HF Habs: 2024 NHL Draft Thread
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WeThreeKings
Demidov is a HAB
Lindstrom
f*** columbus
They haven't done anything yet.. I can see them getting enamored with the 6'7 russian defender Silayev.
Assuming the habs pick 6, they should have one or the second tier forwards available to them. Somebody is bound to go after silayev or Dickinson top 5 along with levshunov.
Seriously speaking, with the second pick, I would do anything I could to get Iginla. Yea we would have to give up assets but I love love iginla at 10-15.
FrankMTL
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The issue with Anderson is that he never even dominated juniors, but yes, the IQ is clearly not there even though all the physical tools you'd want in a hockey player are. I don't think I would but him and Lindstrom in the same category at all.
Mrb1p
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Lindtsrom is nice but I have little doubt Iggy is gonna be the best player of the two. Cayden will always be an unicorn though.
Anderson is a perimeter player, he doesn’t like attacking the middle, he doesn’t like board battles, he is not a consistent big hitter and his passing and vision are non existent, he has blinders on. People get enamoured by the big guy that can skate fast and that’s about all Anderson can do.
Cayden lindstrom is nothing like that, nothing. Plus he is a center. He is a beast.
To quote wethreekings, if we find a way to get lindstrom and Iginla from this draft I would eat my hat. We have the asssets it’s about finding the right fit in terms of trade partner.
Anderson was taken in the 4th round for good reasons. Lindstrom is a 1st round hopeful. Quite the gap in tools and toolbox displayed in their respective draft year.
You are right about that but look at Byfield.
He has needed an adaptation and its his first good year this season at 21 years old and he was better than Lindstrom in Juniors. He was stronger and bigger than everyone in the Juniors
My point is that it's gonna be a process with Lindstrom and we should not put him in our top 6 right off the bat next season.
In fact, only Celebrini will be in the Nhl top 6 next season.
A guy like Catton in 2 years could have an impact faster than Lindstrom as well.
Down the road,.Lindstrom could have.more impact than Catton but I am not convince
It is the beauty of scouting and having those conversations cause it is hard to make a clear projection
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When was the last time we had 3 forwards of Lidstrom size in our lineup (Lidstrom, Slafkowski and Dach.. not counting Anderson and Armia. I do not remember to be honest...
Lidstrom will easily be one or two years away from starting in the NHL. But the team is also one or two years away for competing for a playoff spot so I do not see the issue here. It would be great to win the lottery but I am definitly not holding my breath on that one.
Also, I read that there is some rumors about Lindstrom's permanent back pain issues.
FrankMTL
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That's literally the only thing that scares me. Those back issues can be debilitating and can really affect a players career.
Yep and it happened some time to time with big tall guys. Mario is the prime example.
It appear that it's just not rumors at this point but the kid deal with it...scary
Mrb1p
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This is why there his a competent medical staff to decouple rumors from reality. Just have faith in the team in place. They will make the right choice. If its not Lidstrom it will be someone else that will contribute to this team because for once in the past 20years there seems to be a vision on the type of team we are building.
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Podcast by Corey Pronman from Mid March:
There he says the original injury was a wrist injury that required surgery but that now he is dealing with back issues. Its around the 9:30 minute mark.
There are no other reports that I know about or any other history of back pain,.
McGees
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Well ...
Originally, when he was injured they said "day to day". Then they said oh he needs surgery and 4-6 weeks, he'll be back mid february.
Then they went on complete radio silence, like 0 updates from the team. And he returned for game 1 of the playoffs. The team has not explained at all, as far as I know, why the extra 6-8 weeks recovery. They haven't even said that there were complications lol
Pronman is connected - he hears the chatter.
He says in the clip that Lindstrom wouldn't be back until WHL playoffs, which is exactly what happened.
His back must've been a concern to some people. Maybe it was overblown.
When you look at Villardi's back issue...in Juniors he was dealing with it..it was not a big deal...then look what happened.
Monahan dealt with it as well.
It is a concern no doubt about it
Monahan dealt with it as well.
It is a concern no doubt about it
Or maybe he's just passing his own speculation as gospel, and he's a big fat liar.
If he truly does have back issues he’s a ND for me, without a doubt.
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