HF Habs: 2024 NHL Draft Thread

[habsfan891]

Yep.

I'm good with any option - Helenius is my least favorite of the names that floats around the top 10 and the absolute last thing I would welcome is trading it for Zegras.

I'd be ok Trading the Winnipeg pick and one of our excess d for Zegras would you or are you totally against getting him at all?

 

[Adam Michaels]

They probably met him 4 times to see if he changed the type of animal he sees himself as. Want to see if there's consistency there.

 

[morhilane]

Well obviously.

But the fact that Hughes and Gorton met with him four times is the main interesting info.

They talked to Wright a lot in 2022 and only twice to Slafkovsk (Combine/pre-draft). I'm not sure I would see it as a positive.

I can't wait for the Combine, we usually have the best media rumors about rankings and players (except last year, Martineau was so totally off about Reinbacher because he found him boring in his interview and that's basically all that came out of there).

 

[Leto]

They talked to Wright a lot in 2022 and only twice to Slafkovsk (Combine/pre-draft). I'm not sure I would see it as a positive.

I can't wait for the Combine, we usually have the best media rumors about rankings and players (except last year, Martineau was so totally off about Reinbacher because he found him boring in his interview and that's basically all that came out of there).

Stephane Leroux called the non-selection of Michkov (way before the combine) early May last year (the combine was early June).

 

[Nevins]

According to journalist Stephane Gonzalez:

I have information that Kent Hughes and Jeff Gorton have already met with Tij Iginla four times this year. They hold him in high esteem. – Stéphane Gonzalez

https://youtu.be/JUz2rMEA4tE?si=Zw0ph-QPG6AyiKcC

 

[WeThreeKings]

I'd be ok Trading the Winnipeg pick and one of our excess d for Zegras would you or are you totally against getting him at all?

I'm not a fan, if it was WPG 1st and like Harris, sure.. but if we are talking Xhekaj, Engstrom, Mailloux etc. then no.

I'm starting to thirst for Sennecke with that Winnipeg pick. The tools are very nice, had a late growth spurt, so he's gonna have great size for playoff hockey.

 

[Whitesnake]

Tij is loved....lolll...no shit. There's 32 teams who loves him. Not sure how that's news. How the heck could not love what Iginla brings to the game. There will be one lucky team. Yet...it's all about who they prefer...not who they love.

Let's hope they prefer him over a lot of players....

 

[Andrei79]

According to journalist Stephane Gonzalez:

I have information that Kent Hughes and Jeff Gorton have already met with Tij Iginla four times this year. They hold him in high esteem. – Stéphane Gonzalez

Good. Iginla is a beast.

Also, what happened between last week and this one that Demidov suddenly won't be available ?

He's still a Russian winger who only played in the MHL. Teams will go for the defensemen and the 6'4" scorer before they pick him. There's a good chance he'll be there at 7.

 

[WeThreeKings]

Good. Iginla is a beast.

Also, what happened between last week and this one that Demidov suddenly won't be available ?

He's still a Russian winger who only played in the MHL. Teams will go for the defensemen and the 6'4" scorer before they pick him. There's a good chance he'll be there at 7.

That the Habs are winning too much to be in range, the Demidov lack of availability is coming from the Habs positioning themselves to draft behind Ottawa/Calgary and not being able to pass Arizona.

 

[KevSkillz4]

I would be very happy if Habs grab Tij Iginla with their high pick. 1st liner potential.

 

[sampollock]

That the Habs are winning too much to be in range, the Demidov lack of availability is coming from the Habs positioning themselves to draft behind Ottawa/Calgary and not being able to pass Arizona.

maybe they trade up and get him?

 

[GlassesJacketShirt]

maybe they trade up and get him?

I would highly consider that, doubt the Habs would from an asset management perspective. It's possible team needs and traditonal thinking will allow Demidov to drop to the Habs, but I have to believe at least one of those franchises has to consider upside rather than just safety first.

I view Demidov as a chance generating machine. He'll need to adjust his risk taking frequency at the NHL level, but his short area agility and inside driven game will be a nightmare to defend if it all comes together.

 

[WeThreeKings]

maybe they trade up and get him?

It's hard to do that when all the teams ahead of us have been picking a lot and have a lot of picks in the future, too.

Trading up is easier when you are targeting a team that needs to fill out their prospect pool.

 

[Boss Man Hughes]

Tij is loved....lolll...no shit. There's 32 teams who loves him. Not sure how that's news. How the heck could not love what Iginla brings to the game. There will be one lucky team. Yet...it's all about who they prefer...not who they love.

Let's hope they prefer him over a lot of players....

Exactly Of course they like him but it's just a case of how many players in the draft do they like more.

 

[WeThreeKings]

Exactly Of course they like him but it's just a case of how many players in the draft do they like more.

