Pre-Game Talk: 2022 NHL Draft Mega Thread: All Draft Talk Goes Here!

[WeThreeKings]

Same here. The f***ers who keep spoiling it deserve that we find out which movies they are about to watch, and tweet them how the f*** it ends....

I don't get the point.. congrats you found out 5 seconds before the rest of the world.

 

[First Line]

Looks like they decided!
… it’s both

 

[bopeep]

It's nice that we have the 26th pick, it gives me a reason to watch the entire 1st round.

I'm looking forward to Thursday night after the first round is complete - we'll have the entire evening to ponder / debate / leg wrestle over who we pick at 33

 

[Habsfan18]

Has it been mentioned yet that Corey Pronman from The Athletic reported that of his league sources, the assumption is that the Habs will pick Slafkovsky?

I just can’t see it..I can’t see us passing on Wright or Cooley for a winger.

 

[Whitesnake]

I don't get the point.. congrats you found out 5 seconds before the rest of the world.

Problem is that even without watching Twttier, TV guys will spoil it too....

Has it been mentioned yet that Corey Pronman from The Athletic reported that of his league sources, the assumption is that the Habs will pick Slafkovsky?

I just can’t see it..I can’t see us passing on Wright or Cooley for a winger.

I don't see it too especially based on advanced stats as well.

 

[WeThreeKings]

Has it been mentioned yet that Corey Pronman from The Athletic reported that of his league sources, the assumption is that the Habs will pick Slafkovsky?

I just can’t see it..I can’t see us passing on Wright or Cooley for a winger.

Engels said yesterday that if anyone tells you they know who the Habs are picking, they are lying. He said if he doesn't know, no one knows. I believe that.

 

[BIG GIFS]

If the Devils really are interested in Slaf and that the Habs want to swap pick with them, of course the assumption would be that the Habs would pick Slaf, otherwise the Devils would just wait for 2nd overall to draft him.

 

[Ezpz]

Pronman thinks we're taking Slaf but he's a hack so it's hard to say.

 

[Adam Michaels]

but? he's now saying take Wright because of his performance?

No. Lavoie said that Wright had a bad year. The guy who made the tweet I posted said that if 94 pts is a bad year, then he would take him.

 

[DramaticGloveSave]

I have Luneau at 44 so ahead of Fisher and Havelid. So yeah if he's there, take him but he won't be and I was listing guys who I really like for the Habs pick.

Luneau is fine but I don't think we need -another- type like that.

I’d take Luneau at 33 if we strike out on Dmen in the first. He’s got the size and IQ to play in a top 4 and could even be a solid QB on the power play. He’s not the home run guys like Mateychuk and Hutson are but he’d be a solid double and I’d take him over the 2nd rate gambles.

 

[WeThreeKings]

Wright remaining the strong betting favorite is something, as well.

 

[le_sean]

My wife woke me up this morning and said “You know you guys are going to mess this up?”. She’s a Pittsburg fan from Pittsburg…

Yeah well they don’t rig lotteries anymore to help poor teams. They certainly won’t do it for a rich team next year.

 

[Saundies]

Pronman thinks we're taking Slaf but he's a hack so it's hard to say.

I get a vibe from Pronman that he often thinks he's the smartest guy in the room. So it's no surprise to me that he'd take the darkhorse so he could be one of the minority at the end going "See? Look how smart I am. Told you."

Could be way offbase but I've been an Athletic subscriber for a couple of years and that's just the vibe I get.

 

[Adam Michaels]

Wright, Savoie, Geekie, Slaf & Cooley. I don't know who the guy in the black track suit is.

 

[Estimated_Prophet]

Bruckheimer is to the film/t.v. industry what auto-tune is to the music industry.......and we are all worse off because of it. Bruckheimer, Bay and Scott.....The Triumvirate of Tripe and Tropes.

Hopefully for their sake, the Kraken make better picks than he makes movies/shows

 

[CaptainKirk]

Looks like they decided!
… it’s both

Looks like Dr Recchi has performed the first ever successful non-familial, conjoined, non-twin attachment. They identify as LoShan Wrooghtey now. Very progressive draft pick by the Habs.

 

[Ezpz]

I get a vibe from Pronman that he often thinks he's the smartest guy in the room. So it's no surprise to me that he'd take the darkhorse so he could be one of the minority at the end going "See? Look how smart I am. Told you."

Could be way offbase but I've been an Athletic subscriber for a couple of years and that's just the vibe I get.

He also said Makar was going first according to his sources in 2017. So he's not well connected.

 

[cphabs]

Yeah well they don’t rig lotteries anymore to help poor teams. They certainly won’t do it for a rich team next year.

That was my response lmao

 

[The Last Red]

Engels said yesterday that if anyone tells you they know who the Habs are picking, they are lying. He said if he doesn't know, no one knows. I believe that.

It's pretty easy to figure it out, however. Engels, like most sports media members, is not overly intelligent.

 

[le_sean]

Yeah, I don't go on Twitter during the draft.

It’s not nearly as bad as Woj and Shams in the NBA. Great for trade breaking but nauseating for the draft. Kind of incredible to have that level of sources though.

 

[Beer and Chips]

«Wright has seen that speculation in the media and the criticism on social media about his output.

"If you see something on there, you can't really take it to heart. There are people out there saying things that have way too much time on their hands. It's someone saying it with nothing else better to do," said Wright»

Hey take that, Hfboards!

He is going to need this attitude in Montreal, the only opinions that matter are the coaching staff and teammates.

 

[le_sean]

Has it been mentioned yet that Corey Pronman from The Athletic reported that of his league sources, the assumption is that the Habs will pick Slafkovsky?

I just can’t see it..I can’t see us passing on Wright or Cooley for a winger.

Pronman also said don’t rule out Marco Kasper for the Devils at 2. So basically he’s out to lunch.

 

[Rockomax]

Still on Slaf team.

Must be fun

 

[Michelangelo]

Wright, Savoie, Geekie, Slaf & Cooley. I don't know who the guy in the black track suit is.

Cutter G

 

[Mrb1p]

I know you're not high on Luneau, I agree not in the 1st round but should he be available at Edmonton's pick at 61 or so, isn't he still ahead of say Grudinin Jansson Fischer(no more of those lol) Lindgren and Havelid?

Grudinin and Havelid are exactly the type of D this pool needs. Passing on them for another Struble/Guhle would be dumb.

If they go for the Q pick Id much rather Gaucher.