They have to come out of the draft with a centre on their first pick and most of their picks thereafter, best one available, period.
- LeafMan

for sure, hope its not Marner, not sold on him

They have to come out of the draft with a centre on their first pick and most of their picks thereafter, best one available, period.
- LeafMan

Bang on LM.

im a traditional poutine guy...no meats etc.
- clark_griswold

Ummmm?... Meats include B-A-C-O-N!

You lose.

Like Thor's half brother?
- zazzle

well i am certainly not the hero!

we are deep in the prospect pool on the back end, forwards not so much
- PinkSock

we are deep in guys that have top 4/ top 6 potential but who could turn into a top 2 guy?

we might already have a number 1 center in nylander. we definitely dont have a top pairing d-man in the system

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Pretty good deal actually for it's location

Bang on LM.
- systemtool

Gauthier and Verhaeghe, that's it, all they have.

Not Sold on Nylander being a centre.

nobody like taking a d-man high. call it the erik johnson effect. I just look at our roster and we have Rielly as a top 4 lock, phaneuf, franson, and gardiner in the rumors. Robidas and polak are bottom pairing guys, and only finn and percy could turn into top 4 guys.
- GardinerExpress

They are too risky, that's why. And often take ions for them to fully develop. You're as likely to get a #1 dman in the 2nd round or late first as you are in the top 10. See recent example of Schenn.

They have to come out of the draft with a centre on their first pick and most thereafter, best one available, period.
- LeafMan

Yep. If we can somehow get a mid to late 1st i'd love them to get that Konecny kid.

Coming out of the 1st with Strome and Konecny would be organization building worthy.

Get a couple of 2nds for Cody and Santo/Lupes? and we may actually be onto something.

we are deep in guys that have top 4/ top 6 potential but who could turn into a top 2 guy?

we might already have a number 1 center in nylander. we definitely dont have a top pairing d-man in the system
- GardinerExpress

Rielly. He's only two years older than Nylander, no?

for sure, hope its not Marner, not sold on him
- PinkSock

why not? he has already equalled max domi's career high in points, and max is considered a top 5 prospect

we are deep in guys that have top 4/ top 6 potential but who could turn into a top 2 guy?

we might already have a number 1 center in nylander. we definitely dont have a top pairing d-man in the system
- GardinerExpress

Rielly. Unless you just mean on the Marlies.

we are deep in guys that have top 4/ top 6 potential but who could turn into a top 2 guy?

we might already have a number 1 center in nylander. we definitely dont have a top pairing d-man in the system
- GardinerExpress

I'm still seeing Nylander becoming a winger. Just a guess.

Rielly.
- systemtool

by system i meant with the marlies/overseas/in juniors

rielly is not a prospect anymore, but he does need someone to play with

Yep. If we can somehow get a mid to late 1st i'd love them to get that Konecny kid.

Coming out of the 1st with Strome and Konecny would be organization building worthy.

Get a couple of 2nds for Cody and Santo/Lupes? and we may actually be onto something.
- walshyleafsfan

Lets not get ahead of ourselves. We likely wont get another first and its a long shot at best to get Strome. About as likely as winning the lottery. A team ahead of us can win the lottery and bump us back. Not likely, but don't aim so high.

well i am certainly not the hero!
- Dozzer

Loki from vikings

by system i meant with the marlies/overseas/in juniors

rielly is not a prospect anymore, but he does need someone to play with
- GardinerExpress

What does it matter if he's not a prospect anymore? Rielly is like 20 years old and not even close to reaching his full potential.

They are too risky, that's why. And often take ions for them to fully develop. You're as likely to get a #1 dman in the 2nd round or late first as you are in the top 10. See recent example of Schenn.
- systemtool

see hedman or ekman larsson for a high swedish d-man pick.

either one of those guys would be our best d-man already. I'd love to have a guy like hamilton, brodin, jones, lindholm or trouba as well

What does it matter if he's not a prospect anymore? Rielly is like 20 years old and not even close to reaching his full potential.
- systemtool

our d is terrible and rielly alone is not gonna turn it around. morgan is literally the only leaf d-man that is 100percent locked to be on the roster next year

see hedman or ekman larsson for a high swedish d-man pick.

either one of those guys would be our best d-man already. I'd love to have a guy like hamilton, brodin, jones, lindholm or trouba as well
- GardinerExpress

Ekblad is already outstanding. Jones is well on his way at only 19-20. Doughty was playing top minutes for Canada as a second year pro. Ryan Murray has been injured mostly but when he played last year he looked pretty good. i think it's a overblown. even a guy like Hedman, who took a few years, is a monster now.

Just finished watching the game, c'est la beautiful

see hedman or ekman larsson for a high swedish d-man pick.

either one of those guys would be our best d-man already. I'd love to have a guy like hamilton, brodin, jones, lindholm or trouba as well
- GardinerExpress

In fairness, I would rather go for a Toews, Kopitar, Duchene, Giroux, Getzlaf, Carter than any of the guys you mentioned. Wouldn't hurt to have a Johansen, Forsberg etc as well.

for sure, hope its not Marner, not sold on him
- PinkSock

too small, we gotz enough of them.

Ekblad is already outstanding. Jones is well on his way at only 19-20. Doughty was playing top minutes for Canada as a second year pro. Ryan Murray has been injured mostly but when he played last year he looked pretty good. i think it's a overblown. even a guy like Hedman, who took a few years, is a monster now.
- DoubleDown

Erik Johnson changed everyones perception on picking a d-man high.

Staal,Toews,Backstom,Kessel,Brassard,Okposo followed......

Ekblad is a beast. miles about the other top guys from the 2014 draft already

They have to come out of the draft with a centre on their first pick and most of their picks thereafter, best one available, period.
- LeafMan

Pretty much. Strome is the best on there if Eichel and Mcdavid are chosen