Wow! The tank has been strong this year.bustaheims said:sickbeast said:Oh boy oh boy oh boy! We are so close I can taste it! Please Leafs lose the last two games!
They only need to lose one in regulation! Only one!
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Wow! The tank has been strong this year.bustaheims said:sickbeast said:Oh boy oh boy oh boy! We are so close I can taste it! Please Leafs lose the last two games!
They only need to lose one in regulation! Only one!
bustaheims said:They only need to lose one in regulation! Only one!
CarltonTheBear said:bustaheims said:They only need to lose one in regulation! Only one!
If we lose tonight the New Jersey game is going to be so weird to watch. Should I be happy when they score? I'm not even sure I know what that's supposed to feel like.
edit: who am I kidding, I'm not watching that game either
CarltonTheBear said:bustaheims said:They only need to lose one in regulation! Only one!
If we lose tonight the New Jersey game is going to be so weird to watch. Should I be happy when they score? I'm not even sure I know what that's supposed to feel like.
edit: who am I kidding, I'm not watching that game either
CarltonTheBear said:Yeah, Chychrun at 4.
Honestly, even if we drafted 3rd, I'd probably think long and hard about taking Chychrun over Puljujarvi. As a strictly Armchair GM, I don't exactly have a lot of evidence to back-up that stance. Just a hunch really. It's mostly a mixture of thinking that Puljujarvi is being a little overrated because of his WJCs and Chychrun is being a little underrated for a number of reasons.
Zanzibar Buck-Buck McFate said:So Laine is the consensus is we pick second?
L K said:I don't know that I would view Chychrun as the best player available at 4 but I don't think the difference between a Puljujarvi/Tkachuk is enough to overcome the fact that he's a good skating guy with size. He's not Ekblad level good but I can easily see him as a guy who could slot in as the #2 guy on a team with Rielly. That's really the big thing missing from the Leafs development pool at this point are a true overt #1 center and that #1 D-man type prospect. If we draft 1st and get Matthews, great. Marner plays on the wing and we have a stellar top 6 forward group with a nice pool of good players in the bottom 6. If we can get Chychrun to completement Rielly/Gardiner that's awesome too.
Nik the Trik said:I don't know enough about the prospects to have a super well-informed opinion but I'm a little concerned by how Chychrun seems to have fallen a little.
Which isn't to say not to draft Chychrun, just that if there's value in trading down a bit and still getting him or if Juolevi is just as high on their board there are other options worth looking into.
Jolly good show chaps said:I know a lot of this depends on the team, but if he's still there after the 7th-9th pick then any chance the Leafs trade up from the Pittsburgh pick and if so what's it likely to take to get it done?
Nik the Trik said:I don't know enough about the prospects to have a super well-informed opinion but I'm a little concerned by how Chychrun seems to have fallen a little.
Which isn't to say not to draft Chychrun, just that if there's value in trading down a bit and still getting him or if Juolevi is just as high on their board there are other options worth looking into.
Juolevi?s skill set and situation is an almost perfect counterpoint to Chychrun?s. Said one NHL scouting director: "Chychrun has all the tools, great skating, great shot, size, but you keep waiting for him to make plays and you?re left wanting more. Maybe the team is a bit of a factor. Maybe Chychrun would look different if he were playing with [a stronger team in London]. And maybe there?s a bit of hype to it?we heard about Chychrun before he played in the OHL. We?ve been seeing him for two years. He doesn?t make the Canadian team [for the WJC]. Maybe we?re just looking to pick him apart more."
Jolly good show chaps said:I know a lot of this depends on the team, but if he's still there after the 7th-9th pick then any chance the Leafs trade up from the Pittsburgh pick and if so what's it likely to take to get it done?