HF Habs: 2024 NHL Draft Thread

NotProkofievian · Jun 10, 2024

Seb said:
Regarding Connelly, Simon St-Laurent made a great video a few days ago :

Even if you ignore his off ice issues (which you shouldn't), there's so many warts in his game there's no way any team should be pick in the top 10.

Oh thank god Simon St Laurent weighed in on the issue.

WeThreeKings · Jun 10, 2024

Here is my final top 150.

Notes:

Trevor Connelly is a no-draft for me, I can't speak to the kid and the information that is public is a kid I would not draft.
I don't get the complete picture that teams do, so I won't be belligerent if a team views things differently from that lens.
I don't spend as much time scouting as I used to do, so this is less reliant on personal viewings as in the past.
I have biases towards forwards, one-on-one skill.
I prefer players going the Euro or USA route for development.

Name	Position	League	GP	Goals	Assists	Points
Macklin Celebrini	C	NCAA	38	32	32	64
Ivan Demidov	F	MHL	30	23	37	60
Berkly Catton	C	WHL	68	54	62	116
Cayden Lindstrom	C	WHL	32	37	19	56
Beckett Sennecke	RW	OHL	63	27	41	68
Zayne Parekh	RHD	OHL	66	33	63	96
Sam Dickinson	LHD	OHL	68	18	52	70
Artyom Levshunov	RHD	NCAA	38	9	26	35
Tij Iginla	LW	WHL	64	47	37	84
Carter Yakemchuk	RHD	WHL	66	30	41	71
Zeev Buium	LHD	NCAA	42	11	39	50
Konsta Helenius	C	Liiga	51	14	22	36
Cole Eiserman	LW	USHL	57	58	31	89
Michael Brandsegg-Nygard	LW	Allsvenskan	41	8	10	18
Anton Silayev	LHD	KHL	63	3	8	11
Adam Jiricek	RHD	Czechia	19	0	1	1
Jett Luchanko	C	OHL	68	20	54	74
Michael Hage	C	USHL	54	33	42	75
Yegor Surin	C	MHL	42	22	30	52
Liam Greentree	RW	OHL	64	36	54	90
Sacha Boisvert	C	USHL	61	36	32	68
Stian Solberg	LHD	Norway	42	5	10	15
Teddy Stiga	LW	USHL	61	36	43	79
Andrew Basha	C	WHL	63	30	55	85
Dean Letourneau	C	PHC	56	61	66	127
Emil Hemming	RW	Liiga	40	7	4	11
Nikita Artamonov	C	KHL	54	7	16	23
Igor Chernyshov	LW	MHL	22	13	15	28
Ryder Ritchie	C	WHL	47	19	25	44
Terik Parascak	RW	WHL	68	43	62	105
Cole Hutson	LHD	USHL	51	15	36	51
Matvei Gridin	LW	USHL	60	38	45	83
Leo Sahlin Wallenius	LHD	J20	43	11	31	42
Julius Miettinen	LW	WHL	66	31	36	67
Tarin Smith	LHD	WHL	67	8	36	44
Justin Poirier	RW	QMJHL	68	51	31	82
Cole Beaudoin	C	OHL	67	28	34	62
Sam O'Reilly	RW	OHL	68	20	36	56
Aron Kiviharju	LHD	Liiga	7	1	1	2
Henry Mews	RHD	OHL	65	15	46	61
Adam Jecho	RW	WHL	54	23	24	47
Maxim Masse	RW	QMJHL	67	36	39	75
Dominik Badinka	RHD	J20	17	2	11	13
John Mustard	LW	USHL	60	29	27	56
Harrison Brunicke	RHD	WHL	49	10	11	21
Alfons Freij	LHD	J20	40	14	19	33
Brodie Ziemer	RW	USHL	61	27	43	70
Aatos Koivu	C	U20	28	16	15	31
Miguel Marques	F	WHL	67	28	46	74
Luke Misa	C	OHL	66	26	55	81
Melvin Fernstrom	RW	J20	45	31	32	63
Carter George	G	OHL	56	3.3	0.907	4.207
Simon Zether	C	SHL	42	0	4	4
Leon Muggli	LHD	NLA	42	3	9	12
Lucas Pettersson	C	SHL	5	0	0	0
Linus Eriksson	C	Allsvenskan	39	3	8	11
Max Plante	C	USHL	51	15	46	61
Veeti Vaisanen	LHD	Liiga	50	2	8	10
Matvei Shuravin	LHD	KHL	11	0	2	2
Raoul Boilard	C	QMJHL	68	22	40	62
Carson Wetsch	C	WHL	67	25	25	50
Jacob Battaglia	RW	OHL	67	31	34	65
