HF Habs: 2024 NHL Draft Thread

[sampollock]

maybe KH uses the peg pick and another 2nd round pick to move up the draft to the middle teens???

 

[Mrb1p]

Ye iggys going top 10. Too big, too fast and too good. Im not sure if I prefer Iggy, Catton or Lindstrom out of the WHL forwards, thats just how good he has been.

maybe KH uses the peg pick and another 2nd round pick to move up the draft to the middle teens???

Id use all the remaining pick to get a second in the top 15. Theres gonna be a franchise changint player available

 

[morhilane]

maybe KH uses the peg pick and another 2nd round pick to move up the draft to the middle teens???

Habs only 2nd round pick is the Avs one, won't allow to move up the draft that much. And I doubt anything left to trade can bring back another 2nd this year.

 

[JeffreyLFC]

I won't use the word 'unlikely'. Instead I will use the number 0.

Only a Sith deals in absolutes

 

[Toene]

Ye iggys going top 10. Too big, too fast and too good. Im not sure if I prefer Iggy, Catton or Lindstrom out of the WHL forwards, thats just how good he has been.


Id use all the remaining pick to get a second in the top 15. Theres gonna be a franchise changint player available

Younger me in EANHL GM mode :
15th overall + 2nd + 3rd + 4th + 5th
for
1st overall

The other team :
ok

 

[WeThreeKings]

I would rather take my chance with Tij Iginla. Used some assets to move up instead of using them to get Zegras.

Yeah and I think the Habs brass isn't interested in Zegras, anyway.

McKeens mid-season 32

1. Macklin Celebrini
2. Sam Dickinson
3. Ivan Demidov
4. Anton Silayev
5. Cayden Lindstrom
6. Berkly Catton
7. Artyom Levshunov
8. Konsta Helenius
9. Cole Eiserman
10. Zayne Parekh
11. Carter Yakemchuk
12. Tij Iginla
13. Liam Greentree
14. Trevor Connelly
15. Zeem Buium
16. Michael Brandsegg-Nygard
17. Adam Jiricek
18. Jett Luchanko
19. Matvei Shuravin
20. Michael Hage
21. Alfons Freij
22. Emil Hemming
23. Ryder Ritchie
24. Sacha Boisvert
25. Harrison Brunicke
26. Andrew Basha
27. Henry Mews
28. Dominik Badinka
29. Beckett Sennecke
30. Igor Chernyshev
31. EJ Emery
32. Leo Sahlin Wallenius

 

[sampollock]

Yeah and I think the Habs brass isn't interested in Zegras, anyway.

McKeens mid-season 32

1. Macklin Celebrini
2. Sam Dickinson
3. Ivan Demidov
4. Anton Silayev
5. Cayden Lindstrom
6. Berkly Catton
7. Artyom Levshunov
8. Konsta Helenius
9. Cole Eiserman
10. Zayne Parekh
11. Carter Yakemchuk
12. Tij Iginla
13. Liam Greentree
14. Trevor Connelly
15. Zeem Buium
16. Michael Brandsegg-Nygard
17. Adam Jiricek
18. Jett Luchanko
19. Matvei Shuravin
20. Michael Hage
21. Alfons Freij
22. Emil Hemming
23. Ryder Ritchie
24. Sacha Boisvert
25. Harrison Brunicke
26. Andrew Basha
27. Henry Mews
28. Dominik Badinka
29. Beckett Sennecke
30. Igor Chernyshev
31. EJ Emery
32. Leo Sahlin Wallenius

you have that down pat NO ZEGRAS lol love it

 

[JustAHabFan]

For draft guru out there, if Habs is picking 9/10 and Iginla is available, should we draft him? At 9/10, should we pick another player if that player is also available?

 

[FrankMTL]

Both Parekh and Yakemchuk are gonna score over 30 as draft eligible defensemen....that's nuts.

 

[JeffreyLFC]

For draft guru out there, if Habs is picking 9/10 and Iginla is available, should we draft him? At 9/10, should we pick another player if that player is also available?

Who is available though beside Tij?

I think the difference between 5-15 is not that large. It depends on what you prefer. The obvious top 3 IMO are Celebrini, Lindstrom and Demidov (for the habs). Then after that it could be a defenseman or a forward.

