Glaring need for an Elite D prospect

[Duke16]

We now have plenty of forwards with top six potential, but with the exception of Rielly we don't have any high end D prospects. Who should be a target or who could surprise and become that guy? IMO Chychrun/thread and my underdog is Jesper Lindgren.

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[The CyNick]

We got 3-5 years to find some. Not too concerned.

 

[MapleLeafs9]

It's July 1st...

 

[Apotheosis]

I'm in love with the idea of drafting Chychrun. He's literally a man amongst boys at the moment. And from what I've read from scouts, he's ahead of the developmental curve than Ekblad was at the same time he was there.

 

[Bullseye]

Yes I agree that why I was shocked they didn't Hanifin this year.

 

[MapleLife*]

Yes I agree that why I was shocked they didn't Hanifin this year.

Yea, think we shouldve taken Hanifin

I'm guessing Chychrun will be our target this year

If we could somehow land Logan Brown as well I would be ecstatic

 

[Paradoc]

Chychrun in my eyes is a better prospect than Hanifin. I haven't been this excited for a prospect since Hedman or Doughty.

 

[WilliamNylander]

Chchyrun

 

[Rufio65*]

Chychrun should maybe stay healthy before people declare him a top 5 pick. He's shown 2 things thus far in his career: He's a stud. and he's injury prone.

Is he going to stay healthy or not? That's the question. Leafs blew it by not selecting Provorov.

 

[I Believe]

With Kessel gone our odds of Chychrun just got better.

 

[snizzbone*]

Chychrun should maybe stay healthy before people declare him a top 5 pick. He's shown 2 things thus far in his career: He's a stud. and he's injury prone.

Is he going to stay healthy or not? That's the question. Leafs blew it by not selecting Provorov.

omg he missed 30 games in a season !!! bust!!

 

[Jimmy Firecracker]

Yeah the only way we're getting one is through the draft. 2016 is when we'll pick up our second stud defenseman.

 

[TheLeastOfTheBunch]

Chychrun is a franchise D type of prospect, and it looks like they'll need the 2nd overall pick to select him next year. If not him, Matthews, Brown, Tkachuk, Puljujarvi, etc are also potential targets

 

[Mess]

Here is where a Noah Hanifin would check those boxes.

Now we will have to find another way to address that.

 

[TimeZone]

Chychrun should maybe stay healthy before people declare him a top 5 pick. He's shown 2 things thus far in his career: He's a stud. and he's injury prone.

Is he going to stay healthy or not? That's the question. Leafs blew it by not selecting Provorov.

Lol @ even thinking about Provorov at 4.

 

[Paradoc]

Yes I agree that why I was shocked they didn't Hanifin this year.

Why? If we didn't draft Marner we would have had a question mark beside 1C. We don't anymore now that we drafted him so now we got to find ourselves an elite D prospect.

 

[Christ]

We should have a couple of firsts next year...should be able to pick up a defender then.

 

[tooncesmeow]

We now have plenty of forwards with top six potential, but with the exception of Rielly we don't have any high end D prospects. Who should be a target or who could surprise and become that guy? IMO Chychrun/thread and my underdog is Jesper Lindgren.

...So waht is Morgan Rielly?

 

[Radiohead]

...So waht is Morgan Rielly?

He mentioned Morgan Rielly.

 

[seanlinden]

Why? If we didn't draft Marner we would have had a question mark beside 1C. We don't anymore now that we drafted him so now we got to find ourselves an elite D prospect.

We still have a question mark at #1C ... Marner could easily end up a winger, and with the average size of NHL players continiously increasing, he may simply not be big enough to be a #1 centre.

 

[Leafidelity]

The Leafs top RW is Lupul. I think we'll have a high quality solution to Rielly's partner by this time next year.

 

[Paradoc]

We still have a question mark at #1C ... Marner could easily end up a winger, and with the average size of NHL players continiously increasing, he may simply not be big enough to be a #1 centre.

Marner could turn out to be a winger or a center. Doesn't dispute the fact that the leafs will try to develop at center no matter if he's not big enough. He definitely has the skills/talent for it.

 

[Terrible GM]

We got 3-5 years to find some. Not too concerned.

Exactly. Draft one in the next couple drafts, or in the window after that you trade a skilled forward(s).

 

[realgoodleafs]

Need another center and another defenceman and we'll have a solid core.

 

[tooncesmeow]

He mentioned Morgan Rielly.

YEah I noticed when I re-read. Still, you could make the case against needing two top of the draft defensemen. LA won a cup with Doughty - Mitchell as their top pairing. We might still get someone out of the dr, history has shown a precendent of great defensemen coming out of the 2nd round.