Kamil Bednarik	LW	USHL	61	26	39	65
Tanner Howe	LW	WHL	68	28	49	77
Kim Saarinen	G	U20	23	2.41	0.917	3.327
Noel Fransen	LHD	J20	45	20	24	44
EJ Emery	RHD	USHL	61	0	16	16
Ryerson Leenders	G	OHL	46	3.12	0.909	4.029
Christian Humphreys	C	USHL	52	23	35	58
Tuomas Suoniemi	C	Mestis	4	1	0	1
Logan Sawyer	LW	AJHL	39	26	33	59
Marek Vanacker	LW	OHL	68	36	46	82
Nathan Villeneuve	C	OHL	56	23	27	50
Jack Berglund	LW	SHL	8	1	0	1
Luca Marrelli	RD	OHL	67	6	51	57
Charlie Elick	RHD	WHL	65	4	23	27
Daniil Ustinkov	LHD	NLA	18	0	1	1
Tomas Mrsic	C	WHL	63	23	39	62
Will Skahan	LHD	USHL	60	5	9	14
AJ Spellacy	C	OHL	67	21	17	38
Artyom Schuchinov	LHD	KHL	54	1	4	5
Tomas Galvas	LHD	Czechia	32	2	5	7
Ollie Josephson	LW	WHL	68	12	35	47
Lukas Fischer	LD	OHL	68	6	28	34
Ben Danford	RD	OHL	64	1	32	33
Mikhail Yegorov	G	USHL	43	3.86	0.892	4.752
Alex Zetterberg	C	J20	45	21	37	58
Lucas Van Vliet	LW	USHL	51	13	9	22
Adam Kleber	RD	USHL	56	5	21	26
Anthony Romani	RW	OHL	68	58	53	111
Yegor Graf	C	MHL	39	13	25	38
Ethan Procyszyn	RW	OHL	62	15	21	36
Pavel Moysevich	G	KHL	13	1.25	0.942	2.192
Ilya Protas	LW	USHL	61	14	37	51
Spencer Gill	RD	QMJHL	65	12	34	46
Mac Swanson	F	USHL	55	26	51	77
Tory Pitner	RHD	USHL	50	8	16	24
Colin Ralph	LD	USHS	57	8	56	64
Jesse Pulkinnen	LD	Liiga	29	2	6	8
Oskar Vuollet	C	SHL	15	0	0	0
Jack Pridham	RW	BCHL	54	23	26	49
Ilya Nabokov	G	KHL	43	2.15	0.93	3.08
Ondrej Kos	LW	U20	8	3	0	3
Jamiro Reber	F	J20	46	11	28	39
Eriks Mateiko	LW	QMJHL	49	23	20	43
Aidan Park	F	USHS	56	30	63	93
Javon Moore	LW	USHS	28	26	27	53
Colton Roberts	RD	WHL	62	7	20	27
Will Felicio	LHD	USHL	54	10	19	29
Anthony Cristoforo	RHD	OHL	67	7	31	38
Javon Moore	LW	USHS	28	26	27	53
Eemil Vinni	G	Mestis	37	2.72	0.892	3.612
Hagen Burrows	LW	USHL	25	9	12	21
Ilya Pautov	RW	MHL	46	15	30	45
Miloslav Holinka	C	Czechia	16	1	2	3
Will Zellers	LW	USHS	54	57	54	111
Marcus Gidlof	G	J20	26	2.22	0.923	3.143
Felix Lacerte	RW	QMJHL	52	31	28	59
Jiri Klima	LW	QMJHL	54	18	13	31
Luca Testa	C	OHL	48	14	11	25
Viktor Olofsson	RW	J20	47	19	19	38
Tomas Lavoie	RD	QMJHL	65	3	21	24
Adam Titlbach	C	WHL	66	9	21	30
Jakub Chromiak	RHD	OHL	55	5	14	19
Arsen Taimazov	RHD	MHL	40	1	13	14
Nicholas Kempf	G	USHL	37	2.99	0.897	3.887
Heikki Ruohonen	C	U20-Fin	37	20	27	47
Andrei Krutov	LW	MHL	41	21	29	50
Riley Patterson	C	OHL	68	29	33	62
Gabriel Eliasson	LD	J20	36	1	5	6
Jakub Milota	G	QMJHL	33	2.82	0.905	3.725
Owen Keefe	LHD	USHL	60	3	10	13
Kam Hendrickson	G	USHL	7	2.92	0.924	3.844
Hiroki Gojsic	RW	WHL	68	21	29	50
John Parsons	G	USHL	14	3.96	0.853	4.813
Jordan Forget	RW	QMJHL	62	3	9	12
Kasper Pikkarinen	RW	Liiga	5	0	0	0
Gabriel Frasca	C	OHL	44	15	17	32
Sebastian Soini	RD	Liiga	6	0	1	1
Karl Sterner	RW	J20	45	15	19	34
Caleb Heil	G	USHL	19	4.32	0.85	5.17
Matvey Babenko	RW	KHL	8	1	0	1
Maxmillian Curran	C	WHL	40	5	27	32
Jonathan Morello	LW	OJHL	50	25	32	57
Lukas Matecha	G	CzeU20	32	2.54	0.918	3.458
Niilopekka Muhonen	LD	U20	27	4	7	11
Herman Traff	LW	SHL	10	0	0	0
Gabe Smith	C	QMJHL	54	9	14	23
Dawson Cowan	G	WHL	43	3.59	0.899	4.489
Martin Haronik	G	Svk2	1	3	0.932	3.932

