kk87
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The bold is correct. I said one notch BEHIND Dahlin. Not in front or equal.
Veleno is another late first round pick who's having a monster season. Would you say he's one notch below Matthews?
The bold is correct. I said one notch BEHIND Dahlin. Not in front or equal.
I'd say no... as of right now, he's our 5th pairing LHD... unless someone ranked Rosen ahead of him, given age, and experience.
Rielly
Muzzin
Gardiner
Dermott
All ahead of Sandin..
Veleno is another late first round pick who's having a monster season. Would you say he's one notch below Matthews?
That’s high praise. Dahlin has looked better and better as the season has gone on.
Do you have an idea what tier of young d man Sandin might be in a few years? Maybe a poor man’s Provorov? Tracking better or worse than Dermott?
Personally I think Sandin could be a top four d man for the leafs right now. He’s far ahead of guys like Marincin, Holl, Ozhiganov etc. Of course that says as much about the leafs lack of depth as anything else.
Dermott is debatable. No Sandin based on his play is not 5th pairing.
we'd probably be a better team with this right now, tbh:
Muzzin - Rielly
Gardiner - Dermott
Sandin - Liljegren
we'd probably be a better team with this right now, tbh:
Muzzin - Rielly
Gardiner - Dermott
Sandin - Liljegren
I look at him as a bigger version of Stralman, tbh.
I'm confident Liljegren won't need to be released at 25 in order to fulfil his potential.
Yegor Korshkov and Lokomotiv lost 3-1 yesterday morning. They are now down 3-1 in their series.
Game 5 is tomorrow morning our time.
The only argument against this, though you could even spin it as a reason to be for it... is it eliminates Zaitsev and Hainsey, who are our primary PK guys.
Now, while they haven't played as much, the GA/60 on the PK of both Rielly and Dermott is better than Zaitsev/Hainsey. Gardiner doesn't get any PK time, and Muzzin has been worse than either of Zaitsev and Hainsey.... so, do you throw Liljegren or Sandin out on the PK, as rookies, with Muzzin?
5v5... you "might" be right... I'm less certain our PK would be improved.
He wasn't released. Burke traded him to Calgary to get Wayne Primeau and the Leafs 2nd round pick back, so he could threaten an offer sheet to Boston for Kessel.
we'd probably be a better team with this right now, tbh:
Muzzin - Rielly
Gardiner - Dermott
Sandin - Liljegren
I look at him as a bigger version of Stralman, tbh.
Zaitsev is definitely overpaid but he's a good 3rd pairing guy at even strength who is useful on the PK. Probably better than Liljegren at this point.
It'll be neat to see how Sandin looks after he trains this summer ... More lower body/core strength and added explosiveness to his skating would be great.
With Korshkov now eliminated, hopefully he will be in Toronto by the end of next week.
His skating looks really good, especially his edge work
One of the things I worried about with him was his first few strides but watching him on the Marlies it looks much better than I thought it was