Toronto takes Easton Cowan from OHL London
Toronto takes Easton Cowan from OHL London
— Elliotte Friedman (@FriedgeHNIC) June 29, 2023
by malliabu
@Toronto Maple Leafs
Toronto takes Easton Cowan from OHL London
Toronto takes Easton Cowan from OHL London
— Elliotte Friedman (@FriedgeHNIC) June 29, 2023
by malliabu
50 Comments
Who?
Tell me how to feel about this
I have no idea who this kid is, but he sure has a hockey player name.
Apparently the 51 ranked skater in NA coming into the draft. That seems like more than a bit of a reach.
He is the 64th ranked player on a consensus of McKenzie, Wheeler, Pronman, Button and others.
His NHLe https://twitter.com/TopDownHockey/status/1674240515410362369
This is on Wes Clark for good or for bad
can we get dubas back? this guy was ranking like 3rd round…
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edit: you can downvote me all you want, however this reeks of the same crap with that korshkov (or whatever his name is). Trade Sandin for this…yikes
About to be the Greatest Leaf of all time
What a dog shit pick. The Treliving era off to a really questionable start. This was a trade down and draft in the 2nd/3rd round kind of pick
Got to love drafting a 4th liner in the first round
A legend is born
This does not look like a good pick as it stands compared to what was available.
The Treliving era is off to a horrendous start lol
I feel like we’re sliding back into the dark days…
Solid pick. I had him at 22 on my board
Really couldn’t trade down eh?
Trade down if you’re going this far off the board.
Is this Gretzky regen?
Lmao, can’t even make this shit up
The Leafs Bruno Caboclo pick.
I was sure it was going to be Dragicevic.
This reminds me of the Amirov pick. Off the board. Well see
This kid was pretty clutch during the Knights playoff run, he’ll need some time to develop but he’s gonna be a good player
Why didn’t we trade down? I don’t get this hockey team man
Reeaach
So Treliving’s first two moves:
– Overpaying for a 4th line center
– Taking a reach with their 1st round pick, also a right winger which we don’t need.
Yeah, so far I’m not too positive.
This has Yegor Korshkov vibes
People expecting too much with the 28th pick.
Brad had nothing to do with this pick, y’all are doomers.
Holy reach. Don’t understand why they wouldn’t move back but I’m just an armchair GM not GMBT/MLSE.
These comments are insufferable. Lets watch this kid play first…
God I think I prefer when this sub went black. Forgot the drama queens in here.
If this is the guy, that’s fine.
But trade the fuck down then. Jesus Christ.
Knights season ticket holder here. Cowan is a perfect complement to star players. Gets in the gritty areas and has high compete level. Good amount of skill for his role. Personally I think he’s a better prospect than bonk for guys from London.
Jesus Christ why, just trade down ffs
Fuck you people are almost always ready to jump off a bridge
This feels like a mid-floor, low ceiling pick like the Percy/Biggs/Goat picks.
Oh well
Seems like a Fraser Mitten style pick again. Decent skills guy that is good both ways and picked up his game in the playoffs before being drafted.
We got a lot of pro scouts on this sub lol
Y’all been dying for Konecny. We get Konecny 2.0 and you all cry? Lets see what he’s got
As others have mentioned, it’s going to be a few years until we know if this is a good pick. The worst takes happen on draft night. (Edit: lots of people hated the Knies pick, for instance)
Not a fan of Treliving at all so far.
Keeping Keefe, signed Kampfe for way too much for way too long for someone with 0 ability to drive play and now picks someone ranked in the 3rd round at 27.
Obviously its extraordinarily early but I was expecting meh and so far it tracks far too well.
Looking forward to coming back to this thread in 6 years to see all the people who wrote Beaston Cowan off based on where he was sitting in the arena. You’ve never heard of him before today, I’ve never heard of him before today, but he’s a Toronto Fucking Maple Leaf and he’s got my backing until he’s proved he doesn’t deserve it, not the other way around.
Feels like they wanted to trade down but when they couldn’t find a partner they just took their guy anyways knowing he wouldn’t be there for their next pick. Sure hope they know something nobody else seems to.
Do we think Treliving is smarter than every single ranking organization on the planet?
Tough start….
I don’t understand why they just didn’t trade the pick to a team for an early 2nd and a 3rd, im sure Cowan would’ve probably been there in the 2nd.
The Hockey Writers scout profile on him made comparisons to Cowan and Brayden Point in terms of play style. If Cowan can turn into a Point esqe player for this team then I see this as an absolute W even though it’s risky
A little pitbull lightweight boxer. I love it. Dougie Gilmour revisited. His scouting report says small but smart and quick. Can create and finish. This guy has heart.
Feels like a guy that could play out his OHL career, linger around the Marlies for a couple years, and eventually fizzle out, ala Jeremy Bracco. I hope he proves everyone wrong though
Whatever. But if they’re going off the board, they might as well offload the Murray contract and select this guy in the 2nd round.
Love this pick
Scouting department gets the player they want and everyone shits on Treliving.