I love this goal he scored the other night
This is Dahlin's main challenger IMO. Kid has silky smooth hands and is a crazy good skater. His awareness and vision is remarkable.
drew doughty ?
I love this goal he scored the other night
Karlsson-esque. Reminds me of Ryan Murphy also, which is a bit scary. Merkley hopefully can fill out a bit more and maybe grow an inch or two. He has all the tools to be a dynamic NHL defenceman, the question is how will his defensive game evolve. Hard to judge a 16-year-old on a weak team in this regard.drew doughty ?
Let me preface this by saying I would love to get him in our system. But, I don't think he really fits what we need. He'd be a better version of what we already have in regards to offensive d, particularly on the right side. But, we need more of a Jacob Trouba or Erik Johnson who are big shut-down RHD, with a capable 2-way game. For these reason's I find some of our fanbases fixation with Liljegren a bit comicalWould kill for the Leafs to somehow get him. It makes too much sense.
Let me preface this by saying I would love to get him in our system. But, I don't think he really fits what we need. He'd be a better version of what we already have in regards to offensive d, particularly on the right side. But, we need more of a Jacob Trouba or Erik Johnson who are big shut-down RHD, with a capable 2-way game. For these reason's I find some of our fanbases fixation with Liljegren a bit comical
Let me preface this by saying I would love to get him in our system. But, I don't think he really fits what we need. He'd be a better version of what we already have in regards to offensive d, particularly on the right side. But, we need more of a Jacob Trouba or Erik Johnson who are big shut-down RHD, with a capable 2-way game. For these reason's I find some of our fanbases fixation with Liljegren a bit comical
Yeah, I'd be fine with him around 10. I project Foote as guy who is likely to be a Braydon Coburn type player, but obviously has a wide-range around that he could end up in.Leafs would be better off drafting Foote this year to fill that void. He's not the best skater around but neither is Trouba. He excels in his own zone and in transition. A true shut down defencemen. He's not the greatest on the rush but he has a bomb of a slapper and is a good passer. His ceiling is probably a Weber type defencemen. Worth the gamble if you're in the 10ish range of the draft.
So is he any good at defense? Cause that's some absurd hands for a defensemen, if he can play defense he can be a superstar.