Pompeius Magnus · Jun 10, 2024

WeThreeKings said:
I'd think you'd be looking at the 26th pick and probably Struble to make it work, with Anaheim kicking in their 3rd rounder or something?

Yeah, sounds about right. It's a lot, but if our staff is really gung-ho on Lindstrom for exemple, that's the price to pay to make sure you don't miss on him.

WeThreeKings · Jun 10, 2024

Pompeius Magnus said:
Yeah, sounds about right. It's a lot, but if our staff is really gung-ho on Lindstrom for exemple, that's the price to pay to make sure you don't miss on him.

I think it might depend on what they think Chicago is doing at 2 and what CBJ is doing at 4. If Levshunov goes 2 and Anaheim is going Silayev/Dickinson, I think they'd just let it unfold.

If Demidov goes 2, I think you have no choice but to pay the premium to leap CBJ,

Pompeius Magnus · Jun 10, 2024

WeThreeKings said:
I think it might depend on what they think Chicago is doing at 2 and what CBJ is doing at 4. If Levshunov goes 2 and Anaheim is going Silayev/Dickinson, I think they'd just let it unfold.

If Demidov goes 2, I think you have no choice but to pay the premium to leap CBJ,

Conversely, if they see guys like Iginla,Sennecke or Catton as just as good at #5, then they can just sleep easy and take them without having to trade anything. Which they might TBH, these are very good prospects and all legitimate options at #5.

Deebs · Jun 10, 2024

WeThreeKings said:
Here is my final top 150.

Notes:

Trevor Connelly is a no-draft for me, I can't speak to the kid and the information that is public is a kid I would not draft.

I don't get the complete picture that teams do, so I won't be belligerent if a team views things differently from that lens.

I don't spend as much time scouting as I used to do, so this is less reliant on personal viewings as in the past.

I have biases towards forwards, one-on-one skill.

I prefer players going the Euro or USA route for development.

