HF Habs: 2023 NHL Draft part 2

[Pompeius Magnus]

Limited offensive upside but strong forechecker, kills penalties and throws his body whenever he can. He's also an absolute psycho out there. He's got Tootoo-like energy and he's as unhinged as him.

I love him lol

We haven't had a dude like that since Ryan White. The guy gave zero f***s, I actually sorta miss him He made games fun at times.

 

[Nipsey]

LOL

We went from dreaming of getting pick #1 and #2 two months ago to picking #5 and #29+

brutal

 

[Cubebrick]

Looks like my WHL was still set on 2022 playoff stats. That’s a big drop off for someone mentioned at Top 5. Is he injured?

He missed a month because of an upper body injury (it looked like his shoulder) and I doubt that he has fully recovered because the difference between pre and post injury play is quite noticeable. He could drop a bit because of it.

We haven't had a dude like that since Ryan White. The guy gave zero f***s, I actually sorta miss him He made games fun at times.

In my opinion, Lind is better all around and crazier than Ryan White lol

 

[Nedved]

I really hope we go D man with our late 1st rounder or even trade it for PDL or another team's 2024 first and a 3rd if they're high on a guy.

 

[DemidovSZN]

Looks like my WHL was still set on 2022 playoff stats. That’s a big drop off for someone mentioned at Top 5. Is he injured?

Yes.

He got injured in march, got hit in a weird way, something with his shoulder and missed the rest of the regular season, missed their first series and came back at the start of their 2nd series so he might not be 100% yet.

 

[phillytennis]

If Habs don’t want to risk the pick on Michkov, Hugues will identify the teams that are interested in him at 5. If Columbus are ok with one of Smith, Carlsson or Michkov, they might be interested in switching picks but it will be costly for Habs, obvious overpayment will be needed.

I can see the cost being 5OA + Florida’s 1st + a solid prospect (Beck, Roy, Mailloux kind)

Thank goodness you are not the GM of the Habs.
After a year...you would have gotten rid of our best prospects.

 

[Doublechin]

I really hope we go D man with our late 1st rounder or even trade it for PDL or another team's 2024 first and a 3rd if they're high on a guy.

The more I think about it, the more I realize, I want nothing to do with Pierre Duc Lebois

 

[Gaylord Q Tinkledink]

I really hope we go D man with our late 1st rounder or even trade it for PDL or another team's 2024 first and a 3rd if they're high on a guy.

No team trades a 1st from another draft for a 1st in the current draft anymore.

 

[Estimated_Prophet]

No team trades a 1st from another draft for a 1st in the current draft anymore.

Until they do......

 

[Mrb1p]

Looks like my WHL was still set on 2022 playoff stats. That’s a big drop off for someone mentioned at Top 5. Is he injured?

He did injure his shoulder, but 12 in 10 games is still very good PO production for a D year CHL PLAYER.

Savoie had that last year, Wright two more, Dach had 8 in 10, Cozens had 7 in 8, Svechnikov had 11 in 8, Hischier had 7 in 8, etc.

Suzuki had 23 in 17 in his D year.

 

[NotProkofievian]

Reinbacher and Fisker-Mølgaard in action today.

 

[MarkovsKnee]

Reinbacher and Fisker-Mølgaard in action today.

Austria plays France at 5:20 am edt. Lol

I'm not that anxious to watch Reinbacher.

 

[NotProkofievian]

Austria plays France at 5:20 am edt. Lol

I'm not that anxious to watch Reinbacher.

I woke up at that time to watch our pick go from 17 to 29. Feels bad man lol.

 

[Spearmint Rhino]

He did injure his shoulder, but 12 in 10 games is still very good PO production for a D year CHL PLAYER.

Savoie had that last year, Wright two more, Dach had 8 in 10, Cozens had 7 in 8, Svechnikov had 11 in 8, Hischier had 7 in 8, etc.

Suzuki had 23 in 17 in his D year.

