Fair...

Bunting to PGH for Guentzel

They didn't secure him though. It's still a risk he goes to FA and as @MatthewsFan said it sounds like it may be an AHL deal.

At the end of the day, I don't imagine this works out poorly. But I've been pretty skeptical of Brad's pick management so far, and seeing what we've been able to do in rounds 5-7 the last few years (Holmberg, Grebenkin, Voit, Tverberg, Chadwick already got an ELC...) I'm not really in the same boat as everybody who just seems to have the "meh who cares" attitude about draft picks. Would just hate to see another one out the door for nothing.

Yea it's a stupid move. The guy isn't going to sign now because he isn't graduated and is in his final year so he's waiting till end of the school year.

By then he's 3 months from being a UFA, he gets zero extra games with Toronto by signing. Why wouldn't he just wait till the summer and pick his team.

Unless the Leafs plan on offering him a spot in the NHl to burn a year on his deal like they did with Abruzzese so he's one year closer to a non-ELC contract which could help him make an extra few hundred thousand over his career. But then this guy is playing NHL games this season.

Dubas missed the SOO

People really gonna be overreacting on a 6th round pick.....

I mean I know this fanbase love to overreact but for that lul come on

We’ve made 11 selections over the past 3 drafts.

We just gave out 2 3rds, 5th, and a 6th for two UFA D’s I hope they don’t re-sign.

Yes, it matters

The overreaction for mid round picks be real lul

What you rather have them do spend 1sts for rentals or do nothing and waste a season where 3 of the big 4 gonna reach 100 points. Pls never be a GM if u wanted that

Brad basically added a 6'5 guy whose been to the SCF twice and won a cup with STL then added a guy whose worked well with Rielly before along with a 6'7 kid with cap to spare on other moves. But yea we saw the formula for how teams go far big physical Dman. FLA and VGK especially showed it. Bullied us out of R2 and 0 response from us and our analytically superior players.

Moving back to picks

If they keep the 1st there's a thing called trading down and restocking

Brad literally can just restock this draft and if we look at an example in 2020 he traded down and got more assets and still managed to get Zary

Take our 1st trade for 2nd and 3rd then keep it going

How did Knies take a penalty lul

Should just be 2 penalties on McCabe

Liligren is just making it so difficult rn

As his PK coverage not great. Getting beat to often

Reaves wanted to change but had his stick like he wanted the pass

These simple mistakes cant happen as it leads to this kind of stupid penalties

Not a great first period as a whole cant keep gifting BOS PP's

Liligren man I like him but idk its tough with him rn. I feel maybe if you do keep him no PK as he gets beat for the puck alot or just gets lost in general

Also someone take a run at Coyle. Nothing bad just a nice big hit

RIP Nylander WTF U doing lul

If Knies werent hurt should be a benching

how is it not 6 mins??

Leafs.

Nylander is not doing himself any favors tonight

Refs be off tonight

Should have been a 4min 5 on 4 for McCabe's crosschecks and then a 6min 5 on 4 for Coyle crosscheck bleeding Bertuzzi

I swear did the NHL hire new guys as something be off

Last time they blew whistle early now this ****

After watching that Timo hatty blues can keep Parayko

Bertuzzi respect +

Bertuzzi just beat the snot out of him oh my god

Marner sometimes u dont got to galaxy brain it just shoot on the EN lul

And now hes hurt.....

It carried over in BUFF to but yea thats also been a theme

The bruins will destroy us in the first round.

Regular season and playoffs be different

TOR got to cute on one play and took a stupid penalty

This is the first time things have looked even besides those two plays

People thought BOS would destroy FLA and look what happened