Mitch Marner Could Be Quinn Hughes If He Was A Defenceman? (Toronto Maple Leafs News & Rumours NHL)
77Get started with amazing custom hockey jersey bulk orders today at Jerseys Made Easy: https://jerseysmadeeasy.com/pages/custom-hockey-jerseys?ref_code=legorocks99
Today we're going over Rhys Jessop's crazy idea that he brought up on Twitter, but that actually has a tremendous amount of food for thought.
We're talking about Toronto Maple Leafs forward Mitch Marner today, and how, if he was played as a defenceman, he could be as effective as the Vancouver Canucks' Quinn Hughes had he learned some proper gap control.
This comes after the Toronto Maple Leafs' embarrassing defeat at the hands of the Columbus Blue Jackets in their 2020 Stanley Cup Playoffs qualifying play-in series.
The 2020 Stanley Cup Playoffs are involving sixteen teams, which are the Boston Bruins, Tampa Bay Lightning, Washington Capitals, Philadelphia Flyers, Montreal Canadiens, Carolina Hurricanes, New York Islanders, and Columbus Blue Jackets in the East, and the Colorado Avalanche, St. Louis Blues, Vegas Golden Knights, Vancouver Canucks, Calgary Flames, Chicago Blackhawks, Arizona Coyotes, and Dallas Stars in the West.
The matchups are currently the Golden Knights VS Stars in the Western Conference Finals, and Lightning VS Islanders in the Eastern Conference Finals.
Of the Conference Semi-Final matchups, the Boston Bruins, Colorado Avalanche, Vancouver Canucks, and Philadelphia Flyers have been eliminated
The eliminated teams of the 2020 NHL Playoffs from the qualifying play-in series are the Edmonton Oilers, Winnipeg Jets, Nashville Predators, Minnesota Wild, Pittsburgh Penguins, New York Rangers, Toronto Maple Leafs, and the Florida Panthers.
Teams eliminated from the first round of the 2020 NHL Stanley Cup Playoffs are the St. Louis Blues, Calgary Flames, Arizona Coyotes, Chicago Blackhawks, Columbus Blue Jackets, Montreal Canadiens, Carolina Hurricanes, and the Washington Capitals.
Mitch Marner was one of the top NHL prospects drafted out of the 2015 NHL Entry Draft.
The 2015 NHL Entry Draft saw many top NHL prospects get selected by a variety of teams. The first round of the draft went as follows:
1st - Edmonton Oilers, Connor McDavid
2nd - Buffalo Sabres, Jack Eichel
3rd - Arizona Coyotes, Dylan Strome
4th - Toronto Maple Leafs, Mitch Marner
5th - Carolina Hurricanes, Noah Hanifin
6th - New Jersey Devils, Pavel Zacha
7th - Philadelphia Flyers, Ivan Provorov
8th - Columbus Blue Jackets, Zach Werenski
9th - San Jose Sharks, Timo Meier
10th - Colorado Avalanche, Mikko Rantanen
11th - Florida Panthers, Lawson Crouse
12th - Dallas Stars, Denis Gurianov
13th - Boston Bruins (from Los Angeles Kings), Jakub Zboril
14th - Boston Bruins, Jake DeBrusk
15th - Boston Bruins (from Calgary Flames), Zachary Senyshyn
16th - New York Islanders (from Pittsburgh Penguins via Edmonton Oilers), Mathew Barzal
17th - Winnipeg Jets, Kyle Connor
18th - Ottawa Senators, Thomas Chabot
19th - Detroit Red Wings, Evgeny Svechnikov
20th - Minnesota Wild, Joel Eriksson Ek
21st - Ottawa Senators (from New York Islanders via Buffalo Sabres), Colin White
22nd - Washington Capitals, Ilya Samsonov
23rd - Vancouver Canucks, Brock Boeser
24th - Philadelphia Flyers (from Nashville Predators via Toronto Maple Leafs), Travis Konecny
25th - Winnipeg Jets (from St. Louis Blues via Buffalo Sabres), Jack Roslovic
26th - Montreal Canadiens, Noah Juulsen
27th - Anaheim Ducks, Jacob Larsson
28th - New York Islanders (from New York Rangers via Tampa Bay Lightning), Anthony Beauvillier
29th - Columbus Blue Jackets (from Tampa Bay Lightning via Philadelphia Flyers and Toronto Maple Leafs), Gabriel Carlsson
30th - Arizona Coyotes (from Chicago Blackhawks), Nick Merkley
Quinn Hughes, the comparable used in this video, was drafted in 2018.
The 2018 NHL Entry Draft saw even more top NHL prospects get selected by a variety of teams. The top 11 of the draft went as follows:
1st - Buffalo Sabres, Rasmus Dahlin
2nd - Carolina Hurricanes, Andrei Svechnikov
3rd - Montreal Canadiens, Jesperi Kotkaniemi
4th - Ottawa Senators, Brady Tkachuk
5th - Arizona Coyotes, Barrett Hayton
6th - Detroit Red Wings, Filip Zadina
7th - Vancouver Canucks, Quinn Hughes
8th - Chicago Blackhawks, Adam Boqvist
9th - New York Rangers, Vitali Kravtsov
10th - Edmonton Oilers, Evan Bouchard
11th - New York Islanders, Oliver Wahlstrom
Twitter: @LR99Gaming
Portfolio: http://giopalermo.ca/
Twitch: legorocks99
Hi. I'm "Gio Palermo", also known as "legorocks99" ("legorocks99Gaming", "LR99Gaming", or "LR99"). I post video game commentaries on YouTube revolving around "hockey", with a primary focus on "Vancouver Canucks", "Montreal Canadiens", "Detroit Red Wings", and top "NHL prospects" topics. These videos are uploaded with "NHL 20" gameplay in the background. I enjoy making these videos and I hope that you enjoy watching them!
I am also a graduate of the BCIT Radio Arts & Entertainment program, and this YouTube channel is an essential part of my radio portfolio.