2010 NHL Entry Draft Recap
by Chemmy on Jun 26, 2010 5:37 PM EDT
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Will these kids be heroes or footnotes? There's something interesting about watching the draft long after many turn their attention elsewhere: someday that kid no one knows anything about might score a series winning goal despite the long odds of him ever even suiting up to play in the NHL. Follow us over the break for links to all of our draft day coverage in one place, and remember you can click the image in this post to go to an image gallery.
The Leafs first selection was #43, acquired by trading Jimmy Hayes to the Chicago Blackhawks to unite him with his brother. The Leafs drafted Brad Ross from the Portland Winterhawks where he had 68pts in 71gp.
In the third round with their own pick the Leafs grabbed Gregg McKegg from the OHL's Erie Otters. McKegg scored 85pts in 67gp (1.26ppg) in his draft year. Compare that to Nazem Kadri who put up 78 in 56 (1.39ppg) in his draft year. No one is saying McKegg is as good as a guy like Kadri but he looks promising for a third rounder.
With the 79th pick the Leafs drafted a Norwegian player named Sondre Olden out of the Swedish Jr. league. Olden's a big kid with some talent. Hopefully he makes the jump across the pond to train under the Leafs' supervision.
Late in the fourth round the Leafs also grabbed Petter Granberg out of the Swedish Jr. league, before moving the 122nd pick in the fifth round to grab Mike Brown from the Anaheim Ducks. Brian Burke must be apologizing for giving the Ducks both Blake and Toskala by tossing them a pick for a plugger.
Finally in the later rounds of the draft the Leafs picked up Sam Carrick, a center from the Brampton Battalion, with pick #144. With the #146 pick the Leafs grabbed a guy identified by NHL.com as being a "sleeper pick" in Daniel Brodin from Djurgardens. Finally Toronto grabbed Josh Nicholls at #182.
What are your thoughts PPPers? Have a favorite new prospect? Hate somebody we picked up? Anyone you wish we would have grabbed? Wish somebody had gotten traded? Let yourself be heard in the comments.
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I voted B. I think we did a good job adding Brad Ross and Greg McKegg and did a good job given the circumstances.
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I gave it a C
Simply because I expected more movement from Burke. Kaberle is still here, no big deal, but Mike Brown is his “splash”? Not terribly convincing.
Decent drafting though.
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by JaredFromLondon on Jun 26, 2010 6:37 PM EDT up reply actions
Burke said after the 1st round yesterday that he wants to trade Kaberle for a forward, and wouldn’t take picks. It’s rumored that he was offered a 1st for Schenn and felt it an insult.
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Schenn’s a 5th overall pick. Unless Florida, Columbus or the Islanders made the offer it is an insult.
Why even ask?
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c’mon Burkie, I’ll be your best friend!
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by JaredFromLondon on Jun 26, 2010 6:42 PM EDT up reply actions
You know how badly he can beat you right?
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by Plea From A Cat Named Felix on Jun 26, 2010 6:47 PM EDT up reply actions
This.
I worry though that Burke is overvaluing Kaberle. Watching Fowler plummet in the draft leads be to believe that GM’s are coveting scoring forwards moreso than offensively gifted defenders. I don’t know what he’d get for Kaberle straight up, but I think he’d have to throw in a prospect or roster player to get any kind of player like I think he’s targeting. July 1 will be an interesting holiday.
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Spelling mistake
Olden, not Olsen
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by Andy from FightNight on Jun 26, 2010 5:38 PM EDT reply actions
B
I like Ross & McKegg. Think Ross could be the exact kind of guy Burke falls in love with
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I think we can all fall in love with him.
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jersey on order
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by JaredFromLondon on Jun 26, 2010 5:40 PM EDT up reply actions
DO YOU WANT TO GET YOUR TEETH KNOCKED THE FUCK OUT?
