HF Habs: 2024 NHL Draft Thread

[DramaticGloveSave]

His production is overrated? Lol he just posted the best season by a draft eligible D of all time in the NCAA. He more than doubled Makar’s D+1 production, and bested Quinn Hughes’ D+1 production by 17 points. You can have your opinion on the player, but that is just a dumb statement; there’s no way around it.

You obviously didn’t understand what I said lol

 

[Team_Spirit]

He's no Man Mountain that is being delusionnal.

6f3 204lbs 3.64 bf% 78.75 wingspan

Le Man Mountain

 

[Pompeius Magnus]

Frankly this year...I will probably just say...well....okay? LOL. No matter who we pick. Though at 5, I will have a harder time with Eiserman and Helenius. First one because of how unidimensional he is, and Helenius just because he is a meh pick to me. But then meh picks can do great thinks. I wasn't THAT enthusiastic with Lundell. And geez is Florida happy with him right now.

My 3 favorite picks for habs right now (if Demidov and Lindstrom are gone) are Iginla, Dickinson and Sennecke. In order.

I'm leaning Iginla as I said, maybe even in front of Demidov if I'm being honest. I see legit big moments player potential in him, he just has that '' aura''. He has the moxie to play in the Montreal market too, I don't see him getting intimidated by it at all, he seems super solid between the ears.

 

[sampollock]

I think more and more that it is between Lindstrom and Sennecke.

man that is what I hope
who knows. I want LIsdstom , size , our 2.0 Chirs Krieder

 

[lamp9post]

I think their list for 5OA right now is 3 names deep:

Lindstrom
Demidov
Iginla

I'd be surprised if we don't come out of the draft with one of these players.

 

[Habs Halifax]

I'm leaning Iginla as I said, maybe even in front of Demidov if I'm being honest. I see legit big moments player potential in him, he just has that '' aura''. He has the moxie to play in the Montreal market too, I don't see him getting intimidated by it at all, he seems super solid between the ears.

Same with me. I think Iggy becomes a better all around player and shows up in the playoffs. Type of player who fits in our core well and does what he needs to do for the team. This kid is just starting to show signs of breaking out.

 

[Maitz]

I really hope we can package 26 and 57 to move up in the 16-20 range, we really need top end prospects

 

[SannywithoutCompy]

6f3 204lbs 3.64 bf% 78.75 wingspan

Le Man Mountain

You know that body fat measurement was nowhere near correct right?

 

[Habsrule]

Just throwing it out there. For me there are two main targets at the draft; Demidov and Lindstrom. What happens if both are selected with the #2-4 picks? Would you be opposed to trading back if a team calls?

What if a team like Calgary calls and they offer 9 and 28 for 5?

Then use picks 26 and 28 to either move up in the draft or to pick up a roster player that fits the teams timeline.

 

[NotProkofievian]

Just throwing it out there. For me there are two main targets at the draft; Demidov and Lindstrom. What happens if both are selected with the #2-4 picks? Would you be opposed to trading back if a team calls?

What if a team like Calgary calls and they offer 9 and 28 for 5?

Then use picks 26 and 28 to either move up in the draft or to pick up a roster player that fits the teams timeline.

Good year to trade back IMHO.

 

[Team_Spirit]

You know that body fat measurement was nowhere near correct right?

He's obviously made of rock

 

[Milhouse40]

May the odds be ever in your favor.....but it seems like Tij's fans won't happy.

 

[ReHabs]

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May the odds be ever in your favor.....but it seems like Tij's fans won't happy.

Good money on Silayev

 

[Deebs]

Just throwing it out there. For me there are two main targets at the draft; Demidov and Lindstrom. What happens if both are selected with the #2-4 picks? Would you be opposed to trading back if a team calls?

What if a team like Calgary calls and they offer 9 and 28 for 5?

Then use picks 26 and 28 to either move up in the draft or to pick up a roster player that fits the teams timeline.

Who are the other two players besides Cele that were taken?

 

[skidcells]

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May the odds be ever in your favor.....but it seems like Tij's fans won't happy.

Helenius being there is interesting. No reliable insider has linked him to us. I am curious to see if goldenhands works for a betting company

 

[jaffy27]

Good year to trade back IMHO.

