Anyone think Greg mckegg has a future on the leafs
Remains to be seen. He hasn't been anything special but can't right off a 22 year old. This season will be huge for him.
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Anyone think Greg mckegg has a future on the leafs
Did he watch the same David Broll that I watched? The guy was healthy scratched for pretty much the entire Marles post-season run, and yet, some people expect him to be an NHL player? Not too sure about that.
He's a dark horse for sure ... Doesn't have the grit/defensive game like Carrick has but he's showed some growth in his game this year and managed to have a good productive year as the season went on
Next year will be a big one for him to keep getting better and maybe push for a 4C role the following season (competing with Carrick)
The only thing that will keep McKegg out of the NHL would be his skating.
He is defensively responsible, he's got a solid frame and plays in the tough areas. I can't remember too much about his shot at the moment, but all of the things that he needs to improve on can happen. I think that he'll have another year with the Marlies and then should look to move up.
McKegg will be a career AHLer in Toronto but only because our C depth is pretty good right now, minus a #1C. He'll be a very good call up though when one of our C get injured.
TORONTO - One of the more intriguing players at Toronto Maple Leafs prospect camp was forward Connor Brown.
At 20 years old he was one of the veterans at the camp and arrived after a career year with the Erie Otters of the Ontario Hockey League.
Brown led the OHL in scoring with 128 points and won the league MVP award. His 83 assists were first in the league and his 45 goals were tied for fourth. Though he played alongside a handful of other prolific scorers, including 2015 NHL Draft top prospect Connor McDavid and Washington Capitals 2013 first-round pick (No. 23) Andre Burakovsky, Brown, the Maple Leafs' 2012 sixth-round pick (No. 156) was prepared to be a leader among his fellow prospects.
bozak, kadri, holland, kontiola, santorelli
i wouldnt call this good center depth. a lot of centers isnt the same as good center depth. duchene, mackinnon, stastny, ror is good center depth.
mckegg needs to improve a lot to make the nhl. i would be shocked if he is an upgrade but the sad thing is the bar isnt set so high right now.
Anyone think Greg mckegg has a future on the leafs
If we got a #1C our C depth would look like this
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Kadri
Bozak
Holland/Carrick
Pretty damn good if you ask me.
Brown Displays Leadership At Maple Leafs Camp: http://mapleleafs.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=726833
Let's get him on a line with Nylander.
holland isnt a 4th line center. im not saying he isnt an nhl player but the way his career seems to be going he is looking like he is going to be a journeyman tweener. holland on the 4th is putting a square peg in a round hole.
carrick hasnt played an nhl game yet so i wouldnt could my chickens before they hatch.
kadri is barely a 2nd line center. there is more to the position then just putting up points. kadri can barely take a faceoff and his below average defensively.
bozak as a #2 center could probably work.
look at how our center stack up against other teams. we really are near the bottom in the nhl at center depth. (i guess it depends on your hypothetical situation on who the #1 center is)
AP: I don’t know if you know this, but they showed your table at the draft and it looked like you, Shanahan, and Nonis were arguing right before you drafted Nylander.
DM: Yeah, it wasn’t an argument, it was more a discussion about the pick because there was different scenarios that could have happened at that time so I was sort of stating my case on where we stood as a staff. There’s always different scenarios that can happen, trades and things, so there was a discussion about, “okay this is what we can do, can’t do.” So I basically laid out how we felt as a staff. I guess it was a normal, pre-pick discussion because a lot of those things happen very quickly. When you have opportunities to do different things with your pick, sometimes it can be an ongoing discussion for that whole day leading up to it, and then all of a sudden it gets down to crunch time and it’s like “okay, this is what we have to do; do we want to do this or not, and is this your guy?” All those types of discussions happen. I guess, at the end of the day, it came out like we wanted it to come out, so that’s good.
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AP: Is he actually 5’9? (Speaking of Nylander)
DM: Now he’s actually 5’11+. I can’t say for certain, but I know he’s minimum 5’11, maybe 5’11 and a half. And he might still be growing. I’m pretty certain he’s 183 pounds right now. He’s a lot bigger than people keep saying he is. If you saw him on the stage, he’s almost the same height as me and I’m 6’1.
AP: That’s funny because I was thinking about that comparison between he and you on the stage.
DM: It’s funny you say that because when I got back to the table, the guys at the table were going “he’s almost as big as you.” And I said, I know, I don’t know why everyone thinks he’s such a small kid. He’s not a small kid.
Kadri ranks very well amongst centers in both production and possession. All data indicates he was a very good #2 C at ages 22 & 23.
Yeah i dont even know how anyone can argue that he's a "borderline" 2C. All indications are that he's a very good 2C at this young age and he has much more room to grow. Those that are unhappy with him anchoring our 2nd line seriously boggle the mind.
He's a dark horse for sure ... Doesn't have the grit/defensive game like Carrick has but he's showed some growth in his game this year and managed to have a good productive year as the season went on
Next year will be a big one for him to keep getting better and maybe push for a 4C role the following season (competing with Carrick)