HF Habs: 2024 NHL Draft Thread

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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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First of all, i haven’t seen a complete game from Demidov, but i saw probably all of his highlights packages on youtbe there is. Personnally, i’m not convinced that much his game will translate that much in NA and in the NHL. He wont be doing circle against weak competition here or going against 3 defenders at the same time and coming out with the puck.

What makes you think otherwise? Sell me the kid because im not sold yet.

No other Russian has ever done what he did last year in that league. He’s basically the greatest russian prospect of all time at this point in time.
 
RE: Catton the thing I keep coming back to is that these types of players always seem to be available later than we think. In 2019 online fans wanted Caufield at 5-10 and he went to us at 15. Last year we debated Benson at 5 and he went at 13. This year we're debating Catton at 5 and he's being projected in the 8-13 range. Just seems like those small/smallish wingers who don't quite have superstar upside always fall as the bad teams picking high usually have to focus on drafting cornerstone C & D with size and can't justify a small winger unless it's a Marner level of talent.

I wouldn't be upset if Catton ends up being our pick, but I think we're better off sticking to a forward with size given we'd have a good shot at the 2025 draft's rough equivalent to Catton/Benson/Caufield in the 10-15 range next year.
Why are you justifying NHL management's stupidity? Cole and Benson should've both went much higher than they did.

There's now way in hell this dude is a teenager.
I'll link a Pic of me at 18, some of us peak early testosterone wise.
 
I'll link a Pic of me at 18, some of us peak early testosterone wise.

Post pics or it never happened.

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Why are you justifying NHL management's stupidity? Cole and Benson should've both went much higher than they did.


I'll link a Pic of me at 18, some of us peak early testosterone wise.
Shoulda, coulda, woulda . . . They didn’t go higher. You can think they’re dumb . . . they run hockey teams, you don’t. Life’s not fair. I can easily see see Catton falling out of the top 15.
 
Catton is better than Caufield and Newhook at the same age

We draft him and we can trade one of the others in 2 years.

Dont Be too confident that we will not draft him....cause I red in 2018 that we will not draft kk and last year with Reinbacher.

Catton is rhe most talented forward except Celebrini and Demidov...and we need talent to win the cup.

Plenty of hall of fame players who won the Cup were at 5.11 175 pounds at 18 years old
I like Catton. I just wish he was one half of a one-two Top 15 punch. I see a successful NHL career ahead for him.
No projections, numbers or comparisons, but I’ll be surprised if he doesn’t deliver.
 
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I want one of Nathan Villeneuve or Carson Wetsch.

One of them with Beck, Florian and Tuch will be good mix of skill and grit to our futur bottom 6.
I like the Nathan Villeneuve love. He's got a nasty side to him and skill to go along with it. He progressed well throughout the year on a deep forward group for the Wolves and I'm expecting a big breakout offensively next year in the OHL.
 
I like the Nathan Villeneuve love. He's got a nasty side to him and skill to go along with it. He progressed well throughout the year on a deep forward group for the Wolves and I'm expecting a big breakout offensively next year in the OHL.

I really love him. Perfect bottom 6 players that every cup teams needs.

And he’s got one of these « hockey agitator face ».
 
I like the Nathan Villeneuve love. He's got a nasty side to him and skill to go along with it. He progressed well throughout the year on a deep forward group for the Wolves and I'm expecting a big breakout offensively next year in the OHL.
Plus "Dog the Bounty Hunter" would be a wicked nickname
 
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I also have the feeling that if Levshunov Lindstrom and Demidov are gone they will pick Dickinson.

And probably will try to get into the mid teens somehow and grab a good forward among the ones left.

I'd be happy with this outcome if it happens.
 
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