I have London Knight season tickets, I seen him play about 45 games…he doesn’t play like Nazem Kadri, Easton Cowan is no where near as talented/skilled as Kadri…but Easton Cowan is one of the hardest working players you’ll see…if you liked Zack Hyman you’ll like Easton Cowan.
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And Marchessault was not drafted... The first true undrafted player to win the Con Smythe trophy. Still Martin St-Louis remains probably the best undrafted player of all time.
No…Wayne Gretzky is the best undrafted player of all time.
I'm not so against the Kampf signing as others are. Perhaps they spent $500-$800K more than they wanted on a bottom 6 player, but how often have the Leafs just continuously rolled in / rolled out quality bottom 6 players. That is what they have done year after year. Some continuity on those lines may be a good thing.
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He was not a real un drafted player coming from the merge of 2 league. He simply did not went trough the regular draft.
Treliving shouldn’t listen to the team’s scouts, the guys that they’ve hired and paid to evaluate players and who have seen him play many times…he should have contacted you!
Wes Clark the scout watched Cowan many times, he's the kid they wanted. Treliving tried to trade down to get him in the later rounds but no GMs would bite, so the Leafs said fuck it, we take him now.
That much is clear - that was the guy they wanted and ultimately picked. In hindsight, I guess many will indeed question if the scouting staff made the right decision. Time will tell.
'Easton Cowan was the No. 95-ranked prospect by The Athletic’s Corey Pronman and No. 97-ranked prospect by The Athletic’s Scott Wheeler — two of the top prospect gurus in the NHL. If Toronto needed a center badly enough, there were plenty of better prospects with higher upside still available like Riley Heidt, Gavin Brindley, David Edstrom and Anton Wahlberg, who all would have made more sense. Sure, Toronto didn’t pick again until Round 5 and if Cowan was the guy they truly wanted, then why not go for him? But if you only have one pick in the first four rounds, you better make it count.'
Easton Cowan is not a centre, he plays left wing…if the athletic draft experts were so valued teams would get rid of their scouting staff and buy a subscription to the athletic instead…same goes with the TSN and Soortsnet experts, most of those guys have never seen these players play.
He's signed. He will probably "ride shotgun" for Matthews and Marner.
Maple Leafs Sign Ryan Reaves to 3-Year Deal (thehockeywriters.com)
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