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

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The Maple Leafs head into the NHL draft with a new scouting director. What will their approach look like?

GM Kyle Dubas has traded away picks in hopes of making the team better, but the club has had good grades for recent picks.
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MONTREAL - Maple Leafs GM Kyle Dubas signalled a new direction in how the team drafts when he appointed Wes Clark as director of amateur scouting a summer ago.

The 2022 draft will be Clark’s first calling the shots, after having been an assistant under the now departed John Lilley, who moved on to the New York Rangers.

“His (Clark’s) process was different in terms of wanting the scouts to supplement all of their live viewings with more evidence-building, with video,” said Dubas. “We don’t want to reduce live viewings, though the live viewings were reduced a little bit due to travel restrictions at times. But (we want to) use more video to supplement and check your work and just ensure that the process was as sound as possible on that front.”

Clark and Dubas have a history together going back to their days with the Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds. Dubas was the GM, Clark the chief scout. Clark followed Dubas to the Leafs in 2015. They see the game the same way, believing in the same kind of ways of building a team, which includes a reliance on analytics to back up what the eye-test tells you.

“Wes leans heavily on our analysis department led by Will Sibley and our R&D department that Darryl Metcalf leads,” said Dubas. “We want to put as much evidence as possible into the decision. … I’ve worked with Wes a long time now, so I know that he’s going to be as thorough and as dialed in as anybody.”

With Dubas as a GM having a penchant for trading his draft capital, the Leafs have generally gotten good grades with the few draft choices they’ve had. Matthew Knies was a second-rounder last year who projects to be a top-six forward. Ty Voit – a fifth-rounder last year — had a big year in Sarnia. Both he and Knies have been invited to camp to try for roster spots with Team USA for the COVID-delayed World Junior Championships to be held in August. The Leafs also took Russian goalie Vyacheslav Peksa in the sixth round.

The Leafs have one pick in Thursday’s first round and two on Friday (third and seventh rounds).

“Last year we had a second, a fifth and a sixth. This year we have two picks in the top 80. So last year was a difficult one,” said Dubas. “We still got Knies. We picked him late in the second and he’s had a very good year. Ty Voit is going to go to the U.S. camp and Peksa was on the Russian Under-20 team at the end of the year.
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“We don’t want to make a habit of picking only three times, but it’s largely a reflection of where we’re at as a team and try to continue to push forward. If there is a way for us to recoup some of that draft capital without depleting our team, then we will.”

Under Dubas, the Leafs have tended to take the player with the most talent, which includes speed and high hockey IQ. They worry less about size and brawn, but will take it if it’s there. They are more about taking the best player available rather than drafting to address organizational positional need.
 
93LEAFS said:
That money likely just went to paying Debrincat. I can't see them spending much over the floor until the estate is settled and they are sold off.
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DeBrincat most likely gonna get around 8.5 mil on his next deal or whatever Forsberg gets which is only 2 mil more than he makes now. They have 20 mil of cap now and could still do whatever to move Zaitsev to free up another 4.5. Norris and Stutzle are getting better every year and they might get them pretty cheap on a 3-5 year deal so they might be a competitive team the next 3-5 years.
 
hockeywiz542 said:
www.thestar.com

The Maple Leafs head into the NHL draft with a new scouting director. What will their approach look like?

GM Kyle Dubas has traded away picks in hopes of making the team better, but the club has had good grades for recent picks.
www.thestar.com www.thestar.com

MONTREAL - Maple Leafs GM Kyle Dubas signalled a new direction in how the team drafts when he appointed Wes Clark as director of amateur scouting a summer ago.

The 2022 draft will be Clark’s first calling the shots, after having been an assistant under the now departed John Lilley, who moved on to the New York Rangers.

“His (Clark’s) process was different in terms of wanting the scouts to supplement all of their live viewings with more evidence-building, with video,” said Dubas. “We don’t want to reduce live viewings, though the live viewings were reduced a little bit due to travel restrictions at times. But (we want to) use more video to supplement and check your work and just ensure that the process was as sound as possible on that front.”

