Post-Game Talk: 2023 NHL Draft 1st Round post game talk

[waffledave]

Right, you're right. No one drafted after #5, especially in deep drafts, ever have superstar potential.

Not what I said and you know it.

 

[domiwroze]

Kent needs to f***ing realise to NOT give the final say to our scouting, they are ADVISER.

 

[Shaby23]

What really boggles my mind is why we didn't trade with Philly if we knew they wanted Mitchov. That would literally mean they value Reinbacher as a clear-cut #1 remaining player available at #5 and the 3rd best available and+ wasn't worth it. Not only do we have to live with the fact that we passed on Mitchkov, we will also have to live that Reinbacher clearly needs to be greatly better than all the people under him, otherwise this would be a failed pick.

With that being said, at the end of the day, I'm still gonna root for the kid to succeed and i'm ''kinda'' happy we got him. It's just the expectation for him to be really great and Mitchov being just straight-up better is kinda scary.

 

[Runner77]

I made the mistake of reading the Michkov thread on the flyers’ board, now I’m even more depressed

Are they giving us payback over our Caufield exuberance?

 

[Doc5]

Are they giving us payback over our Caufield exuberance?

That’s the worst part, they’re not, just talking about how lucky they are to have the second best player of the draft at 7

 

[Seb]

What really boggles my mind is why we didn't trade with Philly if we knew they wanted Mitchov. That would literally mean they value Reinbacher as a clear-cut #1 remaining player available at #5 and the 3rd best available and+ wasn't worth it. Not only do we have to live with the fact that we passed on Mitchkov, we will also have to live that Reinbacher clearly needs to be greatly better than all the people under him, otherwise this would be a failed pick.

With that being said, at the end of the day, I'm still gonna root for the kid to succeed and i'm ''kinda'' happy we got him. It's just the expectation for him to be really great and Mitchov being just straight-up better is kinda scary.

They didn't trade back with the Flyers because Reinbacher would've been Arizona's pick. It's as simple as that.

It shows that they valued Reinbacher higher than Leonard and the rest. Enough to want to secure him.

I agree with Hughes.

 

[Boss Man Hughes]

Yes. But that should not play a role at 5th overall.

I don't think it did but they felt they were getting BPA and filling a need. He said they might have cooled a bit on him if he was a LD. They probably still take him.

 

[Vachon23]

Is it the bad takes festival or what ?

Men guys go watch the tapes/games before saying anything…

 

[Boss Man Hughes]

Reinbacher has better credentials than Fischer. Fischer had nothing going form him and was a WTF is going on draft pick.

And a complete loon.

 

[Vachon23]

What really boggles my mind is why we didn't trade with Philly if we knew they wanted Mitchov. That would literally mean they value Reinbacher as a clear-cut #1 remaining player available at #5 and the 3rd best available and+ wasn't worth it. Not only do we have to live with the fact that we passed on Mitchkov, we will also have to live that Reinbacher clearly needs to be greatly better than all the people under him, otherwise this would be a failed pick.

With that being said, at the end of the day, I'm still gonna root for the kid to succeed and i'm ''kinda'' happy we got him. It's just the expectation for him to be really great and Mitchov being just straight-up better is kinda scary.

Because Arizona was going to Reinbacher at 6

But yes he was far from being BPA there..

 

[Habsrule]

My dream scenario;

Habs trade #5 down with Philly for #7 and #22. Michkov was obviously the target for Philly.

As much as I am ok with the Newhook trade I feel as if HuGo tried to expedite the rebuild and should have just went by it naturally.


7 - Reinbacher / Leonard
22 - Perreault
31 - Cristall
37 - Dragicevic / Brindley / Heidt / Halttulen / Gauthier / Perron / Hrabel / Morin


I like that better than Reinbacher and Newhook.

 

[Gaylord Q Tinkledink]

Trade Dvorak for anything.

Take on a cap dump.

Do something.

I'm not even mad about the Reinbacher pick. I'm pissed that this team pissed away 2 good picks in a deep draft because "We HaVe ToO mAnY pRoSpEcTs"

Now I get to go to YouTube and see complete f***ing idiots like "DrewDekes" make shitty f***ing videos. I thought you quit, you f***ing idiot ? Stop making videos the world would be a much, much better place.

Would be nice if someone with a brain made Habs content

Not even watching tomorrow.

This rebuild, they're trying to speed it up by trading for players teams are ready to give up on.

 

[crosbyshow]

The biggest surprise of this entire draft by far....

