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2014 NHL Draft Thread

"Silly Laffs fans, your players aren't worth anything, but here's a shiny penny and you should be thankful you get even that"
 
Habsy said:
You should realize your D isn't as good as you think it is.

Feel free to continue your homerism though. Thinking like that is what causes the Leafs to not improve. It's never their awesome all-star all-world players worth four firsts... each. It's the coach.
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I'd like to see what happens when the Leafs D buys into a system. I think we have to rid of ourselves of at least some of the "brain-cramp-a-period," guys like Franson,(unfortunately we may not have the type of team to allow him to get better here), but I don't think the D is as bad as they looked.

If we keep all these guys and another coach gets the same effort I will concede your point Habsy, but not yet.
 
MyNameIsJonas said:
Not all drafts are created equal.

When there is a label of a big 5 or big 3, it takes a significant deal to get into said slot.
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If the player the #5 team really wants is available at 5, then they probably won't be moving period. But if they're willing to move down, that's the going price.
 
Both Virtanen and Perlini could be available to us. I'd maybe move up if I knew I was getting Dal Colle or Draisaitl. But I wouldn't pay too big a price.
 
I think my preference is Perlini but there's definitely a few guys I'd be very happy with.

Irish, is there anyone you want us to stay away from?
 
Good number of big forwards where we are, I think they go with a C over a winger, so Virtanen could be their guy....if our scouting staff is the same.
 
Habsy said:
You should realize your D isn't as good as you think it is.

Feel free to continue your homerism though. Thinking like that is what causes the Leafs to not improve. It's never their awesome all-star all-world players worth four firsts... each. It's the coach.
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Keep on thinking Gardiner is worth a 2nd and a 3rd. that's ridiculous.
 
hockeylover said:
I think my preference is Perlini but there's definitely a few guys I'd be very happy with.

Irish, is there anyone you want us to stay away from?
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Adrian Kempe
Julius Honka
Alex Tuch
Haydn Fleury
Jared McCann

Two guys I go back and forth on are Ehlers and Ritchie.

But if we could land one of Perlini or Virtanen, I'd consider it a good draft. With Virtanen, all he does is score and he's goddamn miserable to play against.....plus he's one of the youngest players in the Draft.
 
CHL Forwards by PPG
Reinhart 1.75
Ehlers 1.65
Draisaitl 1.64
Bennett 1.60
Fabbri 1.50
Dal Colle 1.42
Barbashev 1.42
Goldobin 1.40
DeAngelo 1.39
Scherbak 1.28
Ho Sang 1.27
Perlini 1.22
Ritchie 1.21
Virtanen 1.00
McCann 0.97
Bleackley 0.96

Did this fast, hopefully didn't make any mistakes.
 
IrishWolfman said:
But if we could land one of Perlini or Virtanen, I'd consider it a good draft. With Virtanen, all he does is score and he's goddamn miserable to play against.....plus he's one of the youngest players in the Draft.
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Yeah, to me Virtanen is the safest pick in that range. He is going to score 20+ goals in the NHL. He has a good wrister, a good slapper, I've seen him score a bunch on the backhand. He is just a natural goal scorer, and he is a beast out there physically.

Not a great playmaker though, so his upside is limited a bit, but he is a surefire 2nd line scoring, power winger IMO.

And Ritchie to me is a man playing against boys right now. He is a late 95, so already 18 and 6'3 220. When watching him I don't see much impressive that will translate to the next level. Too low upside for me to draft in the top 10 imo. Malone, Hartnell kind of guy at best.
 
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I want one of the Centers: Bennett, Draisaitl, or Reinhart.

We should be moving up to get one that falls to 5th.

Franson + 8th for Calgary 5th
 
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