Name
Position
League
GP
Goals
Assists
Points
Macklin Celebrini
C
NCAA
38
32
32
64
Ivan Demidov
F
MHL
30
23
37
60
Berkly Catton
C
WHL
68
54
62
116
Cayden Lindstrom
C
WHL
32
37
19
56
Beckett Sennecke
RW
OHL
63
27
41
68
Zayne Parekh
RHD
OHL
66
33
63
96
Sam Dickinson
LHD
OHL
68
18
52
70
Artyom Levshunov
RHD
NCAA
38
9
26
35
Tij Iginla
LW
WHL
64
47
37
84
Carter Yakemchuk
RHD
WHL
66
30
41
71
Zeev Buium
LHD
NCAA
42
11
39
50
Konsta Helenius
C
Liiga
51
14
22
36
Cole Eiserman
LW
USHL
57
58
31
89
Michael Brandsegg-Nygard
LW
Allsvenskan
41
8
10
18
Anton Silayev
LHD
KHL
63
3
8
11
Adam Jiricek
RHD
Czechia
19
0
1
1
Jett Luchanko
C
OHL
68
20
54
74
Michael Hage
C
USHL
54
33
42
75
Yegor Surin
C
MHL
42
22
30
52
Liam Greentree
RW
OHL
64
36
54
90
Sacha Boisvert
C
USHL
61
36
32
68
Stian Solberg
LHD
Norway
42
5
10
15
Teddy Stiga
LW
USHL
61
36
43
79
Andrew Basha
C
WHL
63
30
55
85
Dean Letourneau
C
PHC
56
61
66
127
Emil Hemming
RW
Liiga
40
7
4
11
Nikita Artamonov
C
KHL
54
7
16
23
Igor Chernyshov
LW
MHL
22
13
15
28
Ryder Ritchie
C
WHL
47
19
25
44
Terik Parascak
RW
WHL
68
43
62
105
Cole Hutson
LHD
USHL
51
15
36
51
Matvei Gridin
LW
USHL
60
38
45
83
Leo Sahlin Wallenius
LHD
J20
43
11
31
42
Julius Miettinen
LW
WHL
66
31
36
67
Tarin Smith
LHD
WHL
67
8
36
44
Justin Poirier
RW
QMJHL
68
51
31
82
Cole Beaudoin
C
OHL
67
28
34
62
Sam O'Reilly
RW
OHL
68
20
36
56
Aron Kiviharju
LHD
Liiga
7
1
1
2
Henry Mews
RHD
OHL
65
15
46
61
Adam Jecho
RW
WHL
54
23
24
47
Maxim Masse
RW
QMJHL
67
36
39
75
Dominik Badinka
RHD
J20
17
2
11
13
John Mustard
LW
USHL
60
29
27
56
Harrison Brunicke
RHD
WHL
49
10
11
21
Alfons Freij
LHD
J20
40
14
19
33
Brodie Ziemer
RW
USHL
61
27
43
70
Aatos Koivu
C
U20
28
16
15
31
Miguel Marques
F
WHL
67
28
46
74
Luke Misa
C
OHL
66
26
55
81
Melvin Fernstrom
RW
J20
45
31
32
63
Carter George
G
OHL
56
3.3
0.907
4.207
Simon Zether
C
SHL
42
0
4
4
Leon Muggli
LHD
NLA
42
3
9
12
Lucas Pettersson
C
SHL
5
0
0
0
Linus Eriksson
C
Allsvenskan
39
3
8
11
Max Plante
C
USHL
51
15
46
61
Veeti Vaisanen
LHD
Liiga
50
2
8
10
Matvei Shuravin
LHD
KHL
11
0
2
2
Raoul Boilard
C
QMJHL
68
22
40
62
Carson Wetsch
C
WHL
67
25
25
50
Jacob Battaglia
RW
OHL
67
31
34
65
Kamil Bednarik
LW
USHL
61
26
39
65
Tanner Howe
LW
WHL
68
28
49
77
Kim Saarinen
G
U20
23
2.41
0.917
3.327
Noel Fransen
LHD
J20
45
20
24
44
EJ Emery
RHD
USHL
61
0
16
16
Ryerson Leenders
G
OHL
46
3.12
0.909
4.029
Christian Humphreys
C
USHL
52
23
35
58
Tuomas Suoniemi
C
Mestis
4
1
0
1
Logan Sawyer
LW
AJHL
39
26
33
59
Marek Vanacker
LW
OHL
68
36
46
82
Nathan Villeneuve
C
OHL
56
23
27
50
Jack Berglund
LW
SHL
8
1
0
1
Luca Marrelli
RD
