Yes, Montreal is in a great situation for a "bet" on a top Russian prospect in this political environment with the potential 2 top 10 picks... Reduces the pressure for sure on management, and Gorton has shown in the past he does not mind a Russian with a top pick (Kravtsov).
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I think Hughes and Gorton will avoid to risk a russian pick with a high pick this year. After all the talk with Mailloux's pick, I think they will go elsewhere. Another team will take the risk.
Kudo Shinichi
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The Mailloux talk has no impact whatsoever on drafting Russian prospects.
Drafting Mitchkov won't cause a social media outrage. The only concern is whether they will be able to bring Mitchkov to North America within a few years.
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Cooley will sometimes try to do too much stickhandling through sticks and players, he reacts instinctively to what comes to him while Smith is more finess and smarts, has more variety to his game IMO.
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The CH did not draft any Russians in 2022. Is it just a coincidence? Possible.
Anyway, Molson must remember Mailloux's selection. The war is not over.
Beyond the russian factor, I think it's a bit controversial to select a russian player high right now. We are in Montreal. It is It's just a point of view I have.
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Bedard, suzuki, fantilli down the middle lmao
This could really be a franchise altering draft.
If this utopic scenario happens. We make the playoffs next year and can challenge for the cup as early as in 2 years.
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Gotta slow down on the fantasy of us winning both the 1st and 2nd overall pick. The chances of that happening are extremely minuscule.
Ottawa had pick 2 and 3 a couple of years, and not only did they not win the lottery, but they also dropped down to 3 and 5.
Ottawa had pick 2 and 3 a couple of years, and not only did they not win the lottery, but they also dropped down to 3 and 5.
All I'm hearing here is that we're gonna have a 2020 Ottawa draft and I'm here for it
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The thing with 2 picks in the top 10, it would increase our chances drastically to at least win 1 lottery spot. Right now we have a combined odds of 11% at winning the 1st lottery spot, about the same odds as Columbus who stands as the 3rd worst team.
I dont know why, but I have a feeling the odds will increase even higher for the reminder of the calendar, so we could end up having the same odds with the combined 1st round picks as the 2nd last place team to land Bedard, what would be around 13%.
If we win the lottery with 1 of our picks, I would of course draft Bedard and then offer the other one to Winnipeg for Dubois (signed long term).
Slafkovsky Suzuki Bedard
Caufield Dubois Heineman
Ylonen Dach Anderson
Thats the kind of top 9 we could have as soon as next year.
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I'm not a big fan of giving a big payday to Dubois before inking longterm our young nhl players like Caufield/Guhle.
I don't want a Tavares 2.0 situation in Montreal where everybody expect the big money because we went all out on a free agent. I think the best thing to do is to sit on our hands and wait for summer 2024 on the Dubois situation. Lot of things can change until then, and I'm pretty sure he'll want to test free agency. We'll make an offer then.
If you have Bedard, Fantilli or Carlsson in the middle with Suzuki (could see Bedard on the wing though), do you really want to commit 9 millions per for 7 years to Dubois?
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Get out of here with Dubois, if he wants to be a UFA the following year and come here for free he will. In the meantime draft again, don't give up a top 10 pick in a trade.
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Don't even need to.
The precedent is the Trouba trade.
the Monahan 1st plus Dvorak and a small add.
EZ.
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Pretty sure in Goldenhands scenario the 2nd pick is around 6-10 so no Michkov/Carlsson/Fantilli.
I that case I also think trading for and signing Dubois this summer could be a good move just because there is no guarantee he will come over when UFA and it may lower his AAV a bit.
If there is any scenario where you can trade a 1st that isnt the top pick for Dubois, you 100% do it everyday of the week! Only on HF are undrafted prospects worth more than established star players.
Im gonna put Bedard as an exception here but other than that, Fantilli an co, aspire to become as productive and impactful as Dubois. You always take ths sure thing
Im gonna put Bedard as an exception here but other than that, Fantilli an co, aspire to become as productive and impactful as Dubois. You always take ths sure thing
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How about you let us dream for just a bit.
Winning one of the two lotterys pick would already be a excellent dream scenario.
HabsForHire
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No one is saying it's realistic, it's just funny to think about
Dubois is a star player ?
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I mean, ya, hes on pace for 90 points.
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keep all picks ,wait 1 more year, than you can have that lineup if you win the lottery for bedard, sign Dubois as a UFA,
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Thing is, another team might show up, trade some assets to get him extended. Also I dont see any player past the top 5 having close the upside of PLD, guys like Dvorsky, Yager, Sale arent trending well. Maybe Reinbacher can amount to a top pairing defenseman, but thats about it.
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