The Leafs have completed their 2018 NHL entry draft, the first with Kyle Dubas officially as the man in charge. What can we take away?
I want to start of by saying: I do not watch junior hockey, I am not any kind of a scout, and I rely on what I read to learn about this stuff. Prior to draft day, I had only heard of the Leafs’ first three picks (Rasmus Sandin, Sean Durzi, and Semyon Der-Arguchintsev). So these are very much armchair observations. Let’s roll.
1. The Veleno Pass. Rasmus Sandin deserves his own bullet, and will get the next one, but the decision everyone is going to Monday-Morning-Quarterback is the decision to pass twice on centre Joe Veleno (the Leafs traded down from 25th to 29th to pick up a third-rounder; Veleno was selected 30th.