Michkov....not the first Russian drafted.....

 

[WentWughes]

Cristall and Gauthier are still on the board .Also could have drafts Edstrom, very disappointing week for me personally.

 

[Runner77]

What really boggles my mind is why we didn't trade with Philly if we knew they wanted Mitchov. That would literally mean they value Reinbacher as a clear-cut #1 remaining player available at #5 and the 3rd best available and+ wasn't worth it. Not only do we have to live with the fact that we passed on Mitchkov, we will also have to live that Reinbacher clearly needs to be greatly better than all the people under him, otherwise this would be a failed pick.

With that being said, at the end of the day, I'm still gonna root for the kid to succeed and i'm ''kinda'' happy we got him. It's just the expectation for him to be really great and Mitchov being just straight-up better is kinda scary.

Correct on their evaluation of Reinbacher as they were afraid he wouldn’t be available to them if they traded down.

There had been rumors that Arizona liked him and they did select a D right after the Habs’ pick.

 

[Kimota]

Dang I leave for the night and this happens. I like Reinbacher but we had the chance to get a generational guy at #5 and we desperately need talent upfront and we don't pick Michcov? What logic is this? We cannot hire stars as UFA, you have to draft them and we're like naaaa when one is available.

I was looking at an ideal scenario in my head, the Habs ending the week with Dubois and Michcov. Can you imagine how nice that would have been?

 

[benthepr0p]

What really boggles my mind is why we didn't trade with Philly if we knew they wanted Mitchov. That would literally mean they value Reinbacher as a clear-cut #1 remaining player available at #5 and the 3rd best available and+ wasn't worth it. Not only do we have to live with the fact that we passed on Mitchkov, we will also have to live that Reinbacher clearly needs to be greatly better than all the people under him, otherwise this would be a failed pick.

With that being said, at the end of the day, I'm still gonna root for the kid to succeed and i'm ''kinda'' happy we got him. It's just the expectation for him to be really great and Mitchov being just straight-up better is kinda scary.

I'm pretty sure that Arizona would have taken Reinbacher if we traded down. They did take a D-man right after us.

Edit: aaaand Runner77 beat me to it

 

[Ezpz]

What really boggles my mind is why we didn't trade with Philly if we knew they wanted Mitchov. That would literally mean they value Reinbacher as a clear-cut #1 remaining player available at #5 and the 3rd best available and+ wasn't worth it. Not only do we have to live with the fact that we passed on Mitchkov, we will also have to live that Reinbacher clearly needs to be greatly better than all the people under him, otherwise this would be a failed pick.

With that being said, at the end of the day, I'm still gonna root for the kid to succeed and i'm ''kinda'' happy we got him. It's just the expectation for him to be really great and Mitchov being just straight-up better is kinda scary.

Literally zero teams traded down the entire first round. I think everyone realized the draft was deep enough they could sit and take what fell.

 

[Cookie007]

Seems they had the reignbacher rated higher than Leonard. Reason they didn’t trade down with Philly cause Arizona was locked in on a defenseman

 

[Nevins]

The honeymoon with Hugues is over. Mezar's selection was the First Strike Yesterday's exchange against a small center who will probably end up as a left winger against 2 good choices in the draft or this caliber was the 2nd strike And to pass on Michkov the 3rd.

 

[Frank Drebin]

Maybe we're too caught up in the "deep" draft hype. Maybe this is just a regular draft with a generational talent at 1.

Or if it is such a deep draft, getting the best defenseman can't be that bad of a thing, can it?

 

[MadMslm]

So apparently Hughes was ready to move but his scouting group told him to keep the pick and get Reinbacher.

That’s interesting. He must have really been clear cut ahead on their list.

I’m sure Arizona would have taken him at 6th and I guess they didn’t want to risk it.

 

[SOLR]

Reinbacher is a good pick at 5, it's not the exciting one, but it's a good pick.

 

[sheed36]

Dang I leave for the night and this happens. I like Reinbacher but we had the chance to get a generational guy at #5 and we desperately need talent upfront and we don't pick Michcov? What logic is this? We cannot hire stars as UFA, you have to draft them and we're like naaaa when one is available.

I was looking at an ideal scenario in my head, the Habs ending the week with Dubois and Michcov. Can you imagine how nice that would have been?

And we end up with Newhook and Reinbacher instead. How lucky we are.

 

[Adriatic]

All I know for certain after tonight is that Price is a doofus.