HF Habs: 2024 NHL Draft -- Rate it, Love it or Hate it

[habsterr]

I give it an A.

Demidov and Hage is a great first round. They picked some intriguing players with size later on.

 

[Mrb1p]

We do like our Q players, don't we?

They couldn't fail because of Demidov but I'll give them a C for the rest of the draft. Ridiculous picks made, we lost a 2nd rounder for nothing, refused to move up to grab clear fallers that would've been a) good PR and B) good value.

The good: Demidov and Koivu
The bad: moving up for no reason
The ugly: Two quebecois born players on 40 picks for this management.

 

[Treal]

Amazing first round and some intriguing projects on day 2. So I'd give it an A. The lack of a 2nd round pick hurt a little bit. Prevents it from being A+ in my book as it lacks a sneaky steal type prospect a la Fowler from last year.

 

[Treb]

A because of the 1st round and giving the benefit of doubts to Bobrov and co.

Demidov and Hage are steals.

Koivu was a fine pick.

No idea about Sawyer, but would have gone Smith, Wetsch, Zarubin or Jecho instead.

Protz seems fine, would have went Boilard, He or Moore.

Thorpe+Vecvanags we'll see would have gone with Misa, Poirier or Romani

Merrill no idea, would have gone Kol, Avramov or Krutov

Khanin no idea, would have gone Humphreys

Bergvist I see nothing and no trust in Rockstrom, would have gone Zetterberg

 

[L4br3cqu3]

Our first 3 picks makes it an A+ for me. I'd have given a C for the rest, but meh, they certainly don't weight as much as Demidov-Hage-Koivu.

 

[MarkovsKnee]

I gave it an A. Demidov & Hage are excellent picks. I'm not sure Koivu has NHL upside, but I still like the pick.

Protz & Vecvanags I like too.

Don't even know our final 3 picks, but 1st round is the most important round, anyway.

 

[Whitesnake]

Okay I can't resist....I'll say this...right from the start....I do NOT know how any of those guys will do in 4 years I do not. Woudl have I picked who they picked starting round 2? Nope. Nobody. Do I Know all of them? Nope. I know Koivu. Saw a little of Sawyer and Thorpe and Merrill but can't even put them in knowing them..lol

It's an uncharted territory for me because I've never experienced this. Never in Timmins era was there so many unknown picks in 1 draft. Never. So either our scouting group are genius. Either...they are not. We will see.

But I don't think, AS A DAY, that it's a great day. Not moving up. And not going with players I preferred. But again I repeat, NONE OF THE PLAYERS CHOSEN I can say I disliked. I don't dislike any of them...I don't know most of them....

Thank you.

Respectfully.

P.s. I f***ING LOVED YESTERDAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[TheBuriedHab]

A+ for taking Hage who I had in the 4 round mock to Detroit.

 

[Whitesnake]

As a personal note, it's my best performance ever for my top 100 chosen. With only 5 players left. For what it's worth...which is not a whole lot...lol.

Still can't believe Zetterberg wasn,t even worth a pick.

 

[sansabri]

after Demidov, they're all ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ to me

 

[Fatbiggie]

We have Demidov. We win.

 

[Treal]

Okay I can't resist....I'll say this...right from the start....I do NOT know how any of those guys will do in 4 years I do not. Woudl have I picked who they picked starting round 2? Nope. Nobody. Do I Know all of them? Nope. I know Koivu. Saw a little of Sawyer and Thorpe and Merrill but can't even put them in knowing them..lol

It's an uncharted territory for me because I've never experienced this. Never in Timmins era was there so many unknown picks in 1 draft. Never. So either our scouting group are genius. Either...they are not. We will see.

But I don't think, AS A DAY, that it's a great day. Not moving up. And not going with players I preferred. But again I repeat, NONE OF THE PLAYERS CHOSEN I can say I disliked. I don't dislike any of them...I don't know most of them....

Thank you.

Respectfully.

P.s. I f***ING LOVED YESTERDAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Do you even scout, bro!?

