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tifwiw, but its out there that Brackett didn’t want to take Juolevi, that was Bennings pick.
Also wanted Boldy over PodkolzinI guess if you are not he GM or have final say, you can only give you input.
Overall lots of changes. better than doing nothing
Sounds like the leafs are hiring Brackett
not sure how I feel about that, rep seems good, but mixed results
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Judd Brackett as Assistant General Manager, Player Evaluation
Freddie Hamilton as Chief of StaffSan Jose seems like a logical landing spot for Rielly.
They only have 3 D signed for next season and 1 rfA?Its just what could the Leafs extract from SJ?
I think its something reasonably decent, I dont think he is a cap dump.Sounds like the leafs are hiring Brackett
not sure how I feel about that, rep seems good, but mixed results
Leafs are talking to Judd Brackett to be an assistant GM.
He ran the last 5 drafts for the Wild.
2021 – Wallstedt 20th overall. Looks to be a solid goalie but still a rookie. Carson Lambos played 1 game, drafted 26th overall. Might be a late bloomer but hasn’t produced much yet.
2022 – Ohgren 19th overall. Traded for Hughes. Yurov 24th overall, 73 games played.
2023 – 0 NHL games so far.
2024 – Zeev Buium 12th overall. Only has played 76 NHL games so far, traded for Hughes.
2025 – 0 NHL games so far.Prior to working the the Wild, Brackett was with the Canucks from 2008 to 2020, first as an amateur scout from 2008-2015.
2008 – Cody Hodgson 10th overall. Not a terrible player but not anywhere near the best pick at 10th.
2009 – Jordan Schroeder 22nd overall. Same as Hodgson, not terrible but not the best pick. Kevin Connauton 3rd round.
2010 – Only had 4th round pick or lower. Only one player played one single NHL game.
2011 – Nicklas Jensen 29th overall (Rakell went 30th). Frankie Corrado 76 NHL games.
2012 – Brendan Gaunce 26th overall (Skjei 28th, Pearson 30th). Ben Hutton 147th overall 575 games.
2013 – Horvat 9th overall. Shinkaruk 24th overall. Horvat was a home run, Shinkaruk was a strikeout with Theodore going 26th, Hartman 30th.
2014 – Virtanen 6th overall. Huge bust. Jared McCann at 24th was a good find. Demko 36th overall was also a good find. Forsling in the 5th round. A steal had he not been traded.
2015 – Boeser 23rd overall. Pretty good. Gaudette 149th overall played 367 games.Then as the Director of Amateur Scouting from 2015-2020.
2016 – Juolevi 5th overall. Bust. Keller going 7th and M. Tkachuck going 6th overall and playing on the Knights with Juolevi. Nobody else in this draft played more than 64 games.
2017 – Petersson 5th overall. Not a total bust but not what you want from a 5th overall pick.
2018 – Quinn Hughes 7th overall. Steal of the draft.
2019 – Podkolzin 10th overall. Hoglander 40th overall. Both okay NHLers but nothing great.
2020 – 0 NHL games played by any draft picks.Considering Vancouver has been pretty much dog shit for years now, his drafting didn’t exactly help pull them out of a rebuild as they are still deep in it. His drafting in Minnesota looks like it has some highlights but again, nothing that screams elite drafting either. Not exactly a part of a drafting system that has produced a Cup winner either. Don’t really see how this guy is any kind of improvement over what they currently have running the draft or his work being worthy of a promotion.
Hopefully he doesn’t get the job.
Habs looking Leafish tonight. Soon be doing the handshake line. They played like true pretenders. Too many smurfy players to get the job done. It shows that brawn and discipline continues to rule the NHL playoffs.
Montreal got outplayed in every series but managed to get lucky when it mattered. Game 7 vs. Tampa Bay, 2 goals on 9 shots, both of them basically miracle goals that 99/100 don’t go in. Against Buffalo, again, they played vs. two goalies because Buffalo has two back-ups and both shat the bed at one point or another. Montreal survived on a lot of PP goals and luck. Against Carolina, they stole a win because the Hurricanes had been off for almost two weeks waiting for an opponent. Then basically got swept after that in every metric, barely able to put together 20 shots in most games.
All that being said, Montreal was the youngest team in the playoffs and finished with 106 points. So long as management is diligent, they will only get better from here as their prospects continue to develop and their young roster players also start to peak. I highly doubt they would be able to reel in a UFA like McDavid in two years time but if the Habs swing a deal for more strength up the middle and figure out their goaltending situation, Montreal will be a serious contender within the next 5 years.
Montreal’s rebuild wasn’t perfect but the Leafs could learn a lot from them. Montreal traded Pacioretty for Suzuki. Then, from there, tanked a few times, drafted well and now are reaping the benefits from it. If the Leafs can do the same with Matthews + Nylander, they could be exactly where Montreal is right now but a lot better off considering the number of individual assets they have to sell. It’s a matter of having the right people making the trades (Chayka sucks at trades so he ain’t that guy) and the right people at the draft table (Chayka’s draft record is also trash so he ain’t that guy either).
Habs looking Leafish tonight. Soon be doing the handshake line. They played like true pretenders. Too many smurfy players to get the job done. It shows that brawn and discipline continues to rule the NHL playoffs.
Woodcroft NOT being interviewed by the Leafs according to Friedman.
At this point, they should just promote Gruden from within and throw a stupid amount of money at Carle to take over the Marlies. Carle is super comfortable at Denver U but if the Leafs broke the bank to get him into the professional ranks with the eventual pathway to promotion, it would benefit the franchise greatly. It also gives Gruden the chance to work with the same guys he’s been developing and would go well with the rebuild that they should be pursuing.
Right now, the Leafs just need a place holder coach. They’ve been through so many coaches at this point, it’s just moving chairs on the Titanic. There isn’t a coach out there that can prevent this ship from sinking.
I hope the can move Rielly to the San Jose and try to get the 2nd over all pick. Hey I’m not saying straigh for that pick. It would be a package deal of course.
Vancouver would great if the Leaf can pry Hronek from them for him as part of the deal.Absolutely no chance either event happens.
San Jose needs D for their rebuild, not another liability. There is no chance even a “package” with 2nd overall is included for Rielly. None.
Again, Vancouver is the worst team in the NHL in a full rebuild. Rielly sucks but he doesn’t want to play for a team that sucks. Nobody does. Again, no chance he goes to Vancouver or that Vancouver gives up their best D-man for him either.
These are both blue and white dreams.
