HF Habs: 2024 NHL Draft Thread

[BergevinBurner]

https://x.com/i/web/status/1802853160148451388

Demidov is headed there with his finest platform shoes and a large intestine that hasn't been emptied in days.
He's going to ace the height/weight measurements!

 

[Jabba11]

As late flavor of the week and weak, Berkly Catton must be considered at 5th overall. Over Sennecke, Iginla and Lindstrom.

If every team prioritizes height, then Chicago wouldn't have picked Patrick Kane (5'9.75 - 170 lbs vs Catton 5'10.25 - 175 lbs) over JVR or Kyle Turris.

Catton is only player that oozes true offensive talent compared to the other guys who I would rank more as projects. The kid is from Saskatchewan, he's not a weak player like the ones from Ontario (wink wink Mitchell Marner). He fought Iginla and didn't look out of place. If we want someone similar in style as Kaner, go for Catton. If we want a beauty on defense that will solidify our D for the next generation, go for Sam Dickinson.

Players I would want at 5:

Ivan Demidov
Sam Dickinson
Zeev Buium
Berkly Catton
Anton Silayev

 

[Gainesvillain]

What if...
Habs use Reinbacher in a deal
Then at 5 draft a d man?

Too early to contemplate trading Reinbacher - or any of Guhle, Struble, WiFi, Hutson, etc etc.

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(not directed at sampollock):


So funny to have read this board for years and have ppl constantly mock Bergevin for saying trades are hard....and then these same posters complain that we have to draft a F because...trades are hard.

Let's have our GM take BPA at the draft.

He's got 364 days of the year to tweak the rest of the lineup.

 

[Jaynki]

From a pure player profile, Zeev Buium is probably the player we need the less in the draft. Having Hutson but also having bigger D with good defensive acuity.

All in all tho, and i may totally be wrong tho, i think Buium has the highest ceiling in the draft after Celebrini.

I think his ceiling is a true 1D, top 10D in the league in his prime.

Levshunov, Silayev have major size, one is a RD and they both feel easier to project as top pair D.

But in terms of pure upside, i believe Buium is second to Celebrini in this draft.

It is only a distraction that we have so many good, promising young LD. He would be top of the list. We would miss on a good forward, but if we draft a true 1D and then proceed to trade Ds for Fs. We may end up in a way better spot than with the current Ds we have and the forward we may draft at 5.

Its all about extracting the most value out of our pick and i believe Buium is the best available asset at 5, if he is there.

Tldr : Buium is my choice for 5OV because i believe in terms of pure upside, he is 2nd to Celebrini in the draft.

 

[vokiel]

Laine is going to be traded. Johnson seems to be busting. Texier is an average 3rd line forward, who's a winger. Marchenko is a good 2nd line goal scorer, and a winger. Chinakov is a winger.

Gaudreau winger. Sillinger looks to be a decent 2nd line center. Fantilli looks to be a winger at NHL level, too.

If they think Lindstrom can be a center, you take him based off that fact alone. Their #1 center is Boone Jenner.

I'd pick Catton if I was Don.

 

[Jaynki]

Drafting Zeev Buium and trading Kaiden Guhle may land us the better defenseman (Buium > Guhle) and the better forward. (If : the guy we trade Guhle for > the guy we pick at 5)

 

[le_sean]

Man it would be great Silayev-Bogdan together in MTL

Then draft Artmanov from Torpedo ... these guys would rock

Hutson-Reinbacher
Silayev-Bodgan
Guhle-Mailloux
Wifi-Struble-Engstrom

Yeah a good way to improve an NHL team is by building them up with players from a middling KHL team

 

[Skip Bayless]

Do you guys still pick Demidov if he's 5'10¾?

 

[Jack Skellington]

Average Habs enjoyer.

It's interesting that management brought him out to dinner though, could there be a scenario where we take him with the plan of moving Guhle to the right side?

I know it's too early to tell, but a d-core of:
Hutson-Reinbacher
Dickinson-Guhle
Xhekaj-Mailloux
has the potential to be something special. The only downside is we'll need Hutson to score atleast 100 goals a season to makeup for the lack of offense up front

Swaaaaayzeee

 

[Pompeius Magnus]

Do you guys still pick Demidov if he's 5'10¾?

Would any girl even date him at that height? Cast him in the next Hobbit movie already, what a dweeb

 

[jrom]

Laine is going to be traded. Johnson seems to be busting. Texier is an average 3rd line forward, who's a winger. Marchenko is a good 2nd line goal scorer, and a winger. Chinakov is a winger.

Gaudreau winger. Sillinger looks to be a decent 2nd line center. Fantilli looks to be a winger at NHL level, too.

