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

[SprDaVE]

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.

I think O'Reilly is a good bet. Greentree still kicking too. Plenty of solid D as well

 

[AcerComputer]

I think the return on their first was a tad bit light (would like liked another 4th maybe - in this year or next), but not much to cry over. They need picks. Getting an additional 2nd is helpful for a team that had 3 picks last year.

Kind of agree. Compared to 2011, Leafs paid 30 + 39 to move up 8 spots.

 

[Amadeus]

Need picks and getting a second is great.

Spellacy or Stiga would be great as well.

 

[Albz]

Bruins oicked Joe colborne 2.0 lol

 

[TheTotalPackage]

I really dislike the Leafs strategy of moving back every. single. year. I wish just once they'd target someone higher and move up to get their guy instead of trying to be smarter than everyone else and picking the scraps from other teams.

Wholeheartedly agree!

 

[Bloomberg]

Gill or Elick @ 31

 

[SprDaVE]

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.

I dunno why we are now saying it's an early 3rd. Its a 2nd round pick they got. It's a move made every draft.

It's not that deep or complicated. Making it a dramatic thing is really something else.

 

[Kurtz]

Greentree's gonna be a good one imo.

 

[ErnieLeafs]

Need picks and getting a second is great.

Spellacy or Stiga would be great as well.

Spellacy is a good shout. Lots of growth in his game left

 

[Northernguy10]

My armchair GM guess assuming we pick at 31 is Marek Vannacker if available of course

 

[Rare Jewel]

Bruins oicked Joe colborne 2.0 lol

Or Jankowski.


Or maybe Tage Thompson, who knows

 

[I am Canadian]

I can only imagine the rage if they trade back again and don't pick tonight

 

[shaner8989]

Solberg and Greentree missed just because we wanted the 56th pick.

We really are a joke

 

[francis246]

Basha, Elick, Freij, O’Reilly my guesses

 

[AcerComputer]

That Avs trade was way better than the one the Leafs did LOL

Disagree we get a 2nd this year. And the Leafs could always trade back 8 spots again and pickup a 3rd rounder if you want.

 

[Morgs]

Way too harsh

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

Nah. As someone who heavily scouted his draft and worked ~15 NYR games this season I can confidently say he's still got the same issues that plagued him in juniors. Guys like him who's brain doesn't work at the right speed in juniors and who's puck skills trail behind their peers rarely if ever improve enough to make an impact at the NHL level. It's made even worse when you go to arguably the worst developmental organization in the league that essentially threw him so far in the deep end immediately he never was able to improve on what he was lacking to be an impact NHL player.

 

[notbias]

I really dislike the Leafs strategy of moving back every. single. year. I wish just once they'd target someone higher and move up to get their guy instead of trying to be smarter than everyone else and picking the scraps from other teams.

Who says they aren't getting their guy?

Cowan seemed to be their guy last year and they wanted to trade down for him.

They still took him as a reach and it seems to be working out.

 

[francis246]

Wholeheartedly agree!

Didn’t they do that last year and most of you guys cried that we should have traded back?

Revisionist history.

 

[Deebo]

I can't stand Jeff Marek.

 

[hamzarocks]

I can only imagine the rage if they trade back again and don't pick tonight

I would trade 31 for 45 and 70 to get more picks personally

 

[JSn0w93]

Carolina with better value than us. lol

 

[TheDoldrums]

How is Carolina’s trade back way better lol

 

[sxvnert]

Love all the pre draft and draft day trades.

 

[Shooter2x]

Sellout crowd to see pick 23 and they make everyone wait

 

[Canada4Gold]

7 spots for pick 50? Damn