HF Habs: 2023 NHL Draft part 2

[Vachon23]

+1 Morin > Gauthier among Q boys.

Gauthier never really got my attention when I tuned in to see Roy.

Normal, he had a smaller role since his team was stack

Look how he will explose this year in Drummondville

 

[SannywithoutCompy]

Carlsson is just as good, might be better.

Yeah I've got it

Bedard

Michkov

Carlsson
Fantilli

Leonard/Smith (undecided yet)

 

[CheldishGamibno]

There's rumours of the Habs wanting to trade up for SJ's 4th.
Imagine they do and pick at number 4 Will Smith lmao

 

[BenchBrawl]

There's rumours of the Habs wanting to trade up for SJ's 4th.
Imagine they do and pick at number 4 Will Smith lmao

Shame on them !

Shame !

 

[Kennerback]

Nonsense, pick the man regardless.

That f***ing scout trying to steal him.

Washington seeing the writing on the wall with Ovechkin's decline, need a new superstar.

It apparently (according to bloggers] looks like the Flyers/Brière are interested in Michkov. I thought he might still be there at Caps / Pitts. Perhaps not. Who knows?

Edit: Re Brière. Only found this up to now, so take it with a grain of salt.

 

[WinterLion]

Yeah you're not the one I was targeting with this commen haha.

I get taking size into account but when someone completely disregard drafting a player solely because of size and nothing else, keeps repeating that one line over and over, that doesn't make for great debates.

Honestly I think small players are the best value in the NHL draft year after year. Benson & Michkov will be great picks wherever they go!

 

[McGuires Corndog]

That's Wood for you

This draft discussion has been long and hard to take in.

I’ll see myself out

 

[Gaylord Q Tinkledink]

We’ll have a 7’5 player by the time he’s NHL ready

2 between him and Hutson

 

[WinterLion]

I like Benson more than Smith... he is just what a hockey player should be. Too many good players... really hope we can nab another pick.

 

[Skip Bayless]

I like Benson more than Smith... he is just what a hockey player should be. Too many good players... really hope we can nab another pick.

To nab another pick in that range, we'll have to give up something we truly love.

 

[Skip Bayless]

Picking Leonard might ruffle the 4 or 5 Benson/Dvorsky hipsters, but nothing more. As for Michkov fans, we are highly rational

Boy was I wrong.

 

[Habsrule]

It apparently (according to bloggers] looks like the Flyers/Brière are interested in Michkov. I thought he might still be there at Caps / Pitts. Perhaps not. Who knows?

Edit: Re Brière. Only found this up to now, so take it with a grain of salt.

If Philly is dead set on Michkov and the Habs aren’t interested in him I’d trade down.

5 for 7 and 22

Bedard
Fantilli
Carlsson
Smith
Michkov

Those are the top 5 that would be drafted. Then Habs get one of Leonard or Benson. Maybe throw Reinbacher, Dvorsky or Wood in there.

Plus then that would leave the Habs with picks 22, 31 and 37. Three more solid prospects or maybe they could leverage them and trade up.

 

[26Mats]

To nab another pick in that range, we'll have to give up something we truly love.

If we get the Pittsburgh pick along with Granlund's cap dump, we may be able to move up from it.

 

[Jack Skellington]

Last year we had the 1st overall pick, so no real incentive to play coy or really care who knew our selection, and HuGo were an absolute vault. There was almost no information or real solid rumours coming out about how we were leaning. Slaf only became the betting favourite the hour before the draft and people were almost certain we were taking Wright.

So the fact that somehow this season, all these media members and scouts of other teams somehow know the ins and outs of our scouting group, (when there is actually incentive to not have that information be known) leads me to believe Kent has something up his sleeve. I don’t think anything he does is by accident.

 

[Balthazar]

That's just an easy way out to not answer the question.

 

[Skip Bayless]

If we get the Pittsburgh pick along with Granlund's cap dump, we may be able to move up from it.

Don't think they give us this year's 1st for a cap dump. Maybe a 2025 1st.

Let's say it works and we land the 14th pick.

14th + 31st barely gets you in the top 10, and perhaps not, because this draft class is highly regarded. Benson would be gone by then.

 

[Shred]

Last year we had the 1st overall pick, so no real incentive to play coy or really care who knew our selection, and HuGo were an absolute vault. There was almost no information or real solid rumours coming out about how we were leaning. Slaf only became the betting favourite the hour before the draft and people were almost certain we were taking Wright.

So the fact that somehow this season, all these media members and scouts of other teams somehow know the ins and outs of our scouting group, (when there is actually incentive to not have that information be known) leads me to believe Kent has something up his sleeve. I don’t think anything he does is by accident.

Expect the Unexpected

Part II

 

[WeThreeKings]

I wouldn't be surprised if we didn't draft a single Q player this year. Maybe Tourigny if he's there in round 3/4.

 

[BenchBrawl]

I like Benson more than Smith... he is just what a hockey player should be. Too many good players... really hope we can nab another pick.

Well said.

 

[Kobe Armstrong]

I'm happy with any of the top 5, Reinbacher or Leonard if we can't take Michkov. Think most of us are on the same page

 

[McGuires Corndog]

I'm happy with any of the top 5, Reinbacher or Leonard if we can't take Michkov. Think most of us are on the same page

Top 5 or Benson for me.

He plays that NHL game and is too cerebral to not be a good player, and I don’t think it’s far away either. 1 more year in junior and he can play the following year.

 

[Vachon23]

I wouldn't be surprised if we didn't draft a single Q player this year. Maybe Tourigny if he's there in round 3/4.

Would be a great pick there

I do think he played to much hockey (Memorial Cup, Hilinka) last year and it finish by hurting his game

 

[HuGort]

Simon St-Lau has Benson at 4. First time I seen him that high. Simon certainly has some different rankings. He has Simashev as top D-man, going 7th.

 

[Habs Icing]

Except skating, shooting, hands, strength

I love Benson by the way

From what I've seen, Benson has the toolkit to store all of his skills. Fantilli's toolbox has room for only one tool.

 

[Gaylord Q Tinkledink]

If the Habs can't move up and don't want Michkov....


TRADE THE f***ING PICK BACK

Let's say you trade it to Detroit and get 17th + one of their 3 2nds. Maybe you get 2.

I trade 5th for 9th, 17th, 41st. I had to throw in some later picks for the numbers to work on draft sim.

Habs got 9th - Dvorsky. 17th - Wood 41st - Ironically But.

Michkov is really good.
Benson is good
Reinbacher is good
Leonard is good.

In my opinion those 3 assets are better than any of those 1 players, so maybe because of that the Habs can't really move back..

Draft is deep and the Habs are stuck in a bad spot once again.