If they think Lindstrom can be a center, you take him based off that fact alone. Their #1 center is Boone Jenner.

I'd happily grab Voronkov but he's not going anywhere (hopefully we start throwing darts at players like that in the later rounds instead of guys like Pitlick or Guindon)

 

[MarkovsKnee]

I'd happily grab Voronkov but he's not going anywhere (hopefully we start throwing darts at players like that in the later rounds instead of guys like Pitlick or Guindon)

Yes, he had a pretty good first season. He can play all 3 forward positions, I believe, but I'm not sure where he slots in for them (wing or center).

They also added Gavin Brindley who also projects as a winger. They have a lot of guys who fit into a middle 6 wing role. They need top line guys at forward, especially center. Fantilli is still young, but he definitely struggled with the defensive side of center.

Gaudreau can't carry the team by himself. There's a fit for a big center like Lindstrom, who brings a total game.

 

[BergevinBurner]

It’s gonna be awesome when we draft Eiserman at 5th and all y’all melt down.

Or when we pass on him for Sennecke and in 3 years he's putting up 50 goal seasons and Sennecke's putting up 50 point seasons.

 

[Skip Bayless]

Man, I just tried listening to the Harpoon Bazoong and Godin podcast. I can't believe I made it through 15 min. of "I don't know, but it probably could be". All the while both these guys looking like they just woke up. I honestly think that reading you guys is a 100% more entertaining.

 

[WeThreeKings]

Some of you need therapy from how bad Bergevin hurt you

 

[Anardil]

If a player is on a good team, you can adjust their point totals downwards, all the way to 0. Only point totals on the worst team count. But in that case is the guy an individual player? Why's he getting so many points on a garbage team? The only conclusion can be that we shouldn't draft players who get points.

It appears that the Habs have been following that philosophy for 30+ years...

 

[Lafleurs Guy]

Some of you need therapy from how bad Bergevin hurt you

A decade of darkness.

We lost at least one cup because of him.

 

[Habricot]

I probably wouldn't be mad at taking Sennecke @ 5 but I'd be somewhat disappointed since I'd prefer Iginla over him if Demidov and Lindstrom both go top 4. Give me the bloodline kid over the tall lanky late riser kid this time around but I do think that Sennecke will be the Habs pick @ 5 this year if both Demidov and Lindstrom go top 4 but we'll see since lots can happen depending on who goes top 4 in this seemingly unpredictible draft.

I think Sennecke-Suzuki would end like Barkov-Huberdeau. Although I think Sennecke will be even better the Huberdeau.

 

[Vachon23]

I think Sennecke-Suzuki would end like Barkov-Huberdeau. Although I think Sennecke will be even better the Huberdeau.

Don’t think either of those player are that level. Suzuki is not Barkov that I’m 100 %sure

 

[Hacketts]

A decade of darkness.

We lost at least one cup because of him.

Yeah and the Andreas Dackell era was a hoot.

 

[Habricot]

Don’t think either of those player are that level. Suzuki is not Barkov that I’m 100 %sure

On a winning team with equivalent supporting cast he is not that far...

 

[Kents polished head]

On a winning team with equivalent supporting cast he is not that far...

No.

I don't think you realize how good Barkov is.

This guy has to be the most underrated player in the NHL since Pavel Datsyuk.

There's a reason why Huberdeau struggles so much in Calgary.

 

[Lafleurs Guy]

Yeah and the Andreas Dackell era was a hoot.

The Andreas Dackell era didn't have Price, Subban, Max, Markov and a 3rd overall to kick start a rebuild. Our incompetent GM did.

Day one: Hires Michel Therrien.

Thank God the new regime seems to know what it's doing. So far so good. At a minimum we've picked a direction.

 

[Habssince89]

The Andreas Dackell era didn't have Price, Subban, Max, Markov and a 3rd overall to kick start a rebuild. Our incompetent GM did.

Day one: Hires Michel Therrien.

Thank God the new regime seems to know what it's doing. So far so good. At a minimum we've picked a direction.

the fact that Gorton/Hughes were the first to do proper analytics in Montreal is a crime. How can one of the oldest, richest teams not be doing best practice in their ops? We've had endless dinosaurs and old boys clubs, and this is the first time the management seems truly modern and forward-thinking

 

[CHwest]

Some of you need therapy from how bad Bergevin hurt you

I started going 6 months after he left, thought I would bounce back to my old self but stayed down. The therapist told me that thinking about him running coffee for the boys in LA might make me happy for a while, it would wear off. It did so now I wore a rubber band around my wrist and snapped myself every time I had a nasty thought about the man. Three wrist infections later I realized I needed more, so I drown my sorrows in chocolate milk with cream soda chasers. Hard on the guts but keeps my mind off of him....