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

[Doublechin]

Cowan pick making me high 5 myself for grabbing him in our forum draft in the 70s

 

[Whitesnake]

Frankly....I like what I saw from Cowan all year...didn't think end of 1st but surely eaerly 2nd. Still, reading HockeyProspects, scouts are raving about him.

 

[Gaylord Q Tinkledink]

29) Theo Lindstein

StLoUiS wOnT mAkE aLl ThReE pIcKs

 

[sampollock]

Very boring
Till the figs picked

 

[MonkeyBusiness]

Slaf is a unicorn. You won't find players like him in 90% of drafts. It wasn't a needs pick.

I've seen unicorns after a handful of magic mushrooms and Slaf ain't that.

 

[Bombshell11]

So no trades huh

 

[MadMslm]

It’s annoying to see every rebuilding team with multiple picks on the first and second round, while we sit with only one pick that was made an hour and half ago.

 

[Treb]

Cowan is the new biggest riser. Went 72 in the mock. 42 picks rise

 

[austin316]

What a fail tonight is
Lots of good players left for us at 31 and 37

 

[Schooner Guy]

Michkov, the best thing since sliced bread, the generational kid who clearly has no red flag whatsoever fell down to pick 7, even below another Russian.

Yet the Church of Michkov can't wrap their head around it, therefore everyone else is an idiot.

I mean Michkov was in my top 3 and I would've liked him but clearly if 6 teams pass on a generational talent, including one who has a direct connection with his KHL team, there's a f***ing reason behind it.

That's just it. I've been on record here many times stating my reluctance for the Habs to select Michkov for many reasons but with Bobrov having such a close connection to him, I would have been 100% fine if the Habs took him. I'm not ignorant enough to think I know more about the kid than Bobrov and the Habs scouting team know. LOL!

 

[MarkovsKnee]

He is a very good player. Not big but tenacious. What did the posters who watched London think of him?

I liked him a lot, and had him tagged for our 3rd round pick. Really competitive, good skater, stocky & has good hands. He has top 6 upside for sure.

I saw him in 2nd round on a lot of boards, but Central Scouting had him rated 3rd round in final rankings.

 

[Belial]

Seems like nobody wanted a D on this year's draft cuz so many top forwards were there easy to take. But reality it's possible that this austrian D might be the BPA. This D might be an excellent choice but everybody here was so conviced by Michkov and the group of forwards in general that the simple idea of a D was automaticly rejected.

It took balls to draft Reinbacher if Hughes was reading this board. I guess he never took time to read us and none of his scouts. So Hughes is not influenced by fans who wanted badly Dubois and not influenced by fans who wanted Michkov or Leonard or Benson. He made his choice, let be it. So the treatment is the same for pro-Dubois and pro-Michkov. Hughes doesn't give a s***.

Drafting a D is always less sexy, but let's hope they projected right with this kid.

 

[Boss Man Hughes]

Frankly....I like what I saw from Cowan all year...didn't think end of 1st but surely eaerly 2nd. Still, reading HockeyProspects, scouts are raving about him.

He might have been London's best forard in the playoffs.

 

[austin316]

It’s annoying to see every rebuilding team with multiple picks on the first and second round, while we sit with only one pick that was made an hour and half ago.

Comical that we are trying to rebuild with so few top picks. Don’t worry though we have three 4th rounders!!!!

 

[Doublechin]

Cowan is the new biggest riser. Went 72 in the mock. 42 picks rise

I had him at 40 on my list, took him at 72. Like him a lot personally

 

[MadMslm]

Was expecting more out of Hughes for this draft.

I know he’ll say he got a forward with lots of potential in Newhook and the top defensemen of the draft.

 

[Hostile Offer]

Love to see it

By the late first round it historically becomes a crapshoot. Doesn't really matter where these guys are "projected" at this point.

 

[MarkovsKnee]

I'm the biggest Leafs hater around but we're in no position to make fun of their pick right now

Not making fun of it. I like Cowan. CSS had him rated as 3rd round in final rankings. That's a fact.

 

[sampollock]

Hockey news says out new D man, is a 4,5,6 man.

 

[River Meadow]

What a fail tonight is
Lots of good players left for us at 31 and 37

You just knew it was gonna happen.


R.I.P

 

[HabsCowboysOwn]

Not making fun of it. I like Cowan. CSS had him rated as 3rd round in final rankings. That's a fact.

I wasn't targeting you MK, just a general statement

 

[Schooner Guy]

Vs a possible gen talent. OH YEAH seems real smart. I look forward to 2-1 games instead of 5-2

He's not a possible generational talent. Six teams passed on him. That doesn't happen to generational players.

This place is unreal tonight. It's the exact same reaction that was here when we passed on Gilbert Brule to take Carey Price.

 

[MadMslm]

Comical that we are trying to rebuild with so few top picks. Don’t worry though we have three 4th rounders!!!!

Whats even more crazy is we sold what we had and end up with 3 extra first round picks.

Not getting anything at the trade deadline this year was a major hit in our plans.

That what some team got for this draft alone.

With a few more picks, maybe they hit on a forward that is elite. That’s why I’m disappointed in letting the Michkov go. We have a lot of forward depth among prospects but many sit in the same tier till they can prove otherwise.

 

[LaP]

And Draisatl is already the best German forward by 257 points at age 27.

Nationality is irrelevant.

Draisaitl was playing in the WHL though a little bit easier to scout than the Swiss-A league.

 

[BeliveauFan4ever]

Comical that we are trying to rebuild with so few top picks. Don’t worry though we have three 4th rounders!!!!

I thought I saw in a pre-draft ‘report’ that HuGo thinks the Habs are “set” wrt to prospects.

Did anyone else see that or was it a part of some pre-draft nightmare?