2020 NHL Draft

[herman]

Definitely a curious draft. Very interested in the Russian goalie, wonder if he's our dark horse of the draft.

I'm trying not to put too much stock into MHL save numbers. Apparently everyone there likes to shoot Tyson Barrie style.

 

[OldTimeHockey]

Joe Miller
5'9 146 lbs

Absolutely the youngest possible player

There?s a school of thought that believes the younger potential draftees are undervalued because they?re further behind on the development curve.

Byfield is almost a full year younger than Lafreniere

 

[Zee]

Joe Miller
5'9 146 lbs

Absolutely the youngest possible player

There?s a school of thought that believes the younger potential draftees are undervalued because they?re further behind on the development curve.

Byfield is almost a full year younger than Lafreniere

I really think Byfield is gonna be a beast. Great luck for LA

 

[OldTimeHockey]

Joe Miller
5'9 146 lbs

Absolutely the youngest possible player

There?s a school of thought that believes the younger potential draftees are undervalued because they?re further behind on the development curve.

Byfield is almost a full year younger than Lafreniere

I really think Byfield is gonna be a beast. Great luck for LA

I think his invisible World Juniors hurt his stock. But that can also be attributed to his age.

 

[CarltonTheBear]

I was looking through how some other teams drafted and noticed that Boston only had 4 picks this year. No 1st rounder either.

 

[herman]

I was looking through how some other teams drafted and noticed that Boston only had 4 picks this year. No 1st rounder either.

I was following the TSN draft tracker and there was a Boston slot that went unfilled and I don?t know what happened.

Edit: looks like a programming issue with pick 151 Mason Langenbrunner (any relation?)

 

[Deebo]

I was looking through how some other teams drafted and noticed that Boston only had 4 picks this year. No 1st rounder either.

I was following the TSN draft tracker and there was a Boston slot that went unfilled and I don?t know what happened.

Edit: looks like a programming issue with pick 151 Mason Langenbrunner (any relation?)

Yes, they showed a bunch of drafted players who have relatives who were in the league at some point. Langenbrunner was one of them.

 

[CarltonTheBear]

https://twitter.com/_NickRichard/status/1314214659013173248

Hmmm maybe Dubas did draft somebody with some snarl after all...

 

[Highlander]

Nothing like having a Goalie as your top thug.

 

[herman]

Joe Miller looks fun!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lSl_SkTibn0

From: https://www.pensionplanpuppets.com/2020/10/8/21506109/toronto-maple-leafs-2020-nhl-draft-picks-thoughts-rodion-amirov-roni-hirvonen-topi-niemela

 

[CarltonTheBear]

https://twitter.com/kevin_mcgran/status/1314234439556304898

Consider this an 8th round pick. If you're wondering what his size is, why?

 

[Highlander]

Some math, a lot of kids at 18 have a chance to grow at least an inch or two.  So the Leafs have 4 picks at 5'11" (not much short of 6'), 2 picks at 6',  1 pick at 6'1" and 1 pick at 6'2"
Good chance that 8 of these picks end up at 6 feet or taller.

 

[Guilt Trip]

Some math, a lot of kids at 18 have a chance to grow at least an inch or two.  So the Leafs have 4 picks at 5'11" (not much short of 6'), 2 picks at 6',  1 pick at 6'1" and 1 pick at 6'2"
Good chance that 8 of these picks end up at 6 feet or taller.

But they weigh nothing and will never put on weight..enter sarcasm

 

[CarltonTheBear]

https://twitter.com/mostlyleafies/status/1314240490339012616

Amirov with the shootout winner for his team today. No points but he did play 20+ minutes (his team might be missing some regulars).

 

[herman]

https://twitter.com/TSPhockey/status/1314035603370127360

 

[herman]

https://twitter.com/mostlyleafies/status/1314240490339012616

I did not understand how that went in.
https://twitter.com/khl_eng/status/1314245199950995457
Now I understand.

 

[Highlander]

Some math, a lot of kids at 18 have a chance to grow at least an inch or two.  So the Leafs have 4 picks at 5'11" (not much short of 6'), 2 picks at 6',  1 pick at 6'1" and 1 pick at 6'2"
Good chance that 8 of these picks end up at 6 feet or taller.

But they weigh nothing and will never put on weight..enter sarcasm

Just tiny people in a big land, scary actually.

 

[CarltonTheBear]

https://twitter.com/khl_eng/status/1314259243277713408

 

[herman]

https://twitter.com/khl_eng/status/1314259243277713408

Is their team sponsored by Steamwhistle?

 

[Andy007]

Nice write up of the draft from Dobber Prospects:

https://dobberprospects.com/2020/10/08/nhl-draft-podium-worthy-draft-classes/