GDT: 2018 NHL Entry Draft: Round 1 Finished; Rounds 2 -7 Remain - Common Trades!

[HeroNtF]

Dubas gets fleeced in the trade down, then makes this pick. LOL. Gotta think that people loving this pick have never actually watched a SSM game. He is incredibly underwhelming and soft. He will get ABUSED at the NHL level.

That's why you only scout NHL players, not kids.

 

[PromisedLand]

Now that I think of it Leafs have only one Canadian D-man

Cherry ain’t gonna be happy lol

 

[Superstar]

Who needs PMD when you can have ogres ice it every play?

We complain about Polak and then complain about the Sandin pick.

 

[Man Bear Pig]

Not sure Bergmann scouts the Soo. This seems like more of a Dubas pick.

I would assume that Bergmann would have seen him before, no?

 

[DavePoulin4PM]

High IQ above all else fits Babcocks puck possession system. Size can be added through trade.

Agree 100% that he is a smart player. He has too many physical limitations to warrant being selected this high.

Dubas couldn't stop running his mouth about how he was looking for high ceiling players. Well, he just did the exact opposite of what he has been preaching.

 

[sxvnert]

Lou and Kenny Holland seemed to win the draft tonight. Experience pays off. But who knows what happens in the end.

Lou did absolutely nothing today. Just blind luck that team ahead made off the board picks.

 

[Trapper]

Looks like they're true to the take the BPA regardless of need.

Again well see.
We will see if he’s the BPA compared to Valeno at center. Or Thomas.
At this moment I don’t see what they do. I will let him change my mind. The pick doesn’t thrill me at the moment.

 

[HeroNtF]

If he translates into one.
You can also never have enough quality centers in today’s game.
Again, I’ll reserve judgment but not my choice. I’ll let him change my mind.

Quality centers if they translate into one.

 

[sxvnert]

Agree 100% that he is a smart player. He has too many physical limitations to warrant being selected this high.

Dubas couldn't stop running his mouth about how he was looking for high ceiling players. Well, he just did the exact opposite of what he has been preaching.

5'11 - 184p
Not a midget or underweight.

 

[PromisedLand]

We had this guys name on the jersey already

Different vowel; “a” instead of “u”

 

[BertCorbeau]

Lou and Kenny Holland seemed to win the draft tonight. Experience pays off. But who knows what happens in the end.

Didn't take much experience for the Isles picking 11 and 12 to see who dropped into their laps after the Habs and Coyotes went off the board.

 

[garce]

Always the same gonna be trades galore, nothing, the next few days will tell the tale. Karlsson triggers everything

 

[A1LeafNation]

Small pick movers are the story of the draft.

 

[The CyNick]

Lou did absolutely nothing today. Just blind luck that team ahead made off the board picks.

Lol. Okay sure. At least he didn't trade down and pass up on high value picks.

 

[Nithoniniel]

Small pick movers are the story of the draft.

I dunno, some of those pick movers had some girth.

 

[Dog]

Sandin was born in Uppsala, Sweden where my mother's side family immigrated from.

 

[garce]

Didn't take much experience for the Isles picking 11 and 12 to see who dropped into their laps after the Habs and Coyotes went off the board.

Habs pick wasn’t off the board, predicted by many

 

[MapleLeafs9]

Hoping for Rasmus Sandin. Fast skating, puck moving defencemen are a premium these days, and you just never know with these Swedish defencemen, could be a steal. With the Soo being Dubas' former team before he joined us in 2014, you know he kept tabs on the team and Sandin as well this year.

 

[Judas Tavares]

Lol. Okay sure. At least he didn't trade down and pass up on high value picks.

Lou made the right picks at 11 and 12, picks you and I would have made. How revolutionary!

 

[Griffin76]

Second round looks exciting with who's still on the board. Noel, Wilde, Thomas, Berggren. Hopefully another good player is on the board at 52.

Going to bed with a puck moving defender in the org after round one feels pretty good.

Hmmm. Interesting choice of words on that last statement.

 

[93LEAFS]

Didn't take much experience for the Isles picking 11 and 12 to see who dropped into their laps after the Habs and Coyotes went off the board.

Kotkaniemi was always going to go in the top 11, or at least since April.

Kravtsov was the shock, as some teams wouldn't touch him, but I expected NYR to pick him, which they did.

 

[Burnie97]

Can I give links on here? Never have so not sure.... if so. . I found a decent one about Sandin

 

[hockeynorth]

5'11 - 184p
Not a midget or underweight.

Well wait, 184 is a solid weight for an 18 year old 5-11 D. He'll for sure put on at least another ten before he makes it, and I'd wager he'd break 200. I don't love the pick however I do think he'll be a good one. Just remember Dermott topped out at 45p in 61g in Erie and Sandin did 45 in 51 this year... without McDavid or top PP time. You have to give prospects a few years, who knows what we will have on RD down the line.

 

[The CyNick]

Didn't take much experience for the Isles picking 11 and 12 to see who dropped into their laps after the Habs and Coyotes went off the board.

Sounds like sour grapes to me, but you're entitled to that opinion.

 

[Trapper]

Quality centers if they translate into one.

Very true but we have Reilly,Gardiner,Dermott,Borgman,Rosen at LHD.
If Nylander stays at W, list those who could develop?