Line Combos: Run the Draft Simulator - Give us your skeleton line up

[Rare Jewel]

Lottery went as CBJ, MTL and WPG for the top three picks on the first try.

We pick 5th.

Top 10 mock

CBJ - Auston Matthews
MTL - Patrik Laine
WPG - Jesse Puljujarvi
EDM - Matthew Tkachuk
TOR - Mikhail Sergachev
BUF - Jakob Chychrun
CGY - Pierre-Luc Dubois
VAN - Olli Juolevi
OTT - Mike McLeod
ARI - Charlie McAvoy

Go ahead, pick it apart.

 

[cookie]

This new lottery system scares the **** out of me.

Seems to me that people around here are just realizing the potential of things going wrong for whoever is in the basement. I think the worst outcome would be
1. Montreal
2. Ottawa
3. Calgary
4. Edmonton
5. Toronto

Next decade of Matthews and Laine in the same division? No thanks.

 

[Purity*]

Seems to me that people around here are just realizing the potential of things going wrong for whoever is in the basement. I think the worst outcome would be
1. Montreal
2. Ottawa
3. Calgary
4. Edmonton
5. Toronto

Next decade of Matthews and Laine in the same division? No thanks.

On top of already having Eichel and Barkov here as well.

I ran the simulator 100 times and we got 1st overall 15 times and top 3 38 times. This system is a massive crapshoot.

God I hope we get Matthews

 

[Golden_Jet]

On top of already having Eichel and Barkov here as well.

I ran the simulator 100 times and we got 1st overall 15 times and top 3 38 times. This system is a massive crapshoot.

God I hope we get Matthews

Pretty accurate then. Today 86.5% chance someone other than the leafs pick first, or 13.5% they do. You got 15% on a 100 tries.

 

[Stats01]

the league went from one extreme to another. They tried to fix the draft by getting more "movement" and it not becoming so predictable when teams tank. But when they did it they made it almost impossible for the crappiest team to win. Like we've been God awful for the whole year yet we only have a 20% chance of winning?? like that's ridiculous. It feels like it's almost more beneficial to finish 27th-25th rather than 30th.

 

[BigWilly]

1) Winnipeg: Auston Matthews
2) Toronto: Patrik Laine
3) Ottawa: Jesse Puljujärvi
4) Edmonton: Jacob Chychrun
5) Columbus: Matthew Tkachuk
6) Buffalo: Pierre-Luc Dubois
7) Calgary: Alexander Nylander
8) Vancouver: Olli Juolevi
9) Montreal: Michael McLeod
10) Arizona: Mikhail Sergachev
...
19) Toronto: Logan Brown

Komarov - Kadri - Marner
JVR - Nylander - Laine
Vesey - Bozak - Leivo
Holland - UFA - UFA
UFA

Rielly - UFA
Gardiner - Zaitsev
Percy - Corrado
Harrington

Reimer/Berner
UFA

Rookie Scoring Leaders:
Nylander: 23 - 37 - 60
Marner: 19 - 25 - 44
Laine: 21 - 23 - 43
Vesey: 18 - 20 - 38
Zaitsev: 6 - 22 - 28
Leivo: 12 - 11 - 23

 

[FazeLeaf*]

Toronto got the 2nd overall.

Pick Laine # 2
Pick Rubstov # 16 (Pit's pick)


Sign Stamkos (7 yrs 10.5M per)
Sign Hamhuis (3 yrs 5.5M per)
Sign Vesey (ELC)
Sign Zaitsev (ELC)
Sign Karri Ramo (1yr 2.5M)

Trade Lupul for Lehtonen

Trade Michalek for Brad Stuart (stay on LTIR) + 2 3rds

Trade 62nd + Percy + Piccinich for Andrew Shaw then sign him to a 5yr deal worth 3.6M per)

Van Riemsdyk - Stamkos - Marner
Laine - Nylander - Komarov
Vesey - Kadri - Shaw
Leipsic - Froese - Leivo

Hamhuis - Rielly
Gardiner - Zaitsev
Marincin/Hunwick/Harrington - Corrado

Lehtonen
Ramo

 

[lifelonghockeyfan]

Pick second, No Stamkos

JVR Nylander Lupul
Laine Kadri Soshakov
Winnick Bozak Brown
Komarov Holland Leivo
Leipsic Hyman

Rielly Zaitsev
Gardiner Polak
Loov Hunwick

Percy Corrado

Bernier/Sparks

Saving major changes for the following season. Kadri not signed to a UFA contract, hope to extract Tavares from NYI

 

[SmoggyTwinkles]

I'm not even expecting Matthews at this point.

What I do kind of want is to end up 4th and draft Chychrun because hopefully Oilers have to pick another forward at 1-3 or end up 5th.

But this simulator could turn out better results by seasons end if we sell off our UFA's and plummet.

The simulator right now is going by win percentage and we have a few games in hand. If Leafs keep going south and secure last place this simulator will favour us more often like it does with the Oilers right now.

 

[FazeLeaf*]

I'm not even expecting Matthews at this point.

