Prospect Info: 71st Overall Leevi Merilainen G, Fin, Karpat Jr

[scallionjj11]

Leevi Meriläinen at eliteprospects.com

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[NyQuil]

This is what happens when your European scout is named Ruutu.

 

[bert]

Like they couldnt have got this guy in the 6th round.

 

[JimmySpaetzle]

Who is this guy?

 

[operasen]

We just traded for a goalie and we have 6 others in the system. Waste. Trade the pick if that’s your thinking. Concerning day.

 

[JJTT]

Who is this guy?

Next Pekka Rinne.

 

[Shruggs Peterson]

We just traded for a goalie and we have 6 others in the system. Waste. Trade the pick if that’s your thinking. Concerning day.

That's a bit over dramatic, don't you think?

Poirier was still on the board which is a bit disappointing they passed on him, but if they want to stuff the goalie system like a pack of play-doh, then so be it.

 

[Matsens15]

I honestly don’t get it.. he was not even ranked . Why pick him in the 3rd round?

 

[Hale The Villain]

Team decides to invest the 71st OVR pick in a random goalie not even ranked on the CSS list, after they just traded the 52nd pick for a 26YR old starting goalie that has led his team to two cups?

How do you rationalize this pick knowing how cheap it is to acquire a young starting goalie that's already developed? Silly.

 

[BondraTime]

That's a bit over dramatic, don't you think?

Par the course, been happening all over the place today

Was definitely not a smart pick, doesn't make much sense, the same way Burgess and Lodin made no sense.

 

[Ouroboros]

We just traded for a goalie and we have 6 others in the system. Waste. Trade the pick if that’s your thinking. Concerning day.

Consider writing Dorion a strongly worded letter outlining your concerns.

 

[Billy Bridges]

who is his daddy and what does he do?

 

[bert]

Par the course, been happening all over the place today

Outside of the trade its been an incredibly dissapointing day. I just dont understand the mind set, why not swing on a few players. Colorado always comes in and picks up these guys late (foudy) and then we wonder what happened.

 

[Alf Silfversson]

That's a bit over dramatic, don't you think?

Poirier was still on the board which is a bit disappointing they passed on him, but if they want to stuff the goalie system like a pack of play-doh, then so be it.

Not just Poirier but Foudy, Jurmo, Sourdif, Villeneuve, Dufour, Gushchin, etc.

This guy would have still been there in the 6th round.

 

[aragorn]

Not only is this pick out in left field, it's over the fence, across the parking lot & a few blocks down the street. Weird & wacky pick right there probably from the same guy who scouted Lodin. lol

 

[Alf Silfversson]

Outside of the trade its been an incredibly dissapointing day. I just dont understand the mind set, why not swing on a few players. Colorado always comes in and picks up these guys late (foudy) and then we wonder what happened.

I was happy with Jarventie (might have liked others there too) but the rest has been troubling to say the least.

 

[Gil Gunderson]

Waiting for Dorion to tell us he's Facebook friends with Lassi Thomson or something.

 

[Sun God Nika]

6'2 Finnish goalie another .... Aug birthday could grow a little still but yes wasn't ranked to go in this draft.

Most picks after the second round bust i'm not gonna pretend I know anything here but hope the kid works out, but I would love to get the reasoning on why he was taken here.

 

[BondraTime]

Outside of the trade its been an incredibly dissapointing day. I just dont understand the mind set, why not swing on a few players. Colorado always comes in and picks up these guys late (foudy) and then we wonder what happened.

Very happy with the Jarventie, Kleven and Sokolov picks, the goalie pick makes zero sense, though I'm not too upset about the guys we passed on, though it would have been smarter to take a skater and use a 6th or 7th on the G.

 

[TkachukMyAho]

Ridiculous. I was pretty happy this morning, but then I guess all the sens staff decided day drinking during their live draft was a great idea.

 

[AchtzehnBaby]

Confirmed connection: this guy played Warcraft with Tkachuk’s sister’s friend’s cousin in 2015.

 

[Ouroboros]

Outside of the trade its been an incredibly dissapointing day. I just dont understand the mind set, why not swing on a few players. Colorado always comes in and picks up these guys late (foudy) and then we wonder what happened.

The Senators have been very transparent about how they're going to approach the draft. They're taking size, they're taking character and they're taking hard-working safer players. They're avoiding 'risky' skill players and under sized players.

If this current group were the scouts in 2008 I don't think they take Erik Karlsson, for example. I don't think they could stomach the risk.

 

[Mark Stones Spleen]

I'm pretty sure Lassi Thomson told Pierre that this goalie was hard to score on.

 

[bert]

The Senators have been very transparent about how they're going to approach the draft. They're taking size, they're taking character and they're taking hard-working safer players. They're avoiding 'risky' skill players and under sized players.

If this current group were the scouts in 2008 I don't think they take Erik Karlsson, for example. I don't think they could stomach the risk.

When you have 13 picks you can take some risks. Its common sense.

 

[Alf Silfversson]

The Senators have been very transparent about how they're going to approach the draft. They're taking size, they're taking character and they're taking hard-working safer players. They're avoiding 'risky' skill players and under sized players.

If this current group were the scouts in 2008 I don't think they take Erik Karlsson, for example. I don't think they could stomach the risk.

It's any good organization's prerogative to assess the risk, and the reward, of any player. Tyler Kleven with his poor passing and puck skills presents significant risk. Is his reward worth it? Who knows but is he really safer than a skilled player with smaller size? I'd say not really.

Defaulting to size and character is how you litter your team with Lazars and Cowens. You need to try to get players that COULD end up stars with some picks. And I'm not talking about unrated goalies being picked in the third round. If you're picking players who are going to "safely" be mediocre then you're going to be left behind.