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

[HuGo Sham]

He's quoting Mark Seidel

 

[sheed36]

Hey Renaud.. Is the chair in the middle and near the bottom of the picture the one you'll be sitting in and falling off of when the Habs announce Wright's name 1st overall. Just curious.

 

[dcyhabs]

Montreal may improve management, development, players and what not.....the one thing in Montreal that NEVER improved is our so-called sports medias.

No wonder they lick Bergevin's ass for 10 years, until the very end.....stupid likes stupid

Social media is dooming pretty much all media. There is no money in it so it is all paid ads or paid propaganda or really, really low quality. At least CBC/BBC is funded...

TSN/RDS/TVA have way too much time to fill with habs talk and no one insightful or interesting to fill it with. The Gazette barely tries anymore, hardly ever has a meaningful habs article.

 

[Spearmint Rhino]

I find it difficult to believe given our lack of RHD/PMD prospects there’s been zero comms linking Nemec and Montreal when many rankings have him listed at 2 or 3. Has to be a smokescreen to hide our interest to keep prices down to move up and nab him

 

[themilosh]

Honestly, you're not entirely wrong.

except Hugo hasnt made 1 mistake "yet". Every single effing move has been perfect, it's almost like some of us fans are actually quite astute to how to manage a team.

 

[yianik]

Reminds of the time another public figure from the sports world, had passed away in a Montreal hotel room from natural causes at age 56: Don Drysdale, Hall of Fame Dodger Pitcher, Dies at 56 : Baseball: Fierce right-hander, in Montreal to broadcast a game, apparently suffered a heart attack.

May he RIP.

Oh no. RIP.

 

[Mrb1p]

I dunno they want to draft some midget russians that look like Ricky Berwick because of ''upside.''

Lmao Ricky Berwick

 

[Skip Bayless]

ok this is weird

You have to admit that Suzuki is pretty damn thicc

A nice thicc boy he is

 

[The Nightman]

Hey Renaud.. Is the chair in the middle and near the bottom of the picture the one you'll be sitting in and falling off of when the Habs announce Wright's name 1st overall. Just curious.

People keep talking about the battle between Wright and Slaf for #1 ovr. Meanwhile my attention is focused solely on the true fight; Lavoie vs chair.

Edge of your seat kinda stuff, just don’t sit too close to the edge.

 

[HuGo Sham]

You have to admit that Suzuki is pretty damn thicc

A nice thicc boy he is

ok, it keeps getting weirder

Lmao Ricky Berwick

clearly both of you are spending far too much time on Youtube

 

[Runner77]

ok, it keeps getting weirder


clearly both of you are spending far too much time on Youtube

Creepy AF!

 

[TheBuriedHab]

Not surprising at all

 

[HuGo Sham]

Creepy AF!

LMAO

 

[dcyhabs]

Geekie has a certain Jagr quality. He'll probably go in the range we're more likely to trade up for.

Him and Slaf would make for a terrific duo of giants for a future 2nd line.

And Geekie could become a star. Criticisms of his lack of effort reminds me of Getzlaf.

Here's our big center.

Is effort a problem, too? The scouting reports I saw said he was effective once he got where he was going but he took way too long to get there. In the NHL he'd need a taxi on the ice.

People always mention Getzlaf with Geekie because he was a big slow guy who worked out his skating, unlike pretty much every other big slow guy in junior. McCarron would have been a monster if he worked out his skating, too.

 

[lamp9post]

only reason to do a trade with Ottawa is to get a defender like Jiricek (if he falls to 7). Wright plus a stud D like Nemec/Jiri this year would be a HUGE win - I'd be happy to trade all the rest of our picks this year to get Wright/Nemec combo.
or maybe keep 1 second - and pick up Logan Morrison.

There will be a number of intriguing prospects available at #7 and we need help everywhere. If Nemec and Jiricek are off the board I would still be very interested in the pick.

 

[HabsWhiteKnightLOL]

We talk about the 7oa like we have the draft pick

 

[Doublechin]

We talk about the 7oa like we have the draft pick

If our offer starts with Anderson it will be easily beat

 

[WeThreeKings]

Ive seen Le sean and WTK hate super hard on the big Geek... Why?

Kid isnt without flaw but damn he could be something.

I don't hate on Geekie outside of trolling NP. I just didn't see a top 10 pick.

 

[HostileCapSpace]

We talk about the 7oa like we have the draft pick

"If you build the trade proposal, it will come." - The patch of grass in front of my Montreal home.

 

[themilosh]

There will be a number of intriguing prospects available at #7 and we need help everywhere. If Nemec and Jiricek are off the board I would still be very interested in the pick.

perhaps, but anyone at #7 is 2 years away from playing.. the rebuild has to be finished in max two years and we should be ready to compete for SC by year3. IMO, the only pick of value this draft after Wright, would be Nemec or Jiri to give us the immediate playing time and learning curve. If not those guys, Id prefer to just stay with our team, baggage and all and keep offloading for current prospects like Barron etc... hopefully hit on 1 or 2 by next year (heinman, etc..) and a few of our current draft crop make the jump.. the rest can be filled through FAs next year. still need to tank in 23 - bottom 3 pick here we come!!

finally doing this right.

 

[Team_Spirit]

We should do a poll for #26.

Pretend Bob's top 25 is taken, who do you want?

 

[HabsWhiteKnightLOL]

I find it difficult to believe given our lack of RHD/PMD prospects there’s been zero comms linking Nemec and Montreal when many rankings have him listed at 2 or 3. Has to be a smokescreen to hide our interest to keep prices down to move up and nab him

Id take a center over a dman. You build a team by the middle

 

[lamp9post]

I honestly think HuGo are keeping their options open right till the end. If Anderson (is unfortunately) is traded to the Sens with pick 26, there's a very good chance they take slaf and then a C at 7. If that trades falls through, I think they take Wright and look to move up with 26 / 33 or / and maybe Dvorak for a winger in the top 15. i think there's lots still on the table AND the fact klingberg isn't signing opens up the petry dallas deal. does Dallas offer C Dellandrea if we eat salary and add picks? Maybe he ends up similar to Wright? lots of moving parts

Interesting. Slaf + Kasper would be an intriguing haul.

 

[Kennerback]

Not surprising at all

Gut feeling is that Slaf and Wright will end up either a Hab or a Devil. Starting at pick number 3, it’s a free for all.

 

[ArtPeur]

Seems like their 2 guys are Wright and Slafkovsky by now, since Cooley didn’t meet with the habs in the last few days and doesn’t have plan to.

All part of da plan