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HF Habs: 2024 NHL Draft Thread

Who do you want at #5?

  • Tij Iginla

    Votes: 209 49.5%

  • Cole Eiserman

    Votes: 14 3.3%

  • Berkly Catton

    Votes: 92 21.8%

  • Konsta Helenius

    Votes: 13 3.1%

  • Beckett Sennecke

    Votes: 75 17.8%

  • Zayne Parekh

    Votes: 19 4.5%
  • Total voters
    422
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I would like Lindstrom to fall to us that very interesting and sexy profile 6’5 with speed skills and shot but Catton, Demidov, Ignila, Connelly might be just as good … also I starting to come around that there might be a good player available with the WPG pick but no very optimiste for the Colorado pick…
 
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I tend to lean more towards Catton after the big three. From a pure talent standpoint he has the edge on Tij. But i could see how Iginla may be seen as a better "fit", both with the current top 6 and the type of team they're trying to build.

But really, Demigod is the top line, two-way, pain in the ass to play against player we need besides Slaf and Suzuki.
 
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calder candidate said:
I would like Lindstrom to fall to us that very interesting and sexy profile 6’5 with speed skills and shot but Catton, Demidov, Ignila, Connelly might be just as good … also I starting to come around that there might be a good player available with the WPG pick but no very optimiste for the Colorado pick…
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Won't be Connelly
 
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It s so hard to rank forwards this year. After Celebrini it s very open. Lindstrom Iginla Catton Helenius Demidov all have something going for them. Parekh Levshunov Silayev Dickinson all seem to have very good potential too and if you think one has top pair potential, not sure you can avoid them.
 
RationalExpectations said:
It s so hard to rank forwards this year. After Celebrini it s very open. Lindstrom Iginla Catton Helenius Demidov all have something going for them. Parekh Levshunov Silayev Dickinson all seem to have very good potential too and if you think one has top pair potential, not sure you can avoid them.
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Agreed. I would also add Eiserman to that batch of forwards. Goal scorers like this don't come by very often and whether the rest of his game needs a lot of work or not, goal scoring is one of the most important parts of hockey. Like I mentionned in a previous post, he's also one of the youngest players in the draft as he only about 2 weeks away from being a 2025 draft eligible. Add the fact that he has decent size and I can definitely see a team being interested in the Top 10.

We will see more of him during the U18's.
 
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FrankMTL said:
Agreed. I would also add Eiserman to that batch of forwards. Goal scorers like this don't come by very often and whether the rest of his game needs a lot of work or not, goal scoring is one of the most important parts of hockey. Like I mentionned in a previous post, he's also one of the youngest players in the draft as he only about 2 weeks away from being a 2025 draft eligible. Add the fact that he has decent size and I can definitely see a team being interested in the Top 10.

We will see more of him during the U18's.
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My worry with Eiserman is center depth while adding another one way winger like Caufield. Not sure you would have enough of a balanced team with that kind of setup. I think it would be great to have a Left handed center to play with Dach being able to swith them based on needs between center and wing.
 
I really just don't see them being interested in Eiserman.. I think its only really a possibility if we went on some insane win streak and we were picking after Celebrini, Demidov, Lindstrom, Catton, Helenius, and Iginla were all gone.
 
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I really just don't see them being interested in Eiserman.. I think its only really a possibility if we went on some insane win streak and we were picking after Celebrini, Demidov, Lindstrom, Catton, Helenius, and Iginla were all gone.
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They went with Slaf Reinbacher, seem to like Europeans with pro experience, which may favor Helenius over the others. I think Lindstrom is another big body but I am less impressed by his highlights than Catton Demidov and Iginla to a lesser extent. Also do you want to go with a guy coming back from injury when your team is already injurey plagued ? Behind Celebrini the floor is open.
 
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They went with Slaf Reinbacher, seem to like Europeans with pro experience, which may favor Helenius over the others. I think Lindstrom is another big body but I am less impressed by his highlights than Catton Demidov and Iginla to a lesser extent. Also do you want to go with a guy coming back from injury when your team is already injurey plagued ? Behind Celebrini the floor is open.
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I think Slaf-Reinbacher were just their BPA, I don't think the Euro slant had anything to do with it.. Slaf was Bob's 1 and if not Reinbacher, the next two players gone were Russians, so Euro again. Leonard was the other guy they were high on and they tried to move up for Will Smith.
 
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