Leafs Draft 5th (Pending Lottery)....?

[Peter]

Id take Gaunce over Faksa, but neither at 5.
at 5 you have to take the leftover over Galchenyuk Grigorenko Forsberg Murray Dumba

but there wil be 2 left over of that group
The leafs will be lucky to get galchenyuk at 5, but it will most likely be between Murray and Forsberg
I'd have to assume that
CLB - Yakupov
EDM - Grigorenko/Dumba
MTL - Galchenyuk/Dumba
NYI - Dumba/Murray
TOR - Galchenyuk/Murray/Forsberg
ANA - Murray/Forsberg

[kimmer]

Didn't we get Luke Schenn for our last 5th overall pick?

[Shep]

Faksa has been getting top-five nibbles after January. The kid is the real deal -- I wouldn't be disappointed if he was taken at 5th. And in no way, shape, or form is he comparable to Gaunce. That's fucking retarded.

He's been getting nibbles at Broads and from message board posters. I have not seen a single scouting service, analyst, etc to put Faksa in the top 5.

[The BBKL Insider]

Id take Gaunce over Faksa, but neither at 5.
at 5 you have to take the leftover over Galchenyuk Grigorenko Forsberg Murray Dumba

This

minus the Gaunce over Faksa, i'd take neither

[bills09]

Gaunce doesnt get a lot of respect but is still the top rated Canadian forward.

[The BBKL Insider]

Late round pick I like Dan Stepson, with our 2nd round pick I like tom wilson, and I like dumba or forsberg with our 1st (or any of the top 6 really).

[bills09]

Ideally
1:5: Alex Galchenyuk
2:35: Any of Scott Laughton/Colton Sissons/Dalton Thrower/Tanner Pearson/Tom Wilson/Malcolm Subban

[Lee]

Could you imagine the rivalry if we drafted Subban and he actually turned into something?

[Shep]

Late round pick I like Dan Stepson, with our 2nd round pick I like tom wilson, and I like dumba or forsberg with our 1st (or any of the top 6 really).

Wilson will go early 20s at the latest.

[thom54]

http://www.nhl.com/ice/page.htm?id=79331

central scouting final ranks

[Chris]

Huh. I thought Faksa wasn't sniffing the top five.

[Shep]

Huh. I thought Faksa wasn't sniffing the top five.

North American skaters only, and he's 7th. He won't go in the top 5 unless the Leafs reach which will be a mistake.

[Chris]

Huh. I thought Faksa wasn't sniffing the top five.

North American skaters only, and he's 7th. He won't go in the top 5 unless the Leafs reach which will be a mistake.

Ah yes. Because dropping down one spot means he's not sniffing top-five.

[thom54]

listing the numbers 1-10 doesn't mean that 6 and 7 are equidistant apart as compared to 4-5. By all accounts there's a shelf at 6.

[Shep]

Huh. I thought Faksa wasn't sniffing the top five.

North American skaters only, and he's 7th. He won't go in the top 5 unless the Leafs reach which will be a mistake.

Because dropping down one spot means he's not sniffing top-five.

Correct.

[Chris]

listing the numbers 1-10 doesn't mean that 6 and 7 are equidistant apart as compared to 4-5. By all accounts there's a shelf at 6.

Haven't heard of that word (equidistant) in a while.

Faksa has been compared to Hossa. Natural offensive ability seems in line with Hossa as well -- neither are elite in physical gifts, but have great brains for the game. He, like Strome, weren't on anyone's top-five radar until mid-season. In fact, I checked last night on my phone and there was a blurb on Google about Faksa pushing for top-five status. I'm going to go look in a bit, but yea. He's legit. TSN had Faksa in the top-ten mid-season draft rankings.

I would not be disappointed with Faksa with our own pick.

[thom54]

this HAS to be misheard. Or someone has gone full retard.

@DarrenDreger on 1050 just mentioned Kessel + #1 for Nash as something Leafs could consider. I'd consider no longer following hockey.

THROW IN GARDINER AND IT"S EVEN DERP!

[kyuss]

this HAS to be misheard. Or someone has gone full retard.

@DarrenDreger on 1050 just mentioned Kessel + #1 for Nash as something Leafs could consider. I'd consider no longer following hockey.

THROW IN GARDINER AND IT"S EVEN DERP!

kessel + 5th?

[Peter]

this HAS to be misheard. Or someone has gone full retard.

@DarrenDreger on 1050 just mentioned Kessel + #1 for Nash as something Leafs could consider. I'd consider no longer following hockey.

THROW IN GARDINER AND IT"S EVEN DERP!

[thom54]

kessel + leaf's 1st round pick (currently 5th)....

gotta be Howson trying to get media pressure on or something. Just stupid. Kessel for nash idea was blow up the ACC bad...