Who should Leafs Target with Nashville Pick? (24th overall)

[Bullseye]

If skill is the target - Konecny, Bracco, Stephens, White, Ek could be targets but let's face it - there's a lot of players with potential here.

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[ULF_55]

http://www.mynhldraft.com/2015-draft/prospect-rankings/

Ryan KennedyTHN Apr. 9th
Central Scouting North American Apr. 8th
Craig Button TSN Apr. 7th
Future Considerations Apr. 6th
ISS Hockey Apr. 1st
Eldon MacDonald THW Mar. 20th
Damien CoxSportsNet Mar. 18th
McKeens HockeyMarch
Christopher Ralph THW Feb. 2nd
Brendan Ross McKeens Hockey Jan. 29
Corey Pronman ESPN Jan. 26th

Position in List|# of Top 30 Rankings|Average Rank|Highest Rank|Lowest Rank|Player
1|11|1|1|1|Connor McDavid
2|11|2|2|2|Jack Eichel
3|11|4|3|12|Noah Hanifin
4|11|4.64|3|8|Dylan Strome
5|11|4.73|3|7|Mitch Marner
6|11|7.45|5|12|Ivan Provorov
7|11|7.91|5|11|Lawson Crouse
8|11|8.27|6|11|Zach Werenski
9|11|10.09|6|18|Mathew Barzal
10|10|11.9|7|28|Mikko Rantanen
11|11|12.18|5|30|Pavel Zacha
12|10|12.7|9|16|Timo Meier
13|11|13.91|7|21|Kyle Connor
14|11|14.91|8|24|Travis Konecny
15|10|15.7|9|21|Nick Merkley
16|10|17.4|7|29|Oliver Kylington
17|11|18|15|23|Evgeni Svechnikov
18|10|19.3|10|23|Thomas Chabot
19|11|19.45|13|29|Jeremy Roy
20|1|20|20|20|Michell Vande Sompel
21|5|20.8|11|27|Jeremy Bracco
22|10|20.9|19|29|Colin White
23|10|21.1|12|28|Jakub Zboril
24|9|21.22|15|27|Daniel Sprong
25|2|21.5|16|27|Jens Looke
26|10|21.9|15|27|Jansen Harkins
27|1|22|22|22|Sebastian Aho
28|1|22|22|22|Noah Juulsen
29|9|22.11|8|28|Brock Boeser
30|8|22.25|16|26|Brandon Carlo
31|10|22.3|14|28|Paul Bittner
32|2|22.5|17|28|Jordan Greenway
33|1|23|23|23|Nicolas Merkley
34|4|24|18|29|Joel Ek Eriksson
35|2|24|18|30|Nicolas Roy
36|1|24|24|24|Ryan Pilon
37|1|24|24|24|Matt Spencer
38|5|24.4|16|30|Filip Chlapik
39|1|25|25|25|Denis Malgin
40|8|25.25|19|30|Jake DeBrusk
41|4|25.5|17|30|Anthony Beauvillier
42|3|25.67|19|30|Thomas Novak
43|1|26|26|26|Erik Cernak
44|3|26.67|25|29|Jacob Larsson
45|3|27|23|29|Nicolas Meloche
46|1|27|27|27|Erik Foley
47|1|27|27|27|Roope Hintz
48|2|28|26|30|Jonas Siegenthaler
49|1|28|28|28|Zachary Senyshyn
50|1|29|29|29|Vince Dunn
51|1|29|29|29|Ilya Samsonov
52|2|29.5|29|30|Gabriel Carlsson
53|1|30|30|30|Jack Roslovic
54|1|30|30|30|Dennis Yan

 

[Warden of the North]

Ek or Bittner. Nor sure Bittner will be available though.

