2023 NHL Entry Draft

[Goldenhands]

That's better, now we're getting somewhere.

I think he's pretty decent on transitions but would prefer if he moved the puck up more himself, I don't see a great offensive defender yet (and I also prefer Simashev as far as upside goes, but he's Russian so the Habs wouldn't take him and I digress). For now, I see a second-pairing guy which is neato, but if the Habs go for that at #6 then I don't want Oliver Moore at #10. Go get someone with star upside at forward, the Habs need more than what they have.

Do you seriously think a foward with star upside will be there at 10? I seriously doubt it, unless a kid like Salé figures out how to play contact hockey... Top 4 is insane, then you have Smith, Reinbacher and possibly Dvorsky, after that I think thats rather decent, but no real home run swing as far as Im concerned.

 

[Mrb1p]

Do you seriously think a foward with star upside will be there at 10? I seriously doubt it, unless a kid like Salé figures out how to play contact hockey... Top 4 is insane, then you have Smith and Reinbacher, after that I think thats rather decent, but no real home run swing as far as Im concerned.

I mean star forwards are drafted after ten all the time...?

 

[Goldenhands]

I mean star forwards are drafted after ten all the time...?

Can you name me 1 player that might be available at 10 that you think has star potential? Who is the last one that dropped, Caufield, Kemell? Because of the size mainly...

 

[GlassesJacketShirt]

Do you seriously think a foward with star upside will be there at 10? I seriously doubt it, unless a kid like Salé figures out how to play contact hockey... Top 4 is insane, then you have Smith and Reinbacher, after that I think thats rather decent, but no real home run swing as far as Im concerned.

Cristall is 100% a home run swing and I could see some teams like Philly ignoring him purely due to his player type. I'd definitely take him with pick #6, then I wouldn't really care what the Habs do with pick #10 after that. I'd take Sandin-Pelikka but I would be fine with your boy David as well.

 

[Goldenhands]

Cristall is 100% a home run swing and I could see some teams like Philly ignoring him purely due to his player type. I'd definitely take him with pick #6, then I wouldn't really care what the Habs do with pick #10 after that. I'd take Sandin-Pelikka but I would be fine with your boy David as well.

Cristall comes with some risks though, skating and defensive game a work in progress, but yeah highly talented. I think Moore is a better gamble than Crystall personally.

 

[Schooner Guy]

Cristall is 100% a home run swing and I could see some teams like Philly ignoring him purely due to his player type. I'd definitely take him with pick #6, then I wouldn't really care what the Habs do with pick #10 after that. I'd take Sandin-Pelikka but I would be fine with your boy David as well.

Cristall comes with some risks though, skating and defensive game a work in progress, but yeah highly talented. I think Moore is a better gamble than Crystall personally.

Cristall's lack of speed and lack of size combination concerns me.

 

[BenchBrawl]

Cristall's shiftiness can largely compensate for his lack of speed and size. He seems to have excellent lateral movement, but I'd need to watch more to be sure.

 

[Mrb1p]

Can you name me 1 player that might be available at 10 that you think has star potential? Who is the last one that dropped, Caufield, Kemell? Because of the size mainly...

I mean, i don't have Cristall around ten but I could see him go around ten. Benson is another one, Sale is another one, Heidt has high offensive potential, Wood has 100% star potential, if Musty ever figures it out he has it in him to be a dominant force...

Year by year, just forwards going off the top of my head
2022: Savoie, Nazar, Firkus
2021: Johnston, Guenther
2020: Perfetti, Rossi, Quinn, Reichel
2019: Zegras, Caufield, Newhook, Boldy
2018: Kravtsov
2017: Suzuki, Vilardi, Necas, Mittlestatd, Thomas, Chytil, Robertson

Very weird statement you just made lol.

 

[Mrb1p]

Cristall is 100% a home run swing and I could see some teams like Philly ignoring him purely due to his player type. I'd definitely take him with pick #6, then I wouldn't really care what the Habs do with pick #10 after that. I'd take Sandin-Pelikka but I would be fine with your boy David as well.

Philly did pick Brink in 2019 whos a very similar player to him IMO. Same size/skating concerns, similar offensive upside. Although not in the top 15.

 

[le_sean]

We'll have more clarity on those russian prospect when the season end. For now I agree that Molson wouldn't let another fiasco on draft day happen again.