Then Anaheim should trade their pick to Habs and we select Lindstrom

 

[WeThreeKings]

If I had to guess.. these are the paths to Demidov or Lindstrom

To Demidov:
SJS - Celebrini
CHI - Levshunov
ANA - Silayev
CBJ - Lindstrom

To Lindstrom:
SJS - Celebrini
CHI - Demidov
ANA - Levshunov
CBJ - Silayev

 

[Team_Spirit]

Silayev brings size, mobility to 2024 NHL Draft | NHL.com

6-foot-7 defenseman models game after Hedman of Lightning, played this season for Larionov in KHL

www.nhl.com

Silayev, No. 1 on NHL Central Scouting's final ranking of International skaters eligible for the 2024 NHL Upper Deck NHL Draft at Sphere in Las Vegas on June 28-29, had the most points by an under-18 player in KHL history. The defenseman passed current NHL forward Vladimir Tarasenko.

 

[Habsrule]

Who are the other two players besides Cele that were taken?

Lindstrom, Demidov and one of the defencemen.

I mean in hindsight it means that a stud defenceman falls to the Habs at #5 in that scenario.

 

[Hannibal]

If I had to guess.. these are the paths to Demidov or Lindstrom

To Demidov:
SJS - Celebrini
CHI - Levshunov
ANA - Silayev
CBJ - Lindstrom

To Lindstrom:
SJS - Celebrini
CHI - Demidov
ANA - Levshunov
CBJ - Silayev

Who knoes, maybe Timmins and CLB might be tempted by Dickinson!

Dickinson-Jiricek would be a very very good pairing for them for years to come. That would be logical.

 

[Sam de Mtl]

No offense but that's an insane argument to me. It's a team sport, and Karlsson was his team for many of those years. Would you hold it against Lemieux that he only made the playoffs once in his first 6 seasons in a league where 16 of 21 teams make it?

As for his 100 point season, he absolutely made his team better when he was out there. Barring empty net goals, he was even in plus minus which is pretty impressive in and of itself on a team with a -82 goal differential.

As for the Pittsburgh argument, they have an aging roster, it's not really surprising to see a fall off at some point.

I have never seen lower expectations for a star player.

But to each their own.

 

[Lafleurs Guy]

Crazy to me that anyone would pick Karlson ahead of Pietrangelo. Winning the Cup is the whole point of this game and Pietrangelo did it twice to Karlson's zero. And it's not just numbers of cups. Karlsson had long playoff runs only twice in his career. Once in Ottawa, in his best season of his career, the only season I could see an argument for wanting Karlsson ahead of Pie. Then in his first season in San Jose, which was still a good team then.

In terms of making his team better, he arguably did it for most of his Ottawa years, although there was still not much playoff success for them.

Since then, San Jose had the same record before Karlsson to the year he came on board. Then the wagon fell off, which isn't his fault necessarily, but he didn't make them better either. His 100 point season, you can decide to view as you wish. To me, it was a joke of a season for a player who didn't take his team and responsibilities seriously. And San Jose was so bad this season, it would be hard to argue his 100 point season made his team any better. This year Pittsburgh was even worse than last year without him. For a guy you need to pay assets to get, he certainly doesn't improve your team much.

You can’t win a cup when you’re on crap teams. Is Gilbert Dionne better than Marcel? And let me introduce you to Carey Price.

Flip the teams around. Does Pietrangelo win a cup on those Ottawa clubs? Of course not.

 

[Trabdy2]

With more and more viewings of the Top 15-ish prospects, I'm becoming increasingly comfortable and intrigued by Sennecke at 5. His production was as good as Iginla's in the last half of the season and I feel he's still pretty raw - there's a lot to bring out in his game and he could be a real star. I think I'd still prefer Lindstrom or Demidov, but I'd be good if we end up with Sennecke.

 

[habsfan891]

You gotta out do my Poehling reaction.. it's been #1 for too long.

It might be number 1 forever

 

[Pompeius Magnus]

I wonder how big of a voice Timmins has in the Jacket's staff. We know he loves his Dmen and he's better pretty good at picking them historically. This might be the true wildcard in the whole thing. I could definitely picture him being crazy about Dickinson or Silayev and pushing pretty hard in that direction.