HF Habs: 2024 NHL Draft Thread

[dcyhabs]

Bilingualism is a function of necessity, not education. I'm trilingual for shits and giggles essentially, seen 0 payoff for it. I like languages though, so I'm working on a 4th. People will learn a language under exactly two circumstances: they have to, or they want to. Almost always just the first one though.

I’m bilingual and I got a few jobs because of it. Depends on the languages.

 

[NeptunesTrident]

1.Celebrini
2.Levshunov
3.Dickinson
4.Lindstrom
5.Sennecke

 

[montreal]

I didn't get the chance to see much of Buium, I liked what I saw but my question would be was DU the #1 offense out of 60+ schools because of him?

Here's how they rank if anyone was wondering,

DU- 198 goals
BC - 183
Michigan - 169
BU - 163
Quinnipiac - 160
RIT - 156
North Dakota - 151
Michigan St - 147
Western Michigan - 136
Minnesota - 135

DU had 11 skaters with 30 or more points, BC and BU had 6 each. Since I didn't see much of them it just makes me wonder about if he's the reason why DU's offense is so sick ala Lane Hutson in his Freshman year where he lead his team in points and the 3rd scorer on the team had less points then Hutson had assists.

 

[Rapala]

I didn't get the chance to see much of Buium, I liked what I saw but my question would be was DU the #1 offense out of 60+ schools because of him?

Here's how they rank if anyone was wondering,

DU- 198 goals
BC - 183
Michigan - 169
BU - 163
Quinnipiac - 160
RIT - 156
North Dakota - 151
Michigan St - 147
Western Michigan - 136
Minnesota - 135

DU had 11 skaters with 30 or more points, BC and BU had 6 each. Since I didn't see much of them it just makes me wonder about if he's the reason why DU's offense is so sick ala Lane Hutson in his Freshman year where he lead his team in points and the 3rd scorer on the team had less points then Hutson had assists.

I know everyone is gaga about Lane Hutson but for me Buium is the better player and I don't feel it's particularly close.
I would take him in a heart beat if we could move Hutson as part of a package for another early pick in this draft or a young established top 6 forward.
I just think it would give us much better BALANCE overall which is what we should be aiming at.

 

[McGees]

https://x.com/i/web/status/1800988210291433968

 

[Rapala]

That would be extremely disappointing for this Habs fan

I agree it would force me to reconsider the idea that management know what they are doing in terms of building a balanced team.

 

[Saundies]

You gotta have 5 names if you're picking 5th. I think those names for me are Celebrini, Lindstrom, Buium, Parekh, and Iginla.

Post your 5 names people.

Macklin
Levshunov
Dickinson
Lindstrom
DEMIGOD

 

[SannywithoutCompy]

I didn't get the chance to see much of Buium, I liked what I saw but my question would be was DU the #1 offense out of 60+ schools because of him?

Here's how they rank if anyone was wondering,

DU- 198 goals
BC - 183
Michigan - 169
BU - 163
Quinnipiac - 160
RIT - 156
North Dakota - 151
Michigan St - 147
Western Michigan - 136
Minnesota - 135

DU had 11 skaters with 30 or more points, BC and BU had 6 each. Since I didn't see much of them it just makes me wonder about if he's the reason why DU's offense is so sick ala Lane Hutson in his Freshman year where he lead his team in points and the 3rd scorer on the team had less points then Hutson had assists.

I think Hutson is ahead of Buium offensively but Buium is much better defensively. I think Fox is not an unreasonable projection for him, especially considering he's already ahead of where Fox was defensively in college.

 

[Estimated_Prophet]

I'm not saying he's a carbon copy of Makar stylistically, but I expect Buium to put up points a la Makar in the NHL.

A very smart, offensive Dman who can do it all and play in all situations.

He will put up points but not likely very close to Makar as Buium's offensive potential is getting overrated due to having played on a stacked Denver team that scored a ton of goals. I think he can be a 60+ point defender who plays a strong two way game at his ceiling.

 

[Kents polished head]

Sorry if it’s been posted, but according to Arpon Basu on the latest Athletic mock draft, the Habs really like Andrew Basha. Arpon still isn’t convinced we’ll be making that pick, but if we do and Basha is still there, he said the Habs see an NHL projectable game there. They met with him 5 times over the course of the season.

Demidov and Basha? I’d be ecstatic. Greentree even moreso, but I can’t see him falling to 26.

Would be great if we picked him. I often kept wondering who the hell was "that guy" when watching Lindstrom and it was Basha.

Very nice young player.

 

[DramaticGloveSave]

When Makar was drafted he wasn't thought of as highly as he is now.

We shall see.

Buium is nowhere near the dynamic raw talent Makar was. Makar was/is electric.

Buium is cerebral, I like his game, but people are getting tricked by that stat line. He’ll be a solid point producer at the next level due to his smart and solid all around skill set, but he’s not cut from the dynamic cloth Makar, Quinn Hughes and Adam Fox were.

Lane Hutson on the other hand…

 

[Habsrule]

Celebrini
Demidov
Lindstrom
Levshukov
Dickinson
Buium
Silayev

That’s my top five in order. Yes I did seven because I would be happy with any of them. Iginla I have next on my list but he is a tier below.