 

[Naslundforever]

A+

For the love the draft has brought to hf.

I don’t mind the late “might make it as an nhl call-up some day” draft choices bring size.

 

[417]

I personally like taking chances on athleticism/size late in the draft. All those late picks by nature all have a lot of work to put in, but if they’ve got the physical tools already, it certainly helps.

 

[Rozz]

Everything after demidov is irrelevant. we got Demidov so A+ for that right there.

Hage is also a great pick.

Koivu is a cool pick.


the rest of them.. like most here, I know nothing about... so imma trust Hugo as they have earned it.

I find it funny some people reacting like "who the f*** is this kid?! bad pick!" .. how can you judge it as a bad pick when you don't even know th kid lol oh well, that's just HFboards for ya lol

I for one am very happy after this draft!

 

[Mrb1p]

As a personal note, it's my best performance ever for my top 100 chosen. With only 5 players left. For what it's worth...which is not a whole lot...lol.

Still can't believe Zetterberg wasn,t even worth a pick.

Schuchinov being ignored is the biggest what the f to me. Unless he's specifically said he wouldn't come over. Hrs playing top 4 in the KHL right now. Most of these players will never even make it to the AHL.

 

[A Loyal Demidog]

I find it funny some people reacting like "who the f*** is this kid?! bad pick!" .. how can you judge it as a bad pick when you don't even know th kid lol oh well, that's just HFboards for ya lol

Shades of Romanov post-draft. I know, different management. But they saw something with the players they picked, and maybe they did well!

 

[Habs13]

Maybe the best crop of picks we've selected in the last twenty years. Very happy. Wanted Lindstrom and Iginla and never thought we'd walk away with Demidov and Hage, plus Koivu and Protz. Some of the kids I know nothing about seem like interesting picks. All big players too. I'm as happy as a pig in shit.

 

[NeptunesTrident]

Thanks to the mods for all the effort you put in through the year. With free agency starting in about 36 hrs you don't get much of a break. You do a great job!

 

[calder candidate]

Well? What do you think?


1st round:

Ivan Demidov (W)
Michael Hage (C)

3rd round:
Aatos Koivu (C)
Logan Sawyer (C)

4th round
Owen Protz (LD)

5th round
Tyler Thorpe (W)
Mikus Vecvanags (G)

6th round
Ben Merrill (C)

7th round
Makar Khanin (W)
Rasmus Bergqvist

-A for day 1, just because we traded away the second when we might of had Hage at 26th. Just feel like this was a move to setup another move and it failed.

D+ for day 2, some player I didn't even have in my top 225, I feel like those pick are mostly worthless since the majority of them won't even make the NHL and the rest will hit waiver before there able to establish them self... But they just seem to over think them self into take older / lower upside player...

 

[MXD]

A.

I really like the Demidov, Hage, Protz (though maybe this one is a tad early, I like the idea of getting someone like him) and Thorpe picks.

 

[Habs13]

We do like our Q players, don't we?

They couldn't fail because of Demidov but I'll give them a C for the rest of the draft. Ridiculous picks made, we lost a 2nd rounder for nothing, refused to move up to grab clear fallers that would've been a) good PR and B) good value.

The good: Demidov and Koivu
The bad: moving up for no reason
The ugly: Two quebecois born players on 40 picks for this management.

You'd be a lot happier in life if you could separate politics from sports.

 

[Sasha Orlov]

Literally could not have gone better

 

[Garbageyuk]

B-, purely on the strength of the first round, and I feel like I’m being generous here because Demidov was the obvious pick at 5.

Aatos Koivu, I get, even if he was probably only picked because of his name, which was probably the case. He’s still a legitimate prospect, and I really don’t have a problem with factors like legacy/family ties coming into play in the 3rd round and after.

After that, it really seems like they were so smitten by their first round that they just winged it the rest of the way. They passed on way too many high upside players in rounds 3-7, and a few of the picks made little sense - over agers, obscure goalies, enforcers. I do find the Russian they took in the 7th round intriguing though.

As always, we’ll see how it turns out.

 

[Koivu11]