2015 NHL Entry Draft - Draft Day!

[hockeyfan1]

Arizona takes Nicholas Merkley (RW).

 

[rdowdall]

I just feel your chances of getting someone that may eventually pan out slowing diminishes as you keep dropping. I would of liked Merkley. Dropped quite a bit.

Kylington and Sprong are still available

 

[cabber24]

Maybe the Leafs can keep trading down and get every pick of the 7th round!

YES! Brilliant

 

[bustaheims]

I just feel your chances of getting someone that may eventually pan out slowing diminishes as you keep dropping. I would of liked Merkley. Dropped quite a bit.

There's always a couple high-end guys that come out of the 2nd and 3rd rounds. It's really important to be able to get them. Right now, the Leafs need prospects, and, really, there's usually not a huge difference between guys taken 24 and 34 in terms of ceiling.

 

[azzurri63]

Arizona takes Nicholas Merkley (RW).

Mentioned his small stature. Everything I seen lists him around 5'10"-5'11" about 190 lbs. Probably still going to fill out. McKenzie had him at 17.

 

[Kaberle15]

Marner was my choice.
+ 2 extra picks. Leafs will have 9 picks tomorrow.

Nicelly done.

 

[Kin]

I just feel your chances of getting someone that may eventually pan out slowing diminishes as you keep dropping. I would of liked Merkley. Dropped quite a bit.

You're probably marginally less likely to get a good player at 34 than at 24. You're probably more likely to get at least one good player with three shots at one at 34, 61 and 68 than 24. That's the math here.

 

[WhatIfGodWasALeaf]

A+ Grade for them from me, that was an outstanding first round for them.

 

[KW Sluggo]

I just feel your chances of getting someone that may eventually pan out slowing diminishes as you keep dropping. I would of liked Merkley. Dropped quite a bit.

I concur.

While I appreciate having more picks and I get the fact that we had no second round pick, I am far less than impressed with this effort tonight.

All we heard for the last 4 months is a scrub down to the stud rebuild. Oh, all the trade, all the deadwood and slackers that would be moved out.

Then at the trade deadline it was: wait until the draft, they will be angle to get more for Phaneuf and Kessel then than they will at the deadline.

Deadline came, deadline went. We picked up # 24 pick.

The roster coasted home to the golf course.

Then Babcock arrives with the mantra "there will be pain".

I guess I just didn't expect the pain to be in round one of the NHL draft.

Then it became; who we pick at 24 is crucial and Kyle is "over-prepared" for the draft.

How can you over-prepare for what happened tonight? What, did he spend two weeks practicing sitting down?

The last few days have brought whispers that maybe a rebuild is not needed, after all there is no need to trade Kessel and Phaneuf, not now (what happened to "best time to trade them is at the draft"???), let Babcock work with them and besides, there is always next week and the UFA period.

Best draft in a decade and we cannot move one player or any combination of players to get another first rounder.

I have had it with this dissembling, backfilling, obfuscation and outright BS. What crap.

Meet the new boss, same as the old boss.

Maybe tomorrow they can trade those four picks they got for 16 in the seventh round.

 

[herman]

I just feel your chances of getting someone that may eventually pan out slowing diminishes as you keep dropping. I would of liked Merkley. Dropped quite a bit.

Kylington and Sprong are still available

And Jeremy Roy!

 

[sneakyray]

Jonas Siegel ‏@jonasTSN1050  2m2 minutes ago
Mark Hunter says he sees Mitch Marner playing centre in the NHL.

 

[Tigger]

Also, part of the supposed edge the Leafs have here with Hunter and Dubas is not really identifying the top ( or obvious ) talent but finding talent in the weeds of the later rounds.

 

[Tigger]

I just feel your chances of getting someone that may eventually pan out slowing diminishes as you keep dropping. I would of liked Merkley. Dropped quite a bit.

Kylington and Sprong are still available

And Jeremy Roy!

Hurm, one of them should be available at 34, should...

 

[Kin]

I guess I just didn't expect the pain to be in round one of the NHL draft.

The likelihood is there will be multiple players available at 34 that I would have been happy with at 24. Unless there's a specific player you've seen and are upset the Leafs passed on, you're just complaining for the sake of it.

 

[Al14]

Well, if we keep trading down, maybe we can end up with all 30 picks in the 7th and last round. 

 

[sneakyray]

So what's the deal with the Bruins? Trade Hamilton.  Trade lucic. Eat 3 million in salary and then pick 3 head scratchers.

 

[CarltonTheBear]

Probably repeating what a lot of you have already said, Marner pick was great but I would have been happy really with any of those 3. Glad they didn't trade down from that spot. As for 24th, man Konecny would have been nice but I'll trust in the process that Dubas/Hunter have. Here's hoping Sprong or Kylington are still on the board at 34.

On a non-Leafs note, big props to the Islanders for coming out of the 1st round with Barzal and Beauvillier.

 

[Kin]

Well, if we keep trading down, maybe we can end up with all 30 picks in the 7th and last round. 

Man, the fifth person to make that joke will really hit it out of the park.

 

[Tigger]

On a non-Leafs note, big props to the Islanders for coming out of the 1st round with Barzal and Beauvillier.

Yup, they lose Griffin but that's a good haul.

 

[herman]

I'm super surprised Jeremy Roy didn't get snapped up. A smooth skating two-way rh defenseman who put up nearly a PPG in the Q? Or Daniel Sprong, who might be Kessel-lite? Or Oliver Kylington, one of the fastest defensemen in the draft?

Very shrewd trades to eke so much value out of expiring contracts.