HF Habs: 2024 NHL Draft Thread

[Nevins]

It's not great, and there's zero need for Montreal to draft a goalie this year. We drafted 3 goalies in 2023. I would look to 2025 draft before drafting another goalie even then we could probably wait til 2026.

I have heard good things about Jakub Milota.


Jakub Milota at eliteprospects.com

 

[Nevins]

Aatos Koivu at eliteprospects.comThe son of Saku Koivu will be eligible for the 2024 draft. He is a 6´0´´ center.Aatos Koivu.

 

[Estimated_Prophet]

I have heard good things about Jakub Milota.


Jakub Milota at eliteprospects.com

Drafting goalies late is never a bad move as you have a much better chance of hitting a homerun on a late goalie pick than you have with a late skater pick. Conversely, drafting them early is plain dumb.

 

[calder candidate]

Aatos Koivu at eliteprospects.comThe son of Saku Koivu will be eligible for the 2024 draft. He is a 6´0´´ center.Aatos Koivu.

We wasted a bunch pick a bunch on overagers or guy that weren’t listed anywhere… So I would not mind picking him up late 3rd early 4th that where i have him rank right now anyway.

 

[Kobe Armstrong]

We wasted a bunch pick a bunch on overagers or guy that weren’t listed anywhere… So I would not mind picking him up late 3rd early 4th that where i have him rank right now anyway.

That pick is actually saved for Marty's son though he is having a good freshman season at Brown

 

[The Great Weal]

After more research, my wishlist as of 21/12:

Celebrini
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Lindstrom
Catton
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Demidov
Eiserman
Helenius
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Parekh
Dickinson

I prefer Lindstrom and Catton to Will Smith, but they're not on Carlsson/Fantilli level.

Ya it really was a top 3 draft last year given Michkov's situation. I did read some IQ concerns about Lindstrom, but tough to pass up on that size, skating, goal-scoring talent, and physicality.

 

[Whitesnake]

We need wingers. We do. That is a NEED. Yet...come our pick....you have a choice between...

Buium
Connolly
Brandsegg-Nygard
Chernyskov
Artamonov

You really have the luxury to just pass over Buium?

 

[WeThreeKings]

We need wingers. We do. That is a NEED. Yet...come our pick....you have a choice between...

Buium
Connolly
Brandsegg-Nygard
Chernyskov
Artamonov

You really have the luxury to just pass over Buium?

I would, yeah.

 

[bopeep]

Aatos Koivu at eliteprospects.comThe son of Saku Koivu will be eligible for the 2024 draft. He is a 6´0´´ center.Aatos Koivu.

His teammate, Kasper Pikkareinen is worth keeping an eye on as well. 6'3 194 RW, ppg right now for the U20 squad and a late birthday

 

[Jaynki]

We need wingers. We do. That is a NEED. Yet...come our pick....you have a choice between...

Buium
Connolly
Brandsegg-Nygard
Chernyskov
Artamonov

You really have the luxury to just pass over Buium?

Disregard the name and specific favourites,

If the BPA is a LD at our spot, we should draft a LD and figure the other problem after.

Going by needs led us to KK over two franchise player.

Going with a BPA mentality gave us a franchise goalie despite us already having a vezina winning goalie.

 

[montreal]

That pick is actually saved for Marty's son though he is having a good freshman season at Brown

not sure if serious, his son at Brown is too old for the draft, his son in the USHL that is slated to go to Harvard was passed over last year but he's eligible for this draft and if not picked then in '25 as well.

Lucas St-Louis at eliteprospects.com

Eliteprospects.com hockey player profile of Lucas St-Louis, 2005-03-30 Burlington, VT, USA USA. Most recently in the USHL with Dubuque Fighting Saints. Complete player biography and stats.

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[Whitesnake]

Disregard the name and specific favourites,

If the BPA is a LD at our spot, we should draft a LD and figure the other problem after.

Going by needs led us to KK over two franchise player.

Going with a BPA mentality gave us a franchise goalie despite us already having a vezina winning goalie.

My question had to have the names. 'Cause as everybody knows I will ALWAYS choose BPA rather then needs. What needs to be determined by myself...for my own fun....is what kind of gap are we looking at between the players I mentioned so that a need could also be considered BPA. Possible that it's not that big.

 

[Gaylord Q Tinkledink]

Jan Spunar leads the CHL in GAA, but isn't listed in the top 10 for shutouts.

 

[Michoulicious]

I want Levshunov if available and Lindstrom/Celebrini/Eiserman are gone.

Mailloux/Barron ain't good enough for the top 4 at RD.

 

[WeThreeKings]

I want Levshunov if available and Lindstrom/Celebrini/Eiserman are gone.

Mailloux/Barron ain't good enough for the top 4 at RD.

*spiderman point img*

 

[HuGort]

How would Carter Yakemchuk compare to Guhle? In his draft year of course. Yakemchuk has superior numbers.

 

[Frank JT]

I want Levshunov if available and Lindstrom/Celebrini/Eiserman are gone.

Mailloux/Barron ain't good enough for the top 4 at RD.

Reinbacher is. Bogdan Konyushkov is also promising. Too soon to say for Mailloux.
I'm theoretically for BPA. But, it's not that often that teams trade blue chip prospects.
That being said, I'm not against picking Levshunov if PBA.

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A promising G of 19y old for later rounds.

 

[Kobe Armstrong]

Kiviharju will be the BPA and we will reach for Brandsegg Nygard, Demidov will be off the table by January due to character/Russia concerns.

There I saved a year's worth of discussion

Damn did I predict the future again, post from July

IMO Buium looks like Shea Theodore

 

[Frank JT]

On Cayden Lindstrom
Some + and - (or questions) on him.
Vibes of Slafkovsky, P.-L. Dubois, Kreider.

 

[le_sean]

Disregard the name and specific favourites,

If the BPA is a LD at our spot, we should draft a LD and figure the other problem after.

Going by needs led us to KK over two franchise player.

Going with a BPA mentality gave us a franchise goalie despite us already having a vezina winning goalie.

Hope when you say two franchise players you mean Hughes and Dobson, not Tkachuk

 

[Frank JT]

An underated prospect : Parascak

 

[skidcells]

What do we think of Dean Létourneau ?

 

[WeThreeKings]

What do we think of Dean Létourneau ?

Love him. That's a home run swing.

 

[skidcells]

Love him. That's a home run swing.

Feel similar. Depending where we finish and how the draft goes/if we get another first might be worth the swing

 

[SlafySZN]

Michael Brandsegg-Nygard is definitely a hab if they don’t get a top 7 pick.