Lets not get silly now with Holmberg. I like the guy but at this point he just seems like a fill in whenever an injury happens. I agree though, I'd probably take him over Robertson though but so many people seem to think Robertson is this amazing prospect so I put him in the lineup because he can score goals. He is not better than McMann though because McMann shows he can make an impact no matter how much ice time he gets because of his size, skating and shot.
Robertson outproduced McMann.
Holmberg is not far off and was more productive the year prior.
McMann is so overrated on our board.
No reason to rush Cowan. Even going off the games against Montreal last weekend you saw he could be dominate but he can disappear and make some dumb mistakes thinking he's in Junior. Sucks that it's NHL or OHL for him because it would be good to see him in the AHL with Minten. Greb possibly could make it but idk if they want him to get used to NA ice in the AHL first. Guess it depends on how he does during the preseason. These are guys that are most likely taking the spot away from Robertson btw even if Patches wasn't signed.
I saw tons of Leafs disappear all last year, yet you are penciling them as a potential roster player.
If roster spots are dictated by play Cowan is likely going to be ahead of Dewar, Reaves, and a few other, and then get sent down anyway.
Minten looks good but he's another I don't see them rushing. Marlies have a chance to be good with quite a few prospects actually playing and Minten could be the #1C there. I think that's better for him over being a 4C on the Leafs. Tverberg looked promising last year but it was his 1st season in the AHL and was the 5th last pick his draft year. I doubt he's being seriously considered this early to be on the Leafs unless he can do well this season on the Marlies.
Who cares about draft position? It is irrelevant.
No one is considered because there are no open spots.
We collect 4th liners and 6th Ds, it is the hobby of our GM.
I'm sure Quillan will push for a spot, but with Nylander moving to C I'm sure that makes it much harder for him unless he outplays Kampf in a defensive role and PKer.
Quillan is a long shot, just another example of a guy ho can probably hang in the NHL and should be pushing for a job but has close toa 0% chance because of plugs crowding the roster.
You have to actually develop your prospects. Usually we trade them or didn't really have many who were gonna make the NHL. Only reason we want to push them to the NHL so fast is because our core takes up so much cap the ELCs would help a lot.
Prospects develop while playing in the NHL too.
Why does every other team play young players and we play AHL level players like Reaves?
We're gonna let them develop on the Marlies. When's the last time we've had a Marlies team that looks like it'll be a good team filled with a bunch of actual prospects? Is that not what you're saying they should do now by playing 5 rookies at once? Robertson and McMann have like half a season in the NHL under their belt and Knies only has the 1. Marner extension gonna start after this season is over and whatever Tavares new deal is so I think playing guys like Minten, Cowan and possibly Greb on their ELCs when we have all those contracts towards the cap at once is the better thing to do.
The Hunter drafts all sucked, thank god we had competent drafting recently and have a bunch of prospects ready to break in.
I think Minten, Cowan, Greb, Hildeby, and Niemela are all likely NHLers around the same time, then they will think that there are too many rookies and start over cooking prospects and wasting them.
You think a better time to play them is when Tavares takes a pay cut and we have more cap to work with? Makes sense...
