Edited Sep. 11, 2021 at 8:36 p.m.
Quoting: SomethingLeafs
I know you didn't just say hunter was better drafter
Quoting: Byrr
No, I said he's had better results ... of course that would make him a better drafter. Regardless, it should give you a good idea of the realm Dubas is in when it comes to drafting.
Quoting: MatthewsFan
Entitled to our own opinions, agree to disagree.
2015 Entry 4 1 Mitch Marner = 2nd highest point scorer of the Draft year.
2015 Entry 34 2 Travis Dermott = 4th highest point scorer for Dmen in his Round (out of 12 Dmen), it just hurts knowing Aho was selected directly after him.
2015 Entry 61 2 Jeremy Bracco
2015 Entry 65 3 Andrew Nielsen = of the 10 player selected around these 3 Leafs only 187 NHL games have been played, 95 games by Kylington and 45 by Kolesar.
2015 Entry 68 3 Martins Dzierkals
2015 Entry 95 4 Jesper Lindgren = 6 Dmen selected before or after him, 60 NHL games played total.
2015 Entry 125 5 Dmytro Timashov = 20 players selected in the Round have yet to play 1 NHL game.
2015 Entry 155 6 Stephen Desrocher = 23 players selected in the Round have yet to play 1 NHL game.
2015 Entry 185 7 Nikita Korostelev = 25 players selected in the Round have yet to play 1 NHL game.
2016 Entry 1 1 Auston Matthews = best player Drafted
2016 Entry 31 2 Egor Korshkov = 15th highest goal scorer in the Round, with 1 game played.
2016 Entry 57 2 Carl Grundstrom = 3rd highest goal scorer of the Round.
2016 Entry 62 3 Joseph Woll G = only 1 goalie in the whole Draft has played more than 10 NHL games.
2016 Entry 72 3 J.D. Greenway = 21 players selected in Round have yet to play 1 NHL game.
2016 Entry 92 4 Adam Brooks = 11 players selected before or after him, 1 NHL game played combined.
2016 Entry 101 4 Keaton Middleton = 17 players selected in the Round have yet to play 1 NHL game.
2016 Entry 122 5 Vladimir Bobylev = 10 players Drafted after him, 2 NHL games played combined.
2016 Entry 152 6 Jack Walker
2016 Entry 179 6 Nicolas Mattinen = only 2 players Drafted in Round 6 and 7 combined have played in more than 50 NHL games.
2016 Entry 182 7 Nikolai Chebykin
2017 Entry 17 1 Timothy Liljegren = only 2 1st Rd Drafted players played less NHL games than him. (no hiding the fact this pick sucked, but after a little research, he was projected to be a Top 5 Overall pick heading into the year before the Draft, he got sick and dropped to 17th)
2017 Entry 59 2 Eemeli Rasanen = the next 8 Dmen Drafted after him, 0 NHL games played.
2017 Entry 110 4 Ian Scott = 5 goalies Drafted ahead of him, 0 NHL games played combined. (too bad Swayman was Drafted directly after Scott, ouch )
2017 Entry 124 4 Vladislav Kara
2017 Entry 141 5 Fedor Gordeev
2017 Entry 172 6 Ryan McGregor = only 2 players (out of 90 !!!!!) selected after Kara have played more than 10 NHL games.
2017 Entry 203 7 Ryan O'Connell
It also was Mr. Dubas suggestion to trade down in the Draft to get 2 extra Draft picks rather than selecting 24th Overall (Konecny) during the 2015 Draft.
So YES MR. ACGM's it's super easy to scout and Draft teenagers.
Mr. Hunter is NOT awful.