Feel kinda bad for him tho since he's just a kid.. unless he says something bad regarding the current war. I didn't see anything yet about that.

Yet Ovy did speak out about the subject and it didn't really do much but it's never the same with MTL medias.

The only fiasco would be not drafting him. Especially since the Habs are in the best position to do so with two potential Top-15 picks in this draft and maybe a third 1st rounder to come later at the trade deadline. We can take that risk and need that type of talent.

hate to be this guy but let's say we get what we have right now: 6th and 10thOA.

Who would we get and how happy/unhappy would you be?

I’d be happy considering I expected the Panthers pick to be 25-32 before the season started.

 

[Goldenhands]

I mean, i don't have Cristall around ten but I could see him go around ten. Benson is another one, Sale is another one, Heidt has high offensive potential, Wood has 100% star potential, if Musty ever figures it out he has it in him to be a dominant force...

Year by year, just forwards going off the top of my head
2022: Savoie, Nazar, Firkus
2021: Johnston, Guenther
2020: Perfetti, Rossi, Quinn, Reichel
2019: Zegras, Caufield, Newhook, Boldy
2018: Kravtsov
2017: Suzuki, Vilardi, Necas, Mittlestatd, Thomas, Chytil, Robertson

Very weird statement you just made lol.

We are talking about star upside right? You just named a bunch of top 6 mostly, what Im expecting to draft this year at 10. If we are lucky enough to get a Zegras, Necas, Robertson or another Caufield at 10, thats awesome, but all players you listed comes with flaws or question marks. Wood, obviously thats the skating, Salé on the soft side, Benson I like him, but not enough to draft him with a high pick taking in consideration our current situation. Its easy to pretent that those kids have star upside, but the reality is different when you are at the draft table and have to make the best selection. If you take Cristall and kid doesnt amount to much, fans will crucify the scouting staff, you cant really mess with a top 10 pick and a kid like Moore is much more of a sure bet to reach his celling.

 

[David Suzuki]

If we can get one of Etienne Morin or Bradley Nadeau in the late first/early second I'll be happy.

 

[blueberry]

Cristal sounds a lot like Kidney to me but I've never seen him play. Can someone enlighten me. Thanks.

 

[FourQuarters]

Cristal sounds a lot like Kidney to me but I've never seen him play. Can someone enlighten me. Thanks.

What is you want to know about him?

 

[Nicko999]

Very quiet night for Connor Bedard, 3g, 2a.

Now 35 goals, 75 pts in 30 games! 2.5PPG production.

Should pass McDavid's 2.55PPG production next game.

 

[NotProkofievian]

I could see Reinbacher going quite high. Depending on how things unfold (WCs) he could go as high as 7 or so. He just has that kind of profile.

ASP will also go quite high.

For forwards outside the top 10, Matthew Wood's already been mentioned. I can't shake the feeling that Nate Danielson is going to be something.

 

[Kudo Shinichi]

Very quiet night for Connor Bedard, 3g, 2a.

Now 35 goals, 75 pts in 30 games! 2.5PPG production.

Should pass McDavid's 2.55PPG production next game.

What Bedard has done in his chl career + international tournaments is more impressive than what McDavid did before being drafted.

 

[HuGort]

Kid has speed to burn, and drives the net. He's a straight line player, and a bit of a bull on skates. Really strong lower body strength already. Plays physical. Isn't creative. Has good hands for scoring though, and has a good wrister & one timer. Gets a lot of breakaways. A really aggressive forward with a high compete level.

The question is offensive upside. He's for sure a top 9 NHL forward. But, if he gets a little bigger/stronger can he get to being a top 6 power scoring forward like Evander Kane? This kid doesn't wait around for others to do it for him. He's on top of the puck, in the corners, in the slot.

If you think he tops out as a two-way, top 9 forward who adds the juice to a skill line (someone like Hyman), he's not top 10.

If you think the kid will develop his power game a little more, and is a legit goal scorer then he's definitely in top 10 (E. Kane, Konecny type).

One of the more divisive prospects to rank.

I have Leonard as non-draft. Unless he slides greatly. Could happen. Doesn't have the hands. Bottom 6 I see him as

I could see Reinbacher going quite high. Depending on how things unfold (WCs) he could go as high as 7 or so. He just has that kind of profile.

