HF Habs: 2024 NHL Draft Thread

[Chadstudsky]

Catton
Helenius
Hage
Zetterberg
Vuollet
Brandsegg Nygard

3 of your 6 arent even on @MarkovsKnee top 25 list

 

[WeThreeKings]

3 of your 6 arent even on @MarkovsKnee top 25 list

There will be a lot of variance and changes. Hlinka will be the first chance to really put people in buckets then watch their year unfold.

I don't really scout D-1 or lower, sometimes I'll catch glimpses

 

[Mrb1p]

Rebuilding on 9th overall boys we got this

 

[BenchBrawl]

Whoever they pick, he'll be a good boy that fits the culture.

 

[JoelWarlord]

I just hope we don't get caught up in the whole "big 5" thing this year, wherever the cutoff ends up actually being drawn.

In the leadup to the last two drafts we all collectively spent so much time arguing and fretting about putting ourselves in a position to draft one of "the big 5" and then Jiricek went 6th and Michkov went 7th.

 

[MarkovsKnee]

3 of your 6 arent even on @MarkovsKnee top 25 list

Michael Hage will be an extremely interesting watch for everyone this year. He starts outside of 1st round due to only playing 13 games last season. He tore his shoulder labrum in practice, and was out 6 months.

The previous year (21-22), he played for the Toronto Jr. Canadiens and put up 116 pts in only 57 games. A 2.04 ppg.

Other player who have put up 2+ ppg at that level, and their draft positions:

1. Connor McDavid: 2.38 (#1 OA)
2. Lawson Crouse: 2.27 (#10 OA)
3. Stephen Weise: 2.27 (#4 OA)
4. Travis Konecny: 2.11 (#24 OA)
5. Shane Wright: 2.08 (#4 OA)
6. Jack Hughes: 1.99 (#1 OA)

Only Konecny wasn't a top 10 pick.

The other 2, Nygard & Vuollet are already eating up the Sweden junior leagues. Nygard in particular will rise quickly. He has everything including solid size.

Swedish kids always start late than rise. No idea why that happens. All 3 can easily get into 1st round with others falling out.

 

[1000eeer]

1st line potential forward with skills, size and grit?

 

[JeffreyLFC]

Rebuilding on 9th overall boys we got this

Give us the most cultured players.

 

[NotProkofievian]

Give us the most cultured players.

Prospect: *chips puck in corner culturedly*

Bobrov: THAT. WINS. CUPS.

 

[SOLR]

Yes yes yes I'm fully aware of the 2024 1st rounder conditions list from hell, I was kidding.

 

[SOLR]

1st line potential forward with skills, size and grit?

Sacha Boisvert and Maxim Massé will be on that list.

I'd be on board with Hughes trading prospects and pick capital to ensure he gets one of Celebrini, Eiserman or Demidov. Will take a willing partner and an overpay likely, but that's the last missing piece of the build.

Even if we are filled with Ds I would consider Levshunov.

 

[Gaylord Q Tinkledink]

Cayden Lindstrom is interesting to see how he will do.

Team didn't do too well, but there's him and another draft eligible player.

At 6'5, if he shows the skill he's going to go high.

Teammate is Andrew Basha that's also available for this draft.

 

[Kaiden Ghoul]

If we pick around 9, i would look to pack it with pick prospect and cap dumb(Armia) and try to get a PPG player

Eiserman would be so much sweet, imagine Caufield and him on two seperate line

 

[SlafySZN]

Let’s roll it back, buddies

 

[Kobe Armstrong]

Parekh is very interesting if we use Calgary pick 20-32

He went on a crazy goal scoring run last year IIRC

 

[WeThreeKings]

Parekh is very interesting if we use Calgary pick 20-32

He went on a crazy goal scoring run last year IIRC

I don't see Parekh lasting very long.

 

[Adam Michaels]

Pronman in his super early mock draft has Habs picking Demidov at 3rd.

And then I went and saw Demidov also just signed a 3-year extension with SKA St. Petersburg in 2022. So it will be Michkov 2.0

 

[DiglettDangles]

Pronman in his super early mock draft has Habs picking Demidov at 3rd.

And then I went and saw Demidov also just signed a 3-year extension with SKA St. Petersburg in 2022. So it will be Michkov 2.0

Demidov's contract ends one year after his draft, that's very manageable.
Given the Habs' track record on rushing prospects, it's a blessing in disguise.
I'm bracing myself for the same "couldn't go to Russia to see him live" bs tho.

 

[HuGort]

Pronman in his super early mock draft has Habs picking Demidov at 3rd.

And then I went and saw Demidov also just signed a 3-year extension with SKA St. Petersburg in 2022. So it will be Michkov 2.0

Imagine Hughes will take a defense man. He seems to value them high and first round '24 draft is stacked with right shot top 4 d-man

 

[SOLR]

Konsta Helenius will fall like a rock from the current rankings, he's not super skilled. (Remember Haltunen?)

 

[Frank JT]

We are not better than any team in the Atlantic, only better than Philly in the Metro, better than coyotes, sharks, hawks in the west.

We'll be battling it out with Washington, Detroit, Nashville, Winnipeg, and Vancouver.

Top 10 pick guaranteed IMO. Odds being high of it being 7, 8 or 9.

Celebrini, Eiserman and Demidov will be gone, who is the next tier of forwards and where is the cutoff? Looking likely we get one in tier 2 assuming 3 or 4 D go after the big 3 up front

Columbus, Pittsburg, Calgary could go down also. Is Toronto/Boston will be in the playoffs? It won't be easy. With MSL, Montembault/Allen, the young wolfs, who knows where we will be in february?

 

[NotProkofievian]

Konsta Helenius will fall like a rock from the current rankings, he's not super skilled. (Remember Haltunen?)

Halttunen's dumb AF though. Helenius will likely have a big year in Mikkeli.

 

[SOLR]

Halttunen's dumb AF though. Helenius will likely have a big year in Mikkeli.

Yep, but Helenius isn't that skilled again; he's somewhere between Gallagher and Aho. I keep seeing him ahead of people like Mews and I go, hmm, that's not going to stand IS IT? IS IT?

 

[NotProkofievian]

Yep, but Helenius isn't that skilled again; he's somewhere between Gallagher and Aho. I keep seeing him ahead of people like Mews and I go, hmm, that's not going to stand IS IT? IS IT?

Maybe, maybe not. Really depends on how much growth we see from him. Finnish prospects have had a bad habit of looking awesome D-1 and then flatlining recently.

 

[Mrb1p]

Yep, but Helenius isn't that skilled again; he's somewhere between Gallagher and Aho. I keep seeing him ahead of people like Mews and I go, hmm, that's not going to stand IS IT? IS IT?

Gallagher Aho is a pretty big bracket