GDT (PRE #5): Sept 30 - Leafs vs Canadiens (7:00PM TSN4)

[LeafGm]

Good God am I ever happy that the word "project" never crossed our lips when discussing any of our recent top-10 picks.

 

[MindzEye]

Logan Cooley goes #1 if the draft were held today, and there would be no debate about it.

If there were a re draft today it probably goes:

1) Cooley
2) Nemec
3) Jiricek
4) Wright
5) Slafkovsky

 

[Preston]

If there were a re draft today it probably goes:

1) Cooley
2) Nemec
3) Jiricek
4) Wright
5) Minten

Fyp

 

[MindzEye]

Fyp

Minten would make a pretty good argument for pushing up into a top 15-20 pick in said re draft fwiw.

 

[Habsy]

Logan Cooley goes #1 if the draft were held today, and there would be no debate about it.

Not if the Habs had the first pick again. They weren't going with another 5'10" center. Our system has too many under 6' guys.

I might take him, you might take him, they wouldn't a second time.

 

[Habsy]

If there were a re draft today it probably goes:

1) Cooley
2) Nemec
3) Jiricek
4) Wright
5) Slafkovsky

Nope again.

Although I could see Nemec.

After learning a bunch of crap reasoning they were not going Cooley period.

Why should I cry about it again?

 

[Habsy]

And don't tell me Wright isn't a project.

 

[leafman101]

What is a project?

Wright was the safest pick of that bunch.

 

[LeafGm]

Yeah, with Wright it seems like the only question is whether he’ll only be a good top-6 forward, or if he’ll be an impact top-line player.

Doesn’t really fit any definition I have of a “project”.

 

[Habsy]

What is a project?

Wright was the safest pick of that bunch.

At first overall? Heck no.

Wright will play in the NHL but he's not anything special

 

[Habsy]

Yeah, with Wright it seems like the only question is whether he’ll only be a good top-6 forward, or if he’ll be an impact top-line player.

Doesn’t really fit any definition I have of a “project”.

So how do you get him to top line without tutelage? He's a project for a first overall.

 

[Preston]

At first overall? Heck no.

Wright will play in the NHL but he's not anything special

That's the opposite of a project

 

[Habsy]

Understand that 99% of all players are and were projects. The guys that can step right in? Those are rare.

 

[Habsy]

That's the opposite of a project

Slaf will play in the NHL but he's a project?

You're dumb.

 

[Preston]

Slaf will play in the NHL but he's a project?

You're dumb.

 

[Habsy]

Dude you guys use double standards. It's funny actually.

 

[Habsy]

I see an argument for Cooley. I do not see Wright as better.

 

[Wayward DP]

Understand that 99% of all players are and were projects. The guys that can step right in? Those are rare.

I mean, you're just redefining "project" to suit the Habs in this argument.

I don't think we're going to get any further in this discussion until you commit to a definition of "project".

 

[Preston]

FI has been full of definition debates lately. What a time to be alive.

 

[LeafGm]

IIT:

Habsy stretching the definition of the term “project” so far that basically Auston Matthews & Connor McDavid are the only current NHLers who’ve broken into the league in the past 10 years and don’t qualify as “projects”.

Whatever makes you feel better about drafting Patrik Stefa…I mean, Juraj Slafkovky, I guess.