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2014 NHL Draft Thread

Have to think they'll like Perlini, Virtanen, and Ritchie. If Burkie was still here it would be Virtanen for sure IMO.

It will be interesting to see how Shanahan changes the draft philosophy. I would take Ehlers. Should be able to get a good player at 8 either way though.
 
Who do we give to Edmonton to move up if Ekblad is off the board?

1st: Ekblad
2nd: Reinhart
EDM: ????
 
hockeylover said:
Yeah I know we can't get 7 but that's roughly the cost.
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Yup. And that was actually exactly the cost when the Leafs moved up from 7th to 5th to select Luke Schenn:

To Toronto:

5th overall pick

To New York Islanders:

7th overall pick
2nd round pick
3rd round pick
 
And the Leafs ended up very lucky the Schenn situation in the end turned-out Ok. Despite not being very good,The players around him not not turn out too well, and they traded his-ass for a very good young player who is far, far better.
 
Draft picks are far more the norm for sure but the Leafs may look to move some of the D out that cost them the season. Of course they could always trade their 2nd and 3rd to move up then move Gardiner for a prospect and a 2nd to recoup the pick. It's the myriad of possibilities that makes me enjoy draft day.
 
Habsy said:
Draft picks are far more the norm for sure but the Leafs may look to move some of the D out that cost them the season. Of course they could always trade their 2nd and 3rd to move up then move Gardiner for a prospect and a 2nd to recoup the pick. It's the myriad of possibilities that makes me enjoy draft day.
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I'd rather keep Gardiner than completely waste an asset.
 
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.
 
If this draft is considered the "big 5" then it will cost a helluva lot more than a 2 or a 3 to convince a team to slide from 5 to 8. They might as well just take the really good player.
 
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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Yeah but every time "other" fans tell us what our players are worth the results tend to be closer to the price we put on them than you guys do. Your attempts at being unbiased, still come off as biased.
 
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