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2022 NHL Entry Draft 8

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I do think the best comparable for Slaf is Armia, but I feel like Slaf works a lot harder which is Armia's biggest weakness.
 
xX SEYF Xx said:
Exactly!
Yes it would be great and will have the defense pretty much settled, but we have so many holes upfront that if we miss out on top 3 forwards it will still be a deception
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Habs have already great future on D with Guhle, Romanov, Barron, Harris, Xhekaj and they can make another trades//UFA to acquire a great d-man too.

That would be great to add a potential top RD pairing defenseman in Nemec or Jiricek but i'd rather have Wright, Cooley, Slafkovsky, Nazar, even Savoie for the forward group.
 
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KevSkillz4 said:
Habs have already great future on D with Guhle, Romanov, Barron, Harris, Xhekaj and they can make another trades//UFA to acquire a great d-man too.

That would be great to add a potential top RD pairing defenseman in Nemec or Jiricek but i'd rather have Wright, Cooley, Slafkovsky, Nazar, even Savoie for the forward group.
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What's so great about Nemec ? The guy seems to have Mete's shot. Ans a slight built.
 
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What's so great about Nemec ? The guy seems to have Mete's shot. Ans a slight built.
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Some scouts go on about his skills in all zones, some question a lot of his game. He's rated high in a lot of draft predictions, though. Too bad Jiricek is hurt.
 
If you want to factor in risk, Slafkovsky might not be the best pick at #2OA.

I don't think Timmins and Bergevin did a good job of assessing risk when they picked KK over Tkachuk. They went all in for the positional need.

I'm not saying that we shouldn't pick Slafkovsky at #2OA... But if the scouting staff thinks Slafkovsy's risk/reward profile isn't enticing enough, then Nemec or Jiricek or Cooley should all be more appropriate picks.

1. Does the additional risk (marginal) provide enough additional upside (marginal) to consider drafting Slafkovsky over Jiricek?
2. Does the additional risk (marginal) provide enough additional upside (marginal) to consider drafting Slafkovsky over Cooley?
3. Does the additional risk (marginal) provide enough additional upside (marginal) to consider drafting Slafkovsky over Nemec?

That, I don't know for sure...I'm higher than most on Jiricek though..

Disclaimer: My top 5 looks like this right now:


1- Wright


2- Jiricek


3- Slafkovsky


4- Cooley


5- Nemec
 
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The Great Weal said:
If we draft Cooley, I’d like to trade up for Gauthier. If we draft Slaf, I’d like to trade up for Lambert.

Would like to come out of the 1st with speedy center and a big talented winger.
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Fast, skilled 6'3 200lbs goal/game winger and BC commit, unless you expect Hugo to nab a top 10-12 pick, there's little to no chance we sniff him. GMs love their size. I think he's getting slept on much like Boldy was in 19' except there's really only Cooley and Nazar overshadowing him in this case.
I personally have him in the top 7

Lambert I see more of a possibility and what a get he'd be in mid to late teens.
 
1. Shane Wright. There is no doubt here…
2. Simon Nemec. He has maybe the less risk, cause when you look on elite prospect, since 3 years, he is always the youngest and keep producing on a good pace on each league. His ceiling is pretty high. Maybe someone took after him gonna ends up a better player, but i’m taking andrei markov anytime on my first pair…
3. Slafkovsky. On every league, Bigger players take more time to produce on a high ppg. He is playing with mans and already showed he was able to score goals at olympics.
4. Logan cooley. He is the best american player, but his stats is not close from jack hugues, stats are similar to alex turcotte and zegras?.
5. David jiricek. Same kind of dman of Nemec.

This is the top 5. After. You have savoie, mintyukov, nazar. Geekie
 
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Getting Jiricek in the fold would be insane.
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Both Nemec and Jiricek are RD's, which is good, given we already have Guhle, Romanov, Harris, Norlinder, Struble, Xhekaj, and Fairbrother on the left. That's a lot of LD prispects for 3 spots.
 
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1. Shane Wright. There is no doubt here…
2. Simon Nemec. He has maybe the less risk, cause when you look on elite prospect, since 3 years, he is always the youngest and keep producing on a good pace on each league. His ceiling is pretty high. Maybe someone took after him gonna ends up a better player, but i’m taking andrei markov anytime on my first pair…
3. Slafkovsky. On every league, Bigger players take more time to produce on a high ppg. He is playing with mans and already showed he was able to score goals at olympics.
4. Logan cooley. He is the best american player, but his stats is not close from jack hugues, stats are similar to alex turcotte and zegras?.
5. David jiricek. Same kind of dman of Nemec.

This is the top 5. After. You have savoie, mintyukov, nazar. Geekie
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I think Savoie is there too, just we as Habs fans are undervaluing him because he isn’t a fit for us. I also personally think Lambert is there but know I’m in the minority there. I also have Mateychuk in my top 10.
 
IDK about that amigo, Savoie is a great fit for us. Hughes and Gorton have both expressed that they are looking to acquire players of his ilk: fast and skilled.

Whether he is the best player on the board when we pick - I'm not so sure about that part, and won't be until we see how draft day plays out.
 
covfefe said:
IDK about that amigo, Savoie is a great fit for us. Hughes and Gorton have both expressed that they are looking to acquire players of his ilk: fast and skilled.

Whether he is the best player on the board when we pick - I'm not so sure about that part, and won't be until we see how draft day plays out.
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I agree with you that some are too quick in “skipping” Savoie but the underlying concern remain.

We will need a couple of skilled/rugged forwards to play with our smaller players on the top6 and it’s unclear how to acquire some (even through the draft), hence not amplifying the problem.
 
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I just don't think Savoie has done enough to justify being a top 5 pick. He's not a center or defenseman at the next level. So you'd have to look at him against Slafkovsky and Slaf just has the higher upside and the more unique package, not to mention he's taken off since the olympics.

Savoie would be interesting if we were picking 6-8 with Nazar but unless he has a Suzukian play-offs, I can't imagine him getting back in the conversation for the Habs.
 
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TT1 said:
we're desperate for good players in general, regardless of position :laugh:
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Thanks Tips but if I can pick a forward like Slaf, Cooley or Wright instead, that's who I'm taking.
 
Hughesy and Gorts said:
Thanks Tips but if I can pick a forward like Slaf, Cooley or Wright instead, that's who I'm taking.
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So you'd take a Hischier or Nolan Patrick ahead of a Cale Makar?

Always go BPA. You could miss out on a gem. And we have needs at all positions, especially in goal. We have no successor to Price.
 
26Mats said:
So you'd take a Hischier or Nolan Patrick ahead of a Cale Makar?

Always go BPA. You could miss out on a gem. And we have needs at all positions, especially in goal. We have no successor to Price.
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Jiricek is not the BPA imo so no, I'm not taking him over Wright and a couple others.
 
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26Mats said:
So you'd take a Hischier or Nolan Patrick ahead of a Cale Makar?

Always go BPA. You could miss out on a gem. And we have needs at all positions, especially in goal. We have no successor to Price.
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Both Dobes and Dichow are doing great. Lets give them a chance in Laval and training camp before we go and say stuff like we have nothing to succeed to Price.
 
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