2nd round steals

[InfinityIggy]

Erne, Zykov, Lehkonen are the ones that look like steals to me.

 

[R S]

You can still pick out players that fell in the draft from where they were projected.

But the word "projected" is flawed in this case.

Projected by who, exactly? NHL central scouting, other scouting services?

It really only would make sense if you had access to every NHL team's full list.

 

[Carl33]

maybe is to early to talk about steal....

but Madison Bowey 53 overall ca became a real steal

 

[Debrincat93]

Petan, kid is going to be a stud.

 

[Oilers4life1987]

Is Marc-Olivier Roy considered a steal at 56?

 

[Jayevs]

Petan and Hagg

 

[DKQ]

Is Marc-Olivier Roy considered a steal at 56?

Nobody is a steal yet, but MOR was drafted around where he was projected to go

 

[tony d]

Fucale. I think he'll be the #1 goalie in Montreal within the next few years.

 

[AJMHABS]

Fucale. I think he'll be the #1 goalie in Montreal within the next few years.

Depending on the situation with Price of course.

 

[TylerSVT*]

Fucale. I think he'll be the #1 goalie in Montreal within the next few years.

Probably 4+ years away. Price would be in his Prime around then IMO.

Could have a Luongo/Schnieder type situation.

Of course this is all speculation.

 

[turkulad]

I'd love hear one of these threads from several years back. My pick for a true steal, in general and not just the 2nd, would be Jimmy Lodge.

 

[BigZKingK]

Petan for sure

 

[Dominator13]

Erne, Zykov, Lehkonen are the ones that look like steals to me.

Disagree on Erne. Honestly I still have no idea whatsoever on what kind of player he wants to be. Some nights he crashes the net like the Vancouver version of Todd Bertuzzi, some nights he plays a perimiter game ala Mike Ribeiro and some nights his offense is just non existent.

Habs went for 3 homerun picks so of course there's a lot of biasm from our fan base. If they reach their potential, De La Rose, Fucale and Lehkonen could be pieces that makes good teams into cup contenders like Chicago, Boston and Detroit. That necessary depth.

 

[crazyaces**]

Just curious why you are comparing Poirier with Fucale. Flames were not interested in Fucale at all in the 1st round - Flames have quite the number of goalie prospects. Seems you are just trying to bait for a reaction here, but you just don't make any sense.

A habs fan earlier said "thanks Calgary"...making others assume Calgary had passed on Fucale with one of their late first round picks...but not realising that the 2nd rounder used to draft Fucale was orginally Calgary's pick as part of the Cammellari trade!

 

[Johnnybegood13]

Actually, we needed one pretty badly to have depth behind Price. We literally had no one before this season.

Lucky for us, the best goalie in the draft fell into our laps at #36. Thanks Calgary.

Are you thanking Calgary for taking your wanted 1st rounder as well?

2 huge reasons why Calgary didn't want Fucale

http://www.hockeydb.com/ihdb/stats/pdisplay.php?pid=130895

http://www.hockeydb.com/ihdb/stats/pdisplay.php?pid=118258

 

[Doc5]

Are you thanking Calgary for taking your wanted 1st rounder as well?

2 huge reasons why Calgary didn't need Fucale

http://www.hockeydb.com/ihdb/stats/pdisplay.php?pid=130895

http://www.hockeydb.com/ihdb/stats/pdisplay.php?pid=118258

Who wanted Poirier, him? or are you talking about the whole fan base as a whole?
Because I wanted Horvat or Wennberg the most.

 

[Silver Tuna]

Can't stand people who come in here just to hate on the thread. Every third post is someone whining about how it's too early to pick players. You know what the context of the thread will be before you ever enter.

Please stop clicking these threads if they annoy you. It annoys me all the nonsense clogging up info in this thread.

I like the idea of people listing who they think are steals directly following the draft so a few years down the road the thread can be bumped to see who is right and who is wrong.

I'll go with Hagg as my potential steal.

 

[Lonewolfe2015]

People considering Erne a steal need to consider that Roy, his coach from the minors and a guy with a heavy influence on the draft decided to pass on him at #32. I'd hesitate to call him a steal for that reason alone. Maybe a decent value pick, but a steal? Too early for that.

 

[jiboy]

I really like Petan and at the rank he was chosen he's probably the best pick if you look at risk/reward ratio

43rd overall for a guys with his talent...GREAT value no matter if he pans out or not

Fucale also sounds like a solid pick but its much harder to tell how a goalie will progress so to see him go at 36 is a little surprising but not as much

 

[AJMHABS]

Are you thanking Calgary for taking your wanted 1st rounder as well?

2 huge reasons why Calgary didn't want Fucale

http://www.hockeydb.com/ihdb/stats/pdisplay.php?pid=130895

http://www.hockeydb.com/ihdb/stats/pdisplay.php?pid=118258

Never wanted Poirier, if that's who you were referring to. I would have rather taken Gauthier, McCarron or Zykov over Poirier. I would have even taken Fucale over him.

 

[kernel]

Fucale. I think he'll be the #1 goalie in Montreal within the next few years.

Over Price dude? That Timmien's(sp?) dude is a god..... geez I'm as a leafs fan i've trouble seeing that (God knows i love to hate on him)

As for OP
Whom ever the Leafs chose if the 2nd, if none then pick a later round player that showed pugnacity during the limited training camp.

 

[IHaveNoCreativity]

I think Fucale, Erne, Zykov, Hagg, Bigras, and Compher were good picks.

I also like the Bowey and Lehkonen picks later in the 2nd round.

You took the words right out of my mouth.
Can't believe Lehkonen and Bowey fell that far.

 

[gifted88]

William Carrier I feel is one of the better all-around talents in the draft. So I would consider him a steal late in the 2nd.

 

[Nealssens]

Lehkonen and Hagg

also expect Bailey to improve quite a bit this year

 

[InfinityIggy]

People considering Erne a steal need to consider that Roy, his coach from the minors and a guy with a heavy influence on the draft decided to pass on him at #32. I'd hesitate to call him a steal for that reason alone. Maybe a decent value pick, but a steal? Too early for that.

Fair enough but the guy has a great toolbox. He could be considered a boom-bust type guy but if he hits his potential he is a steal at that spot IMO.