What I do kind of want is to end up 4th and draft Chychrun because hopefully Oilers have to pick another forward at 1-3 or end up 5th.

But this simulator could turn out better results by seasons end if we sell off our UFA's and plummet.

The simulator right now is going by win percentage and we have a few games in hand. If Leafs keep going south and secure last place this simulator will favour us more often like it does with the Oilers right now.

Don't raise expectations. Smart, I like it.

 

[Taygb52*]

OTT- A.Matthews
TOR- P.Laine
ARZ- J.Puljujarvi
EDM- J.Chychrun
CLB- M.Tkachuk
BUF- O.Juolevi
WIN- A.Nylander
CAL- M.McLeod
VAN- M.Sergachev
MON- P.L.Dubois

 

[jjjshab]

Vancouver, Edmonton, Toronto... disgusting.

@ draft - TOR trades its 2016 1st (3rd overall) to ARI for its 2016 1st (10th overall), and D Klas Dahlbeck

@ draft - TOR trades F Nazem Kadri to NJD for Jon Merrill, 2016 3rd

@ deadline - TOR trades D Roman Polak (retained), D Stu Percy to WSH for D Madison Bowey

@ either - TOR trades D Jake Gardiner to PIT for G Tristan Jarry, ANA's 2016 2nd, and PIT's 2016 3rd

@ draft:

1 - VAN - Matthews
2 - EDM - Laine
3 - ARI (TOR) - Chychrun
4 - CBJ - Pool Party
5 - BUF - Olli 2.0
6 - WPG - Tkachuk
7 - CGY - Nylander
8 - MTL - Dubois
9 - OTT - McLeod
10 - TOR (ARI) - Sergachev
11 - COL - Bean
12 - CAR - Goat 2.0
13 - NJD - McAvoy
14 - PHI - Keller

next year:

JVR - Bozak - Brown
Komarov - Nylander - Lupul
Leivo - Holland - Marner
Greening - Carrick/Froese - Winnik
Carrick/Froese

Rielly - Merrill
Dahlbeck - Zaitsev
Hunwick - Corrado
Loov

eventually:

JVR - Nylander - ?
Johnson - Marner - Brown
Timashov - Toninato - Kapanen
? - Gauthier - Sosh?

Rielly - Sergachev
Dahlbeck - Bowey
Dermott - Merrill

Jarry
Sparks

 

[Canada4Gold]

If we trade back 7 spots, it better not be to add Klas Dahlbeck. I'd go to Toronto and egg Shanny, and Lou's houses myself

 

[A1LeafNation]

You have run the simulator 10 times.

Team 1st 2nd 3rd Top 3
Toronto Maple Leafs 2 4 2 8

Its a sign..

 

[cookie]

This new lottery system scares the **** out of me.

Seems to me that people around here are just realizing the potential of things going wrong for whoever is in the basement. I think the worst outcome would be
1. Montreal
2. Ottawa
3. Calgary
4. Edmonton
5. Toronto

Next decade of Matthews and Laine in the same division? No thanks.

Also would love to see Burke have the depth in center that he refused to address here.

 

[HamiltonNHL]

Bettman sucks and so does this draft

 

[Doug Gilmour]

1) Winnipeg: Auston Matthews
2) Toronto: Patrik Laine
3) Ottawa: Jesse Puljujärvi
4) Edmonton: Jacob Chychrun
5) Columbus: Matthew Tkachuk
6) Buffalo: Pierre-Luc Dubois
7) Calgary: Alexander Nylander
8) Vancouver: Olli Juolevi
9) Montreal: Michael McLeod
10) Arizona: Mikhail Sergachev
...
19) Toronto: Logan Brown

Komarov - Kadri - Marner
JVR - Nylander - Laine
Vesey - Bozak - Leivo
Holland - UFA - UFA
UFA

Rielly - UFA
Gardiner - Zaitsev
Percy - Corrado
Harrington

Reimer/Berner
UFA

Rookie Scoring Leaders:
Nylander: 23 - 37 - 60
Marner: 19 - 25 - 44
Laine: 21 - 23 - 43
Vesey: 18 - 20 - 38
Zaitsev: 6 - 22 - 28
Leivo: 12 - 11 - 23

There is only 1 thing that would make it even better and that would be hearing the words "With the 1st pick of the 2016 NHL Entry Draft, the Toront Maple Leafs are extremely proud to select Auston Matthews!" Or "Thank you Gary for rigging the lottery so Kevin Lowe didn't win again this year"

 

[jaric1862]

The results of my simulator were 1. Leafs (WOOHOO!!!) 2. Columbus 3. Sabres
At number 1 i would pick Auston Matthews
1. Leafs-Matthews
2. Columbus-Laine
3. Sabres- Puljujarvi
4. Oilers- Chychrun
5. Jets-Tkachuk
6. Calgary- Nylander
7. Vancouver- Juolevi
8. Montreal- Dubois
9. Ottawa- Sergachev
10. Arizona- Bean

