No, I'm not saying Toronto should do this. But if they want to, what kind of return would they get from other teams in a pure pick trade?

There's quite a few forwards who could still be around late in the draft that I like, and as you can imagine most of them are smaller but have interesting skills.

There's no free agents, and last year's summer of everyone re-signs their own guys, just, you know, with the one exception, was pretty dull.

He will be one of the more interesting defenseman with two-way potential outside of the first round in this year's draft.

A young and relatively unknown Russian defenseman has a solid foundation of skills that have me interested in him as a long term project.

The trouble with doing something good is we just want more of that.

The Marlies win it four games to one against the Chicago Wolves tonight in front of a max capacity crowd at the Coliseum.

That's an upgrade on defence, but is he a true 1D?

Shaikhlislamov is very young, but has decent size and plays like a hyper-aggressive wrecking ball that could be honed into an interesting power forward.

And tonight's the night. This is the AHL, there is no such thing as rest.

A last minute change in his commitment from Kitchener in the OHL to Michigan in the NCAA, plus some size concerns, have driven down his draft hype. I still like him, especially if he falls into the middle rounds.

Vegas also named their new coach yesterday.

They have new players!

Let's draft some players!

So not an out of the box choice after all.

They have a lot of open spots to fill.

Wiggo has one of the weirdest paths in his draft year for any prospect that I can remember seeing, but that doesn't matter to me because he's just fun.

Marlies take a commanding lead.

I'm told JVR is not the return.

Potentially one of the better all-around defensemen in this draft, but with enough mechanical and consistency issues that made his draft stock sink in the second half.

Marlies back in action.

He is now a Maple Leaf!

He's big, he's heavy, and he plays like it, but with some very interesting potential as a puck mover as well.

Oh, and there was some other hockey game.

Apparently I have Latvians on the brain this weekend. Latvian centers, specifically.