2020 NHL Draft

[Frank E]

Senators fans are.... not taking this well.

After they pick Byfield, we'll all be hearing about how he's better than Matthews for the next 3 years...at which point he'll demand a trade, and then he'll be overrated garbage according to those same fans.

 

[Phileas Fogg]

I think I might be tempted to keep Lafreniere and try to make the most out of his ELC years.

x2. Leafs could always trade someone else in the top 6.

 

[Phileas Fogg]

Yeah, an absolute breath-taking tank-job should garner you at least top-3.

I think the idea is that the system is supposed to discourage breath taking tank jobs, to which I guess this is a good thing.

 

[Kin]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jXRpylNa_Ew

I really can't get over this clip of Brian Burke complaining about how "unfair" it is that a team that may have had 25 more points than the Wings will pick ahead of them. I guarantee you he's said "life isn't fair" hundreds of times in his life when people were complaining about legitimately unbalanced stuff.

The one thing that NHL executives want, more than anything else, is for their jobs to be as easy as possible and nobody to get thrown out of the club ever. What a whiner.

 

[Frank E]

Ottawa is still going to get some studs, but Lafreniere would be super ideal for them, given the Francophonie.

Once "team to be named" is revealed, I don't doubt that they offer the 2 picks to move up.

 

[Phileas Fogg]

Maybe I've missed a post on this, but what happens if the mini playoff thing doesn't go ahead, or is cancelled? It's not like they can re-draw this scenario...?

 

[herman]

Maybe I've missed a post on this, but what happens if the mini playoff thing doesn't go ahead, or is cancelled? It's not like they can re-draw this scenario...?

https://twitter.com/tsnbobmckenzie/status/1276680548681990144

The following post in that thread outlines which teams qualify (the Leafs juuuust don't quite qualify as bad enough).

 

[herman]

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.

 

[Bender]

So what happens if the Leafs lose the play in but also don't get the first pick? We're still out of the top 10 right?

 

[Phileas Fogg]

Maybe I've missed a post on this, but what happens if the mini playoff thing doesn't go ahead, or is cancelled? It's not like they can re-draw this scenario...?

https://twitter.com/tsnbobmckenzie/status/1276680548681990144

The following post in that thread outlines which teams qualify (the Leafs juuuust don't quite qualify as bad enough).

Gotcha. So ideally the leafs get bounced in the play-in and the season limps across the finish line. Yesno?

 

[CarltonTheBear]

So what happens if the Leafs lose the play in but also don't get the first pick? We're still out of the top 10 right?

Looks like the very best the Leafs could get would be 11th. That assumes an upset in every single play-in round and a team with a worse points percentage than Toronto also winning the second lottery. So it's 1st or bust.

 

[disco]

So what happens if the Leafs lose the play in but also don't get the first pick? We're still out of the top 10 right?

We ain't losing no play-in, CBJ going down in two (the incessant offensive barrage causing them to forfeit early).

 

[Frank E]

I didn't realize that Ottawa also has the Isles 1st rounder, barring Isles win the lottery - then it moves to next year.

And they've got 4 second round picks. 

That's a lot of early picking. 

 

[bustaheims]

I didn't realize that Ottawa also has the Isles 1st rounder, barring Isles win the lottery - then it moves to next year.

And they've got 4 second round picks. 

That's a lot of early picking.

One of the few things Dorian as done well for the sens is acquiring picks and prospects once the team actually embraced the rebuild. He got super lucky with the 1st from San Jose, but, otherwise, he's been pretty good about adding picks in the first couple rounds.

 

[CarltonTheBear]

Really hope this thread is busy tonight.

 

[Zee]

If Leafs don't win the lottery where does Carolina get the pick?  13?

 

[CarltonTheBear]

If Leafs don't win the lottery where does Carolina get the pick?  13?

13th or 14th, depends on if a team above or below the Leafs in the standings wins.

 

[L K]

I'm assuming they are going to do the draft thing the same way they do the usual draft

List teams as they count down to #1.  Given how this playoff thing run I'm expecting the Leafs to get 2nd.  So not only do we not get Lafreniere but we also lose our draft pick to Carolina.

 

[CarltonTheBear]

I'm assuming they are going to do the draft thing the same way they do the usual draft

List teams as they count down to #1.  Given how this playoff thing run I'm expecting the Leafs to get 2nd.  So not only do we not get Lafreniere but we also lose our draft pick to Carolina.

I believe someone said that Bettman will be plucking the lottery balls out live on TV.

 

[Zee]

I'm assuming they are going to do the draft thing the same way they do the usual draft

List teams as they count down to #1.  Given how this playoff thing run I'm expecting the Leafs to get 2nd.  So not only do we not get Lafreniere but we also lose our draft pick to Carolina.

I believe someone said that Bettman will be plucking the lottery balls out live on TV.

They must be using weighted balls to fix it live on TV for the Leafs.