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

[All Mod Cons]

For what purpose? To draft more players that will unlikely contribute significantly during Matthew's prime? I don't get it.

Yes.

 

[al secord]

Utah staff really taking the Mormon look to heart

 

[TheDoldrums]

Well they’ve lost the two prospects most connected to them with Beaudoin gone now

 

[Racer88]

LOL what? Have you been watching the draft? Look at how many good players are available because other teams reached. Please don’t start bringing negativity to an otherwise positive thread if you don’t understand.

We are still gonna get a great player and we finally get a second rounder, which we haven’t had for what? Three years

There are a ton of negative responses on this thread since the trade was announced.so don’t jump,on me alone

 

[RomanianLeafs]

Beaudoin gone..

 

[1specter]

For what purpose? To draft more players that will unlikely contribute significantly during Matthew's prime? I don't get it.

To clean up that loser Dubas' mess along with Lou and Hunter. We had tons of picks from 2015-2018 that amounted to nothing outside of the obvious lottery selections, then Dubas cleaned us out 2019 onwards. Wes Clark has had barely anything to work with yet has squeezed insane value out of our picks. You need a good pipeline of prospects like Tampa had to continuously round out their roster when they suffered attrition and cap casualties.

 

[Martin Skoula]

Lol, furthermore lmao

 

[SprDaVE]

I don't like it. I would have preferred to make the pick.

But maybe the Leafs plan on taking someone they think will still be available at 31?

No they made this trade down move just because they don't like to draft good players

 

[Morgs]

Decent player for NYR though.

One of the worst players in the league

 

[fahad203]

Wonder if the Leafs are eyeing another D in Emery or Badinka

 

[francis246]

I have watched the draft from the start. Dropping 8 spots is a lot for what a second round long shot

After pick 5, it’s basically a crapshoot. Really no difference between 23 and 31. All we did was give ourselves was two darts instead of one.

 

[jaric1862]

Starting to look at Guys like Badinka and Emery with the 31st. Even Letourneau I'd like. Just hope it's a D or C.

 

[Sypher04]

Well thats a better trade down than ours

Meh, not really.

 

[-DeMo-]

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

 

[ErnieLeafs]

Greentree or EJ Emery for me

 

[HellasLEAF]

Moving back to pad picks from Dubas tenure and seeing two physical players going right after doesn't feel great.

Wes Clark is going to have to wow us now imo. Yes again.

 

[Leafidelity]

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.

 

[Schenn]

Common o'reilly

 

[SprDaVE]

For what purpose? To draft more players that will unlikely contribute significantly during Matthew's prime? I don't get it.

Dude they are all significantly unlikely to make an impact during Matthews prime... You understand that right? The 23rd and 31st picks are all a few years away.

Why are we being dramatic for a simple trade down a few picks away like we were drafting Pavel Bure

 

[stickty111]

https://x.com/i/web/status/1806869525935108195

Lol

 

[rdogg]

No they made this trade down move just because they don't like to draft good players

You might be right.

 

[Martin Skoula]

After pick 5, it’s basically a crapshoot. Really no difference between 23 and 31. All we did was give ourselves was two darts instead of one.

This is something a budget sunbelt scouting staff says, the highest paid staff in the league saying this is comical.

 

[Thornbury]

We moved back 8 slots, they moved back 14, so that explains the extra pick they got for next year. Both trades seem solid.

Damn, I would have rather got the haul that the Avs just did. Perhaps the scouting staff like a group of players likely available at #31 and not as likely at #38.

 

[JEI]

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.

 

[notbias]

Moving back to pad picks from Dubas tenure and seeing two physical players going right after doesn't feel great.

Wes Clark is going to have to wow us now imo. Yes again.

We could have used some of the 6 picks we spent this year at the deadline...........

Wes Clark has earned the benefit of the doubt, they reached last year after trying to trade down, maybe they were going to do the same and this just leaves them their guy and an extra pick.