Brad Ross for Jimmy Hayes trade. Why would anyone ever make this deal?

[Joey Hoser]

the trade was for a second round pick. We happened to pick Ross with it.

IIRC the trade happened right before the selection, so you basically can say it was Hayes for Ross.

 

[FreeBird]

the trade was for a second round pick. We happened to pick Ross with it.

So they screwed up with both 2nd rd picks.

 

[Diatomic]

Lol does Ross actually wanna be a golfer? I'm so gullible lol.

He actually wants to be an astronaut now, last I heard he's done his pre-launch training at NASA and will be off to the moon next week

 

[KuleminFan41]

It's actually not captain hindsight at all. Burke came in and wanted to put a mini stamp on the team by clearing out random bodies he had no idea about. Paradis for Tlusty after a few months on the job, Brad Ross for Hayes, etc. He wasn't too familiar with the system but also needed to make a move during the 2010 draft when we had given up the Seguin pick.

You can't be serious.

Tlusty isn't even that good. He had a FLUKE of a half season and people praise him and hasn't done anything since last season. He's a bust , he's a 3rd liner and he wouldn't even fit on this team.

Who honestly cares about Jimmy Hayes anyways? He's not even in Chicago anymore and has played 80 total games in the NHL with 23 points. He's nothing to be losing sleep over. Ross, is 3 years younger than him as well. Leafs have plenty of those types of players they drafted. What I find funny, is that people complain about the Leafs trading away 2nd rounders, yet complain that they acquired one

What do they say about assuming ?

 

[KuleminFan41]

2005:
Kindl - 1st Round - 19th Overall
Abdelkader - 2nd Round - 42nd Overall
Helm - 5th Round - 132nd Overall

2006:
Emmerton - 2nd Round - 41st Overall
Matthais - 2nd Round - 47th Overall

2007:
Smith - 1st Round - 27th Overall
Andersson - 3rd Round - 88th Overall

2008:
Nyqvist - 4th Round - 121st Overall

2009:
Tatar - 2nd Round - 60th Overall

2010:
Sheahan - 1st Round - 21st Overall
Jarnkrok - 2nd Round - 51st Overall
Pulkkinen - 4th Round - 111th Overall
Mrazek - 5th Round - 141st Overall

2011:
Jurco - 2nd Round - 35th Overall
Ouellet - 2nd Round - 48th Overall
Sproul - 2nd Round - 55th Overall

2013:
Mantha - 1st Round - 20th Overall

Sure their not the drafting powerhouses they used to be when they were drafting guys like Datsyuk, Zetterberg, Kronwall, Howard, Holmstrom, Hudler, Filppula, Fleischmann, Ericsson, Osgood, Knuble, Primeau, Kozlov, Lidstrom, Fedorov, Drake, Konstantinov, etc. in the late-80's through early-00's, but for a team that hasn't picked higher than 19th Overall in 23 years, I'd say they've done an impressive job keeping their prospect cupboard stocked.

Ya but even Detroit is starting to slow down

 

[crazyaces**]

IIRC the trade happened right before the selection, so you basically can say it was Hayes for Ross.

You are correct. In fact they tried to acquire the 35th pick from CHI, who said no. And then the deal was for the 43rd assuming Ross was still there.