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TOP 5 PICK!!!

Grigorenko is still top 5, not that it should be too surprising but it seems like the boohooing of him by a few hasn't had much of an affect.
 
Tigger said:
Grigorenko is still top 5, not that it should be too surprising but it seems like the boohooing of him by a few hasn't had much of an affect.
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The bigger concern around Grigorenko may be the rumours that one of the KHL teams (I can't remember which one) is planning on making him a serious offer to go back home to play instead of joining an NHL team. I imagine that's something that will come up when teams get a chance to interview him, and, if he drops out of the top 5 or so, that will be the reason why.
 
Corn Flake said:
ISS has always been somewhat dramatic in that they like to have a few big risers and fallers. I think it helps sell more copies of their reports.

Olli Maata is another one of those guys everyone one is going a little gaga over right now with his run with the Knights.  They will be saying *could* be another Karlsson which is what everyone will start saying now, which of course teams will be scared to pass up on and miss out.
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He's not quite Karlsson, but I don't think it is actually a bad comparison.  I haven't been able to see nearly as many games this year as in years past due to call schedules but the few games I went to over the course of the year (and the odd tape-delayed game late at night), there has been a big jump in his play and I think it had a lot to do with injury and getting used to the North American ice.  He's far more confident in his interviews and he has a leadership role on the ice and while he is on the bench. 

I think his talent isn't quite #1 defenseman level, but I think he's going to be a really, really, really good 2nd pairing guy who maxes out as a #2 defenseman. 

The Leafs don't need defensemen so I'm not going to tout trading down for him (I think based on current production level you can't risk a top 7-8 pick on the guy) but I think he very well could end up being the steal of the draft if he goes in the mid-late teens.
 
Potvin29 said:
Not many of the starters out there right now were 1st rounders, so it's not surprising.
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Yup. Goalies are kind of strange in that an unusually large portion of the better goalies in the league were drafted in the back half of the draft. Though, I suppose, to a degree, that makes some sense as well - these are guys that were given more time to develop properly and their teams took more time with them, instead of trying to move things along a little more quickly as teams tend to do with players drafted in the first couple rounds of the draft.
 
L K said:
Corn Flake said:
ISS has always been somewhat dramatic in that they like to have a few big risers and fallers. I think it helps sell more copies of their reports.

Olli Maata is another one of those guys everyone one is going a little gaga over right now with his run with the Knights.  They will be saying *could* be another Karlsson which is what everyone will start saying now, which of course teams will be scared to pass up on and miss out.
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He's not quite Karlsson, but I don't think it is actually a bad comparison.  I haven't been able to see nearly as many games this year as in years past due to call schedules but the few games I went to over the course of the year (and the odd tape-delayed game late at night), there has been a big jump in his play and I think it had a lot to do with injury and getting used to the North American ice.  He's far more confident in his interviews and he has a leadership role on the ice and while he is on the bench. 

I think his talent isn't quite #1 defenseman level, but I think he's going to be a really, really, really good 2nd pairing guy who maxes out as a #2 defenseman. 

The Leafs don't need defensemen so I'm not going to tout trading down for him (I think based on current production level you can't risk a top 7-8 pick on the guy) but I think he very well could end up being the steal of the draft if he goes in the mid-late teens.
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Picture Del Zotto but better defensively. At least that's what I read recently somewhere.
 
bustaheims said:
Potvin29 said:
Not many of the starters out there right now were 1st rounders, so it's not surprising.
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Yup. Goalies are kind of strange in that an unusually large portion of the better goalies in the league were drafted in the back half of the draft. Though, I suppose, to a degree, that makes some sense as well - these are guys that were given more time to develop properly and their teams took more time with them, instead of trying to move things along a little more quickly as teams tend to do with players drafted in the first couple rounds of the draft.
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I think TSN's Craig Button has Malcolm Subban as his 8'th (if I recall correctly) pick in the draft.  But I was shaking my head several times as I looked at his "Craig's List" draft order.  I think COrn has correctly made the observation that, in many instances, these lists often have 'surprises' or fast risers / fallers to attract views and stimulate discussion.  Real-world applicability is perhaps questionable.
 
What this really says to me - and I know it's been repeated often on here - is that the Leafs are going to land a really good player at #5.
 
Champ Kind said:
What this really says to me - and I know it's been repeated often on here - is that the Leafs are going to land a really good player at #5.
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Unless they trade down. Then they can get two ok players!
 
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