OHL
67
6
51
57
Charlie Elick
RHD
WHL
65
4
23
27
Daniil Ustinkov
LHD
NLA
18
0
1
1
Tomas Mrsic
C
WHL
63
23
39
62
Will Skahan
LHD
USHL
60
5
9
14
AJ Spellacy
C
OHL
67
21
17
38
Artyom Schuchinov
LHD
KHL
54
1
4
5
Tomas Galvas
LHD
Czechia
32
2
5
7
Ollie Josephson
LW
WHL
68
12
35
47
Lukas Fischer
LD
OHL
68
6
28
34
Ben Danford
RD
OHL
64
1
32
33
Mikhail Yegorov
G
USHL
43
3.86
0.892
4.752
Alex Zetterberg
C
J20
45
21
37
58
Lucas Van Vliet
LW
USHL
51
13
9
22
Adam Kleber
RD
USHL
56
5
21
26
Anthony Romani
RW
OHL
68
58
53
111
Yegor Graf
C
MHL
39
13
25
38
Ethan Procyszyn
RW
OHL
62
15
21
36
Pavel Moysevich
G
KHL
13
1.25
0.942
2.192
Ilya Protas
LW
USHL
61
14
37
51
Spencer Gill
RD
QMJHL
65
12
34
46
Mac Swanson
F
USHL
55
26
51
77
Tory Pitner
RHD
USHL
50
8
16
24
Colin Ralph
LD
USHS
57
8
56
64
Jesse Pulkinnen
LD
Liiga
29
2
6
8
Oskar Vuollet
C
SHL
15
0
0
0
Jack Pridham
RW
BCHL
54
23
26
49
Ilya Nabokov
G
KHL
43
2.15
0.93
3.08
Ondrej Kos
LW
U20
8
3
0
3
Jamiro Reber
F
J20
46
11
28
39
Eriks Mateiko
LW
QMJHL
49
23
20
43
Aidan Park
F
USHS
56
30
63
93
Javon Moore
LW
USHS
28
26
27
53
Colton Roberts
RD
WHL
62
7
20
27
Will Felicio
LHD
USHL
54
10
19
29
Anthony Cristoforo
RHD
OHL
67
7
31
38
Javon Moore
LW
USHS
28
26
27
53
Eemil Vinni
G
Mestis
37
2.72
0.892
3.612
Hagen Burrows
LW
USHL
25
9
12
21
Ilya Pautov
RW
MHL
46
15
30
45
Miloslav Holinka
C
Czechia
16
1
2
3
Will Zellers
LW
USHS
54
57
54
111
Marcus Gidlof
G
J20
26
2.22
0.923
3.143
Felix Lacerte
RW
QMJHL
52
31
28
59
Jiri Klima
LW
QMJHL
54
18
13
31
Luca Testa
C
OHL
48
14
11
25
Viktor Olofsson
RW
J20
47
19
19
38
Tomas Lavoie
RD
QMJHL
65
3
21
24
Adam Titlbach
C
WHL
66
9
21
30
Jakub Chromiak
RHD
OHL
55
5
14
19
Arsen Taimazov
RHD
MHL
40
1
13
14
Nicholas Kempf
G
USHL
37
2.99
0.897
3.887
Heikki Ruohonen
C
U20-Fin
37
20
27
47
Andrei Krutov
LW
MHL
41
21
29
50
Riley Patterson
C
OHL
68
29
33
62
Gabriel Eliasson
LD
J20
36
1
5
6
Jakub Milota
G
QMJHL
33
2.82
0.905
3.725
Owen Keefe
LHD
USHL
60
3
10
13
Kam Hendrickson
G
USHL
7
2.92
0.924
3.844
Hiroki Gojsic
RW
WHL
68
21
29
50
John Parsons
G
USHL
14
3.96
0.853
4.813
Jordan Forget
RW
QMJHL
62
3
9
12
Kasper Pikkarinen
RW
Liiga
5
0
0
0
Gabriel Frasca
C
OHL
44
15
17
32
Sebastian Soini
RD
Liiga
6
0
1
1
Karl Sterner
RW
J20
45
15
19
34
Caleb Heil
G
USHL
19
4.32
0.85
5.17
Matvey Babenko
RW
KHL
8
1
0
1
Maxmillian Curran
C
WHL
40
5
27
32
Jonathan Morello
LW
OJHL
50
25
32
57
Lukas Matecha
G
CzeU20
32
2.54
0.918
3.458
Niilopekka Muhonen
LD
U20
27
4
7
11
Herman Traff
LW
SHL
10
0
0
0
Gabe Smith
C
QMJHL
54
9
14
23
Dawson Cowan
G
WHL
43
3.59
0.899
4.489
Martin Haronik
G
Svk2
1
3
0.932
3.932

