He is another guy that we valued where we took him. 1 pick; Nickl also likely to be selected Oct. 6-7 The 2020 NHL Draft … We know what they are able to do in those leagues at those levels. They acquired Vegas’ fifth-round draft choice (153rd overall) in a three-way deal at the 2020 trade deadline that saw the Leafs acquire Robin Lehner from Chicago, retain part of his salary, and send him to the Golden Knights. Thanks to my friends, family and coaches who have helped me along the way. While we don’t know when the 2020 NHL Entry Draft will be taking place, the Canadian junior leagues have been proceeding with their drafts. He has development here yet, like all of these guys. We just value the speed and the skill. “It is nice that nearly all of them are up and running,” Dubas said after the draft. The Finnish players are typically low maintenance and really work hard, which is something we really value. Evander Kane @evanderkane_9. He is a little bit of a later bloomer. Michael Callow, a 6’2” forward from South Boston, MA, played US High School Prep with St. Sebastian’s School. Another guy at Karpat that we took. The 6’2”, 165lb forward had 17 goals, 25 assists and 68 penalty minutes in 38 games played last season. That is sort of how we always look at that.”, – Kyle Dubas on his draft philosophy around size. “Again, it’s funny how the list falls,” said Lilley. Sporting News tracked all 216 picks (of 217 slots) in the 2020 NHL Draft. As it started to get closer down to our pick, we felt we’d like to get another pick close by with 59 and 64. At the end, we had a lot of guys we liked still there. QMJHL Entry Draft 2020 - full list of selections with facts and stats. We just see a raw ability there that has potential. The 6’2” native of Halifax finished last season with eight goals and 25 assists in 31 games. The Leafs executed both a trade up — in the fifth round (153 and 212 for 137) — and a trade down — in the second round (44 for 59 and 64) — in addition to securing an additional late seventh-round pick from Boston by swapping their 2021 seventh-round draft choice. Carruthers exploded in the playoffs this year with 15 points in 10 games. Saint John selected their only goaltender of the draft in the third round, 6’3” Michael D’Orazio. He plays the right way. Quebec Major Junior Hockey League Central Scouting unveiled today its final Prospect Rankings. He is a goalie, so it is going to take time, but we thought he was worthy of the pick where we selected him. He is really quick to close gaps and take away time and space. “We would cross off a CHL player or a guy from a different league and a Finnish guy or an NCAA guy would pop up. Los Angeles Kings: Quinton Byfield, C, Sudbury-OHL. He’s got time on his side. That is the way we set out to do it. In free agency and trade, those guys cost a lot. In his media address after the conclusion of the 2020 NHL Draft, General Manager Kyle Dubas discussed his decision not to qualify Frederik Gauthier... 2020 NHL Draft: Toronto Maple Leafs Pick List. He tracks back hard. Here are the complete results. A trade late in the day saw Saint John deal forward Maxim Cajkovic (2001) and an 11th round pick (2020) to the Val-d’Or Foreurs in exchange for four picks: Round 3 – 2022 (VDO), Round 4 – 2021 (CHI), Round 5 – 2021 (VDO) and Round 11 – 2020 (VDO). They’re all young. We didn’t have as much intel on him in the last few years like we do with a lot of these guys. New York Rangers: Alexis Lafreniere, LW, Rimouski-QMJHL. He has a long development path. A full list of drafted players from the 2020 QMJHL Entry Draft can be found here on the QMJHL website. A physical forward, Patella had seven goals, seven assists and 32 penalty minutes in 42 games with Laval-Montreal Rousseau Royal (QMAAA) in 2019-20. We liked him and valued him. He is a good goal scorer. Our Privacy Policy which includes our cookies policy is linked. After a four-month delay due to the COVID-19 … “I don’t know if it was because we had the extra time to circle back on guys that maybe earlier in the year regional guys didn’t like, but I did think it was a deep draft, a good draft. It might have been surprising a few weeks back if you were told the Leafs were not going to move any of their own picks for immediate help while actually adding two more draft selections. This kid plays the game hard. Drapeau played last season with Collège Notre-Dame notching seven goals and seven assists in 41 games. The other thing for us is that, Amirov is not a small guy by any stretch, but Amirov, Hirvonen, Niemela, Ovchinnikov, and Rindell  — they are already playing in men’s professional hockey at the highest level, whether it is Finland or Russia. We were really happy with the outcome and to get Hirvonen and Niemela with those two picks. Saint John took their first New Brunswick born player with the 103rd overall pick, drafting Woodstock native Hunter Gartley. I am not a believer there is typically a clear-cut ‘Best Player Available’ at 188th overall, for instance. Here are the complete results. To read all of [...]. 2020 NHL Draft Round 1 Results 1. I believe he was the leading goal scorer in the U18 World Championships as an underage with Jack Hughes in that class. He's published five magazines on the team entitled "The Maple Leafs Annual" with distribution in Chapters and newsstands across the country.