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by Archimedies on Jun 26, 2010 5:45 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
by the time he got to the word “you” he’s already throwing bombs
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by JaredFromLondon on Jun 26, 2010 5:45 PM EDT up reply actions
Being compared to a player like Steve Ott or Sean Avery, but also being a player who will man up and throw down instead of being a complete wuss make this kid A+ in my book.
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B
good work with what was at hand, some good safe picks, some possible diamonds in the rough and a cheap depth player who will add grit immediately to the line up
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by JaredFromLondon on Jun 26, 2010 5:40 PM EDT reply actions
B
To get a second rounder and a good pick at that for J. Hayes in return was great and I also like the 7th for Edmontons 5th next year as well. Gregg McKegg is a good pick at that spot as well, not to mention his name is pretty sweet.
All I can hear in my head when I read “Greg McKegg” is Scruff McGruff.
McKegg’s gonna take a bite out of crime.
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boy has some serious malkinface
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by JaredFromLondon on Jun 26, 2010 5:51 PM EDT up reply actions
wow…..
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by JaredFromLondon on Jun 26, 2010 5:53 PM EDT up reply actions
its the “I may be unfortunate looking, but I’m gonna snake your girlfriend” face
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by JaredFromLondon on Jun 26, 2010 5:56 PM EDT up reply actions
hahah
“Is that your girl, bro? Cause I’ll bag her man, I’m a bagger.”
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thats what happens when you have a leg for an arm and an arm for a leg
facial nerve damage
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by JaredFromLondon on Jun 26, 2010 5:55 PM EDT up reply actions
with a leg for an arm and an arm for a leg
best quote of the draft
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is there something the simpsons cannot be referenced for?
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by JaredFromLondon on Jun 26, 2010 6:17 PM EDT up reply actions
B for what Burke did with what he had to start.
I’m also glad Boston didn’t get hall.
by BlindSight on Jun 26, 2010 5:46 PM EDT via mobile reply actions
as per usual
derp derp haters
you know what I say to you?
Nert nert nert, and a nert nert nert!
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by JaredFromLondon on Jun 26, 2010 5:49 PM EDT reply actions
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by JaredFromLondon on Jun 26, 2010 5:51 PM EDT up reply actions
gotta keep it real
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by JaredFromLondon on Jun 26, 2010 5:52 PM EDT up reply actions
I gave it a B
Ross and McKegg look legit; with McKegg possibly being an absolute steal should be improve on this year’s performance in the OHL as a 17 year old, and have that carry over to the AHL and NHL.
Ross, should he make the big club, would instantly become a fan favorite for being the talented pest this team sorely needs and to take some fight responsibility off of Colton Orr’s shoulders.
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He was the youngest person of at least the Top 25 scorers in the OHL this year. I got tired of clicking names after 25 (under 70 points)
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I’m also hoping it was partially Ross who made Nino look so good
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by JaredFromLondon on Jun 26, 2010 6:00 PM EDT up reply actions
Ummmmmmmmmmmmmm
Nino – 65GP, 36G, 24A, 60pts, 68PIM, plus 11
Ross – 71GP, 27G, 41A, 68pts, 203PIM , plus 22
So he scored at a better ppg pace while spending a full THREE TIMES as many minutes in the penalty box. And he only has 2 fewer ES goals than Nino. Ummmmm dayummmmmmmmm.
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Yeah Nino just had the size and the fact he played World’s where he was obviously really the only player on his team.
Nino is all of 1" taller than Ross and, per the Winterhawks site, 30lbs heavier. He sounds fat.
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Sounds real fat.
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byfuglians non-union euro corespondent?
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by JaredFromLondon on Jun 26, 2010 6:20 PM EDT up reply actions
B
Brad Ross was one of the guys I was hoping for and the fact that we moved up to get him without giving up much makes me very happy. I like the McKegg pick as well.
I look forward to watching Brad Ross piss players off moments before Colton Orr smashes their faces in.
I also dont mind the trade for Mike Brown. He is nothing special but he is a decent defensively and he actually knows how to skate…so thats a bonus.