Great work WTF. I do disagree with some placements, but the effort put in is always appreciated.

WeThreeKings · Jun 10, 2024

Pompeius Magnus said:
Mazel tov my man! All the happiness in the world to you and the missus Make sure to enjoy all of those early moments, they grow up real quick, believe me

This is my attempt to get in as a hockey coach at the youth level and fix Hockey Canada's goaltending issue :p

Sam I Am · Jun 10, 2024

A majority of prognosticators are pencilling in Demidov as Chicago's choice in the 2 slot. Sure Demidov is highly skilled player but he is hardly risk free nor is he the perfect compliment to the Hawks' roster of smallish speedy forwards.

To my mind, Cayden Lindstrom is a way better fit. He's a tantalizing combination of size, speed, skill and snarl. I have no problem imagining him on left wing as Bedard's designated sniper or centering a powerful second line much the way the Oilers have employed Draisaitl over his career. A 500 goal career is not out of the question. Of all prospects not named Celebrini, Lindstrom may make the most sense for the Blackhawks.

Pretty much all you hear about is either Demidov or Levshunov but don't be surprised if draft day is full of surprises.

le_sean · Jun 10, 2024

NotProkofievian said:
So?

I trust his opinion on Connelly more than I do Snake. I see warts in his game as well. He plays entitled which makes sense because he seems to be an entitled little shit.

WeThreeKings · Jun 10, 2024

Sam I Am said:
A majority of prognosticators are pencilling in Demidov as Chicago's choice in the 2 slot. Sure Demidov is highly skilled player but he is hardly risk free nor is he the perfect compliment to the Hawks' roster of smallish speedy forwards.

To my mind, Cayden Lindstrom is a way better fit. He's a tantalizing combination of size, speed, skill and snarl. I have no problem imagining him on left wing as Bedard's designated sniper or centering a powerful second line much the way the Oilers have employed Draisaitl over his career. A 500 goal career is not out of the question. Of all prospects not named Celebrini, Lindstrom may make the most sense for the Blackhawks.

Pretty much all you hear about is either Demidov or Levshunov but don't be surprised if draft day is full of surprises.

Levshunov has shifted to the odds on favorite by most sources.

NotProkofievian · Jun 10, 2024

le_sean said:
I trust his opinion on Connelly more than I do Snake. I see warts in his game as well. He plays entitled which makes sense because he seems to be an entitled little shit.

That's cool to trust other opinions. I prefer to make up my own mind. I think Connelly is top talent in this draft.

MTL Dirty Birdy · Jun 10, 2024

NotProkofievian said:
+5 social credit points for you comrade.

Gladly received

Team_Spirit · Jun 10, 2024

Lev projected no2 by Vegas

SwiftyHab · Jun 10, 2024

WeThreeKings said:
Was kicked off multiple teams as a teenager.
Pissed in a teammates bag.
Shit in a teammates bag.
Directed slurs at his own teammates.
Directed slurs at opponents.

Do not draft list

Toene · Jun 10, 2024

WeThreeKings said:
Was kicked off multiple teams as a teenager.
Pissed in a teammates bag.
Shit in a teammates bag.
Directed slurs at his own teammates.
Directed slurs at opponents.

