HF Habs: 2024 NHL Draft Thread

[WeThreeKings]

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Comparing one of the best junior teams featuring Nate to this year's Spokane chiefs is bold haha.

When Catton is playing his game and on the right TOI, he reminds me a lot of Aho.

 

[FrankMTL]

You can tell we're getting closer and closer to the draft when these arguments start getting heated...I love it.

Oh, and you're all assholes who have no idea what you're talking about.

 

[Team_Spirit]

Worth noting the Habs only drafted 1 guy out of the dub in 3 years. Overager Davidson with a late pick.

Let's look a recent high picks and the 3 next WHL picks;

DR; Danielson, Benson, Yager

Mesar; Schaefer, Firkus, Minten
Beck; Firkus, Minten

Mailloux; Allen, Zellweger, Evans

The last 3 1st round picks are Guhle(top4) Juulsen (journeyman) and Scherbak (europe)

 

[Lafleurs Guy]

Oh, and you're all assholes who have no idea what you're talking about.

I accept the second part but not the first.

 

[BergevinBurner]

Has there been a draft in recent times where one of the top 3 forwards taken have missed as much of their draft year due to injury as Lindstrom has?

I'm genuinely curious.

 

[Leto]

Has there been a draft in recent times where one of the top 3 forwards taken have missed as much of their draft year due to injury as Lindstrom has?

I'm genuinely curious.

On the top of my head: Nolan Patrick (2017) and Alex Galchenyuk (2012).

 

[sampollock]

Comparing one of the best junior teams featuring Nate to this year's Spokane chiefs is bold haha.

When Catton is playing his game and on the right TOI, he reminds me a lot of Aho.

ok wehtree, you really seem to know the young guys well, appreciate your take..
I am not holding you this at all, what is your gut saying on the guy that KH picks

 

[montreal]

Parekh Assist - 9:09

 

[Habsfan18]

EP Rinkside just released their pre-U18s rankings.

1. Celebrini
2. Demidov
3. Lindstrom
4. Levshunov
5. Parekh
6. Iginla
7. Catton
8. Dickinson
9. Silayev
10. Buium
11. Eiserman
12. Helenius
13. Greentree
14. Connelly
15. Brandsegg-Nygard

“As we see it currently, the prospects ranked fourth to fourteen form one large tier. They all have similar value and could become high-end players for their team, top-six forwards and top-four defencemen.”

The full list is 96 names plus honourable mentions. Cole Hutson at 50. Kiviharju, who a year ago was viewed as a potential top-10 pick before his injury, is listed 49th. Potential steal in round 2?

 

[Goldenhands]

There’s a lot of fantasizing going on with Iginla.

If people are expecting Tij to be like his dad, that’s really not his game. He’s not a grinder and never has been. His compete is pretty average and doesn’t really get into the scrum of things or engage physically. He’s a really solid skill forward with average size. Compared to his dad, a completely different style of player with mostly average to above average tools with a knack for scoring. Not comparable to Leonard at this time last year and not a small-sized power forward.

The growth is great and his shot has really come along, but there are better skill forwards around where he’ll be picked. What he’s doing in the playoffs is impressive, but he doesn’t yet belong in the same tier as Demidov/Lindstrom/Helenius/Catton IMO.

His puck protection skills are great, the way he uses his frame to shield away from his opponents and keep possession is a predominant trait of a power foward. He has great body strength, he is great in tight areas and is a powerful skater. I would pick him over Catton quite easily.

 

[WeThreeKings]

ok wehtree, you really seem to know the young guys well, appreciate your take..
I am not holding you this at all, what is your gut saying on the guy that KH picks

It really depends on the medical for Lindstrom and the board.

If we are going by forwards, my sense would be

Celebrini
Lindstrom
Demidov
Iginla
Catton
Helenius
Eiserman
MBN.

Doubt we get to MBN being an option before they'd go Parekh.

 

[sampollock]

It really depends on the medical for Lindstrom and the board.

If we are going by forwards, my sense would be

Celebrini
Lindstrom
Demidov
Iginla
Catton
Helenius
Eiserman
MBN.

Doubt we get to MBN being an option before they'd go Parekh.

trade up for igs jr?

 

[Team_Spirit]

Guhle knows about the whl boys

 

[WeThreeKings]

trade up for igs jr?

He will be there

 

[McGees]

EP Rinkside just released their pre-U18s rankings.

1. Celebrini
2. Demidov
3. Lindstrom
4. Levshunov
5. Parekh
6. Iginla
7. Catton
8. Dickinson
9. Silayev
10. Buium
11. Eiserman
12. Helenius
13. Greentree
14. Connelly
15. Brandsegg-Nygard

“As we see it currently, the prospects ranked fourth to fourteen form one large tier. They all have similar value and could become high-end players for their team, top-six forwards and top-four defencemen.”

The full list is 96 names plus honourable mentions. Cole Hutson at 50. Kiviharju, who a year ago was viewed as a potential top-10 pick before his injury, is listed 49th. Potential steal in round 2?

Very close to mine except Buium should be higher.

 

[FrankMTL]

EP Rinkside just released their pre-U18s rankings.

1. Celebrini
2. Demidov
3. Lindstrom
4. Levshunov
5. Parekh
6. Iginla
7. Catton
8. Dickinson
9. Silayev
10. Buium
11. Eiserman
12. Helenius
13. Greentree
14. Connelly
15. Brandsegg-Nygard

“As we see it currently, the prospects ranked fourth to fourteen form one large tier. They all have similar value and could become high-end players for their team, top-six forwards and top-four defencemen.”

