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

[Nylanderthal]

AZ must have gotten a deal on those suits in bulk.

 

[GrizzGreen]

frick

 

[HarrisonFord]

2025

Can’t wait

 

[Maplebeasts]

Take a goalie with that 2nd rounder.

Hell, take another goalie with the other pick or two they have in this draft.

Someone hasn't been following the draft at all this year. The goalies this year are hot garbage.

 

[SeaOfBlue]

I don’t want Dubas “betting” on anything. I want to see methodical building and stewardship of assets so we can have higher impact ELC’s giving us value as we try to win a championship.

Agree to disagree. This isn’t the way I want to see the team run.

There are no guarantees in the NHL, and when it comes to bets, Mrazek is a fairly low risk. Not taking bets effectively means we don't do anything... Because even drafting guys is taking a bet on a guy who statistically is not likely to turn out, and we are in a better position when it comes to that than most (who are not in a complete rebuild anyways).

Literally no GM in Dubas' position would simply try to hoard picks and "methodically build". Not since Matthews was drafted. That goes way above his head, and arguably above Shanny's too. The difference is you likely get a guy who takes a lot more stupid risks than Dubas has at any point in his career, and is incapable of building a prospect system that is as strong as ours is despite being in the middle of a contention window.

There is always a chance for even a good bet to blow up in your face. It happens to literally everyone. The thing is, that should not stop you from continuing to make good bets, or else you should not be a GM. Dubas makes more good bets than most GM's, and now it is on his team to meet their standards for once.

 

[Morgs]

Arizona is just never going to get better.... Poor Cooley.

When the first thing the analyst says is "6'7"" you just know exactly what comes next.

 

[ULF_55]

Leafs drop back 13 spots to unload Mrazek.

That was the cost.

 

[SeaOfBlue]

Someone hasn't been following the draft at all this year. The goalies this year are hot garbage.

Leinonen or Brennan with 79 would be solid. Not 38 though.

 

[ToneDog]

i am one of his fanboys but tonight he lost my support...

2 first round draft picks in 5 drafts. We have 3 picks this year and last year and we are up against the cap and do not have a capable goalie.

 

[Fonzieleaf]

2025

Actually?

 

[Holls Blackmail]

Signing a goaltender, obviously. Mrazek didn’t work out, big whoop. If he performed to his career normal he’s sent off this draft for a late pick, instead he cost a few picks to slide back, cry about it.

No, not just "signing a goaltender". Repeating a pattern of not being able to identify proper talent/team fits and using assets to remove the contract.

Kyle Dubas îs a Jekyll/Hyde GM; Either he hits a home run or he wastes assets removing multiple errors he makes. There's no middle ground.

 

[Griffin76]

He's not very physical for his size and then they proceed to show him ramming a guy through the glass behind the net.

 

[keonsbitterness]

Can’t wait

It's 2026.

 

[rocketman588]

This guy has such a skinny frame we'll see how he adds weight

 

[stickty111]

My 13th, 17th, and 20th ranked players still there

 

[GordieHoweHatTrick]

People giving props to dubas is a joke

He got us in this predicament in the first place

And by the way we dont have any goalies lol

I don’t care for Dubas one way or the other—clearly his fancy stats background ain’t worth the paper his degree was written on—but he deserves props for moving on from Trashek. Just because he signed the guy doesn’t mean he should swallow the deal for the next 2 seasons.

 

[Chief Berube]

My 13th, 17th, and 20th ranked players still there

Who

 

[Morgs]

tough to not be happy for them with what they've suffered through the last decade

I'll never wish anything good for another Canadian team or Buffalo/Boston.

 

[Dion TheFluff]

My 13th, 17th, and 20th ranked players still there

?

 

[Hockey 4 Life]

With the way the picks are going were going to get a player we could have drafted at 25. I'm fine with the trade.

 

[Maplebeasts]

Lamoureux is not a first round talent, maybe not even a second round talent. A lot of these picks I just don't understand.

 

[Nylanderthal]

No, not just "signing a goaltender". Repeating a pattern of not being able to identify proper talent/team fits and using assets to remove the contract.

Kyle Dubas îs a Jekyll/Hyde GM; Either he hits a home run or he wastes assets removing errors he makes. There's no middle ground.

What are you talking about? That’s literally the track record of every GM, at least they’re savvy enough to eradicate the mistake with minimal cost. Neither Ritchie or mrazek cost the team in a significant way, and they got to rent boosh for the post season.
Would you rather they roll back with mrazek and Ritchie and no flexibility?

 

[keonsbitterness]

2 first round draft picks in 5 drafts. We have 3 picks this year and last year and we are up against the cap and do not have a capable goalie.

He's on the clock for 22-23.

 

[SeaOfBlue]

Arizona is just never going to get better.... Poor Cooley.

When the first thing the analyst says is "6'7"" you just know exactly what comes next.

Arizona simply does not have the development team to pick guys like Geekie and Lamoureux right now.

I am happy though because picking a guy I had as a late 3rd rounder just means we get better talent at 38. Teams are doing us a lot of favours, with Kulich and maybe Mesar being the only ones who realistically should have been taken at 38.

I hope teams keep taking those pitfalls. Let a Howard or Luneau or Chesley drop to us

 

[MarMarSab3]

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