 

[Duke16]

It all depends on who they get a 4; if they pick up Strome/ Marner I could see them going for D like J. Roy, Carlsson, Zboril or Kylington, but if they take Hanifin at 4 I could see them going with a skilled 2-way forward like White, Harkins, Eriksson Ek or Svechnikov if available. I think it would be good if the Leafs could pick up another first and/or recoup a 2nd

 

[McMatthews]

1. Denis Guryanov
2. Joel Eriksson Ek
3. Jansen Harkins
4. Oliver Kylington
5. Travis Konecny
6. Thomas Chabot
7. Daniel Sprong
8. Vince Dunn

 

[LeafsNation149]

Hoping Konecny if he's still there

Hanifin and Konecny in the same draft would be insane

 

[HEAVY DUTY]

Svechnikov, Kylington or Eriksson Ek.

 

[Nylanderthal]

We should be trying to trade up from the nsh pick to target a mid/late teen pick and nab Svechnikov, Harkins, white unfortunately I think all will be gone by 23/24

 

[XxJammingxX]

Not sure if this works here but what if we package the Nashville pick with a player and try to trade up?

I'm thinking something like Nashville + Gardiner + Leipsic for Carolina's pick.

 

[glg51*]

A Canadian please.

 

[stamkos]

Best skill & size. I do not want a team of small skilled forwards.

 

[In It 2 Winnik]

Konecny or Kylington pleassee!

 

[Cor]

Svechkinov or Kylington.

 

[Budsfan]

I think there will be some surprise's at Nashville's pick, there has been a wide choice of players here and not a definite consensus with most of the scouting services and I think with our new scouting, Dubas and Hunter, they may be able to ferret out a good prospect, that will be able to help with the rebuild

I like Jansen Harkins (a good solid center) and Brandon Carlo (a big smooth skating D) but come Draft Day it could be someone not even close to my picks but a player Hunter and Dubas, have scouted and I trust them to pick a gem.

 

[LaPlante94]

Harkins
White
Meloche

 

[usascout1]

Hanifin
White

With White healthy again it would be a deadly combo.

 

[SeaOfBlue]

Connor, White, Meloche, Roy, Ek Eriksson or Harkins. Otherwise, the people are either reaches or are ridiculous drops.

 

[FlareKnight]

Luckily there is no shortage of good options at this spot.

Really is a key pick with nothing in the second round.

 

[MapleLife*]

Luckily there is no shortage of good options at this spot.

Really is a key pick with nothing in the second round.

Nothing yet

 

[shelf]

Wouldnt mind a Nylander-Ek-Johnson line in the future.

 

[LaPlante94]

You gotta think that since we don't have a 2nd round pick that our scouts might consider a guy who is ranked in the 2nd round who they think highly of and take him with this pick. I could see that being a guy like Dunn or Senyshyn tbh.

 

[Phion Keneuf]

Wouldnt mind a Nylander-Ek-Johnson line in the future.

I'm hoping for this

 

[Lil Tuzzi Bert]

You gotta think that since we don't have a 2nd round pick that our scouts might consider a guy who is ranked in the 2nd round who they think highly of and take him with this pick. I could see that being a guy like Dunn or Senyshyn tbh.

Or they could take the probably better player, ranked where they're picking. You're saying you'd prefer one 1st and one 2nd round talent over two 1st round talents?

 

[PuckMagi]

Not sure if this works here but what if we package the Nashville pick with a player and try to trade up?

I'm thinking something like Nashville + Gardiner + Leipsic for Carolina's pick.

We should be trying to keep guys like Gardiner and Leipsic... we need to be trading guys like Kessel.

 

[LaPlante94]

Or they could take the probably better player, ranked where they're picking. You're saying you'd prefer one 1st and one 2nd round talent over two 1st round talents?

I'm saying that some players who are ranked early in the 2nd round are better than some of the players ranked in the late 1st round. If we had our 2nd round pick we could have picked them in the 2nd round possibly, but since we don't, so you got to think that maybe management might take them around the 22-24 area instead if they really like the kid.