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Who do you want at #5?

  • Tij Iginla

    Votes: 209 49.5%

  • Cole Eiserman

    Votes: 14 3.3%

  • Berkly Catton

    Votes: 92 21.8%

  • Konsta Helenius

    Votes: 13 3.1%

  • Beckett Sennecke

    Votes: 75 17.8%

  • Zayne Parekh

    Votes: 19 4.5%
  • Total voters
    422
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I can understand seeing Lev 20 times. It's kind of hard to get a good read on his IQ and decision making. At times he reacts quickly and makes the right play, at times he reacts quickly and makes the wrong play. At times he reacts slowly and makes the right play, at times he reacts slowly and still makes the wrong play.

Guy is an enigma wrapped in a mystery.

He's also 48 :sarcasm:
 
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WeThreeKings said:
It's not even a decoy. One questionnaire and they interviewed him today. No one has ever mentioned any semblance of interest by the team in him and nothing about him fits the profile of what they've targeted.
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I should clarify - A media decoy. They've purposely picked a player that doesn't fit what we need like you've said, in order to worry Habs fans.

There's ALWAYS some scaremongering when we have a good pick
 
ReHabs said:
Yeah nobody regrets skipping Benson and Caufield huh
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I responded to another similar post on the last page, yes some certainly teams do but I also don't think we'd be able to trade Caufield for Boldy, Seider, Cozens, or Zegras right now. I think Detroit, Vancouver, and Arizona might regret skipping on Benson at the moment, but I'm also personally not trading Reinbacher, Michkov, Leonard, or Dvorsky for him. They don't all end up like Benson and Caufield either. Wahlstrom was also a "steal" at 11 in 2018 and now Bouchard is a PPG defenceman & cup finalist and Hughes won a Norris while Wahlstrom has been a total bust so far. Ottawa got a lot of heat for Sanderson at 5 in 2020 but they sure don't regret skipping on Perfetti, Rossi, Holtz, and Quinn for him.

Regardless my point is not that skilled smallish/non physical wingers are "bad" as a blanket category or that we shouldn't consider Catton or anything to that effect, it's that in actual reality they're almost always available later in the draft than publicly available lists would suggest, and also that we remember the Caufields and forget the ones that didn't work out.
 
JoelWarlord said:
I responded to another similar post on the last page, yes some certainly teams do but I also don't think we'd be able to trade Caufield for Boldy, Seider, Cozens, or Zegras right now. I think Detroit, Vancouver, and Arizona might regret skipping on Benson at the moment, but I'm also personally not trading Reinbacher, Michkov, Leonard, or Dvorsky for him. They don't all end up like Benson and Caufield either. Wahlstrom was also a "steal" at 11 in 2018 and now Bouchard is a PPG defenceman & cup finalist and Hughes won a Norris while Wahlstrom has been a total bust so far. Ottawa got a lot of heat for Sanderson at 5 in 2020 but they sure don't regret skipping on Perfetti, Rossi, Holtz, and Quinn for him.

Regardless my point is not that skilled smallish/non physical wingers are "bad" as a blanket category or that we shouldn't consider Catton or anything to that effect, it's that in actual reality they're almost always available later in the draft than publicly available lists would suggest, and also that we remember the Caufields and forget the ones that didn't work out.
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Seems like there’s no pattern to it at all. And a team like the Habs that clearly lacks high-end skill at forward would probably prioritize that when given the opportunity.

I think you could trade Caufield for Zegras for sure btw
 
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Habssince89 said:
I should clarify - A media decoy. They've purposely picked a player that doesn't fit what we need like you've said, in order to worry Habs fans.

There's ALWAYS some scaremongering when we have a good pick
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Who did? I don't see any of that, the same guy interviewed Levshunov and Eiserman lol
 
WeThreeKings said:
My French is good enough, coles notes?
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Pretty much exactly what it says. He says the Habs will possibly try and trade up to 3 to grab Demidov, or there’s a good chance he falls to 5 since Silayev is assuredly going in the Top 4.