Yep. They have to prepare at this point to pick at either 1, 2, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 or 10.

So of course they're going to do due diligence on guys in that range. Now 4 meetings indicates a lot of interest, if they met with a kid once, then maybe it isn't someone they want to follow up with.

That being said, we thought Wright and Cooley going to dinner meant something over Slaf.. but it was Slaf all the way for them, even before the dinners were scheduled.

 

[Michoulicious]

If Calgary picks after us, just let float around the rumor Tij Iginla is 100% our guy and see what they offer to us to trade our pick. I think they might be desperate.

I'd say yes to #9+Pelletier for #7, then draft one of the fallers (ideally Eiserman).

Pelletier would be perfect on our 3rd line for a LONG time.

 

[Boss Man Hughes]

Yep. They have to prepare at this point to pick at either 1, 2, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 or 10.

So of course they're going to do due diligence on guys in that range. Now 4 meetings indicates a lot of interest, if they met with a kid once, then maybe it isn't someone they want to follow up with.

That being said, we thought Wright and Cooley going to dinner meant something over Slaf.. but it was Slaf all the way for them, even before the dinners were scheduled.

Yes. They supposedly had different people meet with Wright several times. In that case it probably was to confirm that Slaf was the right pick.

 

[SlafySZN]

They talked to Wright a lot in 2022 and only twice to Slafkovsk (Combine/pre-draft). I'm not sure I would see it as a positive.

I can't wait for the Combine, we usually have the best media rumors about rankings and players (except last year, Martineau was so totally off about Reinbacher because he found him boring in his interview and that's basically all that came out of there).

Hughes and Gorton went to see Slaf in person at the world championship and took him to dinner. A week/couple days before the combine.

 

[Leto]

I would highly consider that, doubt the Habs would from an asset management perspective. It's possible team needs and traditonal thinking will allow Demidov to drop to the Habs, but I have to believe at least one of those franchises has to consider upside rather than just safety first.

I view Demidov as a chance generating machine. He'll need to adjust his risk taking frequency at the NHL level, but his short area agility and inside driven game will be a nightmare to defend if it all comes together.

I don't think they see it purely from an asset management perspective. Hughes has shown to be open to the idea of overpaying for players if they fit the window they are trying to build.

That is not to say they would trade up for Demidov, but if he is someone they value above what would be available to them, they do have the assets to make it happen.

 

[The Last Red]

If Calgary picks after us, just let float around the rumor Tij Iginla is 100% our guy and see what they offer to us to trade our pick. I think they might be desperate.

I'd say yes to #9+Pelletier for #7, then draft one of the fallers (ideally Eiserman).

Pelletier would be perfect on our 3rd line for a LONG time.

But it would also be fun to royally screw the Flames and take Iginla. But I’d probably make that trade too. Instant gratification after your 20’s is not a great way to live.

 

[Playmaker09]

Not a fan of Catton's hockey right now.....yet Iginla is just something else. Happy to have placed Iginla so high my list for quite some time now.

Everything about Catton's game on the puck I love. I don't see a way he isn't a high level producer in the NHL with his level of skill, polish and decision making. I like him more than Perfetti and exponentially more than Savoie.

There's just little desire to impact the game when his team doesn't have the puck. He's on the right side of the puck more often than not, which in itself is good, but is generally disengaged and loses track of his man far too often in the defensive zone. He also isn't very involved in pressuring the puck the way that Demidov and Cooley are, which helps drive their playmaking volume even when their team isn't dominating posession. When he gets the puck he's clinical and an even better scorer than those two, but he's also much more likely to go invisible for two periods before he gets a chance to impact the game.

I caught the first two games in the series and it was more of the same. Obviously, I'm not putting it on him that Spokane's getting smashed, that was to be expected. And credit to him for not being a defensive sieve in a blowout series. But at home in a do-or-die game tonight (which I won't be able to catch, so would love to hear from anyone who will) I hope he can show some fire, even if the points aren't there.

 

[Goalfield13]

Iginla-Suzuki-Slaf sounds like a super hard line to play against. This would also free up Caufield to play with Dach. Sounds like a recipe for success.

 

[sampollock]

Iginla-Suzuki-Slaf sounds like a super hard line to play against. This would also free up Caufield to play with Dach. Sounds like a recipe for success.

I like the idea of CC on a 2nd line. think he would do way better

 

[KevSkillz4]

I would certainly see a line Slaf - Suzuki - Iginla. That's potential to become a really really good 1st line.

Iginla will be the Leonard pick last year. He have same skillset than Leonard.

Dach with Caufield on second line, will be perfect aswell. Caufield will shine more with a big C like Dach.

 

[vokiel]

Iginla-Suzuki-Slaf sounds like a super hard line to play against. This would also free up Caufield to play with Dach. Sounds like a recipe for success.

I think we play Caufield with Zegras... and PLD