HF Habs: 2024 NHL Draft Thread

[Mrb1p]

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

Demidov and Celebrini.

Realistically no though, Demidov will stay one more year and Celebrini is out of reach. The Habs arent competing next year, theres no rush. Lindstrom and Eiserman may be the closest of the next forwards. Catton/Iggy/Helenius after.

 

[Goalfield13]

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

At this point, absolutely. Imagine drafting Lindstrom AND Iginla!?

 

[Takeru]

I kinda like the idea of drafting Boisvert around WPG pick. I recently saw a quote from him saying his aim is to become the best from the draft down the line.
I remember that was part of the reasoning behind the Slaf pick, that drive to improve and getting the better player after 5+years, not necessarily on year 1.
Just a hunch, who knows!

 

[Mrb1p]

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?

Scouting lag. Scouting bias. Good draft class at the top. The Silayev love affair.

His defensive play is that of an 18 YO player. Hes good but he has things to work on. He gets lost when there's too much movement in his zone and he does the usual misreading. His stick is great though, hes pretty relentless and his skating edges allow him to be very good in corners. A lot like Subban? If you will.

He plays an unsustainable offensive game, not unlike Levshunov and Parekh. All three play insanely slanted towards offense, they go deep in the zone and they do it often. Its not a bad thing for me, especially pre-NHL. Limit testing is so important. Trad scouts will see this as a negative though. He was 5'10 last year, its likely theres lingering bias of him being small.

Hes not a bad skater dont listen to anyone that will tell you otherwise. That nerd shit about mechanics completely misses the mark and would have you believe the human body is made out of a template, its nerds that dont know anything about kinesiology that try to sound smart.

His shot isnt his best weapon.

His offensive production is impacted a lot by his team, although hes one, if not the reason why Denvers so good.

I kinda like the idea of drafting Boisvert around WPG pick. I recently saw a quote from him saying his aim is to become the best from the draft down the line.
I remember that was part of the reasoning behind the Slaf pick, that drive to improve and getting the better player after 5+years, not necessarily on year 1.
Just a hunch, who knows!

Im all in for Boisvert after liker 15.

 

[WeThreeKings]

I kinda like the idea of drafting Boisvert around WPG pick. I recently saw a quote from him saying his aim is to become the best from the draft down the line.
I remember that was part of the reasoning behind the Slaf pick, that drive to improve and getting the better player after 5+years, not necessarily on year 1.
Just a hunch, who knows!

I think that is someone they would like.. great frame, great skills, just gotta fix the feet and skating mechanics.

Boisvert and Sennecke are two guys I think they'd like.. Michael Hage is another one.

 

[DiglettDangles]

I kinda like the idea of drafting Boisvert around WPG pick. I recently saw a quote from him saying his aim is to become the best from the draft down the line.
I remember that was part of the reasoning behind the Slaf pick, that drive to improve and getting the better player after 5+years, not necessarily on year 1.
Just a hunch, who knows!

Yeah when I read this quote I said to myself, this guy is trying to slide in HuGo's DMs so bad
"PICK ME" neon sign if I've ever seen one

 

[MarkovsKnee]

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

Hopefully Habs are watching Chernysov. I'd love him with Winnipeg's pick, but I also think he won't be there.

In that case, any one of Boisvert, Basha, Sennecke, Lucas Pettersson (C), or Simon Zether (C) would be fine too.

 

[DiglettDangles]

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?

I think most here would agree to consider him, but if we fall to 9/10 it's because teams like CGY will have outsucked us, and I don't see them passing on him, so it's kind of an unlikely scenario

 

[WeThreeKings]

Hopefully Habs are watching Chernysov. I'd love him with Winnipeg's pick, but I also think he won't be there.

In that case, any one of Boisvert, Basha, Sennecke, Lucas Pettersson (C), or Simon Zether (C) would be fine too.

I like all of those guys except for Zether.. don't think he's a 1st rounder, personally.

 

[MarkovsKnee]

I like all of those guys except for Zether.. don't think he's a 1st rounder, personally.

He's more likely to go early 2nd, but he won't be there for Colorado's 2nd round pick, so if you like him...kind of like Toronto with Cowan last draft.

He's a 6'3 scoring center, so he could very well go late 1st.

 

[WeThreeKings]

He's more likely to go early 2nd, but he won't be there for Colorado's 2nd round pick, so if you like him...kind of like Toronto with Cowan last draft.

He's a 6'3 scoring center, so he could very well go late 1st.

Gotta stan for my guy Letourneau instead.. go for the big project who could pay off massively.

 

[sampollock]

Gotta stan for my guy Letourneau instead.. go for the big project who could pay off massively.

looks like a beast of a young guy

 

[WeThreeKings]

Future Habs

 

[Jaynki]

At this point, absolutely. Imagine drafting Lindstrom AND Iginla!?

That would be climactic as f***.

Like in 2022 when Bettman goes : we have two trade to announce and they involve Montreal!

We were all losing our mind like holy shit he is moving up for Wright!

I could envision such a scenario in 2024, we move up and Tij is still on the board, and we pay the price.

And then Hughes goes : With our 2nd 1st pick tonight, we are proud to select... Aaron Kiviharju!

