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2017 NHL Entry Draft thread

The rich got richer tonight. Patient approach paid off; Leafs could have had several deals potentially but they would have dealt their first rounder
 
Looks like he may be in Sweden for another year:



Dhiren Mahiban‏ @dcmahiban
At #NHLCombine Liljegren said he had one year left on his contract in Sweden - plans to return home #Leafs #NHLDraft
 
LeafGm said:
Mono kind of screwed us over with Marner down the stretch & in the playoffs, but here's some payback.

The mono giveth, and the mono taketh.
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Kept his point total down so he doesn't throw it in our face in contract negotiations.

Mono FTW.
 
leaffan2005 said:
When is the last time there were no trades in the 1st round?
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Yeah, this draft is going by at a record pace.

No trades, and very few "thank you Chicago, congrats Pittsburgh, shoutout to our draft party" time wasters from the guys announcing the picks.
 
LeafGm said:
Yeah, this draft is going by at a record pace.

No trades, and very few "thank you Chicago, congrats Pittsburgh, shoutout to our draft party" time wasters from the guys announcing the picks.
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I am loving that there's not a ton of thank yous. Finally GMs doing it right.
 
LeafGm said:
Looks like he may be in Sweden for another year:



Dhiren Mahiban‏ @dcmahiban
At #NHLCombine Liljegren said he had one year left on his contract in Sweden - plans to return home #Leafs #NHLDraft
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Not sure of the rules. If he changes his mind can he play for us?
 
This has a lot of a Chychrun feel to it....kid is over exposed, is clearly a top 5-7 talent but doesn't have the type of season "expected" and scouts start to fall in love with lesser players who improved more over the course of the year.

Like Chychrun, except...a better skater with far better raw offensive tools.

The worst thing you can say about this kid is that he wasn't a stud in the SHL at 17 years old.
 
mbow30 said:
liljegren still has work to do before being worthy of being in that group, but he looks like a great pick.
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Yeah absolutely. Wasn't trying to compare him to them but it's been a strange four years of the Leafs picking who we want them to.

I remember being devastated when we picked Biggs... do not miss those days.
 
MindzEye said:
This has a lot of a Chychrun feel to it....kid is over exposed, is clearly a top 5-7 talent but doesn't have the type of season "expected" and scouts start to fall in love with lesser players who improved more over the course of the year.

Like Chychrun, except...a better skater with far better raw offensive tools.

The worst thing you can say about this kid is that he wasn't a stud in the SHL at 17 years old.
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Ya totally. And Fowler. And Forsberg. Happens too often. He's better than Chychrun though.
 
Killer93 said:
The rich got richer tonight. Patient approach paid off; Leafs could have had several deals potentially but they would have dealt their first rounder
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