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2020 NHL Draft

My mid-range choices (4rders):
herman said:
https://dobberprospects.com/prospect-deep-dive-topi-niemela/
I like this kid and he might be available in our slot (#38 on Bob?s list)
Very approximately a right shot Finnish Sandin that got lots of Liiga games at 17

Younger half of the draft class and low boxcar stats could help him fly under the radar.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OhJkovOKKCo
Modern defense-first mobile back

herman said:
Please use a mid-range pick on Anton Johannesson.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ntjreiOXs3w
Like a left shot Mitch Marner (stylistically, he's physically much smaller than Marner at the moment) that got assigned a defense position instead of winger.
 
herman said:
My mid-range choices (4rders):
herman said:
https://dobberprospects.com/prospect-deep-dive-topi-niemela/
I like this kid and he might be available in our slot (#38 on Bob?s list)
Very approximately a right shot Finnish Sandin that got lots of Liiga games at 17

Younger half of the draft class and low boxcar stats could help him fly under the radar.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OhJkovOKKCo
Modern defense-first mobile back

herman said:
Please use a mid-range pick on Anton Johannesson.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ntjreiOXs3w
Like a left shot Mitch Marner (stylistically, he's physically much smaller than Marner at the moment) that got assigned a defense position instead of winger.
You can almost hear Bowen calling Topi lol..Both look interesting though and I would think one of them should be available to the Leafs later on.
 
Guilt Trip said:
herman said:
My mid-range choices (4rders):
herman said:
https://dobberprospects.com/prospect-deep-dive-topi-niemela/
I like this kid and he might be available in our slot (#38 on Bob?s list)
Very approximately a right shot Finnish Sandin that got lots of Liiga games at 17

Younger half of the draft class and low boxcar stats could help him fly under the radar.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OhJkovOKKCo
Modern defense-first mobile back

herman said:
Please use a mid-range pick on Anton Johannesson.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ntjreiOXs3w
Like a left shot Mitch Marner (stylistically, he's physically much smaller than Marner at the moment) that got assigned a defense position instead of winger.
You can almost hear Bowen calling Topi lol..Both look interesting though and I would think one of them should be available to the Leafs later on.
Hope Topi is available in the 2nd round.
 
A collection of draft rankings for the 1st round that we might participate in on Oct 6
https://www.eliteprospects.com/draft-center/2020/eliteprospects.com
- shows multiple outlets' rankings and player boxstats
https://www.tsn.ca/bob-mckenzie-s-final-ranking-lafreniere-the-surest-thing-in-most-uncertain-draft-year-1.1488272
- Bob's annual consolidated survey of scouts from NHL teams that historically lines up with the final quite well

Mini writeups
https://dobberprospects.com/robinson-final-2020-nhl-draft-rankings-june-2020/
https://mapleleafshotstove.com/2020/09/15/2020-nhl-draft-rankings-1-31/

Mock Drafts
http://www.mynhldraft.com/NHL-Mock-Draft/
https://www.draftsite.com/nhl/mock-draft/2020/
 
I'm starting to get my heart set on Askarov. I just think at 15 he'd carry the highest possible ceiling of any player available. We'll see what happens I guess.
 
The divide on Braden Schneider is interesting. A lot of rankings have him in the mid-teens, while a number don't have him in the 1st round at all.

He's a bit of a safer pick - a big RHD who moves pretty well but doesn't have a great transition game. Probably tops out as a 2nd pairing type, but seems like a solid bet to at least be an NHL calibre d-man.
 
Seth Jarvis intrigues me, and seems like a prototypical Dubas player.  Smaller centre at 5'10, but scored 42 goals and 98 points in the WHL this year, and is ranked anywhere from #11 to #29.  Might be worth taking a chance on.
 
CarltonTheBear said:
I'm starting to get my heart set on Askarov. I just think at 15 he'd carry the highest possible ceiling of any player available. We'll see what happens I guess.
Me too. Is there any sense of any of the teams drafting ahead of the Leafs having big interest in a top goalie prospect?
 
bustaheims said:
The divide on Braden Schneider is interesting. A lot of rankings have him in the mid-teens, while a number don't have him in the 1st round at all.

He's a bit of a safer pick - a big RHD who moves pretty well but doesn't have a great transition game. Probably tops out as a 2nd pairing type, but seems like a solid bet to at least be an NHL calibre d-man.

I know RHD is the panacea of everything in the NHL these days but I'm really wary of using our first round picks on safe picks.  I know we need a steady stream of prospects but he strikes me as more of a defensive version of a Gauthier kind of pick.  Low ceiling player.  Obviously a defenseman carries far more weight than a 3rd/4th line ceiling center but I'm not a big fan of that risk.
 
Heroic Shrimp said:
CarltonTheBear said:
I'm starting to get my heart set on Askarov. I just think at 15 he'd carry the highest possible ceiling of any player available. We'll see what happens I guess.
Me too. Is there any sense of any of the teams drafting ahead of the Leafs having big interest in a top goalie prospect?

The 3 teams directly ahead of the Leafs are Florida, Carolina, and Edmonton. Florida just picked a goalie 13th overall last year so I doubt they do it again. Carolina seems like a team that could use a goalie prospect but Dundon once said the Canes will never take a defenceman in the 1st round because they want to focus on offence there... so I would imagine that makes it unlikely they look at a goalie. Edmonton picks right before Toronto and again seem like a team that could use a top goalie prospect, but Holland doesn't have much of a history picking goalies in the 1st or even 2nd round.
 
louisstamos said:
Seth Jarvis intrigues me, and seems like a prototypical Dubas player.  Smaller centre at 5'10, but scored 42 goals and 98 points in the WHL this year, and is ranked anywhere from #11 to #29.  Might be worth taking a chance on.

Yeah Jarvis was the skater that seems to jump out at me the most in that area.
 
Heroic Shrimp said:
CarltonTheBear said:
I'm starting to get my heart set on Askarov. I just think at 15 he'd carry the highest possible ceiling of any player available. We'll see what happens I guess.
Me too. Is there any sense of any of the teams drafting ahead of the Leafs having big interest in a top goalie prospect?

Carolina, with our former pick :) Or New Jersey or Minnesota?

Either way, Askarov is still 3ish years away from NHL time by most counts.
 

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