If there is some upside there, I will take it.
More annoyed with the projection of where he'd go and we couldn't squeeze another pick out of it.
Although, that needs a trading partner.
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If there is some upside there, I will take it.
More annoyed with the projection of where he'd go and we couldn't squeeze another pick out of it.
Although, that needs a trading partner.
Brad made it certain he was unwilling to trade a 1st round pick along with Murray. I feel spoiled with a competent GM.
The point is that playoff success in a Junior league doesn't translate to becoming a clutch playoff performer in a league 5 tiers higher, in the best league in the world.
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yea he is andreas johnsson lite. the kinda player that may do well in juniors and thats where it would stop. i don't have a London Knight bias, i watched quite a bit of OHL this season
Fonzieleaf
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Probably just as much as you. But what I do know is there were better players out there and when you have a first round pick, those are the kind of players you draft.
Thanks for your awesome contribution to the conversation though.
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And there will be first line players taken after Nadeau too, no one knows this late who they are or they would have been taken at the top already.
They have scouts outside Ontario apparently.
He can't skate. Great IQ but if you have no reasonable way to create separation at the NHL level your game is gonna be limited as a playmaker.
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I bet AI could do a better job picking. It'd just compile lists based on other pro scouts lists and also see who is getting talked about in forums etc the most.
tmlms13
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Any team in a full rebuild would be willing to take Murray for a year to move from 58 to 28
I like how people who know NOTHING about this pick are shitting on this pick.
I'm not going to say it's a good or bad pick, because I don't know if it's a good or bad pick because I don't know if it's a good or bad pick, could be a superstar, could be a bust, could be something in between.
I nwill admit I didn't think they would keep the pick, and I was OK with that because this team is in win now mode.
I'm also OK with the fact they used it at some point you do need to put some prospects back into the system.
People have been shitting on Brad today can we relax a little bit? and give it some time?
the man just got here give him some time.
I'm not going to say it's a good or bad pick, because I don't know if it's a good or bad pick because I don't know if it's a good or bad pick, could be a superstar, could be a bust, could be something in between.
I nwill admit I didn't think they would keep the pick, and I was OK with that because this team is in win now mode.
I'm also OK with the fact they used it at some point you do need to put some prospects back into the system.
People have been shitting on Brad today can we relax a little bit? and give it some time?
the man just got here give him some time.
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So much wasted rage energy being spent on this when you could save it all for the captain hindsight rant at the players who won't be taken until rounds 4, 5 or even 7 go on to have perennial all star seasons in 10 years from now...
How do you know? He could totally be. Go watch the kids shot. He’s got a laser, pretty good skater and drives to the middle of the ice.
Do we need him to be a first line guy anyways? We got Knies on the left.
It is always better to do your own digging than rely on others projections, or xProjections/60 on where a player should go.
By all accounts he's a gamer who can play up and down the lineup. We don't need 12 Marners on the roster. Take a look at the contributions that guys like Hyman and Bunting can make. I get that's not the highest upside, but could still be a very, very useful player if he can develop into an NHLer.
PromisedLand
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really hope treliving purges leafs of everything and anything soo related that was burdened on the franchise by dubas
tmlms13
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Most interesting thing I learned today is that it might be worth buying a Playstation 5 to play Final Fantasy 16
Could have used Nadeau or Gulyayev. Much more upside.
OR you trade down to grab extra picks in the second or third rounds and take Cowan at 45.
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Knies, Minten, Cowan
Not the most obvious picks at first, but I think they all add an extra dimension that our team and prospect pool has been lacking. I dont mind having these kind of players in the pipline. It's not like there were any obvious choice at 28. Sounds like Cowan was a late riser and the scouting staff didnt want to risk trading down and missing out.
Not the most obvious picks at first, but I think they all add an extra dimension that our team and prospect pool has been lacking. I dont mind having these kind of players in the pipline. It's not like there were any obvious choice at 28. Sounds like Cowan was a late riser and the scouting staff didnt want to risk trading down and missing out.
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Starting to think the staff is fine and Dubas and Shanahan were galaxy braining everything.
Not sold on Treliving yet.
