2024 Draft Thread - Friday June 28 and Saturday June 29 - Sphere Las Vegas

[Larcos_Unal]

Boston gonna pick Sam O'Reilly. Which will really suck

Good jinx

 

[tmlms13]

Ah, good now I have two reasons to hate Letourneau.

F SAC

 

[francis246]

Not a fan of Letourneau lol. So glad he got picked so he’s not there with our pick

 

[notbias]

And a 2nd next year

I am saying the 2nd this year for the Leafs and the 2nd from NYR to the Avs next year will end up being similar value.

The difference is a 3rd for about 7 spots extra... it is not that different in value

 

[Nineteen67]

He looks like a Bruin…..

 

[Rare Jewel]

One of the worst players in the league

Way too harsh

He's 22, they have not handled his development well because he should be in the AHL and not playing clean up for Fox or Trouba.

 

[Legion34]

And a 2nd next year

We got a 2nd too. Those 2nds cancel each other out.

 

[KMNRB]

Pulkkinen, Vamacker, chernyshov and , what the hell, Letoirneau too

Letourneau gone to boston (which is good for us)

 

[Smif]

We still get on of:
Chernyshov
Greentree
Emery
Hemming
Elick
Freij
Which is still in the same tier as Solberg and Beaudoin imo.

Pretty much adding a free 2nd Rd.pick.

 

[uncleben]

Not a fan of Letourneau lol. So glad he got picked so he’s not there with our pick

I'm a big fan of Letourneau
Hate that he went to Boston. Could he have been drafted by anyone else??

 

[htpwn]

He looks like a Bruin…..

lol was thinking the same thing.

 

[Martin Skoula]

Wtf are you talking about, Colorado just traded back and they’ve won a Stanley cup. So are they also stupid for trading back?

If two teams trade back in the draft back to back picks, that should tell you something.

The kid they brought to Toronto and spent a ton of time interviewing was available and they gave him to Anaheim, someone somewhere made a mistake. Either he wasn’t worth bringing to Toronto if you give him up for basically an early 3rd or you should have taken him.

If every pick after #5 is a random gamble why bother having a scouting staff? Just use Bob’s top 32 and call it a day. If we’re spending millions on a bloated scouting staff I would hope they’re not just throwing darts at a board and hoping for the best. Either Stolberg raised some red flags when they brought him in or they got desperate to make the “safe” play.

 

[Discoverer]

I'm not sure they did, maybe slightly?

23 for 31 + 58
vs
24 for 38 + 71 + 2nd next year (50+ most likely)

Yeah, I don't get the complaints there. The payment for the Avs to move back 14 spots should have been a little less than double what the Leafs paid to move back 8 spots, and... they got less than double the value the Leafs got. They seem almost identical as far as value goes.

 

[OVO16]

He looks like a Bruin…..

That was my first thought as well lmao

 

[AcerComputer]

that 2nd could also be used to trade for a player not just for a pick.

Ross Colton maybe

 

[JSn0w93]

Anyone listed as a C that isn't drafted by now will end up as a winger in the NHL

Not really. There are a few guys left that could be centres. And O’Reilly is definitely one.

 

[jaric1862]

Emery, Badinka, Greentree, Miettenen. I'd be happy with any of these guys as the pick.

 

[Burnie97]

I wanted solberg but I also figured they'd go off the board and trade down.

Let's see what they do with the late 1st... and now with a 2nd. I like it personally.

Wes has at least 2 guys he figures are a lock at 31 still and I'll trust that.

Plus we have a second now.

Wes is a future gm maybe.

 

[fahad203]

WTF is our management doing? Take the best player at 23 FFS !!!

The 2nd round pick ( 58th ) will likely not even make the NHL unless our Leafs get extremely lucky !!!

They have a pick in mind and they think he'll be available at 31.
Nothing wrong with that

We still have a 1st round pick. Soberg isn't exactly high end skill player.

 

[SprDaVE]

WTF is our management doing? Take the best player at 23 FFS !!!

The 2nd round pick ( 58th ) will likely not even make the NHL unless our Leafs get extremely lucky !!!

Knies is an ok player.

 

[Larcos_Unal]

He looks like a Bruin…..

Joe Colborne 2.0

 

[JSn0w93]

Like I said yesterday the Leafs really like Andrew Basha.

 

[francis246]

I'm a big fan of Letourneau
Hate that he went to Boston. Could he have been drafted by anyone else??

Letourneau is way too passive at his size, maybe if he finds another gear he can be that guy but watching some of his full game clips, I don’t see him becoming a top 6 guy. He’s got skill, but he’s a big project.

 

[KMNRB]

The best part about the trade down is that it'd extend my enjoyment till the end of the draft and extend to tomorrow's 2nd round.

There are still Pulkkinen, Emery, Badinka, Elick that I like. Miettinen, O'Reilly are okay too

 

[Dion TheFluff]

Hoping for one of the RHD but feel it will be O'Reilly or Basha