 

[Jaynki]

For draft guru out there, if Habs is picking 9/10 and Iginla is available, should we draft him? At 9/10, should we pick another player if that player is also available?

Yes !

 

[JustAHabFan]

Who is available though beside Tij?

I think the difference between 5-15 is not that large. It depends on what you prefer. The obvious top 3 IMO are Celebrini, Lindstrom and Demidov (for the habs). Then after that it could be a defenseman or a forward.

The Habs should focus on forward. I don't think we should draft another defenseman

 

[phillytennis]

If we decide to keep the Winnipeg 1st round pick...I would love to pick Ryder Ritchie...last year, he and Catton were standouts at the under 18 tournament.

 

[bopeep]

Yeah and I think the Habs brass isn't interested in Zegras, anyway.

McKeens mid-season 32

1. Macklin Celebrini
2. Sam Dickinson
3. Ivan Demidov
4. Anton Silayev
5. Cayden Lindstrom
6. Berkly Catton
7. Artyom Levshunov
8. Konsta Helenius
9. Cole Eiserman
10. Zayne Parekh
11. Carter Yakemchuk
12. Tij Iginla
13. Liam Greentree
14. Trevor Connelly
15. Zeem Buium
16. Michael Brandsegg-Nygard
17. Adam Jiricek
18. Jett Luchanko
19. Matvei Shuravin
20. Michael Hage
21. Alfons Freij
22. Emil Hemming
23. Ryder Ritchie
24. Sacha Boisvert
25. Harrison Brunicke
26. Andrew Basha
27. Henry Mews
28. Dominik Badinka
29. Beckett Sennecke
30. Igor Chernyshev
31. EJ Emery
32. Leo Sahlin Wallenius

Harrison Brunicke sure has shot up them rankings - both Elite Prospects and McKeens have him firmly in the 1st round

 

[Mrb1p]

Younger me in EANHL GM mode :
15th overall + 2nd + 3rd + 4th + 5th
for
1st overall

The other team :
ok

In the earlier Chels, you could actually control more than one team on franchise mode. Made for very easy super teams lol.

For draft guru out there, if Habs is picking 9/10 and Iginla is available, should we draft him? At 9/10, should we pick another player if that player is also available?

Im not a draft guru, but in that range Im looking at Tij, Buium and Catton.

I think thats exactly how I rank them for the Habs, overall Id have Buium ahead, slightly.

Ill be very happy with any of these + Mack, Lev, Demidov and Lindstrom. Happy with Eiserman and Dickinson too but somewhat disappointed because they are redundant.

 

[Mrb1p]

The Habs should focus on forward. I don't think we should draft another defenseman

The Habs dont need anything aside from quality. They have ample depth at all positions to skip on position. The Habs would be transformed by a high end offensive D, probably just as much as drafting Celebrini.

 

[badfish]

I'm wondering if Adam Jiricek lasts til the Winnipeg pick. He's been ranked in the mid to late first round on rankings lately, but earlier in the season before his injury he was ranked top-half, even top-10 on some rankings. The Elite Prospects video of him earlier in the season was great. I don't think the stats are showing the full picture here either, Plzn was much better in David's draft year (near top of league with some good forwards) vs. this year where they are almost last place and their top line forwards are hardly scoring (~0.5 ppg). Could be one of those prospects who should have gone higher but dropped due to extenuating circumstances/lower exposure.

 

[JustAHabFan]

In the earlier Chels, you could actually control more than one team on franchise mode. Made for very easy super teams lol.


Im not a draft guru, but in that range Im looking at Tij, Buium and Catton.

I think thats exactly how I rank them for the Habs, overall Id have Buium ahead, slightly.

Ill be very happy with any of these + Mack, Lev, Demidov and Lindstrom. Happy with Eiserman and Dickinson too but somewhat disappointed because they are redundant.

You said you are happy and also disappointed with Eiserman and Dickinson because they are redundant. Redundant in which sense?

 

[WeThreeKings]

For draft guru out there, if Habs is picking 9/10 and Iginla is available, should we draft him? At 9/10, should we pick another player if that player is also available?

