Would Morgan Rielly go 1st overall in a 2012 re-draft?

[The Hockey Life]

http://alongtheboards.com/2015/11/brian-burkes-gem-morgan-rielly/

Well, three years have past. With Morgan Rielly's emergence as the Leafs best player, it's time to revisit Brian Burke's theory that he would have picked him with the first overall pick.

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[Durrr]

Hard to tell right now, but if he keeps this up all season and there are no other surprises it's a definite possibility. 11 games is just too small of a sample to tell.

Does anyone think Dion is going to finish with 50~ points?

 

[Ovate]

Forsberg is still looking like the better player so far.

And if your response to that is that defensemen take longer to develop, then it's a bit early to be calling the race between Rielly, Trouba, and Dumba, isn't it?

 

[shelf]

Forsberg is still looking like the better play so far.

And if your response to that is that defensemen take longer to develop, then it's a bit early to be calling the race between Rielly, Trouba, and Dumba, isn't it?

And Lindholm and Maatta.

 

[Admiring Myself]

one of the few instances i have to give burke an atta boy.

 

[Knies iT]

Still too soon to tell.

Lindholm and Forsberg are his biggest competitors today.

 

[BayStreetBully]

He still hasn't separated himself from the pack.

 

[HarryLime]

Lindholm should have been in the top 5. I hope Rielly keeps getting better. It's still so early...

 

[Swervin81]

Forsberg, Lindholm are both ahead of Rielly right now.

 

[The Beyonder]

Man, wth were the Islanders thinking? A lot of good players left in Rielly, Foresberg, Lindholm, Trouba, Dumba; and they pick Reinhart. Big thanks to them for not picking Rielly.

 

[Canada4Gold]

Man, wth were the Islanders thinking? A lot of good players left in Rielly, Foresberg, Lindholm, Trouba, Dumba; and they pick Reinhart. Big thanks to them for not picking Rielly.

turned him into Barzal who'll probably be a stud and the 33rd overall pick(which they traded to move up)

I mean sure he didn't necessarily work out, and if they drafted one of the other d-men they could have gotten more out of Edmonton in a trade, but I think they'll end up happy with how it all goes down in the end. I'm annoyed we got Pitt pick this year and not last year. I would have loved Barzal. I was praying he'd stay on the board long enough for us to trade up.

 

[613Leafer]

He's in the conversation... With 4-5 other guys (Forsberg, Lindholm, Trouba, Maatta, etc), which means it's still way too early to say.

 

[johnny_rudeboy]

I get the argument for Lindholm but keep in mind Forsberg is a forward, a winger as well and they usually peak a lot earlier then defenceman. I would have no problems selecting Rielly ahead of Forsberg knowing what I know today.

 

[613Leafer]

Man, wth were the Islanders thinking? A lot of good players left in Rielly, Foresberg, Lindholm, Trouba, Dumba; and they pick Reinhart. Big thanks to them for not picking Rielly.

Generally speaking, I wouldnt target a defensive dman with size with a top 5 pick. That's what we did with Schenn too.

 

[Holymakinaw]

I think Rielly would easily be in the top 2, anyway!

 

[crump]

On pace for 60 points this season. Early, but if he became that kind of point producer consistently then yes, I would think he would be 1st.

 

[SprDaVE]

Who cares. We got our guy and he's playing incredibly well. Let's just enjoy it without gloating that we may have the best player of the 2012 draft.

 

[SeaOfBlue]

I'm happy with Rielly. At worst, he'd be in consideration for 1st overall, and considering that his competitors play on much better teams, he's doing quite well for himself.

 

[ToneBone03]

Too early to say.

 

[JThorne]

No love for Zemgus?!

 

[ULF_55]

http://alongtheboards.com/2015/11/brian-burkes-gem-morgan-rielly/

Well, three years have past. With Morgan Rielly's emergence as the Leafs best player, it's time to revisit Brian Burke's theory that he would have picked him with the first overall pick.

Well he is in a group of about 6 players you could make that argument for, so a good pick.

Way too soon to call, some Euro just arrived last year, some teams didn't rush their prospects, 21-22 year olds are 4 years away from being 25, which is still considered an age when forwards aren't finished developing, and some of these guys are defenders.

How about we give it another 3-4 years and see how many are up for best of breed awards?

 

[Atomos2]

I'd only take Forsberg over him. Lindholm would be close but Rielly's potential is greater. Murray and Gally would be lower. And Trouba's not even on the radar

 

[MJ65]

Does that matter? but he is playing like a 1st pairing D

 

[TheProspector]

2012 is shaping up as a pretty weak draft. So, yeah, if he explodes and actually puts 60 points up this season as a 21 year-old, he'll be considered one of the elite defencemen of the game, and even of his generation, so, yeah, it's possible he'd go #1 overall in a re-draft.

Burke was a pretty good drafter at the very high end, actually - and he has been historically. His high firsts have generally turned out to be BPA.

 

[New Liskeard]

Generally speaking, I wouldnt target a defensive dman with size with a top 5 pick. That's what we did with Schenn too.

That's what nearly every scouting agency and publisher did as well.