Brown likes to run people through the boards, as long as he does that consistently and isnt terrible defensively it was a pick well spent
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by JaredFromLondon on Jun 26, 2010 5:54 PM EDT up reply actions
Eh, it’s a fifth-round pick for a fourth-liner who makes $500,000. I don’t think it’s going to really matter in the whole scheme of things.
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by T is for Truculence on Jun 26, 2010 5:56 PM EDT up reply actions
500K and a 5th > 2 mil on torres
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by JaredFromLondon on Jun 26, 2010 5:57 PM EDT up reply actions
My paradigm has just been shifted.
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by T is for Truculence on Jun 26, 2010 6:17 PM EDT up reply actions
Dont know enough about these guys
To vote on this. I am glad Burke found his secondary toughness in Brown. I am not glad Kaberle is still a Leaf…for now. I truly believe that Toronto will be knocking on the playoff door this year regardless of what deals my come.
by Johnny Bower's Pokecheck on Jun 26, 2010 5:56 PM EDT via mobile reply actions
Check out the Kaberle showcase showdown or whatever post. PPP thinks he goes on July 2nd once teams miss out on their targeted UFAs and are looking to deal. I agree with him.
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I agree as well. Plus teams will have a better idea of their salary once they have signed any free agents, Kaberle is cost-controlled.
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by Plea From A Cat Named Felix on Jun 26, 2010 6:22 PM EDT up reply actions
C
F for round 1
B for rounds 2-7 (Would’ve been an A, but he didn’t gamble on KABANOV!)
If we get shitall for Kabs and we could have scored a late 1st, Burkie gambled and lost.
Tick Tock, Tomas. Tick Tock.
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the Kaberle chips are still on the table, just because he didnt take the pot with the first hand doesnt mean he can’t pull out a royal flush in later hands
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by JaredFromLondon on Jun 26, 2010 6:17 PM EDT up reply actions
No matter how skilled the guy is the more I think about it the more I don’t want a guy with a shitty attitude. Yashin 2.0
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I think that if you have the opportunity to draft a top 5 talent in the 3rd round, you have to take it. You can always teach a guy not to be an ass and worst case scenario the Leafs might be lucky enough to pull an Ottawa and send Yashn 2.0 packing for a second overall pick a la Ottawa
there was a reason that so many teams passed on him continually
The islanders are probably in the best position to take that chance with as much good young talent to insulate Kabanov should he continue to be a head case and not fill out his potential
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by JaredFromLondon on Jun 26, 2010 6:26 PM EDT up reply actions
I compare it to the housing market. There are homes that were originally 500K now on the market for 80K. They’re huge bargains and sure you could take a gamble on it but there’s a reason they’re not worth 500K anymore.
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At the same time, the player we got in the third round instead almost scored a point per game on a realtively unheralded Erie team as a 17 year old, is among the youngest players in the draft, and doesn’t have the reputation of being a massive dick.
We didn’t pass up Kabanov for a Jamie Devane.
We got a guy with a ceiling 20% lower than Kabanov, but since his head’s on straight, his chances of making it are probably 20% higher than Kabanov’s.
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Dude said he’d tear up his Russian passport. He’s misunderstood.
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Exactly
I think Kabanov got a much worse wrap than he deserved. I was pissed that we didn’t take him, then texted a buddy who’s an Isles fan saying he must be pleased. He said he was a KHL threat, and he’s not the only one who’s saying that. He’s not… he wants nothing to do with Russia anymore. He has an attitude, but I think it’s largely trickle-down from his father. If a team can straighten that out, they have a star.
I’d much rather get a roster player, a late first rounder wouldn’t develop for a few years and by that time all our guys will be 30.
Look at it this way
Basically the pick would have been Kabanov instead of McKegg.
McKegg was lights out this year as a 17 year old, finishing 1 point out of the top 10 in OHL scoring.
Kabanov, on the other hand, was just over a ppg player in the QMJHL this year on a really good Moncton team, is sad to be quote “a gong show”, has Lindros like daddy issues, and has the lingering possibility of going to the KHL despite him saying no to that.
