RD Conor Timmins (2017, 32nd, COL; traded to ARI)
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Honestly i still can't believe he wasn't a top 10 pick (let alone not a 1st rounder!).. everything about him screams stud. Massive f***ing steal for Colorado, jesus.
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Big high five for you (and me!) on this guy. We were all over him in the mocks last year. Still a long road to the NHL but feels good man.
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Yeah this kid deserves a ton of hype. Excellent dman that excels in all areas of the game. I also don’t get the skating concerns at all. He’s only going to get better.
Gold medal winning pass. Fitting end, he's been Canada's best player.
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Solid tournament from this kid. Colorado has some nice young D in Makar, Girard and Timmins. Very impressive.
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I was hoping for my leafs to draft him at 17 and then Lilly fell to us so I forgot about this prospect and now I just had to check where he got drafted so congrats Avs fans for what looks like a great draft pick !
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But he’s also huge, can move exceedingly well, and demonstrated outstanding hands and passing ability at the WJC that I didn’t know he possessed.
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Crazy how one draft and one trade managed to turn Avs future in D around compleeetely
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Two trades. Zadorov is 22 years old and very much part of the future. And he's looking mighty fine right now.
I don't think he he handles the physical game well and his skating is quite bad, which is why he went so low in the draft. But I still had him as a 1st rounder due to his his superb hockey IQ. He didn't even show his offencive game due to being asked to play a shutdown role and still got a primary assist on Canada's GWG. He is very good as a QB on the PP for SSM. He probably won't overtake Makar for the Avs on the 1st unit, but definitely will be there on the second.
It's kind of funny though looking back on it now, Avs preferred and would have drafted PO Joseph over Timmins if both were there at 32nd.
His skating isn't quite bad, he moves around just fine, it just looks akward, but his speed and acceleration is just fine.
I think we're seeing a bit of Ryan O'Reilly in Timmins, where neither players skating was good, but their IQ was good enough to anticipate where the puck was going to be. It is something that just needs to improve if he want so make the NHL and something easy to fix so it isn't a huge concern of mine. I'm glad scouts were iffy about his skating because we got a gem here.
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Really thought he’d be a Ranger (I’m beyond happy with Chytil though) at the time of the draft I really wanted Timmins at 21 and thought it was going to happen for sure when we grabbed Lias at 7. We needed RHD at the time too but oh well, Avs got a good one. Kid was dominant and I’m glad other people are starting to see it now after watching him. Avs added Timmins, Makar, and Girard in under a year.
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Absolutely, I just meant how less than a year ago the Avs were considered to have a weak future in D but now it's looking great
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Definitely a kid who caught my eye during the WJC. Hadn't seen him prior to the tournament but he stood out for sure. Don't see the skating concerns either. His technique may not be perfect but he gets around just fine. Easy to see why this guy was +15 in a short tournament like this, and +53 on the Soo last year.
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My only gripe is that between the years he and Makar are having, and the numbers game going in SA with the shared team (plus the injury he's rumored to be playing through); that Meloche has become the forgotten man in our prospect pipeline even though he looks like he could become a Manson-lite 
If the team can add one more high upside LHD with one of the three 1sts we have in the next two drafts, we should finally have the prospect depth to even be able to withstand some stagnation or unfortunate injuries messing with the development of some of these kids and still have a strong d-corps to support MacK n the forwards.
Pity management seems to have moved on from Bigras already though; cause a Bigras-Timmins pairing in a couple seasons could've been a beautiful combo with Bigras' skating and careful game serving as the perfect compliment to Timmins' creativity & aggressiveness.
If the team can add one more high upside LHD with one of the three 1sts we have in the next two drafts, we should finally have the prospect depth to even be able to withstand some stagnation or unfortunate injuries messing with the development of some of these kids and still have a strong d-corps to support MacK n the forwards.
Pity management seems to have moved on from Bigras already though; cause a Bigras-Timmins pairing in a couple seasons could've been a beautiful combo with Bigras' skating and careful game serving as the perfect compliment to Timmins' creativity & aggressiveness.
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Soo is littered with draft "steals" it seems. Some of the best players in the OHL and the highest NHL pick was at 27.