JVR-Kadri-Komarov
Vesey-Matthews-Vbrata
Michalek-Nylander-Lupul
Winnik-Holland-Leivo
Greening-PTO signing

Hamhuis/Gologoski-Rielly
Gardiner-Hunwick
Marincin-Zaitsev
Percy

Reimer-Hiller


Re-Sign Kadri (5 mil x 5 years)
Re-sign Reimer (Similar contract to what Bernier got last summer, 4.15 x 2 years)
Sign Gologoski or Hamhuis to stop gap deal ( Short term, big money) (either 2 x 7 or 3 x 6)
Sign Vbrata to 1 year x 5 mil, Pump his game back up and Deal at deadline to contender for Picks/prospects
Sign Vesey and Zaitsev
Sign Hiller to 1 year deal

Trades:
Trade Bozak,Bernier for Smid, Calgary's 2016 2nd,Calgary's 2017 3rd

Deadline deals:
Trade Vbrata,Michalek,Winnik,Hunwick,Greening, and Bernier for picks/Prospects

Buyout Cowen
Send down Smid
Dont sign Stamkos

 

[pheasant]

For me the lottery went Calgary, Vancouver, Columbus. Pretty gloomy. That left us picking 5th.

1) Calgary: Auston Matthews
2) Vancouver: Patrik Laine
3) Columbus: Jesse Puljujarvi
4) Edmonton: Jakob Chychrun
5) Toronto: Matthew Tkachuk

Would have been nice to at least be #4, and get Chychrun, but I don't think Edmonton would pass.

Move both goalies. Pickup a free agent tender, or a waiver claim during camps (Enroth, Hiller, Khudobin).

Sign a cheap UFA (or two) on a one year deal. Reclamation project types like Sam Gagner, Tikhonov, Brouwer.

Make a run at Stamkos. If he signs, trade one of Bozak/Kadri or both.

Consider a buyout for Lupul.

 

[BigWilly]

I'd prefer Juolevi or Dubois to Tkachuk at #5.

 

[Warrior16]

Well, one can hope this is how it plays out for the Leafs.
My 1st attempt:

1. Leafs
2. Oilers
3. Flames

An all Canadian top 3, sadly.

Matthews would be unreal, but seeing the Oilers pick that high again grinds my gears.

 

[Crosscrease14]

Toronto picked 3rd in my sim behind Edmonton (of course) and Columbus.

Leafs draft Pulj at 3.
Sign Stamkos
Sign Zaitsev
Resign Parenteau one year if cheap, let Pulj tear up the AHL like Nylander.

Trade Kadri + Pitt 1st for Shattenkirk and STL 2nd. Steep price but we still get a pick and Shattenkirk is the better player. STL gets centre they need.

alternatively

Kadri for Severson and a 3rd.

JvR Stamkos Komarov
Lupul Nylander Parenteau
Michalek Bozak Marner
Leipsic Holland Brown

Reilly Shattenkirk
Gardiner Zaitsev
Harrington Hunwick

or

Reilly Hunwick
Gardiner Severson
Harrington Zaitsev

Who knows with goalies. Maybe target Freddie Andersen? No matter what it will be a transition year but that team looks a lot better than the horror show we have right now.

 

[therealkoho]

Toronto got the 2nd overall.

Pick Laine # 2
Pick Rubstov # 16 (Pit's pick)


Sign Stamkos (7 yrs 10.5M per)
Sign Hamhuis (3 yrs 5.5M per)
Sign Vesey (ELC)
Sign Zaitsev (ELC)
Sign Karri Ramo (1yr 2.5M)

Trade Lupul for Lehtonen

Trade Michalek for Brad Stuart (stay on LTIR) + 2 3rds

Trade 62nd + Percy + Piccinich for Andrew Shaw then sign him to a 5yr deal worth 3.6M per)

Van Riemsdyk - Stamkos - Marner
Laine - Nylander - Komarov
Vesey - Kadri - Shaw
Leipsic - Froese - Leivo

Hamhuis - Rielly
Gardiner - Zaitsev
Marincin/Hunwick/Harrington - Corrado

Lehtonen
Ramo

Vesey is a UFA and not eligible for ELC,

 

[Mess]

Vesey is a UFA and not eligible for ELC,

The UFA status only determines which team he can sign with, but due to his age he is still need to sign a ELC with any team that does sign him.

ELC is based on your 1st NHL contract in combination with your age at the time of signing to determine the # of years in length your ELC would be.

Tyler Bozak in the past was a UFA signing by Leafs and his first deal was still a ELC contract for example and bound by the restrictions of the CBA.

 

[TLeafsFan]

Okay so I tried once. No joke, this was the result.

Leafs
Canucks
Habs

Edmonton 4
Columbus 5
Buffalo 6

Here's a shot at a lineup.

JVR - Stamkos - Marner
Komarov - Kadri - Brown
Holland - Nylander - Kapanen
Leipsic - Gauthier - Winnik

Rielly - Zaitsev
Gardiner - Harrington/UFA
Percy - Loov

Reimer
Sparks

Matthews develops for 1 season on the Marlies.