McKegg is the safer, and do I dare say the more talented pick.
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I do like the McKegg pick
But none of you backtrack – 99% of us were ALL on board for Burke going after Kabanov.
High risk/High reward, I still we we’d got him.
Oh well, he’s Islanders head case now.
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by nhlcheapshot on Jun 26, 2010 6:48 PM EDT up reply actions
oh yes, I was 100% all for the gamble
but I’m not going to fault Burke for not doing it
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by JaredFromLondon on Jun 26, 2010 6:50 PM EDT up reply actions
I like the Daniel Brodin pick
"I’m not interested in a five-year rebuild. You say Pittsburgh? Well Pittsburgh picked a ball out of a drum to get Sidney Crosby. Don’t tell me there’s skill there. They won a goddamn lottery."
- Brian Burke a.k.a. Mr. Truculence
someone do up a pennywise cover right now
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by JaredFromLondon on Jun 26, 2010 6:21 PM EDT up reply actions
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by JaredFromLondon on Jun 26, 2010 6:23 PM EDT up reply actions
You should email support and change your username to Brodin’s Bromance
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Thanks for keeping everybody in the loop of all things TML these last two days
I’m one of the many many many that read this site everyday and nod and smile silently, knowing that I’m not the only person that is crazy enough to love this team no matter what and that we all indeed bleed blue and white. I’ve never said anything before because by the time I finish reading through all the comments everything I would have said, had already been said.
Without this site I would have been lost many times over but none more so than these last two days. No cable meant that I thought I’d be up the creek but luckily between TSN.ca streaming and you guys today, I think I may just make it.
Once again, thanks alot
That’s what we’re here for! Thanks for the words of encouragement. It’s good to be appreciated.
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I second this sentiment. Amazing work from all involved. I used to check TSN first for Leafs news, not anymore. Keep it up.
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by T is for Truculence on Jun 26, 2010 6:51 PM EDT up reply actions
I find it hard to believe
Jared or have I ever said anything that was something someone else meant to say
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If you’ve ever said “Why the hell did God feel fit to punish us with Toskala?” I was there nodding. If you ever said “Why the hell doesn’t Kaberle shoot the puck when he won the accuracy contest a couple years ago?” I was there patting you on the back when you said it. If I anybody ever said to themselves “You know if this team blows one more 3rd period or OT game, I’m making a run straight for the beer fridge!” I was already standing behind you with 2 bottles. 1 for you and 1 for me.
Thanks!
Welcome and that means a lot. It’s not for nothing that comments like those are why we do things.
Glad you’re commenting.
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I'd really like to second this too!
I am pretty much in the same boat. While I have commented before, I have only commented a few times and am still getting the hang of site etiquette (Blurr and Karina explained to me that I should post interesting announcements in the ftb, not the most recent article).
I absolutely love PPP and spend 10-25 hours a week on here. You guys rock!
Trying to work out who’s going to be the first person trying to get PPP to sign their boobs at this rate.
:P
(but yeah, love for the site).
the FIRST person?
That happened a lonnnnnng time ago.
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by Archimedies on Jun 27, 2010 12:51 AM EDT up reply actions
Puck Daddy Just posted this...
Brian Burke media scrum…
http://sports.yahoo.com/nhl/blog/puck_daddy/post/Video-Brian-Burke-on-Kaberle-offers-watching-B?urn=nhl,251583&utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter
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We got four offers while we were here…. well we got three, and and insult.
I LOVE BURKE!!!1
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by Plea From A Cat Named Felix on Jun 26, 2010 6:25 PM EDT up reply actions
I love
That he always looks like he just finished an arguement.
His tie is always loose and his hair a little dissheveled
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I don’t know, to me he looks like he’s on the edge of a heart attack. To my eyes that man needs exercise, sleep, a better diet, and a good two weeks off to decompress.
