MarkovsKnee
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It's absolutely ridiculous that Ottawa & Buffalo might actually pick before us. Nice f***ing rebuild.
HF Habs: 2024 NHL Draft Thread
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It's absolutely ridiculous that Ottawa & Buffalo might actually pick before us. Nice f***ing rebuild.
Mackenzie usually best in the draft business though. He has Demidov at 6. Has good numbers. Would Hughes take him considering the Russian factor. Or go for sure thing in a Catton type? Last year he passed on the better player Michkov, to take lesser player but he knew for sure he would come over
Seb
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The Habs picked 2 russians last year. It's fair to assume it's not the reason they didn't pick Michkov.
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A top scout from our team explained to Basu why they did not liked Michkov in private and this same scout also pumped Demidov to Basu that he was someone he liked a lot.
Source : Basu himself from the athletic after the 2023 draft
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Does someone actually have a link to the article/podcast where he said that? Not doubting but I would love to hear/read it for myself... just to get a bit of hope, you know.
Benstheman
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We need an upgrade on Newhook AND Josh Wawa. i want to see them on the third line with Beck eventually.
Off course if we get an elite forward in the draft, one of them, most probably Roy, can be effective/productive on the second line.
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Benstheman
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I see the 2OA, 3OA and 4OA spots being Dmen.
The forwards after Celebrini are pretty good but i cannot see of of them having more impact on a team than the best D's of the draft. I wouldn't even be surprised to see 4 dmen in the top 5.
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I am higher on Wawa than Newhook. I think Newhook would be the perfect 7th forward to pencil in on the 3rd line to start the year. He can move up in case of injury. Kinda like a third line Paul Byron.
I heard it too, it's one of the Support Athletic just before the draft. I Remember that Michkov was in the title.
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You may well be correct. The wild card is the Russian factor. Particularly as it applies to Demidov, who, if he played in the CHL, would be a sure top five pick. Maybe even 2 OA.
As for those who are insistent on our drafting high end forward talent, the perils of being overly influenced by positional need is highlighted by our error in drafting Kotkaniemi (the long sought large center) over Quintin Hughes. You always draft the best player available. Always.
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Benstheman
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Exactly how i see it.
But what i would love is Habs get to pick one of Demidov, Lindstrom or Catton with our pick and make a trade for a known commodity top 6, dangling our great D depth and some picks.
If it was the case, would you pick Demidov before Lindstrom?
I think with the improvements to our development system, especially with the addition of Adam Nicholas, we can take a Demidov and turn him into a Fullidov
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MarkovsKnee
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It's going to take more than 2 years. Buffalo has been building for like 13 years. Ottawa at least 6. It's only been 2 for Montreal. And, our 1st year was an accidental tank year, as Bergevin thought we were a playoff team.
I didn't mean how long the rebuild will last, I meant that the next 2 years the Habs could go for a regression instead of the slow expected progression.
Leto
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I posted the link with the timestamp earlier in the thread. There you go :
HF Habs: - 2024 NHL Draft Thread
With the amount of defense prospects we have, we would be giving them all a shot until Silayev comes in. While the thought of a defense core of: Guhle-Reinbacher Silayev-Mailloux Hutson-Xhekaj sounds awesome, our forward core is seriously lacking and we desperately need high end offensive...
The Great Weal
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Ya he won't be that top 5 center in the league, but he will be good enough to be a 1C on a cup winner.
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I'll call it right now.
The top 5 is some order of Celebrini Silayev Levshunov Lindstrom and Dickinson.
The top 5 is some order of Celebrini Silayev Levshunov Lindstrom and Dickinson.
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Buffalo and Ottawa never paid the price to get a valuable goalie. I am sure, if ottawa or Buffalo are willing to overpay for Saros (this is an exemple). They could get him.
At one point, teams need to sacrifice and improve their weakness instead of waiting theirs rookie to grow.
Pompeius Magnus
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That's like the expected top 5 at this point.
The big surprise would be if more than one team picking top 5 want a forward or if the team who wins #1 oa decide to take a D because that's a bigger need for them.
Thinking about it, they changed the draft this year and I've been wondering if this will impact the last minute interviews that happened at the draft the previous years.
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