HF Habs: 2024 NHL Draft Thread

[WeThreeKings]

I believe Chicago would opt for that #1 D over a #1 winger….especially when you factor in the size of those D’s

Silayev
Levshunov
Dickinson
Buium (smaller stature then the others)

Can’t envision the Hawks passing over one of these studs.

That leaves us with one of Lindstrom/Demidov and that should pretty much solidify our top 6.

Still need Silayev or Dickinson or Buium or Parekh or Yakemchuk to go ahead of us. Otherwise it's Sennecke or Iginla

 

[McGees]

If Chicago passes, there's a path. Anaheim should go Silayev or Dickinson. Columbus could take the other.

Ya we’d have to hope 3 teams don’t have him as high as others.

 

[WeThreeKings]

https://x.com/i/web/status/1796897651922706842

 

[Schooner Guy]

If Silayev is ever still there at #5, Kent Hughes' phone will be ringing off the hook with offers.

 

[Vachon23]

OHL Prospects

Your guide to the NHL prospects currently playing in the Ontario Hockey League.

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Brock Otten's final top 50 out of the OHL list is now out. As usual, he's the go-to reference for that league, in my book at least.

Ben Danford is someone I would like with our 3rd round pick. Him or Tomas Lavoie to add on the RD depth

 

[Vachon23]

How so?

Pierre Gauthier was GM when the org decided not to offer Fischer a contract back in 2010 - 4-years post draft. MB was named GM in 2012

BTW, as Pat Hickey reported pre-2006 draft, it was Gauthier, then AGM, who was spending a lot of time watching Minny High School games

Per CBA: Habs had to make Fischer a bona fide offer of a SPC (Standard Player Contract) that would be declined, in order to gain compensation which the org didn’t

I know there was a big fight at the draft table between Pierre Gauthier who wanted David Fisher and Andre Savard who wanted Claude Giroux and Gainey decided to go with the Dmen

 

[Doublechin]

I know there was a big fight at the draft table between Pierre Gauthier who wanted David Fisher and Andre Savard who wanted Claude Giroux and Gainey decided to go with the Dmen

First I hear of this

If legitimate, wish he would have been a real ghost lol instead of just having it as a nickname

 

[SOLR]

Seeing Bouchard dominate might make the Hawks more inclined to take Levshunov and be convinced that his skill and athleticism will overcome potential IQ deficiencies.

Nah, not a thing.

My running hypothesis is that the Ds are over-evaluated as a group vs. the forwards.

 

[Team_Spirit]

Silayev/Dickinson should have no secrets for the Habs as they played with Bogdan/Mailloux

Lindstrom named top chl draft prospect

https://x.com/i/web/status/1796955877867397492

 

[le_sean]

Silayev/Dickinson should have no secrets for the Habs as they played with Bogdan/Mailloux

Lindstrom named top chl draft prospect

https://x.com/i/web/status/1796955877867397492

That’s interesting considering the lack of games played. Feel like poor Catton was robbed

 

[McGees]

Silayev/Dickinson should have no secrets for the Habs as they played with Bogdan/Mailloux

Lindstrom named top chl draft prospect

https://x.com/i/web/status/1796955877867397492

I like him.
I want Habs to take him.
But that’s insane with games played.

 

[sampollock]

If Silayev is ever still there at #5, Kent Hughes' phone will be ringing off the hook with offers.

or he takes him???

I like him.
I want Habs to take him.
But that’s insane with games played.

Me too.. that is the guy I want... great big winger for Dach

 

[BergevinBurner]

Me too.. that is the guy I want... great big winger for Dach

Or a great big center for Dach if he doesn't sort out his faceoffs.

Either way it'd be nice to have a solid duo of Dach/Lindstrom to follow up Suzuki/Caufield with.

 

[le_sean]

Not 2024 related but I see the Remparts traded to get the 1st overall pick in the QMJHL draft, and it’s to select Maddox Dagenais, son of Pierre. He’s 16 and already 6’3. I hope he skates better than his dad.

 

[Balthazar]

McKeen's just released their final rankings:

- Sennecke at #14
- 4 forwards in the top 5
- Demidov and Lindstrom in the top 4

https://x.com/i/web/status/1796962987326001281

 

[Vachon23]

First I hear of this

If legitimate, wish he would have been a real ghost lol instead of just having it as a nickname

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It was Vaugh Karpan not Pierre Gauthier my mistake

 

[FrankMTL]

McKeen's just released their final rankings:

- Sennecke at #14
- 4 forwards in the top 5
- Demidov and Lindstrom in the top 4

https://x.com/i/web/status/1796962987326001281

It won't play out this way, but even if it did, I would be more than fine with Iginla at 5.

Honestly, it's great to see Iginla starting to get the recognition he deserves as these sites start releasing their final rankings.

There were a lot of posters calling him a reach where we were picking a month ago and for some reason were referring to his rankings which were from mid season or even earlier. Just for refence, he was ranked 12th by Mckeen's in their last ranking which was from February.

 

[Habsrule]

This is my order of preference as of today. I would be happy with any of these eight picks.

