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puck moversI dunno, some of those pick movers had some girth.
puck moversI dunno, some of those pick movers had some girth.
Can't once you play in juniors. Thats only for euros and americans coming straight directly from their leagues like Nylander and Liljegren.
I think one more year in the OHL would be good for him. Seems he needs to work on his strength a bit.There's an exception if the CHL player is on loan from Europe. See: Julius Honka and Alex Nylander.
Sandin can play in the AHL if the Leafs want, but he's probably going for a year in the SHL.
Noice. Did not know.There's an exception if the CHL player is on loan from Europe
Hopefully we can trade a couple picks up into early 2nd round, still some good picks available.
I'm still pretty pissed off that we passed on a potential future number 2 center behind Matthews. Having Matthews and Veleno as centres to build around would have been crazy.
On to tomorrow. Akil Thomas is who I want. That kid can play
Can't help it, but when I read your posts I think of this skit from SCTV.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.
Good job to the all the mods for dealing with the fiesta of HFboards as usual and then on top of that...the Leafs...the best and by far one of the worst at times to deal withI guess we have our top 2 centres here for years to come. If it was all equal, I'd pick the d-man right now.
He was on loan. Its the same situation as Honka and Alex Nylander.Can't once you play in juniors. Thats only for euros and americans coming straight directly from their leagues like Nylander and Liljegren.
Woo or Samuelsson would definitely ease the pain of the pigmy first rounder.Here are the players I would be happy with at 52:
Pipe Dream:
Akil Thomas
Jake Wise
Calen Addison
Realistic:
Jett Woo
Mattias Samuelsson
BO Groulx
Filip Hallander
Adam Ginning
Albin Eriksson
Jack McBain
Pretty sure he can Play in the AHL if we wanted to but it seemed like Kyle kind of slipped up and said he was gonna go back to SOO?He was on loan. Its the same situation as Honka and Alex Nylander.
I wrote it out earlier, but I think it'd be stupid to rush him to the AHL. He's not physically developed and he got hit pretty hard with an OHL forecheck this year. He needs to improve his speed. Personally, the goal I would lay-out is another year in the Soo, to perfect your game at that level, get a years worth of development physically which will hopefully improve your skating and adapt to small ice. If he excels at that level next year, bump him up to the AHL at 19 (which is still an option because he was officially drafted from Sweden).Pretty sure he can Play in the AHL if we wanted to but it seemed like Kyle kind of slipped up and said he was gonna go back to SOO?
I agree wholeheartedly with everything you just stated. Also honestly the mental aspect of one developing at a slower pace that allows you to build the confidence after dominate against your peers aids a lot as well on a prospect long-term development. There are some that are ready for the jump to the big meaner leagues, we see that in Matthew and so on and then there are players that need that extra buffer year to build up the confidence and as well the physical aspect, that would be the RNH (surprised he wasn't traded tbh, feels like he would be the bait).I wrote it out earlier, but I think it'd be stupid to rush him to the AHL. He's not physically developed and he got hit pretty hard with an OHL forecheck this year. He needs to improve his speed. Personally, the goal I would lay-out is another year in the Soo, to perfect your game at that level, get a years worth of development physically which will hopefully improve your skating and adapt to small ice. If he excels at that level next year, bump him up to the AHL at 19 (which is still an option because he was officially drafted from Sweden).
I don't want an Alex Nylander type situation, where a smaller skilled guy is getting killed playing against grown men and loses confidence. Lets be patient. Both Nylander and Liljegren were better prospects and more developed by the time the came over.
I can't see us moving for Wilde. He interviewed terribly by all account and he's pretty dumb on the ice too. Dubas also doesn't seem like a guy who is too interested in moving up.I agree wholeheartedly with everything you just stated. Also honestly the mental aspect of one developing at a slower pace that allows you to build the confidence after dominate against your peers aids a lot as well on a prospect long-term development. There are some that are ready for the jump to the big meaner leagues, we see that in Matthew and so on and then there are players that need that extra buffer year to build up the confidence and as well the physical aspect, that would be the RNH (surprised he wasn't traded tbh, feels like he would be the bait).
I am wondering if we are eager enough to go to trade up for Wilde though...he seems like something we can use in our defense pool.