WhatIfGodWasALeaf
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It?s official, Hunter has gone.
Hunter Will Not Return Either
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https://twitter.com/LeafsPR/status/998913972987293696
cya
cya
I hope Hunter joins Lou with the Islanders and they continue to suck forever.
https://twitter.com/TSNBobMcKenzie/status/998916054150623232
Makes sense. Although it says a lot to me that he wouldn't even stay past the draft... not that I'm complaining.
Makes sense. Although it says a lot to me that he wouldn't even stay past the draft... not that I'm complaining.
herman said:
1) Because it's Lou
2)
Hunter leaves the team just 10 days before the Leafs' rights to Keaton Middleton expire.
Zee said:
Neither, just funny. Middleton was one of three hulking-but-not-good defencemen that Hunter took in 2016.
Zee
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CarltonTheBear said:
Yeah I recall it was one of those "off the board" picks that nobody could understand. Either it was a genius move or just a shot in the dark hoping he'd turn into something. I guess it was the latter since I haven't heard much about Middleton since he was drafted.
herman
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Zee said:
I think they were taking a handful of swings at landing someone that might develop into a Parayko-type player: huge, but mobile puck-moving defenseman who can break a cycle. At worst, a Roman Polak, who also has value around the league if not here.
Desrocher (gone)
Greenway
Middleton
Mattinen
Rasanen
Gordeev
O'Connell
7 out of 27 picks is not too crazy, and only Rasanen (2017 59th) used up a top 60 pick. Everything after that top third of the 3rd round is moreorless an equal shot in the dark.
Zee said:
I was going to make a joke about how Dubas would trade them Zaitsev, Martin, and McElhinney but then I realized that he might actually be able to pull that off.
The one pretty consistent issue the Leafs have had since the mid 70s (the era of Sittler/McDonald/Williams/Salming/Turnbull et al) is their drafting (when they kept their picks and most notably hitting on later rounds) and certainly the development of these picks. Hunter seemed to instantly turn this around in the drafting area and I think Dubas on the development side. But you can't develop a player without drafting the right talent.
I know Hunter was not the only person in the scouting side but I had a pretty high confidence level in his ability.
It's a sh**ty deal for the Leafs and I hope that Shanahan knows what he has done.
I also hope I'm underestimating Dubas' contribution to what has happened the last 3 years but at least on the drafting side
but I don't think I am.
I know Hunter was not the only person in the scouting side but I had a pretty high confidence level in his ability.
It's a sh**ty deal for the Leafs and I hope that Shanahan knows what he has done.
I also hope I'm underestimating Dubas' contribution to what has happened the last 3 years but at least on the drafting side
but I don't think I am.