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

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In their top 15? Firkus, Trikozov, Chesley, Lambert could have maybe sneaked into a top 15 ranking? Maybe Grudinin or Odelius? Necessary trade either way, no complaints
 
Ouck Fttawa said:
Eh, I know what you're saying but you're kind of arguing against yourself with the bolded statement.

In 4 years, not one of those is an every day NHLer. That's part of the problem; those ELCs aren't helping the big club while paying the superstars.
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The point is that they still pick in those rounds and they still will. Contenders forgoe future for short-term. This is what it is. When its time, the Leafs will prioritize picks.

Picking late in the 1st and in the 2nd, prospects take awhile to help a club.
 
Morgs said:
They can't honestly expect him to be there at 38. It has to be a guy that's undervalued ranking-wise based on their actual talent level:

Trikizov, Goyette, & Hutson make the most sense.
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Goyette or Firkus would make me happy
 
Nylanderthal said:
How did they screw up the goaltending? They walked away from Freddie the flake, gave jack a chance and tried to insulate him with a career league average platoon guy and now has a clean slate. For the cost of sliding back 13 picks. GMs make moves, some work some don’t, would you rather this team be so arrogant they refuse to undo the mistakes and double down on them?

Lambert might fall to 38 lmao
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We have no capable NHL goalies. What choice is there but not to fix it? The sweetener was not bad but damn you can't be happy with so many mistakes that need to be corrected. It is not sustainable.

BTW Dubas has now made 2 first round picks in his 5 drafts as Leaf GM. Love to see what you would post if that was Lou.
 
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Morgs said:
Lambert feels like a typical SJ pick, but Wilson's not there anymore.

Wondering what they do with a new GM for the first time in a century
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ToneDog said:
You are not wrong but 1/2 year of Boosh for choice of a 2nd or 3rd.
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Yeah, reported cost of that rental….price of doing business at the deadline.
But costs of dumps v. costs of deadline adds is a different debate (:
 
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SprDaVE said:
They are, so we moved down 13 spots in a weak draft to get rid of a bad contract. It wasn't a pure 1st round pick dump, it was a trade down. We still have a top 40 pick and the prospects between now and ours will be VERY similar in upside.

We picked Amirov, Knies, Robertson in the last 4 drafts, not counting Hirvonen and later round prospects. This is while being contenders.

There was no betting really. They signed someone they liked and he completely shit the bed. Every team makes those tough mistakes once in awhile, Dubas just made 2 in one off-season, but made a lot better signings that turned out great.
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I just don’t find it a positive when the organization fails to target the right people and flush assets down to disappear them.

We have more cap to work with now which we can spend more aggressively later this month. But overall I don’t like this direction.
 
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Leafs have traded away all of their own draft choices this draft except for their own 7th.

38th from Chicago
79th from Winnipeg via Vancouver
218th Toronto
 
CaptainCrunch17 said:
Dubas is terrible at asset and cap management. He keeps giving away high draft picks that could be used to draft some young impact players on ELC’s, that could actually help improve his cap challenges.
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Toronto slid back 13 spots to clear 3.8m in cap space for 2 years in order to reset their goaltending situation. Other players have cost a lot more. Dadonov cost 4 years of webers ltir making them lose a ton of flexibility, Kassian cost raw picks on top of sliding back a few pegs. Buffalo was going to take a high pick from Ottawa for Murray before he vetoed it.
Cap space is worth a mint, sliding back 13
spots while not ideal is still good work to create flexibility.
 
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Leaf Fans said:
The good thing about spin is that whoever they draft, is the guy they wanted all along.
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lol some of you are crazy if u really believe that nonsense..i dont drop 13 picks and really believe nobody picks that guy that u really wanted from the beginning..this is just a lame excuse
 
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Nylanderthal said:
Toronto slid back 13 spots to clear 3.8m in cap space for 2 years in order to reset their goaltending situation. Other players have cost a lot more. Dadonov cost 4 years of webers ltir making them lose a ton of flexibility, Kassian cost raw picks with nothing coming back. Buffalo was going to take a high pick from Ottawa for Murray before he vetoed it.
Cap space is worth a mint, sliding back 13
spots while not ideal is still good work to create flexibility.
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What's the root cause of the move though?
 
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