Prospect Info: [2024 - 21st] Michael Hage, Chicago Steel (USHL), Committed to U of Michigan

[Habs Halifax]

Thus kid is legit

Yup! First NCAA year at age 18 and is already a force on the ice. He's only going to get better.

Definitely a grade A prospect for me

 

[417]

The Michkov cry fest continues unabated.

MichkHabs fans...it's driving me crazy.

I can't do it anymore.

 

[GrandmaCookie]

It has probably been asked before on this thread but not going to read 44 pages, so, what is Hage NHL projection?

I read Sam Bennett?

 

[morhilane]

MichkHabs fans...it's driving me crazy.

I can't do it anymore.

The ones who watched the Habs-Flyers game got way more quiet last night.

 

[417]

The ones who watched the Habs-Flyers game got way more quiet last night.

it's an obsession, so i'm sure they'll be back in full force.

 

[WeThreeKings]

It has probably been asked before on this thread but not going to read 44 pages, so, what is Hage NHL projection?

I read Sam Bennett?

Jack Eichel lite or a bigger/rangier Kyrou.

 

[JustAHabFan]

I think the Habs worried that the Leafs will draft Hage so they just move to 21st to be ahead of the Leafs.

 

[Trenbohabs]

Having Hutson, Demidov, Hage, Dach and Suzuki as players who can f***ing carry a puck in the zone and make a play.. what a future dynamic.

Add possibly a 1C in this years draft and a forward with size and grit with CGY's pick if were lucky right out of the top 10 would be amazing. Then Hughes has to acquire a 2nd and 3rd pair RD when Gallagher and Andersons contracts are out and were good to go if Fowler becomes our 1st G

The top 6 will be stacked and decisions will be made in 2 years

It has probably been asked before on this thread but not going to read 44 pages, so, what is Hage NHL projection?

I read Sam Bennett?

a whole lot more talented than Bennett. Bennett is a unique 3rd line grinder that every team needs in playoffs, Hage could be a PPG center with his speed and shot and iq

 

[rahad]

New Jersey did great picking Adam Larson, the big RH defenseman, over Nikita Kucherov.

They’d do it again tomorrow!

That such a bad comparison.... Kucherov has drafted in the second round vs Adam Larsson(#4) in the top 5....

Tampa bay also drafted in the first round pick in 2011 Vladislav(#27) before Kucherov......

2011 NHL Entry Draft Picks at hockeydb.com

A sortable list of players drafted in the 2011 NHL Entry draft, including their career scoring after being drafted

www.hockeydb.com

 

[tazsub3]

Trade up
Change the odds
Create your own luck

Exactly . In previous years we would have gotten the comments that such player was gone when we drafting .
While we draft Duds with such and later picks

 

[Boss Man Hughes]

Exactly . In previous years we would have gotten the comments that such player was gone when we drafting .
While we draft Duds with such and later picks

I believe MB only traded down or exchanged 7th round picks. He got lucky with Caufield. Of course while Hughes has targeted the right players he also has been lucky that Demidov, Hage and Hutson went lower than they should have.

 

[LaP]

I believe MB only traded down or exchanged 7th round picks.

He traded down a couple of times which rarely makes sense to me. I think one time he gave a end of 2nd round pick for a beginning of 3rd round pick and a 4th round pick and the narrative was that the player we wanted at the end of the 2nd round would still be available at the beginning of the 3rd round and i was like yeeeaahhh riiiighttt but what if he's not available can you travel to the future to be sure? For me a 4th was not worth the gamble. 4th round picks very rarely becomes NHLers and the value in a trade at the deadline is minimal.

Of course while Hughes has targeted the right players he also has been lucky that Demidov, Hage and Hutson went lower than they should have.

You could make a case that every good picks but the top 5 maybe went lower than they should have. Can be said or Patrice Bergerton, David Pasternak, David Krejci, Nikita Kucherov, Ondrej Palat, Point, Hintz, Robertson, almost every goddamn picks by Carolina. Almost always happen to the same good people. A bit of chance yeah but still got to draft the right guy. When every teams pass on the guy it's a fallacy to believe it was an obvious pick.

 

[jaffy27]

It absolutely is luck when you don't know how other team's have players ranked and your staff believes that Hage was a mid teen pick and are being correctly justified as such so far.

I will try and find the clip but I think Hughes may have even used the word "lucky" when talking about Hage falling to to them. By your statement we also were not lucky to have Demidov fall to us or Caufield fall to us.

I know what you are saying and I agree with much of it but from the Canadiens perspective they admittedly tried to do more to move up to specifically get Hage as they would need less luck to draft him......they failed to do so and were ecstatic and surprised to still see him there. From their evaluation of him they felt other teams would see the same things and rank him considerably higher as they did. So.....objectively, they needed to be lucky to be able to draft him based on their evaluation of him.

Nah…I don’t see it as luck, teams make decisions and pick players because they think they are BPA, it’s not like Caufield was in hiding or Hage and their names were buried under a pile for nobody to see and as the Habs were ready to pick, they magically became available.

But I get what you’re saying lol

I see it more as fortunate