HF Habs: 2024 NHL Draft Thread

[Riggins]

It's going to be hilarious if we pick 7th with Calgary right behind at #8 and take Iginla in their faces.

 

[McGuires Corndog]

It's going to be hilarious if we pick 7th with Calgary right behind at #8 and take Iginla in their faces.

Would be the ultimate troll move. lol

 

[Lafleurs Guy]

Would be the ultimate troll move. lol

 

[vokiel]

Would be the ultimate troll move. lol

Nah ultimate is if we pick Iginla regardless of where we end up, like 2nd overall.

 

[VirginiaMtlExpat]

My issue with that, and I've said it before, is that we can't develop all the defensemen we'll have in our system, and so BPA becomes sort of irrelevant since we won't be maximizing development

Not to mention that it isn't a perfect market if we want to trade a surplus defender for a forward and expect to get like value. We would be more desperate to trade than our counterpart, and that weakness would be exploited, unless the other side is equally desperate for a defenseman.

 

[VirginiaMtlExpat]

Another naïf who thinks that Bobrov might draft Catton. No chance. They’ll take a D before they draft him.

I don't see the point of insulting someone who disagrees with you online. Are you such a towering intellect in real life?

 

[jaffy27]

People are starting to sleep on Eiserman, who is one of the best scorers in this upcoming draft. I see him developing into another Boeser. Maybe even better.

And who could complain about that outcome?

In that 7-10 range, it has the potential to be a home run

 

[LaP]

Maybe i'm the only one but personally i don't trade Iginla for Zegras 1 for 1.

 

[ChesterNimitz]

Maybe i'm the only one but personally i don't trade Iginla for Zegras 1 for 1.

With our overt lack of talent at forward in both Montreal and Laval, I don't think we should be trading any first rounders unless the trade is heavily in our favour. And certainly, not a pick in the top 10 in a strong draft.

 

[LaP]

In that 7-10 range, it has the potential to be a home run

There will be at least 2 or 3 good players between 5 and 12 this year. You just have to draft the right one but they'll be there it's a good year with good depth in the top 12ish.

 

[skidcells]

Im expecting him to get drafted around 10th OV after the defensemen, I think he gets drafted before Catton who I expect to go in the 10-15 range.

Kid has an easy projectable game, but the potential remains a bit unknown, a great middle 6 or a solid complementary player on the top 6? Thats the way I see it.

Edit: Iginla with a rocket from the point, beauty!

What makes you question his upside?

 

[jaffy27]

What makes you question his upside?

It’s lack of a 200ft game….he's a one dimensional player but man what a dimension lol

I’d be very happy if we drafted him so long as Demidov and Lindstrom are not still there

 

[FrankMTL]

I don't see the point of insulting someone who disagrees with you online. Are you such a towering intellect in real life?

Most of his posts are like this....It's as if only his opinion counts.

 

[SlafySZN]

I also think his contract in Russia is also going to make some GM's think twice.

Why? It’s only 2 more years, in an awesome development organisation in the KHL.

 

[Garnet76]

Drafting a player at possibly #2 and having to wait potentially 3 years before he gets in your lineup. A team will do it but it's something I would take into consideration.

 

[MTL Dirty Birdy]

In the recent fluff piece about Eiserman it was mentioned that Eiserman spends a ton of free time at the practice facility and specifically in the "shooting room" working on his shot. I think the quote was something like he basically lives there because his billet family is only 2min away.

That does show he has that desire to improve that Hughes/Bobrov/MSL have all talked about as what they want/look for. The million dollar question is do we think our development staff can channel that desire into other areas of his game.

The article brings that up. It also on a couple occasions mentions how he doesn’t like working away from the puck, it’s hard etc. I hope for the kid he will round out his game. His skills are elite, but the nhl is become more an all round talent league. Roster spots are less and less held by guys with one skill( goals, fights, etc,)

 

[MTL Dirty Birdy]

Reinbacher seems alright, we’ll wait and see with him before judging but that’s why I didn’t love the pick last year. We all knew we’d be here with a bunch of high end D prospects on the board in this draft. We should have taken Michkov or Leonard and went with one of the D this draft

In all fairness, he was an absolute stud at the WJC the year before . He stood out against the best countries in the world on a hot garbage team. The kids going to be stud for the Habs as well. He just didn’t get a lot of exposure

 

[SOLR]

People are starting to sleep on Eiserman, who is one of the best scorers in this upcoming draft. I see him developing into another Boeser. Maybe even better.

And who could complain about that outcome?

I like the guy, but wouldn't sleep on him. I find my mattress a lot more comfortable.

 

[ChesterNimitz]

I like the guy, but wouldn't sleep on him. I find my mattress a lot more comfortable.

At my age, you take what you can get.

 

[MTL Dirty Birdy]

Iginla is having the kind of progression you can't ignore. I think he has elite potential, wouldn't be mad if we drafted him

All while being one of the youngest in the league! Really high on his potential.

Naif or not, they'd be dumb not to at least consider him.....

Exactly. He oozes skill. And what I like with Catton is that he drives play and is not a perimeter player. He’s a guy that will always make things happen with the puck on his stick.

 

[le_sean]

Silver lining is most of these forwards after Celibrini are interchangeable and there’s so many good defencemen available. This isn’t like last year, getting frustrated by being outside of the obvious Top 4.

 

[SlafySZN]

Drafting a player at possibly #2 and having to wait potentially 3 years before he gets in your lineup. A team will do it but it's something I would take into consideration.

There’s no players a team could draft #2 that they would have 3 years to wait for.

 

[WentWughes]

The difficult thing with Iginla is distinguishing how much he is benefiting from a very offensively strong team. We know Catton is the one driving his teams offence but how much is Iginla benefiting from playing with an elite Whl player like Cristall? I honestly have not watched Kelowna enough to say so anybody’s observations would be appreciated.

 

[Estimated_Prophet]

I think Levshunov is very likely to go 2nd OA as he has the greatest skill set of all of the D and he is a RHD on top of that. I see Demidov dropping due to him playing in Russia and a run of dmen might follow Levshunov. Levshunov might be considered a little raw by some but he has the size, speed, skill and physicality of an elite #1RHD and will be awfully difficult for teams to pass on.

I don't know what the Habs's brain trust thinks of Demidov but it is hardly a foregone conclusion that he won't be there when we pick if we are in the 5,6,7 range.

 

[WeThreeKings]

The difficult thing with Iginla is distinguishing how much he is benefiting from a very offensively strong team. We know Catton is the one driving his teams offence but how much is Iginla benefiting from playing with an elite Whl player like Cristall? I honestly have not watched Kelowna enough to say so anybody’s observations would be appreciated.

Not the same line. I like Catton a tier above Iginla but Tij isn't benefitting from anyone either.