It depends on who is available.. if somehow all of Celebrini, Demidov, Lindstrom and Catton are gone, you have to consider it.. but I'm not so sure I'd do it over Eiserman or Helenius, I'd want to see more growth in his handles and playmaking game.

 

[Sam de Mtl]

I'm coming around on Konsta Helenius if we pick in the 8-12 range. Smart and gritty enough with good skills. Pro game already. You don't need much projection to insert him in your top 6 and be happy with him for 12 years.

There may be a perceived lower cap on his potential, but not by much imo.

 

[ChesterNimitz]

Yeah and I think the Habs brass isn't interested in Zegras, anyway.

McKeens mid-season 32

1. Macklin Celebrini
2. Sam Dickinson
3. Ivan Demidov
4. Anton Silayev
5. Cayden Lindstrom
6. Berkly Catton
7. Artyom Levshunov
8. Konsta Helenius
9. Cole Eiserman
10. Zayne Parekh
11. Carter Yakemchuk
12. Tij Iginla
13. Liam Greentree
14. Trevor Connelly
15. Zeem Buium
16. Michael Brandsegg-Nygard
17. Adam Jiricek
18. Jett Luchanko
19. Matvei Shuravin
20. Michael Hage
21. Alfons Freij
22. Emil Hemming
23. Ryder Ritchie
24. Sacha Boisvert
25. Harrison Brunicke
26. Andrew Basha
27. Henry Mews
28. Dominik Badinka
29. Beckett Sennecke
30. Igor Chernyshev
31. EJ Emery
32. Leo Sahlin Wallenius

The top 15 of this rating is much more plausible than the summer one noted above..

I think the Putin factor will cause Demidov and Silayev to drop a bit, particularly with Lindstrom, Catton and Dickinson on the board and who are all immediately available. Yakemchuk, at 11, is about right, but some team may be seduced with this player's combination of size, offensive skill and mobility and he might slip into the top 10. Luchanko's elite skating may drive up his value and he may be one of the first players taken in the group left after the usual suspects are all selected in the top 10. The same could apply to Beckett Sennecke, who has NHL written all over him. This kid is a safe pick and I would love him to be available when we are using the Winnipeg first rounder. But that outcome is unlikely unless Winnipeg collapses over the last two months of the season. But stranger things have happened.

This is a much better draft than many are claiming. As a result, I would be very hesitant in giving away the Winnipeg first pick that we obtained for Monahan. There's a lot of quality that will be available from picks 15-25. And even lower than that. That extra first round pick shouldn't be burning a hole in Hughes' pocket.

Just my take.

 

[Mrb1p]

You said you are happy and also disappointed with Eiserman and Dickinson because they are redundant. Redundant in which sense?

Happy because they are quality players. Nobody should be mad about adding them. Its like adding a second Guhle or a second Caufield, for free.

For the very same reason, they become redundant. Meanwhile we have no one that can do what Buium, Mack, Demidov, etc can do.

Tij and Lindstrom fill the same niche to me, big powerful wingers than can do it all good but are most likely there to open up space, skate fast and finish.

 

[Artaud]

Can someone explain why Buium is ranked so low despite unprecedented production for his age? He's not even a smurf like Hutson. Is his defensive game apocalyptically bad?

 

[JustAHabFan]

Happy because they are quality players. Nobody should be mad about adding them. Its like adding a second Guhle or a second Caufield, for free.

For the very same reason, they become redundant. Meanwhile we have no one that can do what Buium, Mack, Demidov, etc can do.

Tij and Lindstrom fill the same niche to me, big powerful wingers than can do it all good but are most likely there to open up space, skate fast and finish.

Any forward in the draft who can help us right away?

 

[WeThreeKings]

Can someone explain why Buium is ranked so low despite unprecedented production for his age? He's not even a smurf like Hutson. Is his defensive game apocalyptically bad?

His production has to be weighted by playing on a very good and deep Denver team.. his defensive game isn't abysmal but it isn't good, and his skating isn't particularly good.

Any forward in the draft who can help us right away?

Macklin Celebrini.

Cayden Lindstrom could have a Slaf like rookie season (play in the NHL and learn but offer little offensive impact).

Konsta Helenius could play but it'd be a bad idea for his offensive growth.