Clark and Dubas have a history together going back to their days with the Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds. Dubas was the GM, Clark the chief scout. Clark followed Dubas to the Leafs in 2015. They see the game the same way, believing in the same kind of ways of building a team, which includes a reliance on analytics to back up what the eye-test tells you.

“Wes leans heavily on our analysis department led by Will Sibley and our R&D department that Darryl Metcalf leads,” said Dubas. “We want to put as much evidence as possible into the decision. … I’ve worked with Wes a long time now, so I know that he’s going to be as thorough and as dialed in as anybody.”

With Dubas as a GM having a penchant for trading his draft capital, the Leafs have generally gotten good grades with the few draft choices they’ve had. Matthew Knies was a second-rounder last year who projects to be a top-six forward. Ty Voit – a fifth-rounder last year — had a big year in Sarnia. Both he and Knies have been invited to camp to try for roster spots with Team USA for the COVID-delayed World Junior Championships to be held in August. The Leafs also took Russian goalie Vyacheslav Peksa in the sixth round.

The Leafs have one pick in Thursday’s first round and two on Friday (third and seventh rounds).

“Last year we had a second, a fifth and a sixth. This year we have two picks in the top 80. So last year was a difficult one,” said Dubas. “We still got Knies. We picked him late in the second and he’s had a very good year. Ty Voit is going to go to the U.S. camp and Peksa was on the Russian Under-20 team at the end of the year.
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“We don’t want to make a habit of picking only three times, but it’s largely a reflection of where we’re at as a team and try to continue to push forward. If there is a way for us to recoup some of that draft capital without depleting our team, then we will.”

Under Dubas, the Leafs have tended to take the player with the most talent, which includes speed and high hockey IQ. They worry less about size and brawn, but will take it if it’s there. They are more about taking the best player available rather than drafting to address organizational positional need.
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Dubas has actually generally ignored skating. Sandin, Robertson, SDA, etc were small and skilled but no one is writing about them being good skaters, especially relative to size.
 
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LaPlante94 said:
DeBrincat most likely gonna get around 8.5 mil on his next deal or whatever Forsberg gets which is only 2 mil more than he makes now. They have 20 mil of cap now and could still do whatever to move Zaitsev to free up another 4.5. Norris and Stutzle are getting better every year and they might get them pretty cheap on a 3-5 year deal so they might be a competitive team the next 3-5 years.
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Do you really expect them to spend above the cap floor under their new owners when they are likely looking for a new owner? The salary cap is not the barometer of spending for them, it's the actual salary. They likely are near the cap floor to open the year.
 
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93LEAFS said:
Dubas has actually generally ignored skating. Sandin, Robertson, SDA, etc were small and skilled but no one is writing about them being good skaters, especially relative to size.
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Robertson‘s skating?
 
93LEAFS said:
Robertson isn't a good skater, especially relative to his size. He's mostly hands and getting to the right spot to optimize his shot. This was especially true in his draft year.
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Skating is fine, no issue at the NHL level. I don’t see it.
 
DarkKnight said:
Skating is fine, no issue at the NHL level. I don’t see it.
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For a guy whose 5'9 he's going to have problems. And, again, I didn't say he couldn't be an NHLer because of it. Just the idea that Dubas has emphasized skating is quite exaggerated.
 
93LEAFS said:
Do you really expect them to spend above the cap floor under their new owners when they are likely looking for a new owner? The salary cap is not the barometer of spending for them, it's the actual salary. They likely are near the cap floor to open the year.
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That's up to them I guess. Just pointing out how they could easily be a competitive team for the next 3-5 years before having to make tough decisions with contracts.
 
93LEAFS said:
Robertson isn't a good skater, especially relative to his size. He's mostly hands and getting to the right spot to optimize his shot. This was especially true in his draft year.
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He's definitely improved as a skater from his first rookie camp, looks much more fluid and consistently fast.

His problem is his lower body and core strength as he gets pushed off the puck way to easily and lotsa times lands on his ass, legs twisted up, gets knee injuries and broken legs.

Gotta get stronger on his skates now
 
Expecting a quiet night for the Leafs.

Make their pick and move on. At most they’ll trade back. Any other deals will likely happen tomorrow since more trades for 2nd’s and 3rd’s occur on day 2. That’s when I’d expect Holl to be dealt.
 
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