Brian Burke took a vacation once
They wrote about in a book I read as a kid. “And on the seventh day he rested”…..O.k. not funny, but the comment screamed for it
He reminds me of Malcolm Tucker from The Thick Of It, particularly a line he has from In The Loop – “You sure you’re working as hard as me? ‘Cause I’m sweating spinal fluid!” I get the impression he’s the most intensely angry man in the league, somebody who runs everywhere, shouts at everyone and only stops swearing when he’s REALLY pissed. I enjoy this fantasy.
we rule so hard
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by JaredFromLondon on Jun 26, 2010 6:34 PM EDT up reply actions
popping that logo like it ain’t no thang
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by JaredFromLondon on Jun 26, 2010 6:36 PM EDT up reply actions
OMG CLICK THE SOCCER BALL
ITS A VUVZELA BUTTON
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by Wrap Around Curl on Jun 27, 2010 7:43 PM EDT up reply actions
A.
I feel like all the mistakes this draft happened beforehand. Aside from missing out on Kabanov (and hey, that move won’t be judge-able for years to come) Burkes scouting staff did a fantastic job adding pieces that we’ll be able to use very effectively in the future. We stuck to our mold of big and strong, and managed to stock the cupboard despite sitting on our hands for two rounds.
I also wanted Kabanov, but decisions were made the reasons for which we can only speculate. Still a good draft though, seems like this year we wen for more skill/speed whereas last year was pick & shovel types.
Where did he end up being taken? I was out of town all day so I’m just trying to catch up on things.
This ‘Russian risk’ thing makes me wonder where Ovie would go if he was 18 now, maybe not until 10th or 11th?
Don’t think so. Ovechkin was so hyped the Panthers tried to draft him a year early in the 9th round.
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Glad the draft only goes 7 rounds now
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by Say *plan the parade one more time*... on Jun 27, 2010 4:31 PM EDT up reply actions
The one thing I noticed from reading the scouting reports on pretty much all of these guys
‘Team guy’
‘Character player’
‘Not afraid to drop the gloves’
‘Well liked’
‘Great skating’
Also most have some potential scoring upside. Looks like Burke sat down with his scouts a while a go and said – get guys like this.
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by Say *plan the parade one more time*... on Jun 26, 2010 7:22 PM EDT reply actions
Excepting the fact we didn’t have our first and second pick (we didn’t get a Kadri) I think over all they did a better job drafting this year than last year.
Not as many head-scratchers.
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by Say *plan the parade one more time*... on Jun 26, 2010 7:25 PM EDT reply actions
I’m with Bower Power, I don’t have anywhere near enough info to grade this draft. I can count on one hand how many of the kids in the entire draft I’ve actually seen play hockey live.
Ross and McKegg were ranked right where the Leafs got them, no big surprises there. I’m glad to see the club shake the misnomer that they don’t like/won’t draft Euros.
Looking forward to following this draft class to see what they might add to the club in three or four years.
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Good point re: drafting European kids. Jared echoed this sentiment in another thread, have faith in your scouts and pick the best prospect you feel is available.
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by Plea From A Cat Named Felix on Jun 26, 2010 8:30 PM EDT up reply actions
A different sort of draft pic
As much as I slag many hockey things, one piece the NHL does really well is draft day portraits.
That’s a fantastic shot by Harry How that leads this article.
The NHL seem to do great shots year after year.
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agreed
The one at the top of this post is one of the better draft pics I’ve ever seen
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by Archimedies on Jun 26, 2010 10:28 PM EDT up reply actions
Kaberle Could Score 50
If Wilson tells him to pass the puck into the net by banking it off the crossbar
Former two-time NHL All Star Skills Competition Accuracy Shooting Champion del Mundo!!!!!!!!1 and he won’t shoot the fucking puck.
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He’s 23rd amongst defencemen for total shots with 158, and 58th in average TOI with 22:21. I think it’s something of a myth that he doesn’t shoot.
"Defense! Defense! Common! Do you call that blowing!?"
