GDT: 2023 Upper Deck NHL Draft: 1st Round, June 28, 7 p.m. et | ESPN, SN, TVAS: Nashville, TN

[Runner77]

we are drafting Leonard, see you losers tomorrow

At least you’re consistent. Soft Euro Rudys need not apply.

 

[Habs]

At least you’re consistent. Soft Euro Rudys need not apply.

WOKE soft euro Rudy's are NOT allowed

 

[Runner77]

WOKE soft euro Rudy's are NOT allowed

You mean the ones that will pick up the $100 bill from the toilet (based on the Habs’ combine question) but who will insist on rubber gloves and an anti-bacterial mask.

I can't wait until tomorrow if Michkov falls to 5 when the habs make the obvious choice.



See you at the finish line.

Well, better Nature Boy than Liberace, I say.

 

[HabbyGuy]

You mean the ones that will pick up the $100 bill from the toilet (based on the Habs’ combine question) but who will insist on rubber gloves and an anti-bacterial mask.


Well, better Nature Boy than Liberace, I say.

Hey! Will Smith is Liberace. Not me.

 

[Runner77]

Hey! Will Smith is Liberace. Not me.

Except that @Habs spells it “Liberal-ce.”

 

[HabbyGuy]

Except that @Habs spells it “Liberal-ce.”

 

[Tutu to]

Any good places to watch the draft tomorrow?

 

[McGees]

Any good places to watch the draft tomorrow?

Nashville.

 

[HabbyGuy]

Any good places to watch the draft tomorrow?

I'd suggest a bomb shelter.

 

[JeffreyLFC]

Does that make him a Power Forward?

Is he "épais en bas du corps"?

 

[MON4NHLTOR4MLB]

All that waste of a year to draft a non elite dman 5th overall. Going to be a brutal draft

I have a strange feeling we gonna end up with Carlsson.

You’re dreaming

 

[JeffreyLFC]

Flyers are earlier in their rebuild than we are.

Only explanation that I see is their internal rankings. They either sense a significant drop off after Michkov (top 5) or they have clearly bought into Michkov being the 2nd best player in a premium draft and they’re willing to overlook the other factors. And since they are at the very start of their rebuild, they’re willing to wait for him.

Could also be they have particular actionable intel that other teams don’t.

For them to want to go all out, there has to be something major.

If they believe he is the next superstar that can have over 1,500 pts in his career there are reason they want to go all-in with him.

 

[TopTenPlayz]

Here's what I think will happen: if the top 4 goes top 4 as expected, the habs will trade back with philli for 7 and 22. Philli will then pick Leonard at 5 and Mtl takes either Reinbacher or Benson at 7 depending on who Arizona takes at 6. Cant see Philli trading up and taking Michkov at 5 knowing that Arizona will not pick him for sure and Mtl has been very hesitant about Michkov and willing to move down.

 

[strutsboa]

Don’t mess this up, just take the best player available. The only time I’m fine with trading down is if Bedard, Fantilli, Michkov and Carlsson is gone, otherwise you just take whoever of those players is left.

 

[JeffreyLFC]

The fact Smith said yesterday he had an idea where he’s being drafted, tells me he won’t be there at 5. Some team has probably told him they’re picking him.

He might even have shared that intel to Hughes.

 

[Runner77]

I'd suggest a bomb shelter.

Site is going to crash when the Habs pick is announced, you just know it.

 

[BenchBrawl]

As psychedelic mystic Terence Mckenna once claimed:

“Nature loves courage. You make the commitment and nature will respond to that commitment by removing impossible obstacles.”

Courage is to pick Michkov and go for it.

If you disagree with that, I suggest you go get yourself an heroic dose of shrooms to shake your head. Widen your horizons.

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[JeffreyLFC]

I'm pretty torn on who I want at 5. Could definitely see an argument to keep adding talent upfront, but I also think the prospect of having Reinbacher, Guhle, Hutson and Mailloux moving forward would really solidify our defense for a long time.

I might cry if that happen and I am a grown man!
Defenseman are WAY easier to acquire than Franchise players.

 

[Runner77]

The fact Smith said yesterday he had an idea where he’s being drafted, tells me he won’t be there at 5. Some team has probably told him they’re picking him.

Gotta be Columbus since the 2nd pick is a virtual lock. Not likely that it was SJ, since he could be off the board by then.

 

[BenchBrawl]

If I was a top prodigy prospect, I would refuse to go to any team other than Montreal, because I'm a prima donna.

Michkov should do that.

 

[HabbyGuy]

As psychedelic mystic Terence Mckenna once claimed:

“Nature loves courage. You make the commitment and nature will respond to that commitment by removing impossible obstacles.”

Courage is to pick Michkov and go for it.

If you disagree with that, I suggest you go get yourself an heroic dose of shrooms to shake your head. Widen your horizons.

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I honestly don't even think this pick takes courage. If anything it would take far more to pass.

Moronic courage, but courage nontheless.

The risk/reward sways heavily in the favour of reward, in choosing him. Not the opposite.

 

[Runner77]

If they believe he is the next superstar that can have over 1,500 pts in his career there are reason they want to go all-in with him.

Then let them pay a price concomitant with that belief and if they are the highest bidder.

I honestly don't even think this pick takes courage. If anything it would take far more to pass.

Moronic courage, but courage nontheless.

The risk/reward sways heavily in the favour of reward, in choosing him.

I think the pick takes Geoff to simply rubber stamp his hockey people’s decision.

I have a feeling he might be a stumbling block.

 

[MON4NHLTOR4MLB]

Chicago - Bedard
Anaheim - Fantilli
Columbus - Smith
San Jose - Carlsson
Montreal - Reinbacher
Arizona - Dvorsky/Benson
Philly - Leonard
Wsh - Michkov
Detroit - Benson/Dvorsky
St. Louis - Sandin Pelikka

That’s my guess what happens if picks stay the same. I’d be annoyed to say the least

 

[HabbyGuy]

I think the pick takes Geoff to simply rubber stamp his hockey people’s decision.

I have a feeling he might be a stumbling block.

Which means we have much bigger problems to overcome.

 

[BenchBrawl]

Chicago - Bedard
Anaheim - Fantilli
Columbus - Smith
San Jose - Carlsson
Montreal - Reinbacher
Arizona - Dvorsky/Benson
Philly - Leonard
Wsh - Michkov
Detroit - Benson/Dvorsky
St. Louis - Sandin Pelikka

That’s my guess what happens if picks stay the same. I’d be annoyed to say the least

What the f***?

No seriously, what the f***?