"Today @ 2:48 PM ET
After watching Laine highlights I wouldnt be disappointed at all if the Leafs ended up with the 2nd pick. He'd be the perfect addition to a Nylander Marner 1st line and that one timer on the power play is something the Leafs desperately need. And if they get Stamkos you have a big shot for the 1st and 2nd unit."
I watched the highlights and he's definitely good but I didn't see any body or board work or much in front of the net JVR type work---the work that JVR has been forced to do.
So then I watched Matthews, that kid seems like a possession hound. He is always down low, working the boards, going to the front of the net and then all the open ice stuff that Laine does.
Matthews seems like a really good player that needs to add very little to his game. JMO.
(hadn't really looked at either until now.)
If we get #1 Matthews.
#2, 3, or 4 I would have to go:.....Tchachuk...and this is because he has a ton of skill but also plays with edge and more body than Laine and Punjabi from what I've seen so far AND he has the Marner connection. (I do watch the Knights' games.)
Tchachuk, Stamkos, Marner
JVR, Nylander, Lucic
That would be my top 6 and start them all next season.
Get #1/2D and #1G....playoffs for BabRichard.
- underhill14
I think laine has as much potential as Mathews to be the best player from this draft. He has a lot of skill and is a big body. He already has that NHL shot. I think he's going to be a game breaker.
But Mathews does have the edge over laine of the leafs pick 1st IMO because he's more likely to reach his potential. Either way stoked for the draft. Puljujarvi, Tkachuk, Nylander Dubios, Jelovi(however you spell it) all great prospects.