Putting the puck on net and shooting are two different things though. Watch a game and pay attention to the times where he hesitates on the PP to let one go and makes a dumb, hurried pass to a confused winger. I can’t count the number of times I was yelling at the TV for him to shoot it.
I've always wanted to be a PPP Princess. You see kids, you can be anything you want to be; so long as Jay Leno doesn't also want to be that.
But what is his shooting percentage? Is he scoring on a high percent? And would he score on a higher percent without all those pauses?
I gave him a B
Would have given him an A if he had manage to swap for another late second or the Oilers third and taken Kabanov. Having said that I’m very happy with McKegg.
Kabanov has shit loads of talent but is a cancer behind the scenes, the wildcats releasing him and being rejected by the russian squad wasn’t done for no reason at all. This is a guy who at one point was projected to go first over all and then fell to the third round despite still having lots of skill. The leafs dressing room finally seems to be shaping up a guy like this is the last thing they need.
B
I have no idea who any of these guys are but after reading the analysis posted on PPP they seem like solid picks. If 1 or 2 eventually suit up for a regular shift with the Leafs I think this draft year will be a major success.
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nay
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by JaredFromLondon on Jun 26, 2010 11:50 PM EDT up reply actions
Great question
No, he did not.
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SIGN HIM IN FREE AGENCY!!!!!!!!!!!1
I've always wanted to be a PPP Princess. You see kids, you can be anything you want to be; so long as Jay Leno doesn't also want to be that.
One of the problems they had with him was that he wanted the maximum amount of money for his rookie contract so no I would imagine they’re done with him altogether.
I'm over Champagne for this reason:
Dear Joel Champagne,
You wanted to play hardball with the stubbornest GM in the whole fucking league, and now you’re without a pro contract and didn’t get re-drafted. Have fun in Europe playing for some Tier II Czech team.
Signed,
Your mom is fat
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I'd forgotten about our friend Champagne.
In a way, this seems to support Burke’s decision not to re-sign him. I’m sure there is more to this story that we haven’t heard.
"Defense! Defense! Common! Do you call that blowing!?"
Joel Champagne – old and busted
Brad Ross and Gregg McKegg – new hotness
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LOL
Yes.
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by Archimedies on Jun 27, 2010 12:51 AM EDT up reply actions
Joel Champagne – Absent
Brad Ross and Gregg McKegg – Present
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by Archimedies on Jun 27, 2010 12:56 AM EDT up reply actions
Ross? Here. McKregg?....McKregg? Here. Champagne?....Champagne?......Champagne?........Champagne?..............
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C
Burke did alright given what he started with. Overall I was happy with it. Ross and McKegg look like good prospects… my only complaints:
A) Not getting Kabanov at 62. Yes, he’s a bit of a headcase, but he also has the potential to make up for not having the Seguin pick.
B) No goddamn QMJHLers. I’m living in small town Cape Breton with nothing to do while my buddies are at university, so I’ll be making trips to see the Eagles play, and I was hoping to be able to check out some new Leafs prospects. Instead it’s the same old… except most of them are probably moving on.
I guess I’ll be scouting for 2011.
I’m really happy with one, how much the WHL was represented in the draft and two, the Leafs picked someone up from Portland.
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(843): the red head has a bf
(1-843): just because there's a goalie doesn't mean u can't score
by Wrap Around Curl on Jun 27, 2010 7:40 PM EDT reply actions
I like portland for one reason
The name is aweesome: Port Land, its like the land of the port, awesome.
Done with Champagne. Working with McKegg.
Next year we draft someone whose last name is Hardliquor.
Can it before I drive this truculence through your faceulence and put you in an ambulance.
by Brunswick Bruiser on Jun 28, 2010 12:31 AM EDT reply actions
It would be good to hear from the people that are voting D and F and get their reasoning.
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I was thinking the same thing. There seemed like enough votes to indicate that they were not just from trolls.
The Guess Who sucked, the Jets were lousy anyway
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