Guess you can’t scout just watching stats

Who knew??

I woke up at that time to watch our pick go from 17 to 29. Feels bad man lol.

We got Lane Hutson for Brett Kulak, maybe the universe had to balance things out

 

[WeThreeKings]

Michael Hrabal. You are a Montreal Canadiens

 

[Rob Sense]

LOL

We went from dreaming of getting pick #1 and #2 two months ago to picking #5 and #29+

brutal

It could have been worse...we could have ended up 7 and 29+

 

[RationalExpectations]

I'll provide my opinion.

1. Totally depends on the team drafting him. Habs probably still go with Slaf since they like his rarity and Devils still pass up on him since they are loaded at center already and want size up front. I do think that realistically, the tiers for this draft are Bedard gap Michkov huge gap Fantilli/Carlsson gap Smith. Smith's U18 really helped his cause, but worth mentioning that Michkov was the U18 MVP....at 16 years old.

2. 70-80 points.

3. Zegras.

4. A year in college then probably another half a year in the AHL.

5. I don't see Smith being a top 10 point producer in the league but he would be the most offensively gifted player in the system (or at least comparable to CC).

I agréé with Smith - Zegras comparison. Which is why I prefer Reinbacher Seider over Zegras !

 

[Jaynki]

I’m taking Reinbacher before those guys

Agree.

If we want to comparr Reinbacher with 2022 defenseman it is Nemec and Jiricek.

Not Mintyukov (although his stock soared big time) or Korchinski.

 

[jellybeans]

LOL

We went from dreaming of getting pick #1 and #2 two months ago to picking #5 and #29+

brutal

Let's say the Habs draft 9th and Florida 15th.

Would you trade those 2 picks for 5th ?

Florida will make the playoffs and a deep run in it forget a top 15 for their pick.

Last edited: Feb 14, 2023

Feb 14, 2023

Pretty good prediction for a change

 

[Vachon23]

What do you guys think of Kalan Lind?

I want one !

Darcy Tucker 2.0

 

[Jaynki]

If we were to skip on Michkov at 5,

Why all the reticence toward Dvorsky?

Personally, i would simply take Michkov and call it a day. But Dvorsky is a terrific prospect who projects like a solid top 6C. Could end up being a 1C. He has the upside.

 

[NotProkofievian]

If we were to skip on Michkov at 5,

Why all the reticence toward Dvorsky?

Personally, i would simply take Michkov and call it a day. But Dvorsky is a terrific prospect who projects like a solid top 6C. Could end up being a 1C. He has the upside.

He is quite a good player. Definitely and firmly in that ''next'' group.

 

[Jaynki]

He is quite a good player. Definitely and firmly in that ''next'' group.

Well i think we all agree on this.

Benson, Dvorsky, Leonard, Reinbacher... They are all solid prospects. The problem is not them.

The problem is skipping Michkov for them.

 

[NotProkofievian]

Reinbacher was good today against France, but they lost 2-1. Not the best game of his that I've ever seen, but he was responsible for several good plays. One shift was typical Reinbacher: created the controlled zone entry, later preserved that zone possession/trapped France in their zone with a well timed pinch, and then activated for a quality scoring chance. In one play, he both stopped a French rush, and created an odd-man rush for Austria with a poke check.

 

[TomKosto]

If we were to skip on Michkov at 5,

Why all the reticence toward Dvorsky?

Personally, i would simply take Michkov and call it a day. But Dvorsky is a terrific prospect who projects like a solid top 6C. Could end up being a 1C. He has the upside.

Dvorsky is a real nice prospect, a better Danault. The thing is, ending our rebuild with Slaf and Dvorsky has the main piece is pretty disapointing, when you look at other teams rebuild (Hughes/Hischier, Mackinnnon/Rantanen, McJesus/Drai, etc). That's why I really want us to pick Michkov and to have at least one prospect with all star offensive potential.