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And somewhere in Sweden Thommie Bergmann does a fist pump
He is the brains of the outfit. Should be very happy.
Relevance?
um, Hunter?
just the running joke of how the 7th round pick is usually the one Thommie Bergmann gets to use and it usually pans out.
The Leafs have made deals every season with Anaheim it seems .. Actually the last time they didn't was the 06-07 season
From the Leafs perspective, Lou did some Be A GM mode trading here . From Anaheim's perspective wouldn't it have made more sense to claim Gustavsson off waivers and simply re-assign him to their AHL team (thus acquiring a player for free), or is that not allowed in the CBA?
Why not?
Recent Leafs 7th round picks (five in the past five drafts) include Loov, Johnsson, Engvall, and Korostolev. Loov has a decent chance of being a 7th D next year, Johnsson is still on track to be an NHL scoring winger maybe as early as next year, and other three have not flamed out at all with two being legit AHL depth at least as early as next year, too.
Perfect round to take a stashable guy (NCAA, Europe) and find unknowns, which seems in Hunters wheelhouse.
Why not?
Anaheim didn't want him on waivers for Free so they gave up 7th round pick instead.
Now that is gooooood GMing ... Not !!!
Its good GMing by Lou Lam for us, and that is all that matters. While the signing originally of Enroth was a real head scratcher, that mistake has now been rectified and so all is good now in the World.
Lou can trade anything....a pick for a hot mess of a goalie!
Anaheim didn't want him on waivers for Free so they gave up 7th round pick instead.
Now that is gooooood GMing ... Not !!!
Its good GMing by Lou Lam for us, and that is all that matters. While the signing originally of Enroth was a real head scratcher, that mistake has now been rectified and so all is good now in the World.
Tokarski wasn't injured then, now he is they gave a 7th. It's not rocket science
Christmas came late!
I like it - something for nothing. Just a 7th round pick - nothing to get excited about.
But with Hunter - could be an interesting/risky/high ceiling pick
He's gonna draft the next Zetterberg with that pick... you can book it!
They didn't want him in the NHL. Which is where he would have been placed had they claimed him. They didn't need him in the ahl. Their other ahl goalies were healthy.Anaheim didn't want him on waivers for Free so they gave up 7th round pick instead.
Now that is gooooood GMing ... Not !!!
Its good GMing by Lou Lam for us, and that is all that matters. While the signing originally of Enroth was a real head scratcher, that mistake has now been rectified and so all is good now in the World.
They didn't want him in the NHL. Which is where he would have been placed had they claimed him. They didn't need him in the ahl. Their other ahl goalies were healthy.
I was a huge Enroth booster before we got him. I hoped very much that we'd get him. I even thought he'd be as good as our starter.
No doubt -- he was ****ing awful.
He signed the hot mess.
The Leafs have made deals every season with Anaheim it seems .. Actually the last time they didn't was the 06-07 season