 

[teamfirst]

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.

What about those 6 picks in round 5-6-7, having the Nhl records for the most 7th rounders in a draft must be of some value

 

[montreal]

Goal - 6:14
Assist - 7:10
Near Tick Tack Toe - 8:28

 

[HuGort]

It is top 10 protected, but it sure looks like Pens will hand them 12-13th pick overall. San Jose should get 2 really good players out of this draft.

Damn, I was hoping to get that out of Pens. Maybe next year.

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?

I doubt we draft Buium, he's left shot D

I think that is someone they would like.. great frame, great skills, just gotta fix the feet and skating mechanics.

Boisvert and Sennecke are two guys I think they'd like.. Michael Hage is another one.

Think they would take Misa? What I seen this year I call him as good as Mesar despite 2 years younger.

 

[JeffreyLFC]

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

Celibrini could have a similar career path as MacKinnon.

 

[HuGo Burner Acc]

Celibrini could have a similar career path as MacKinnon.

This may be a hot take but I don't think, besides maybe the odd season, that celebrini will ever seriously compete for the Hart. However I do think he'll win a few selkes. Imo he just doesn't have that dynamic offence touch that a McDavid, MacKinnon or Bedard have. He'll probably be closer to having a Bergeron type career than MacKinnon which imo is better for whichever team he's on

 

[JeffreyLFC]

This may be a hot take but I don't think, besides maybe the odd season, that celebrini will ever seriously compete for the Hart. However I do think he'll win a few selkes. Imo he just doesn't have that dynamic offence touch that a McDavid, MacKinnon or Bedard have. He'll probably be closer to having a Bergeron type career than MacKinnon which imo is better for whichever team he's on

At this point nobody knows.

MacKinnon was hyped a lot but there was some people doubting him too. He was consensus #1 but he took some years to reach his full potential. He is not a similar player than Celebrini but I think Macklin can become that rare franchise center that every team want. Although a bit different.

 

[HuGo Burner Acc]

At this point nobody knows.

MacKinnon was hyped a lot but there was some people doubting him too. He was consensus #1 but he took some years to reach his full potential. He is not a similar player than Celebrini but I think Macklin can become that rare franchise center that every team want. Although a bit different.

I do too. I'm very high on him. I think his style as a no.1 is more conducive to winning than MacKinnon. But the Hart is all about points. I don't see celebrini ever being a top 3 point getting in the league but I do see him being an elite 2 way player who puts above PPG which is better than a 110 pt player who can't play defence

 

[WinterLion]

Gotta stan for my guy Letourneau instead.. go for the big project who could pay off massively.

I get the feeling he is going to be gone a bit earlier than expected...

 

[Nevins]

Every day I pray we are in a spot to draft catton at the end of the year

My list= Demidov first,Lndstrom second,Catton three,Helenius fourth

 

[Lafleurs Guy]

Yes. With the wide range of defenseman available, he might fall out of the top 10. Still is a 1st-round talent though. Here is what Bob McKenzie wrote in his mid-season ranking :

U.S. National Development Team Program goal-scoring whiz Cole Eiserman, No. 2 on TSN’s Pre-Season Draft Rankings, has fallen to No. 4. But slipping two spots in the overall rankings doesn’t fully illustrate, relatively speaking, the precipitous decline the American forward has experienced in the eyes of some scouts. In September, one scout ranked Eiserman ahead of Celebrini at No. 1; five others had him at No. 2 and four more at No. 3. In the mid-season survey, conducted during the week of Jan. 15, Eiserman received only two second-place votes; three third-place votes; two seventh-place votes and one each for Nos. 5, 6 and 9. He’s still a top prospect but trending in the wrong direction, though there’s still plenty of time to reverse it. A teammate of Celebrini’s at Shattuck-St. Mary’s prep school, Eiserman’s more immediate challenge may be nailing down a spot in the top five rather than knocking Celebrini from the presumed No. 1 pedestal.

16th in Dobbers ranking that just came out.

 

[HuGort]

Yes. With the wide range of defenseman available, he might fall out of the top 10. Still is a 1st-round talent though. Here is what Bob McKenzie wrote in his mid-season ranking :

U.S. National Development Team Program goal-scoring whiz Cole Eiserman, No. 2 on TSN’s Pre-Season Draft Rankings, has fallen to No. 4. But slipping two spots in the overall rankings doesn’t fully illustrate, relatively speaking, the precipitous decline the American forward has experienced in the eyes of some scouts. In September, one scout ranked Eiserman ahead of Celebrini at No. 1; five others had him at No. 2 and four more at No. 3. In the mid-season survey, conducted during the week of Jan. 15, Eiserman received only two second-place votes; three third-place votes; two seventh-place votes and one each for Nos. 5, 6 and 9. He’s still a top prospect but trending in the wrong direction, though there’s still plenty of time to reverse it. A teammate of Celebrini’s at Shattuck-St. Mary’s prep school, Eiserman’s more immediate challenge may be nailing down a spot in the top five rather than knocking Celebrini from the presumed No. 1 pedestal.

Sounds like Eiseman could be this years Zegras. I like to get another first as many interesting scenarios available. He may slide.