AuraSphere
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For what it is worth, I believe leafs have drafted in the 20s of the 1st round 9 times and their best picks have been Rask, Steen and Boyes. Duds include Percy, Biggs, Bancroft, Marshall, Gauthier, and Cereda.
Biggest Player AvailablePretty sure Dubas' draft philosophy is BPA. Which I guess is what Hunter's was as well... Just his definition of BPA was questionable.
it says 7:30 on the nhl website
"Draft high, and when that's not an option, let Thommie Bergman take care of the rest."
I wouldn't go as far as calling Grant Marshall a dud. Maybe not a wise choice for a 1st rounder, but he was a servicable depth forward who finished his career with 2 Stanley Cup rings. Something the rest of the list has or will never accomplish.
Tomorrow is rd. 1, sat rd. 2. I honestly hope they move up and go for veleno. We need to build some center depth
I would just stick with opition 2Option 1. Trade up for veleno.
Option 2. Draft k'andre Miller at 25(kid will be a stud.)
Option 3. Trade the pick. (top 4 RHD)
In Dubas we trust
While I can respect that opinion, the kid looks like a Patrice Bergeron to me. Which is precisely why I'd want him. I wanted Lilly last year (thank you mono?) And if we get veleno this year I'd be over the moon.I’ve watched veleno for most of his junior career until he got traded and trust me I don’t know why he was granted exceptional status because honestly I wouldn’t take him at 25.
He is not anything special. I think gauthier has a better chance to make the nhl than veleno.
Yeah, that' 2016 draft where we grabbed Matthews totally sucked. Grundstrom in the 2nd round is complete poo as well, who needs hard working productive wingers for crying out loud! Then we wasted a 3rd round pick on a guy who was team USA's goalie at the world junior tournament this year when we totally don't need goaltending prospects. What a total mess that 2016 draft ended up being, especially when you factor in all those later picks who haven't done squat such as 4th rounder Adam Brooks who played center for the Calder Cup champion marlies as a rookie this year. As far as 2017 goes, I'm sure we could have done way better than a slick puck moving right defender who at one time was considered the best defender in his draft class. We had the 17th pick of the round and that's the best we could do? The guys picked after him have already had a year in the organization and haven't made the team yet so they are probably garbage too. I can only imagine how crappy and disappointing they will look in a few years when its actually fair to judge. Sorry for the sarcasm overload here, but really? You were disappointed the last 2 years? Personally I think this organization is going to get a couple of NHL players each draft, and that's what the best drafting teams do. Expecting more than that is pretty unreasonable and greedy in my opinion. You shouldn't crap on the last couple years, you are going to sound silly when some of these guys start making the team and having an impact.I hope it does. Our last 2 drafts were pretty disappointing. I'd much rather prioritize skill and smarts rather than drafting big defensemen who are longshots