GDT: 2022 NHL Draft Round 1 - Leafs Currently Pick 38th

[TheBigFour]

I will judge this trade based on who they draft tomorrow at 38.

if leafs end drafting the player they would've at 25, then its not bad trade.

but again for me it depends which players are available at the draft.

 

[rocketman588]

Keumper or Jack who you guys got.

 

[mydnyte]

Bedard with a fake Birth Certificate

 

[Future]

Lmfao what the hell am I reading? What source with the leafs would even say something like that?

 

[BrannigansLaw]

Nice, I've heard great things about Someone Better. He's a solid sleeper pick at 38.

 

[Dion TheFluff]

That’s what they say. But it’s not a guarantee. What if that guy gets taken, then what?

I mean we'll never really know unless they come right out and say it so I guess we'll have to wait and see

 

[Fogelhund]

Zach Kassian, 29th OA, future 2nd, future 3rd to Arizona for 32nd OA.

 

[The Podium]

5 dollars says the Leafs take the same player at 38 that they would have taken at 25 essentially getting rid of Mrazek for free.

Of course we'll never know. If Dubas did say that it could just be lip service. But it sounds like they know their BPA isn't going anytime soon. Better to do that than go way off the board I guess.

This is 100% correct

 

[SeaOfBlue]

Lmfao what the hell am I reading? What source with the leafs would even say something like that?

Nobody. I bet they are making it up.

 

[stickty111]

Well thats interesting

 

[Nylanderthal]

Part of that is a sound bite.

We dropped ~10 spots to dump Mraz. Youre looking at a 3rd rounder in value, maybe low 2nd, to offload a bad signing.

Only the most miserable person would say it’s not a good move considering the situation (petr’s awful season, flat cap, limited options out there)

 

[rocketman588]

I will judge this trade based on who they draft tomorrow at 38.

if leafs end drafting the player they would've at 25, then its not bad trade.

but again for me it depends which players are available at the draft./

Who we end up with in net as well

 

[TMLeafer]

Try to find the positives in the fine print. If Dubas had simply not called Mrazek or Ritchie 365 days ago we would have 2 extra draft picks. Oh well, he’s betting his job on it.

I don't know, we'd probably have pages of complaints about not signing a goalie or any depth. Yeah these two failed, but it's not like nothing came back.

 

[SprDaVE]

I don’t think we need to go back to relitigating Marleau…

But our team can’t use draft picks to fix its own mistakes every year like this.

Why? Draft picks are being traded like candy. It's not something that will do anything for the Leafs for 3-5 years. Acquiring draft picks isn't really hard or something that changes the franchise in the short-term.

When things matter, the Leafs will have their picks and supplement appropriately.

 

[mydnyte]

Leafs value some very different things, that's quite evident.

I wouldn't be shocked to see a guy available at 150 they had ranked in their top 15.

how high did they have Knies? that was a home run, gotta hope they have another pick like that in hand

 

[ToneDog]

Chicago tanking for Bedard??

Mrazek = Sparks. They should have given us a sweetener for Mrazek.

 

[GQS]

Dropping spots to dump Mrazek may not seem to bad but once again we have to give up something because of a previous crappy move.

Well when you make trades and other moves sometimes they don't work out. I'd rather our GM swing for the fences and strikeout a few times than to hit singles all the time.

 

[Morgs]

Yeah, there's like 5 guys "better" than Lambert in the draft. There were about 20 with less red flags & relatively equvilent talent.

Anyone else hoping for some nepotism here?

 

[Fonzieleaf]

I'd love to know who "source" is

 

[Gallagbi]

Lmfao what the hell am I reading? What source with the leafs would even say something like that?

I dont know, but i like'em

 

[Nylanderthal]

It's the Leafs we're talking here. Those odds are 100%.

You can do that with every team in pretty much every draft.
If they’re confident a guy they have highly rated will be there at 38 then it’s pretty smart to unload that 3.8 going into FA

 

[BertCorbeau]

This makes sense .. I don’t like Dubas having to fix his mistakes but he did mitigate cost, and could still get the prospect he wanted at 25

 

[Maplebeasts]

Trade Holl for a 2nd and walk out of round 2 with 2 of Hutson, Trikozov, Firkus, Goyette, Lambert, Grudinin, Casey, etc. And I'll be a happy man.

 

[kb]

Technically he traded a 1st and a second for a higher second and getting rid of Ritchie and mrazek

Plus a half season of Lyubushkin.....

 

[Alamo Leafer]

wow, habs fans not so excited about that pick lol