but it's a long shot at this point. Even though it's a long shot, I still like the roll of the dice personally.
Babcock likes players with size and the ability to play a bigger/heavy game and stylistically Gagne plays like ex-Leaf Brian Boyle, which is far more to the coaches preference.
Quite a longshot to make it to the NHL based on current development curve but at 6-5 his size might give him a greater opportunity in the future.
If he had 4 goals and 9 points in 33 AHL games at age 22 and was 5-10 instead of 6-5 the longshot label would likely be more like long gone when projecting NHL potential.
The message he's going to get... use your size, which hasn't exactly been his forte until now... but, he is still young, and perhaps can remake his game some... with good hands, size...if he can learn to use that size, he might be useful one day... otherwise...
He did score 20 goals last year in his second AHL season.. But that was with a 42% shooting percentage I would guess he's a net front presence sort of guy
3 of the smurfs are looking good.He is an RFA at seasons end so this last 1/2 of the Marlies season will determine if he is even Leaf property a year from now, and needs a qualifying offer and new contract beyond this year.
The Leafs drafted a bunch of smurfs in the 2015 draft, and this pickup a 2nd rounder from that same year gives them a bit of a do-over and add a player with size 6-5 and strength 215 to the prospect pool.
6'05" and 6'5" are the same thing - One accommodates visually for the fact that a full foot has more than 10" in it, while the other does not.
4th liners? Amazing promise that is. Again, fake news.Never hit a ppg in the ahl:
Brown
Hyman
Gauthier
Leivo
Moore
Kadri
Ennis
4th liners? Amazing promise that is. Again, fake news.
You might want to double check your numbers thereHe did score 20 goals last year in his second AHL season.. But that was with a 42% shooting percentage I would guess he's a net front presence sort of guy
Take the L.You do realize that the majority of that list are more than 4th liners right?
Take the L.
He going to surprise many. He is from the same place as Gauthier aka Laval!
I said sub ppg players dont amount to shit, then you go list a bunch of 4th liners, news flash, thats nothing in the context of an NHL player...........I am not the one who is factually incorrect, so check yourself before you look even more ignorant...