Speculation: Treliving Not Allowed to sit at the Draft Table.

[Ianturnedbull]

I heard that a couple times both through the media and on this board.

What is the reason he can't be there? Does it have to do with previous trades?

I'm sure it's going to be easy to skirt around this problem. An AGM will sit there and draft. There will already be a consensus on who to select.

Thanks to Dubas TOR only has 3 selections, but that could change.

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[WTFMAN99]

Maybe worrying about spilling trade secrets but honestly it's a dumb perspective.

Whatsapp group chat and cell phone makes it a non-factor these days.

 

[therealkoho]

I heard that a couple times both through the media and on this board.

What is the reason he can't be there? Does it have to do with previous trades?

I'm sure it's going to be easy to skirt around this problem. An AGM will sit there and draft. There will already be a consensus on who to select.

Thanks to Dubas TOR only has 3 selections, but that could change.

Because he has all of Calgarys info

 

[AvroArrow]

So he can provide all the info he wants for the entire month leading up to the draft, but on actual draft day he can't sit at the table. Makes sense NHL.

 

[ToneDog]

We got 3 lousy picks and Brad can be in contact via phone. Nothing to see here.

 

[Maple Leaf]

Dubas already drained all the accounts and burned the house down and left

 

[JKG33]

Technically he's still under contract with Calgary until July 1.

But it doesn't matter, Dubas left the cupboards bare anyway

 

[Squiffy]

Technically he's still under contract with Calgary until July 1.

But it doesn't matter, Dubas left the cupboards bare anyway

No, he'll have released from that by now, apparently with conditions.

It's a small world, sounds like a Scouts Honour kind of condition that they'll play along with, it's happened before.

 

[joepeps]

Because he has all of Calgarys info

I bet he can't share that with the team in the next 1 month... (sarcasm) being on that floor really stops his mouth

 

[sxvnert]

I would assume Dubas has the same restrictions.

 

[joepeps]

I would assume Dubas has the same restrictions.

I dont think the leafs are petty like Calgary is

 

[al secord]

I dont think the leafs are petty like Calgary is

Is it an NHL thing or a Calgary thing?

"Hey Brandon, it's....umm...Chad calling...pick the Latvian kid."

 

[crump]

Dubas already drained all the accounts and burned the house down and left

He’s was like G Gordon Liddy shredding money on his way out.

 

[egd27]

At least he won't have to buy a new sweater for the draft like the Pens President.

 

[Blaylock38]

I wonder if he intends on adding picks for the upcoming draft or using the the ones we have in a deal?

 

[Stephen]

Is it an NHL thing or a Calgary thing?

"Hey Brandon, it's....umm...Chad calling...pick the Latvian kid."

"Draft all the Soo prospects out of spite."

 

[DraftSchmaft]

GM's are pretty over rated when it comes to drafts. Draft failure or success is team based (as in there's lots of chefs in the kitchen making decisions with the torch being passed around)). Makes no difference if he's there or not

 

[Menzinger]

Is it an NHL thing or a Calgary thing?

"Hey Brandon, it's....umm...Chad calling...pick the Latvian kid."

A Calgary thing.

 

[rocketman588]

It seems he can be even in a suite on site so it'll be fine

We have 3 picks the ability to text and call and GMs can go to him to make trades

Look at the NFL draft every GM is off site

Stupid but we'll be ok

 

[darrylsittler27]

I heard the draft drops off at 20 so hopefully Treviling trades up and then draft is over. We need some young cheap talent and Tavares only has one or two years left. Soon people will realize we need prospects but have no picks.

 

[centipede2233]

Dubas already drained all the accounts and burned the house down and left

And got a likely significant raise and promotion. The NHL, where up is down and down is up…

 

[Prominence]

GM's are pretty over rated when it comes to drafts. Draft failure or success is team based (as in there's lots of chefs in the kitchen making decisions with the torch being passed around)). Makes no difference if he's there or not

They can set a direction on the kind of players to take. Under lou, the draft picks were biased towards size and skating (gordeev, mattinen, middleton, desrochers, rasanen, korshkov, jack walker, bobylev, etc). Under dubas, he disregarded size and went for iq and skill. To use another example, rangers like going for size with the odd undersized skilled forward pick after the 5th round after panarin got run over. Ottawa likes physicality, which is why they drafted tyler boucher 10th overall.

It’s to the leafs’ advantage because it gives scouts the freedom to select the players they want and usually they go for skill and iq. It also gives us a look at whether the scouts are competent on their own. I also question the upside of calgary’s picks under treliving.

 

[-DeMo-]

I would think it has more to do with drafting players, he has inside knowledge on who Calgary would be leaning toward, so to me the restriction is probably not allowed to have much contact with the scouting department till after the draft. and they need to be at the table so that's why he wont be there.

 

[justashadowof]

Really it doesn't make any logical sense competitively. What, the new guy hasn't been sharing with his new team whatever knowledge he brought with him from the other organization? If it's a technical propriety thing, so be it enforce it universally across the league but we are talking about a league that now openly promotes gambling including on its own games.

 

[ToneDog]

I heard the draft drops off at 20 so hopefully Treviling trades up and then draft is over. We need some young cheap talent and Tavares only has one or two years left. Soon people will realize we need prospects but have no picks.

Maybe Tree can trade all the picks Dubas left him to move up a few spots. LOL.