GDT: Draft thread Day 2 - 11AM

[SprDaVE]

This seems popular every year to discuss real time all the picks and trades... Discuss away!

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[ACC1224]

Starts at 7?

 

[BrannigansLaw]

Hope we don’t trade our 1st. This organization needs to start taking a future without the core 4 more seriously.

 

[Rob Brown]

Starts at 7?

Looks like Hockey Central at 6:30 and then draft coverage starts at 7:00 on Sportsnet Ontario. I'd imagine Hockey Central is them at the draft though, so 6:30 in that sense.

 

[Metroid]

So typically it start at 7pm, first pick after all the yapping happens around 730?

 

[The Iceman]

Hope we don’t trade our 1st. This organization needs to start taking a future without the core 4 more seriously.

My opinion is go where there is value.

If teams are overpaying for draft picks trade away.

 

[al secord]

Expecting a bevvy of trades, both common and uncommon.

 

[BrannigansLaw]

My opinion is go where there is value.

If teams are overpaying for draft picks trade away.

It definitely depends on value for sure but I’d like see to us stop bleeding picks at this point. We’ve traded away a ton of draft capital the past couple of years for just one lousy round.

 

[TheGreenTBer]

Hope we don’t trade our 1st. This organization needs to start taking a future without the core 4 more seriously.

Don't get your hopes up.

Draft Schmaft is back baby, which is good because it worked so incredibly great the last time.

 

[Trapper]

Hope we don’t trade our 1st. This organization needs to start taking a future without the core 4 more seriously.

We need to prepare for the future. I’ve said it before.
Get Matthews locked up with term to take advantage of a fixed salary if the cap rises, start collecting picks that can step in a help us in 2/3 years (especially when Tavares is off the books) and perform a mini retool now.

 

[BertCorbeau]

When was the last time the Leafs made a big draft day trade?

I think you expect a pick at 28 or a move down. Otherwise should be quiet.

 

[Trapper]

Don't get your hopes up.

Draft Schmaft is back baby, which is good because it worked so incredibly great the last time.

Remember the days when we had no picks and tried to build around a core via UFA?

 

[kevsh]

Treliving said yesterday the most likely scenario is the Leafs keep their 28th pick, even possibly move down, so with a likely 1st round pick at least there's a reason to watch beyond the drama of seeing which team will take Michkov.

 

[ULF_55]

Hope we don’t trade our 1st. This organization needs to start taking a future without the core 4 more seriously.

If they trade it I hope they trade it today before the draft.

Wouldn't you love to wait in antici ________________________________ pation and then they trade it at pick 28 for a first in 2024?

 

[TheTotalPackage]

I really want to see/hear/discuss a big blockbuster deal.

 

[ULF_55]

We need to prepare for the future. I’ve said it before.
Get Matthews locked up with term to take advantage of a fixed salary if the cap rises, start collecting picks that can step in a help us in 2/3 years (especially when Tavares is off the books) and perform a mini retool now.

Picks today and tomorrow ... 3-5 years away if they hit at all?

Are we expecting Hirvonen and Niemela to be part of this year's team?

 

[SprDaVE]

Treliving said yesterday the most likely scenario is the Leafs keep their 28th pick, even possibly move down, so with a likely 1st round pick at least there's a reason to watch beyond the drama of seeing which team will take Michkov.

Teams say a lot of things and then do the opposite. New GMs seem to like to start off their tenure by selecting in the first round however, so I think it makes sense. But he also said he's fine with keeping Murray and 3 goaltenders into camp... "That'd be a good thing" he says.

 

[acrobaticgoalie]

Picks today and tomorrow ... 3-5 years away if they hit at all?

Are we expecting Hirvonen and Niemela to be part of this year's team?

They might get a taste this year to see where they're at or fill ins with injuries but I wouldn't expect them to be regulars

Teams say a lot of things and then do the opposite. New GMs seem to like to start off their tenure by selecting in the first round however, so I think it makes sense. But he also said he's fine with keeping Murray and 3 goaltenders into camp... "That'd be a good thing" he says.

Yeah I didn't understand the 3 goalies thing. Woll requires waivers this year and we can't lose him

 

[AllHeartNoSkill]

Happy Good-Value-For-That-Pick Day, everybody!

 

[al secord]

Bust.

Sorry, just doing my pre-draft warmup.

 

[All Mod Cons]

Wonder if we will keep our streak of drafting guys we had in our top 15 going.

 

[ULF_55]

They might get a taste this year to see where they're at or fill ins with injuries but I wouldn't expect them to be regulars


Yeah I didn't understand the 3 goalies thing. Woll requires waivers this year and we can't lose him

Think they'd waive Woll or Murray?

I expect a trade up or back.

 

[Warden of the North]

When was the last time the Leafs made a big draft day trade?

I think you expect a pick at 28 or a move down. Otherwise should be quiet.

Surely we've done more recently but I'm stilled scarred by Vesa Toskala.

 

[Trapper]

Think they'd waive Woll or Murray?

I expect a trade up or back.

They can go with 3 goalies on a 23 man roster until they figure it out.
Keep a player on the Marlies if someone gets injured.
12 forwards
6 D
3 goalies
2 skater spare. Don’t waste picks or buyouts right now.

 

[kb]

Hope we don’t trade our 1st. This organization needs to start taking a future without the core 4 more seriously.

Not in a contention window. Anything goes.

Nature of doing business when you are a top 5 team.

You do whatever you can to get over the hump. Otherwise, you sold out your fanbase.