He also predicts that they draft Raoul Boilard.
 
le_sean said:
Pretty much exactly what it says. He says the Habs will possibly try and trade up to 3 to grab Demidov, or there’s a good chance he falls to 5 since Silayev is assuredly going in the Top 4.

He also predicts that they draft Raoul Boilard.
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Think he said trade up to 4, swap picks with Columbus.

No Dickinson talk but Lev been talking to Chicago and Silayev stock is skyrocketing, won’t get past Columbus.

Convinced….no….he said Habs WANT Demidov if he and Lindstrom still there.

50% chance Kakko with Habs

Thinks Ylonen and Dvorak are gonzo

Hutson and Roy start season with Habs….lots of interesting stuff.
 
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Kudo Shinichi said:
Having Guhle and Hutson on the left side is the main reason not to draft Buium, and its highly unlikely that they will be gone within 5 years.

They are trying to build a contending team. If you don't look at team needs, then you're not building the team right. It's not much different than looking at players with size when a team already has a lot of smaller players.




If Buium is Makar, he will be gone before 5th. In reality, Buium is much more likely to be a 50-60 pts dman than a Makar, and we could very well already have that in Hutson.
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I think Buium can be a more reliable defender and a minutes eater. So that’s a big plus towards him.
 
Habssince89 said:
Seeing that BPM sport link saying Demidov WILL be a member of the Habs. Ugh don't play with us!
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I feel it too, I’ve never been wrong in the past 8 drafts. I even knew we’d pick Poehling months before it happened. I predicted Caufield at the start of that season and I called Reinbacher even if I was hoping for Leonard. GMs often make it clear, you only need to trust them.

This year it will be the Demigod.

The list is :


1) Demigod
2) Lindström
3) Iggy/Sennecke
 
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jaffy27 said:
Think he said trade up to 4, swap picks with Columbus.

No Dickinson talk but Lev been talking to Chicago and Silayev stock is skyrocketing, won’t get past Columbus.

Convinced….no….he said Habs WANT Demidov if he and Lindstrom still there.

50% chance Kakko with Habs

Thinks Ylonen and Dvorak are gonzo

Hutson and Roy start season with Habs….lots of interesting stuff.
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Good job hitting the main points. Let me add a little extra.

Ettedgui says that he sees Dvorak going in a trade as a cap dump. (Man, how badly did we fail getting that guy).

Says he prefers Zegras (23) over Necas (25), is younger, has a good contract. Not a fan of players with outspoken dads as with Necas. Says it reveals something about a player when he lets his father do the talking publicly. Also, says that the issue with Carolina was not Waddell but Dundumb vs Geoff Molson and that conflict is not resolved, so dealing with them is not likely or would require overpayment with Dundumb calling the shots. (Anyhow, this whole Zegras and Necas debate is academic, with recent reports about the Habs not aggressively pursuing both players).

Kakko is a guy he’d target. Says if he can’t land Zegras, he’d go after Laine. He suggests both Kakko and Laine to add size and both won’t cost you pieces from your core. He’d use Dvorak as a cap dump in a Laine trade.

Thinks Waddell could try to pry away an asset from the Habs in order to switch picks and allow them to pick 4th.

Says Habs like Raoul Boilard a lot, physical, 6’2, plays all 3 zones.

Supports the idea that the Habs should add Gerard Gallant to join the coaching staff, would be a great addition for the PP.

Overall, it sounded to me like a mix of his opinion/ observations and some stuff he’s heard, but moreso his own views of what he’d like to see happen or what he’d do if he had decision-making authority. It wasn’t always obvious which was which, plus he rattles off a lot of points in quick succession, which doesn’t help.
 
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Runner77 said:
Ettedgui says that he sees Dvorak going in a trade as a cap dump. (Man, how badly did we fail getting that guy).
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As in we will dump Dvorak with additional assets to clear cap room? There is no way Hughes does that. I doubt there is any plan for him other than hope he plays decent enough that we can trade him for a pick, just as we have been doing with all our other washed veterans for a few years...
 
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