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I wouldn't leave Connor Brown out of this discussion. He has an amazing work ethic, and great IQ. He's outperformed Nylander so far in the Calder Cup playoffs. I think he flies under the radar in terms of Leafs top prospects.

It will be interesting to compare last year's four picks, two in second round, two in third with what they take this year, with same options (if none are traded). Last year                                              This year Round        Pick #      Player                  Round       ...

I was thinking more like the Leafs pick from Pittsburgh, a second rounder and a prospect like Kapanen or Lindberg for a crack at one of the top 3 d-men this year, Chychrun,  Juolevi or Sergachyov. I would try to try to retain the high end talent and go for quality for quantity deal, if someone...

Gotta love draft lottery outcome, now it will be interesting to see where we go from here? What I see it, here are the next three biggest decision, not particularly in order. 1. Stamkos or no Stamkos? I think it might come down to money. If Stamkos is willing to take something that Kessel type...

Thanks for the feedback on the post folks. I think it going to take a while to sort all this out because of all the competition in the system now, and all the new picks that will be added this draft, and potentially next. It's going take a while to see who develops into what at the pro level...

For the first time in a long while, the Leafs have established a pretty deep pool of NHL calibre or NHL ready players, which creates a healthy competition for spots but also creates a significant evaluation process to figure who to keep and who to discard, or who can be discarded? This "deep...

Well, the one question by Feswick I think was certainly insulting when he mentioned the "big egos" of Babcock, Lou and Shanahan, repeatedly. I mean that's pretty rude really. I am sure Lou can wait to grant his next interview.

I am fine with this deal. Kessel was not a good fit for what the Leafs need moving forward. I think the sleeper in this deal is Scott Harrington. Watched him a lot in the Memorial Cup and World Juniors and he was very solid and assistant captain in his last go around. Hunter knows his...

Most likely 23 or 24. The Leafs are already assured of at least 24 by virtue of the fact, Minnesota and Chicago both had less points than Nashville and one will advance to the conference final. To get to 23, probably one of the following scenarios would need to happen. Ottawa upsets Montreal and...

You can spin it anyway you like

On Bozak, teams with a good 2nd line centre aren't the ones that would be trading for him. When Bozak was signed last year, most people thought the Leafs got him at a fair price. All I am saying is that I don't think he's perceived around the league as badly as you think and we may still get a...

If a team is sold on a guy for whatever reason, they try things like that. It's a gamble granted. Is it bad to gamble, you could argue that, but that's what they pay scouts for to see if a given player is worth it? Apparently they thought he was. It hasn't worked out. If he had turned into...

I don't know who the scouts were that you speak of labeling him for 3rd round? I read a bunch of scouting assessments that year and don't recall that, not to say there wasn't any. However, here is the Central Scouting report for that year...

It seems pretty obvious Phaneuf has wanted out. His play, or lack thereof, certainly reflects that. Good on the brass for not caving. He gets the C and $7 million, and plays like he does. We ought to get something back.

That's easy to say in hindsight. It's the way things panned out. The scouts were ranking Biggs around that spot at the time. Some scouts were comparing him to Milan Lucic (comparisons are always dangerous). Burke was looking to make the Leafs bigger and stronger at the time and he was probably...

That' some funky math you got going on...

I just look at the Leafs being one pick away from Mantha when they took Gauthier. Of course, they don't have the Wings scouting/drafting record.

No one is suggesting anyone would trade for Bozak as a "number 1 centre." But his contract is not out of line with second line centres. Granted Bozak has stunk down the stretch but he is decent on face-offs, kills penalties and may play better under a different system with different linemates...

No one really knows how long this "rebuild" is going to take. It depends on what happens and at what level that gets to... 1. Just making the playoffs 2. Making the playoffs and being competitive, winning some rounds 3. Being a perennial contender If we're looking at just level 1 for starters...