The full list is 96 names plus honourable mentions. Cole Hutson at 50. Kiviharju, who a year ago was viewed as a potential top-10 pick before his injury, is listed 49th. Potential steal in round 2?

I'm shocked they have the top 3 as forwards and even more shocked that for a very defenseman top heavy draft, they have 5 forwards in the Top 7.

 

[Schooner Guy]

Comparing one of the best junior teams featuring Nate to this year's Spokane chiefs is bold haha.

When Catton is playing his game and on the right TOI, he reminds me a lot of Aho.

Drouin did outpoint Nate 105 to 75 that season and got CHL Player of the Year in their draft year. My point is that CHL production isn't the be all to end all. All the forwards in play with our 1st pick are killing it production wise in the CHL or would if they were in the CHL.

Aho's an amazing player. I was at the Canes-Habs game Saturday night and he was bar none the best player on both teams.

I'm shocked they have the top 3 as forwards and even more shocked that for a very defenseman top heavy draft, they have 5 forwards in the Top 7.

Parekh seems to be rising fast on a lot of lists.

 

[Draft]

His puck protection skills are great, the way he uses his frame to shield away from his opponents and keep possession is a predominant trait of a power foward. He has great body strength, he is great in tight areas and is a powerful skater. I would pick him over Catton quite easily.

I’d definitely call his puck protection above average and a strength for him, but I don’t think we can label him a power forward on that basis. He’s not overpowering an NHL defenceman anytime soon until he plays against Lane Hutson.

I agree that he’s very good in small ice and he’s really growing as a shooter… but he’s not a player I see being defined by physical play at this level or the next. While he’s showing a bit more these playoffs, I wouldn’t describe him as overly aggressive or have really seen him assert himself physically in a way that you’d expect from a physical/grinding/power winger type. I think there’s compete and drive there, but nothing that stands above what you’d hope to see from a first round pick playing in big games. Don’t get me wrong though, very solid in those areas.

He can do a bit of everything and he’ll likely make it as a goal scoring winger that has plus ability in tight spaces. However, I think there are players that project much better as power forwards and a handful that can play a better skill game. Really depends on what you think the team needs.

Catton is a very different player with a very different role. Higher production upside based on pure skill IMO, but tough to make it as a skilled centre with limited size. He’s definitely shown he can lead a team offensively and others might feel that’s a bigger need for this team even if there’s greater risk of him not panning out.

 

[Toene]

Helenius is not getting much love on here, but the numbers in Liiga are eye-popping. Is it because he's a safe, mature player with a high-floor but low-ceiling? Those are not very popular on this board

 

[Schooner Guy]

Helenius is not getting much love on here, but the numbers in Liiga are eye-popping. Is it because he's a safe, mature player with a high-floor but low-ceiling? Those are not very popular on this board

His production in Liiga for a 17 year old is amazing and now he's putting up a point per game in the playoffs. He may be playing in the men's worlds instead of the WU18. Can't wait to read a few posters critique him by trying to compare his stats at the men's worlds to Eisermann's at the WU18.

 

[TheBuriedHab]

EP Rinkside just released their pre-U18s rankings.

1. Celebrini
2. Demidov
3. Lindstrom
4. Levshunov
5. Parekh
6. Iginla
7. Catton
8. Dickinson
9. Silayev
10. Buium
11. Eiserman
12. Helenius
13. Greentree
14. Connelly
15. Brandsegg-Nygard

“As we see it currently, the prospects ranked fourth to fourteen form one large tier. They all have similar value and could become high-end players for their team, top-six forwards and top-four defencemen.”

The full list is 96 names plus honourable mentions. Cole Hutson at 50. Kiviharju, who a year ago was viewed as a potential top-10 pick before his injury, is listed 49th. Potential steal in round 2?

Lol, Cam Robinson was on Twitter a month ago telling everyone Tij was just a 15-20 guy when I had him top 8, now he has him 6th. Whatever man.

 

[Habsfan18]

Lol, Cam Robinson was on Twitter a month ago telling everyone Tij was just a 15-20 guy when I had him top 8, now he has him 6th. Whatever man.

Well, Cam is only one member of the Rinkside staff that would have any form of input into the rankings. So it’s possible he’s not as high on him as say Mitch Brown or David St-Louis.

 

[TheBuriedHab]

Well, Cam is only one member of the Rinkside staff that would have any form of input into the rankings. So it’s possible he’s not as high on him as say Mitch Brown or David St-Louis.

Hard to say without seeing his list but in the video he is the one talking about Catton vs Iginla the most.

 

[Adam Michaels]

 

[Gaylord Q Tinkledink]

Button on the sick podcast.

Demidov - compares him to Kucherov.

Says he's the 2nd best player in the draft/could go as high as 2nd.

Marinaro keeps going about small teams. Says the Habs are the 6th heaviest in the league. Button agrees. Says you can't win with a small team, but later added in you can have some small players, just can't have a bunch.

He says he's seeing smaller players being phased out as the bigger players are coming in with skill.

Button's mock

1 - Celebrini
2 - Demidov
3- Parekh
4- Dickinson
5- Lindstrom



6 - Habs - Eiserman