tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31438400.post7155653962583395418..comments2024-03-05T19:21:13.252-05:00Comments on Eyes On The Prize: Habs Vs Leafs Draft Picks Since 2000Robert Lhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16631806704699552307noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31438400.post-19404406700966944072007-06-28T01:43:00.000-04:002007-06-28T01:43:00.000-04:00Aebischer is gone like the wind and won't receive ...Aebischer is gone like the wind and won't receive any UFA offers in the NHL.<BR/><BR/>Toskala is a UFA after this season, and the better he does, the more he's worth. If he stinks, Pogge is next in line. Toskala won't match his San Jose stats with Toronto's defense. He's on his own.<BR/><BR/>If you haven't read that he's gone next year, then you read it here first. For TO's sake, I'd be happy to eat my words, but I don't see it happening. It was a very risky move in many ways.<BR/><BR/>My intimation that the Leafs would be missing Couture is based on the fact the Sharks traded the two picks Toronto gave up, to place themselves 9th, in the position of the team that formerly emplyed JFJ.<BR/><BR/>Couldn't he have done that deal?<BR/><BR/>The Leafs need to bank prospects, the well is dry and the Marlies are stacked with everybody else's has been's. Only a handful of Leaf draft choices are there. It's not good!<BR/><BR/>I'm a big fan of Souray's, but I recognize that his loss could be a bonus in a way. With the core of young players improving each year, the habs are destined to get better.<BR/><BR/>If not for a killer flu virus midseason and having to rely on David Aebischer to save their lives, things wouldn't have ended as they did. There's no sideways in the Habs swing. File 2006-07 under unforeseen accidents. But I hate excuses!<BR/><BR/>Glad you enjoyed the Gainey-Souray speculative post. That was the second one I did in that manner and they are brutally tough to write. Being neutral with fact and optimistic with perception is no easy task.Robert Lhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16631806704699552307noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31438400.post-24638118412115283172007-06-27T18:02:00.000-04:002007-06-27T18:02:00.000-04:00Vesa is going to leave for sure? Haven't read that...Vesa is going to leave for sure? Haven't read that.<BR/><BR/>The Habs are also theoretically strong in net but they still signed Aebischer.<BR/><BR/>As for the picks traded, it was a first and second rounder in a draft that was considered the weakest in years AND Logan Couture never made it to 13th so no one should be trying to intimate that the Leafs will be missing him. The other pick was a fourth rounder in 2009. Not exactly giving up proven prospects for an upgrade in net and for the kind of forward that will love crushing the Habs defence this year.<BR/><BR/>How 'sideways' will the Habs move in the standings be when Souray signs elsewhere and they have to try to learn to play at 5 on 5?<BR/><BR/>p.s. love that conversation with Gainey and Souray. If only more managers called players on their 'It is not about money' BS as your fictional Gainey. Of course, I hope Souray gets every penny he wants from Montreal ;)PPPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04222660837357023486noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31438400.post-72286270681397613172007-06-26T15:54:00.000-04:002007-06-26T15:54:00.000-04:00Interesting article. I did, however, find one mis...Interesting article. I did, however, find one mistake. When you were listing the first round picks since 2000 you omitted Marcel Hossa, drafted 16th overall in 2000.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31438400.post-30186042760919721952007-06-26T12:45:00.000-04:002007-06-26T12:45:00.000-04:00WKRIP!Beauchemin was a managerial booboo by Gainey...WKRIP!<BR/><BR/>Beauchemin was a managerial booboo by Gainey as to his eligibility. <BR/><BR/>Hainsey was a different story. He had an attitude issue and it is said the waiver callup was just a way of getting rid of him.Robert Lhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16631806704699552307noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31438400.post-92122889280353388032007-06-26T12:35:00.000-04:002007-06-26T12:35:00.000-04:00The Leaf scout is like the old Maytag repairman, s...<I>The Leaf scout is like the old Maytag repairman, sitting around waiting for his services to be called upon!</I><BR/><BR/>RIP Gordon Jump<BR/><BR/><I>Montreal has kept all six of it's first round picks, with only Ron Hainsey from 2000 having been cut loose.</I><BR/><BR/>Wasn't he (along with Francois Beauchemin) lost to Columbus on waivers?<BR/><BR/>Joe: I saw the article by Boone, but I think Edmonton still wins on botched first rounds. I mean, the only players who were actually part of the team for more than a handful of games from 1984-2002 were Jason Arnott, Ryan Smyth, and Ales Hemsky. During the same time frame, the Habs had Petr Svoboda, Shayne Corson, Saku Koivu, Mike Komisarek, and Chris Higgins (toss in Perezhogin, too, if you'd like). That's 5-3 Habs (3-2 if you only go back to 2000, taking out Hemsky, Komisarek, and Higgins), which gives the Oilers the golf-score victory.Doogie2Khttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14703778878103452453noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31438400.post-78443946185951251912007-06-26T00:00:00.000-04:002007-06-26T00:00:00.000-04:00Thank you my nameless friend! I jumped on it and c...Thank you my nameless friend! <BR/><BR/>I jumped on it and corrected that oversight minutes after your comments hit the box. All statistical categories and comparisons have now been properly adjusted to include Streits totals.<BR/><BR/>Sure hope I didn't miss any Leafs, this is getting better!<BR/><BR/>A note to other readers who come across factual errors - please let me know about them. I appreciate it, and I want to be correct. This reader just did more than a favor to me, he did everyone who reads this a service.Robert Lhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16631806704699552307noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31438400.post-53902093739191274862007-06-25T23:20:00.000-04:002007-06-25T23:20:00.000-04:00wut about streit?wut about streit?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31438400.post-50527478259849813102007-06-25T00:58:00.000-04:002007-06-25T00:58:00.000-04:00I don't know about the past 7 drafts, but it reall...I don't know about the past 7 drafts, but it really is amazing how poorly Montreal has drafted in the 1st round since 1980. Montreal was the kings of the draft until then. Fortunately the Habs found some good gems in later rounds.Joe Pelletierhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01906327400250923397noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31438400.post-40192378009735346442007-06-24T23:02:00.000-04:002007-06-24T23:02:00.000-04:00soooo....many....numberssoooo....many....numbersBryan Driscollhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05475775968417506054noreply@blogger.com