ASP will also go quite high.

For forwards outside the top 10, Matthew Wood's already been mentioned. I can't shake the feeling that Nate Danielson is going to be something.

Reinbacher could go that high. Korchinski went higher than I thought last year . I had him at 15.
I wouldn't take neither that high though.

 

[HuGort]

Can you name me 1 player that might be available at 10 that you think has star potential? Who is the last one that dropped, Caufield, Kemell? Because of the size mainly...

Moore might be. I am high on him. Speed, hands, reminds me of Cooley.

 

[WeThreeKings]

We are talking about star upside right? You just named a bunch of top 6 mostly, what Im expecting to draft this year at 10. If we are lucky enough to get a Zegras, Necas, Robertson or another Caufield at 10, thats awesome, but all players you listed comes with flaws or question marks. Wood, obviously thats the skating, Salé on the soft side, Benson I like him, but not enough to draft him with a high pick taking in consideration our current situation. Its easy to pretent that those kids have star upside, but the reality is different when you are at the draft table and have to make the best selection. If you take Cristall and kid doesnt amount to much, fans will crucify the scouting staff, you cant really mess with a top 10 pick and a kid like Moore is much more of a sure bet to reach his celling.

To be fair.. the scouting staff would get crucified if they had two top 10 picks in the highly praised 2023 draft and came out of it with a 2nd pair D who can't QB a PP and a 3rd line center.

The prospect pool has enough depth to take major swings with every pick and they should absolutely be doing that. If they want to take a big swing and then go with Reinbacher at the Florida pick, perfectly comfortable with that.. but Moore and Reinbacher? Tuck me in cause I'll be snoozing. It would be such a Bergevin draft.

 

[WeThreeKings]

Right now, on Tankathon we'd have Will Smith at 6th and Yager at 9th. Which would just be a f***ing incredible draft.

According to my list we'd get Yager and Sale. I'd prefer Tankathon but I'd still be happy with that.

Scenario A:
Dach-Suzuki-Caufield
Slafkovsky-Smith-Yager
Farrell-Beck-Roy

Scenario B:
Slafkovsky-Suzuki-Caufield
Farrell-Dach-Yager
Sale-Beck-Roy

 

[SOLR]

Do you seriously think a foward with star upside will be there at 10? I seriously doubt it, unless a kid like Salé figures out how to play contact hockey... Top 4 is insane, then you have Smith, Reinbacher and possibly Dvorsky, after that I think thats rather decent, but no real home run swing as far as Im concerned.

Yeah I think so.

 

[NotProkofievian]

We are talking about star upside right? You just named a bunch of top 6 mostly, what Im expecting to draft this year at 10. If we are lucky enough to get a Zegras, Necas, Robertson or another Caufield at 10, thats awesome, but all players you listed comes with flaws or question marks. Wood, obviously thats the skating, Salé on the soft side, Benson I like him, but not enough to draft him with a high pick taking in consideration our current situation. Its easy to pretent that those kids have star upside, but the reality is different when you are at the draft table and have to make the best selection. If you take Cristall and kid doesnt amount to much, fans will crucify the scouting staff, you cant really mess with a top 10 pick and a kid like Moore is much more of a sure bet to reach his celling.

Cristall's muh boi, but yeah taking him with your only top 10 pick is an internet scout move. Maybe it works out. But with two top 10's, especially if you have a top 4, or you can bank on a safer player like Dvorsky or Reinbacher? I'm here for it.

 

[sandviper]

Can you name me 1 player that might be available at 10 that you think has star potential? Who is the last one that dropped, Caufield, Kemell? Because of the size mainly...

I think he meant more star players can be found anywhere up and down the draft, and not only by players who’ve dropped. Aho was a second rounder, as was Kuch and Robertson.

I will admit, in recent drafts, not much has emerged but doesn’t mean somebody won’t.

 

[MTL-rules]

Very quiet night for Connor Bedard, 3g, 2a.

Now 35 goals, 75 pts in 30 games! 2.5PPG production.

Should pass McDavid's 2.55PPG production next game.

Ridiculous production for the next Sidney Crosby.

I hope we'll keep tanking and Panthers found a way to lose more... I want more than 12% chance of drafting that gem.