If Demidov and Lindstrom are both picked in the 2-4 range then I would have not problems trading down into the 6-10 range and picking Iginla or Sennecke with an added second rounder in there. Use that second rounder to trade up from 26.

 

[DramaticGloveSave]

f*** this site, I keep writing epic posts and the site reloads randomly and it gets lost.

Anyways, Buium is overrated

 

[Luigi Habs]

Buium put up better numbers than Makar, Fox and Hughes in their freshman seasons.

He also won gold on both the u-18 and u-20 team.

He shutdown the first overall pick in Maclin Celebrini and BU

He then shutdown the most dominant line in NCAA history Gauthier-Smith-Perrault on his way to winning the NCAA championship.

Whoever picks him is getting a stud and there is a reason the Habs love him, even with him being a LHD. He's that good.

I don’t know why Buium is not a lock for top 3. He checks all the boxes for a top pairing.

 

[Blame the referee]

SJ : Celebrini
CHI : Buium
Ducks : Levshunov
CLB : Lindstrom

This will be the first 4 picks

I can see it… The Montreal Canadiens are proud to select…Beckett Sennecke.

And just like that we let pass Michkov and Demidov for Reinbacher and Sennecke

 

[Habs7631]

f*** this site, I keep writing epic posts and the site reloads randomly and it gets lost.

Anyways, Buium is overrated

Tell us more.

I’m actually serious, I’d like to hear some pushback to the Buium hype train. Seems he’s the new flavor of the week. Especially a lot of the mocks that are coming out have him ridiculously high.

 

[River Meadow]

I love how some people are like... Oh ya, XYZ player is gonna be a 50pt player, top 2, blablabla.

Bruh.

These kids aren't even drafted yet, some are not even 18 years old.

There's probably some kid(s) out there who no one really has on their radars who will become great NHLers.

All this to say.... no one really has any idea how anyone will really pan out for sure, certainly not enough to be firm on their point production in the NHL. It's all projections and it's fine to make the projections, but it also doesn't mean you're 100% correct.

 

[Gally11]

I can see it… The Montreal Canadiens are proud to select…Beckett Sennecke.

And just like that we let pass Michkov and Demidov for Reinbacher and Sennecke

I feel like there’s zero chance they’d pass on Demidov, I’d be shocked

 

[Jack Skellington]

I feel like there’s zero chance they’d pass on Demidov, I’d be shocked

I remember hearing rumors even last year when we passed on Michkov that the Habs are way higher on Demidov and that sentiment seems to have been echoed throughout this season as well. If they pass on him I will assume it's for a good reason because we should have the most intel out of any team.

 

[Habs7631]

I love how some people are like... Oh ya, XYZ player is gonna be a 50pt player, top 2, blablabla.

Bruh.

These kids aren't even drafted yet, some are not even 18 years old.

There's probably some kid(s) out there who no one really has on their radars who will become great NHLers.

All this to say.... no one really has any idea how anyone will really pan out for sure, certainly not enough to be firm on their point production in the NHL. It's all projections and it's fine to make the projections, but it also doesn't mean you're 100% correct.

Actually you’re wrong. I know it all, let me break it down to you (and send this to HuGo).

Will be worth their draft position :

1. Celebrini
2. Demidov
3. Dickinson
4. Buium
5. Iginla
6. Parekh
7. Silayev
8. Eiserman
9. Catton
10. Nygard

Will become bust :

1. Levshunov
2. Lindstrom
3. Sennecke
4. Helenius
5. Yakemchuk
6. Whoever the Habs draft at #26 if they don’t freaking trade the pick.

You heard it here first.

 

[A Loyal Demidog]

f*** this site, I keep writing epic posts and the site reloads randomly and it gets lost.

Anyways, Buium is overrated

Yup, same happens to me when on mobile.

 

[River Meadow]

Actually you’re wrong. I know it all, let me break it down to you (and send this to HuGo).

Will be worth their draft position :

1. Celebrini
2. Demidov
3. Dickinson
4. Buium
5. Iginla
6. Parekh
7. Silayev
8. Eiserman
9. Catton
10. Nygard

Will become bust :

1. Levshunov
2. Lindstrom
3. Sennecke
4. Helenius
5. Yakemchuk
6. Whoever the Habs draft at #26 if they don’t freaking trade the pick.

You heard it here first.

Thanks dad.

 

[jaffy27]

f*** this site, I keep writing epic posts and the site reloads randomly and it gets lost.

Anyways, Buium is overrated

Refresh the page and it comes back (tap the site forums.hfboards.com)….then hit return or go on the right of the keyboard and that should bring it back.

 

[DramaticGloveSave]

Tell us more.

I’m actually serious, I’d like to hear some pushback to the Buium hype train. Seems he’s the new flavor of the week. Especially a lot of the mocks that are coming out have him ridiculously high.

I don’t have the energy lol but the abridged was posted. His production is overrated, Hutson is closer to that Makar/Hughes/Fox type. Buium is cerebral not a dynamic threat

 

[jaffy27]

I can see it… The Montreal Canadiens are proud to select…Beckett Sennecke.

And just like that we let pass Michkov and Demidov for Reinbacher and Sennecke

Not exactly the end of the world but we’ll see.

How are you so certain that Michkov will be more effective and productive then Reinbacher?