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

[angusyoung]

Reading a few more posts from @HabsWhiteKnightLOL I'll probably cave and be drunk by noon. Looking forward to it!

I got a pretty good head start on ya!

 

[Nedved]

Well after his rookie year I thought SK74 was gonna be a star. I bought and still have his jersey. Then in 2012 I thought Galchenyuk was gonna be a star, and bought his jersey and changed my username. This year I want Michkov, so clearly I know s*** about f*** and I'll leave it to the pros.

to be fair, to both you and me, S Kost's play making was pretty impressive when he came in as a rookie. He honestly seemed like he was going to put up 50 assist a season without a problem. But then DarkestDayGate broke out and the rest was history for our team.

 

[Saundies]

Hypothetical: let's say Bedard, Fantilli, Carlsson, and Smith are gone with the 4 first picks, and they're not planning to take Michkov, so players they target are Leonard, Reinbacher, Benson, and Dvorsky. By trading back and acquiring another asset (whether another 1st round pick or a young roster player), you're still guaranteed to take one of the players you're interested in.

However, if you clearly identified a specific player and if he's there at 5th, then you stand pat and pick the guy. I think you only move back if you have 2, 3 or maybe 4 players you really like and you can afford to wait a few more spots to get one of them.

Yeah, I do honestly think this is how it's going to play out in the end. The 4 you mentioned will be gone, we're going to play a game of chicken with Briere and convince him we're taking Michkov unless they trade.

Because really, that's the only way this works. Why would Philly trade up with us if they don't think we're going to take Michkov and run? They could just wait and get him for free if not.

Kent's going to need his poker face.

 

[Habsfan18]

Dude every year we think we drafted the next super secret elite player. I have been hearing it for decades.

Jason Ward! Ron Hainsey! Joseph Balej! Perezhogin! Kostitsyn! Duncan Milroy! Higgins! Constantine Korneeev! Urquart! Corey Locke! Chipchura! Ben Maxwell! Valentenko! CHRISTOPHER HEINO-LINDBERG! Max Carle! Nicholas Torp! Avtsin! Josiah Didier!

Hahaha Korneev was going to form a punishing duo with Yemelin! Josiah Didier

 

[Pompeius Magnus]

I'm team Leo all the way. If he's still there by #5 I keep the pick, if he's gone I take the offer from the Flyers .

 

[Pacciosoftie]

Reading a few more posts from @HabsWhiteKnightLOL I'll probably cave and be drunk by noon. Looking forward to it!

He’s gonna turn us all into alcoholics before the end of the day

 

[Kennerback]

I understand Michkov is a special talent and has been touted as going 2nd OA for a long while before everything started going on in Russia + his contract extension. However, if this is indeed as deep a draft as everyone's been saying for over a year now and has a lot of elite talents at the top of it, then people shouldn't be disappointed in Habs taking someone else.

We went from having high end talent at the top of the draft to suddenly there is a big drop off after a few guys and if the pick someone else, it'll be a failure.

If ________ (president, GM1, GM2 or owner) overrules their scouts and picks a player who models his game on Sam Bennett, what nerve and entitlement we need to have to be anything but grateful.

 

[Whitesnake]

Would you do: 7 and 22. Then move back a spot and get 8 and 40. So you end up with 8, 22 & 40?

Yes...depending who is still there. I'll do it at our turn. Let's pretend everybody is taken at their normal position...

Bedard
Fantilli
Carlsson
Smith
Michkov
Leonard
Reinbacher

I guess we still have some good candidates.

 

[Ozmodiar]

A lot of hot air.

No shit Sherlock.

I can’t stand Elliotte’s “I can’t help but wonder …” musings. Is he ever right?

Just tell us what you’re hearing and leave out the fluff. You never hear Woj or Schefter spouting BS like that.

 

[Chadstudsky]

His posts might start making more sense with a little bit of liquor in your system.

Doubtful, I'm a happy drunk, not an angry drunk!

I got a pretty good head start on ya!

What's your poison of the day?

 

[the]

Did we draft the Russian yet??

 

[sampollock]

No one believes that the Canadian has finished moving. There are plenty of teams in the league that believe Montreal is willing to trade their #5 pick to drop. -

Elliott Friedman


SO it better be a prospect back and wings #1 pick... sure hope so..

 

[Paddy17]

Well, it's finally draft day! We managed to sludge through until now without anyone on these boards getting killed yet. Although we're at Defcon 5.

Toxicity levels after nuclear falloff will be high after the draft, no matter what. That's our only certainty for this draft.

 

[Chadstudsky]

He’s gonna turn us all into alcoholics before the end of the day

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How did you get a live feed of me in my living room right now?

 

[Ozmodiar]

Why would Philly trade up with us if they don't think we're going to take Michkov and run?

Arizona

 

[larek]

Imagining this boards reaction if we keep pick 5 and selected Dvorsky.

Wouldn't that be stupid to do that!

 

[Nedved]

Would you do: 7 and 22. Then move back a spot and get 8 and 40. So you end up with 8, 22 & 40?

how does this situation play out? don't both teams want Michkov?

 

[sampollock]

No one believes that the Canadian has finished moving. There are plenty of teams in the league that believe Montreal is willing to trade their #5 pick to drop. -

Elliott Friedman


SO it better be a prospect back and wings #1 pick... sure hope so..

 

[Pacciosoftie]

Doubtful, I'm a happy drunk, not an angry drunk!

What's your poison of the day?

Probably Molson beer

 

[waffledave]

Hahaha Korneev was going to form a punishing duo with Yemelin! Josiah Didier

He was like 28 years old and people were still saying he was going to come over any time now.

 

[FrankMTL]

Dude every year we think we drafted the next super secret elite player. I have been hearing it for decades.

Jason Ward! Ron Hainsey! Joseph Balej! Perezhogin! Kostitsyn! Duncan Milroy! Higgins! Constantine Korneeev! Urquart! Corey Locke! Chipchura! Ben Maxwell! Valentenko! CHRISTOPHER HEINO-LINDBERG! Max Carle! Nicholas Torp! Avtsin! Josiah Didier!

Balej was such a steal in the third round!! Did you not see his numbers in Portland?

 

[Frank Drebin]

Bedard
Fantilli
Carlsson
Smith
Michkov

There is NO WAY the top 5 ends up going like this, just saying. This is going to be a crazy day.

 

[Kennerback]

I'm team Leo all the way. If he's still there by #5 I keep the pick, if he's gone I take the offer from the Flyers .

Team Leo Represent!

 

[angusyoung]

Doubtful, I'm a happy drunk, not an angry drunk!

What's your poison of the day?

I'm a Heiny man with some Nepalese temple balls. and you?

 

[waffledave]

Balej was such a steal in the third round!! Did you not see his numbers in Portland?

We were lucky the Rangers insisted on him in the Kovalev trade. The Habs offered Plekanec initially.