Is Tanev made of gold....? Or glass?

Still have a weak defense. Gonna be another first round exit.

Be interesting. how Hunter's legacy is shaped when the Leafs picks are analyzed in ten years. Right now, average at best.
Would have been nice to have Debrincat obviously but sure am glad that Tanev isn't a Leaf.

Anybody could have drafted better, like every team past on Kucherov like 5 times, and now they all regret it...

He was a second round pick...

How bout ondrej palat
.. the point he was making is that every team who picked someone not in the nhl when debrincat was avalible could say this.. the world doesnt revolve around toronto

Why dont you like tanev

Neither traditional nor advanced stats suggest he is a quality defenceman. I don't get the attraction to him but am happy to hear the arguments for.

I cheer for vancouver in the west and toronto in the east so i have watched him play a decent amount, he reminds me of exactly what babcock wishes hainsey is but better, he is very good transitionally, a good passer and closes the gap well in the defensive zone, i think he would be a great partner for rielly because he can play defence while rielly lights it up offensively, this was hainseys role this year but like i said i think tanev would be 100x as good for this job plus he can contribute offensivley a little

it's more the crazy demands by mostly Vancouver fans. leafs aren't giving up top futures for tanev. of course no other team is trading so much just to acquire tanev either.

A late first, third line winger and b level prospect is not a crazy ask for a guy who will no doubt play on our top pair and improve our defence a ton

this crazy talk about a top pair again. top pair, bottom pair they all play. zaitsev and hainsey are playing right side next year....,they are doesn't matter what ranking you want to give them. so tanev plays the rhd spot replacing polak and carrick combo from last year, and the wild card of ozhikov, yep, tanev when he plays is a improvement of polak and carrick, the issue is the price to be pay
to call grundstrom a b level prospect, sorry you don't the leafs. he's a starter next year on the leafs especially with jvr and komarov gone plus you want brown and 1st rounder to be added for a two year rental, when he's healthy. i know it's all subjective what tanev is worth but almost all trades of rhd especially to the leafs are seriously to high,

sorry if you don't follow the leafs. since Babcock likes balanced lines, there room for grundstrom and to get good minutes. Hyman came in as rookie and got good minutes with Matthews, there isn't any reason a two year veteran of the SHL and AHL doesn't warrant quality minutes . don't know why you think aaltonen and lindholm play wing they are centres and as you suggest the leafs have lots of wingers. sure wish the supporters of tanev could trade him to any other team but the leafs, but the reason is clear, there is any other team that really wants him? No since canucks fans think he is a # 1.

Actually since i do follow the leafs i know that babcock likes having two guys with center experience on every line, hence lindholm playing center with aaltonen as his wing each take draws on their strong side. And as for tanev im sorry if you dont understand what defence is