Wow I didnt know about these facts, only knew about the swastika thing. Damn. Sure sounds like a headcase.

waitin425 · Jun 10, 2024

Team_Spirit said:
Lev projected no2 by Vegas

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I would take Dickinson at those odds! Think I might put 10 down there.

le_sean · Jun 10, 2024

Toene said:
Wow I didnt know about these facts, only knew about the swastika thing. Damn. Sure sounds like a headcase.

Heck even the play in the U18 gold medal game is enough to warrant a no draft. Talk about being absolutely stupid and selfish.

salbutera · Jun 10, 2024

Pompeius Magnus said:
FWIW, if we REALLY don't want to miss on one of the forwards, the Ducks are a pretty natural trade partner for us. They can still get whichever Dman they wanted just fine at #5, plus a little extra on top from us. I don't know what they would want to sweeten the deal, but it should be doable, we've got plenty of prospects/picks to make a deal with.

Teams don’t move up / down or trade top-5 picks in the draft…just doesn’t happen anymore.

Lafleurs Guy · Jun 10, 2024

Hannibal said:
Basu said Lindstrom before Demidov and i’m damn happy about it.

And if we go D, better be Dickinson.

The only D I could see us taking is Levshunov. But it's doubtful he makes it to us.

Gaylord Q Tinkledink · Jun 10, 2024

Feel free to correct me if I'm wrong, but...

Demidov, if everything goes well and I mean well is likely a 90-100 point winger. There's always a possibility if things go well, he goes even higher, but I feel like that's a fair assessment on his ceiling if everything Goss right.

For Lindstrom you're looking at a player at, or just above a ppg player, 35+ goals while adding a big, mean power forward with nice wheels.

Again, Lindstrom could hit and have things go very well and be a 50 goal scorer and over 100 points, but trying not to go too far.

So, it makes senses that teams, or at least the Habs would prefer Lindstrom over Demidov.

montreal · Jun 10, 2024

Gaylord Q Tinkledink said:
Feel free to correct me if I'm wrong, but...

Demidov, if everything goes well and I mean well is likely a 90-100 point winger. There's always a possibility if things go well, he goes even higher, but I feel like that's a fair assessment on his ceiling if everything Goss right.

For Lindstrom you're looking at a player at, or just above a ppg player, 35+ goals while adding a big, mean power forward with nice wheels.

Again, Lindstrom could hit and have things go very well and be a 50 goal scorer and over 100 points, but trying not to go too far.

So, it makes senses that teams, or at least the Habs would prefer Lindstrom over Demidov.

Demidov can be developed as a center but he needs a couple years to mature physically first.

JeffreyLFC · Jun 10, 2024

WeThreeKings said:
If Chicago takes Demidov 2, we are pretty much f***ed.

We also can't have Anaheim get too enthralled with Lindstrom over the defenseman.

If Chicago goes Demidov at 2, CBJ is gonna take Lindstrom at 4.

So really Chicago holds our path to either Demidov or Lindstrom, if they go Demidov, we are pretty much boned and looking at our secondary targets which may be defenseman which complicates our future projection even more.

Why? It seems pretty obvious at least to me that Iginla is the perfect fit.

Gaylord Q Tinkledink · Jun 10, 2024

montreal said:
Demidov can be developed as a center but he needs a couple years to mature physically first.

Ooh that changes it.

Especially since McCagg says there's some controversy on Demidov's size and that he could be anywhere from 5'9 to around 6'1

McGees · Jun 10, 2024

I predict Demidov will entice some teams that are on the fence after this Russian combine where they will also be on ice and he can show off his skills.

lamp9post · Jun 10, 2024

Pompeius Magnus said:
Conversely, if they see guys like Iginla,Sennecke or Catton as just as good at #5, then they can just sleep easy and take them without having to trade anything. Which they might TBH, these are very good prospects and all legitimate options at #5.

True, and that could be the case, but almost every prospect ranking list and mock draft I've read have these guys outside of the top 5. Habs could see things differently, however.

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