Celebrini
Demidov
Lindstrom
Levshunov
Dickinson
Silayev
Buium
Iginla

Obviously Celebrini is not an option but I have 4 of the next 7 players I want as defencemen. I’d rather pick a potential game changing top pair defenceman over a more needed top six forward like a Sennecke, Helenius or Catton.

 

[jaffy27]

Still need Silayev or Dickinson or Buium or Parekh or Yakemchuk to go ahead of us. Otherwise it's Sennecke or Iginla

ya, not sure about Sennecke but many posters including yourself are pretty high on him so I guess I’m ok with him also. (I’ve never seen him play)

Iginla I’d be very happy with but as I previously stated, I just can’t envision Chicago passing over one of my aforementioned D.

All questions will be answered soon enough.

 

[Bacchus1]

He simply wasn't an NHL player. In fact he wasn't even an AHL calibre player. It was a bad pick and he didn't develop as a UMinn Gopher. It also sounds like he didn't have good work as well. Sometimes it's on the player.

You might be right. But the fact is that our organization has struggled developing talent, and Fischer is a perfect example. Now, if we had done right by him we could say definitively that it was all on the player. But leaving a young man from a single parent family who lost his mother to cancer to fend for himself without guidance is not the type of development that I think leads to success.

At the 2006 draft, iirc a few teams had Fischer listed as “do not draft” - wasn’t the CBJ GM (MacLean?) caught on camera laughing at the pick? Maybe I’m mixing it up with another pick

Serge Savard trades Chris Chelios because he thought Chelios’ career would be over after 2 years. He was wrong. Chelios played for almost 2 more DECADES. Sometimes experts are wrong in their prognostications.

 

[Skip Bayless]

This is my order of preference as of today. I would be happy with any of these eight picks.

Celebrini
Demidov
Lindstrom
Levshunov
Dickinson
Silayev
Buium
Iginla

Obviously Celebrini is not an option but I have 4 of the next 7 players I want as defencemen. I’d rather pick a potential game changing top pair defenceman over a more needed top six forward like a Sennecke, Helenius or Catton.

I'm inching towards that conclusion as well. Except I'd put Eiserman in the same tier as Demidov and Lindstrom.

I have Buium and Dickinson over the next tier of fwds (Iggy, Catton etc.)

 

[Runner77]

Jarome Iginla on the position his son is gunning for:

Il a d’ailleurs révélé que si le jeune homme est capable de jouer à l’aile, ce dernier se voit surtout comme un joueur de centre.

Iginla Sr. saying that even though Tij is capable of playing the wing, he sees himself first and foremost as a centre.

https://www.tvasports.ca/2024/06/01/jarome-iginla-tres-prudent-au-sujet-de-son-fils

That doesn’t mean he’ll end up there as an NHLer but he would be more valuable there if he has the skill set to match. I’ve been seeing that some here think he projects as a winger.

 

[RandomTask26]

Jarome Iginla on the position his son is gunning for:

Il a d’ailleurs révélé que si le jeune homme est capable de jouer à l’aile, ce dernier se voit surtout comme un joueur de centre.

Iginla Sr. saying that even though Tij is capable of playing the wing, he sees himself first and foremost as a centre.

https://www.tvasports.ca/2024/06/01/jarome-iginla-tres-prudent-au-sujet-de-son-fils

That doesn’t mean he’ll end up there as an NHLer but he would be more valuable there if he has the skill set to match. I’ve been seeing that some here think he projects as a winger.

Interesting. If he can be a center, then that would be a great pick.

For those who have watched him, do you think his game would translate to center?

 

[McGees]

Jarome Iginla on the position his son is gunning for:

Il a d’ailleurs révélé que si le jeune homme est capable de jouer à l’aile, ce dernier se voit surtout comme un joueur de centre.

Iginla Sr. saying that even though Tij is capable of playing the wing, he sees himself first and foremost as a centre.

https://www.tvasports.ca/2024/06/01/jarome-iginla-tres-prudent-au-sujet-de-son-fils

That doesn’t mean he’ll end up there as an NHLer but he would be more valuable there if he has the skill set to match. I’ve been seeing that some here think he projects as a winger.

Dont think he has the vision …but maybe a Jeff Carter shoot first type

 

[Genghis Keon]

There's a lot of talent at the top of the draft and I think a lot of guys have the potential to be stars if everything works out, but I think Lindstrom might be the only one who could likely be a problem for other teams in the playoffs even if he ends up being a relatively disappointing pick.

Let's say he ends up being a 25 goal, 25 assist centre who's roughly 50% on faceoffs and decently responsible defensively. That's no where near his upside, but he'd be a 6'3 220+ pound mean power centre with some offense and enough defense not to necessarily get dominated if he finds himself matched up against a top line. That'd be a nice bloody player to have in the playoffs. Matchups matter in the playoffs and some teams might not have an answer for him. Or they'd have to line match their best d pairing to stop him, drawing them away from our top line.

If he reaches more of his potential, he'd be an even bigger problem.