HF Habs: 2024 NHL Draft Thread

[SannywithoutCompy]

I’ll take a crack at posting my top 10:

1- Celebrini
2- Demidov
3- Dickinson
4- sennecke
5- Lindstrom
6- Buium
7- Levshunov
8- iginla
9- Parekh
10- Hutson


Yes I like Cole that much. It is what it is and I’ll own my ranking.

Hey I get it. I had Lane at 10 in 2022 but I liked his game better than Cole's.

 

[McGees]

Well at least we know that
we are DEFINITELY picking 1 of Demidov or Lindstrom!

...or Iggy

...or Sennecke



...or Dickinson







...or Buium or Parekh

 

[sampollock]

Demidov is there and we take him

seems that is the game plan I agree

 

[WeThreeKings]

seems that is the game plan I agree

This is starting to feel like the Packers being mocked Dejean everywhere and taking an OT though for me lol

 

[sampollock]

This is starting to feel like the Packers being mocked Dejean everywhere and taking an OT though for me lol

HA
one more week then we can debate this for real

 

[sampollock]

listening to a podcast since CDK is under cyber attack

Button is yaking about Iggs when he got drafted and so many GM's passed on him, thus defending this new list.

what a blow bag

 

[1000eeer]

With the 5th OA pick, the montreal canadiens are proud to select :

1- Demidov
2- Dickinson or BUIUM
3- Lindstrom

IMO, if Demidov is off the board and one of BUIUM or DICKINSON is still available, you can't take a forward.

Hughes and Gorton are paid millions to be good asset managers. So, we need to take the best player available no matter what.

If we take Dickinson, Guhle becomes irrelevant.
If we take BUIUM, Hutson becomes irrelevant.

Though we need an elite forward and I'm not sure Zegras, Necas or Laine are what we need.

 

[Jaynki]

You're the first person I see labeling Celebrini as generational

Generational is too much but he is ainec a franchise C. Top 10 in the league at his position. Dont think Carlsson upside is farther than this tho.

Imo, both teams keep their franchise C and Anaheim certainly does not pay 3rd overall for it.

In a vacuum, i think Carlsson and the 3rd is more value but i don't think San Jose has any interest in trading away its franchise player.

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Personal ranking :

1. Celebrini
2. Buium
3. Demidov
4. Silayev
5. Parekh
6. Lindstrom
7. Tij
8. Levshunov
9. Dickinson
10. Catton
11. Sennecke
12. Eiserman

In the Habs position. I would pick Tij and Lindstrom ahead of Parekh tho. But not the rest.

 

[Jaynki]

If we take BUIUM, Hutson becomes irrelevant.

I don't know man, personally the thought of having Buium/Hutson on the ice for 40+min/game should be a f***ing nightmare for the opposition.

These guy are insane puck mover, transition player especially surrounded by dman like Reinbacher and Guhle.

Buium - Reinbacher
Hutson - Guhle

There is no one irrelevant here and its exciting as f***.

 

[Schooner Guy]

Has he been reliable in the past?

No.

Peters is so-so but I don't think he has any hands on any pulse of what teams are thinking.

 

[sheed36]

Just read a bit of the Hawks draft thread and they seem to want Demidov very badly. If the Hawks go with Levshunov there might be a bit of an angry mob over there on draft night.

Also saw this in the draft thread on the CBJ board. Do the Jackets need more wingers though?

https://x.com/i/web/status/1803480204024881431

I've been on HF for almost 20 years and this was the first time I can ever remember being on the Hawks or CBJ board here on HF.

 

[sampollock]

Just read a bit of the Hawks draft thread and they seem to want Demidov very badly. If the Hawks go with Levshunov there might be a bit of an angry mob over there on draft night.

Also saw this in the draft thread on the CBJ board. Do the Jackets need more wingers though?

https://x.com/i/web/status/1803480204024881431

I've been on HF for almost 20 years and this was the first time I can ever remember being on the Hawks or CBJ board here on HF.

LOL you are the scout for HF habs

 

[sheed36]

LOL you are the scout for HF habs

Was just wondering what the fans from these teams were saying about who they'd like their respective teams to pick.

Might try and find my way over to the Ducks board sometime later. Don't think I've ever been on the Ducks board here before either.

 

[The Last Red]

With the 5th OA pick, the montreal canadiens are proud to select :

1- Demidov
2- Dickinson or BUIUM
3- Lindstrom

IMO, if Demidov is off the board and one of BUIUM or DICKINSON is still available, you can't take a forward.

Hughes and Gorton are paid millions to be good asset managers. So, we need to take the best player available no matter what.

If we take Dickinson, Guhle becomes irrelevant.
If we take BUIUM, Hutson becomes irrelevant.

Though we need an elite forward and I'm not sure Zegras, Necas or Laine are what we need.

Iginla or Buuim.

Was just wondering what the fans from these teams were saying about who they'd like their respective teams to pick.

Might try and find my way over to the Ducks board sometime later. Don't think I've ever been on the Ducks board here before either.

It's a very small, select group.

 

[GoodKiwi]

I've been reading this thread on and off for the past 3 weeks as I'm vacationing in Tunisia and I came to the conclusion - the Habs want none of any of these players as they're all extremely flawed and will bust in one way or another according to various posters in here.

Forfeit the pick. It's the only way.

 

[McGuires Corndog]

At this point I just want it over with, the suspense is killing me.

At least last year you knew it was Smith if he dropped (we knew it was unlikely), Michkov or Reinbacher. You had the odd guy pushing for Leonard.

This year it can be

Levshunov (if he falls, unlikely)
Lindstrom
Demidov
Iginla
Sennecke
Buium
Dickinson

And then you have a guy like Catton who likely isn’t in the conversation, but IMO definitely deserves to be.

 

[Banjo Cat]

Are we the only fanbase that ranks Tij Iginla so highly? Not saying this to criticize Iggy 2, but I am just curious.

 

[sampollock]

This board has batted around every possibility
Time to get the picked announced.
Good scouting from all you posters, video's , comments

 

[Habsrule]

My top 26 in order of preference as to who I would pick if I was GM.

Celebrini
Demidov
Lindstrom
Levshunov
Dickinson
Silayev
Buium
Iginla
Sennecke
Eiserman

Helenius
Catton
Parekh
Yakemchuk
Connolly
Greentree
Brandsegg-Nygard
Hage
Chernyshov
Jiricek

Solberg
Surin
Luchenko
Hemming
Boisvert
Beaudoin

 

[Rob Sense]

Well at least we know that
we are DEFINITELY picking 1 of Demidov or Lindstrom!

...or Iggy

...or Sennecke



...or Dickinson







...or Buium or Parekh

I sense you have unique insight into the context. My money is on your pick(s).

 

[Schooner Guy]

Are we the only fanbase that ranks Tij Iginla so highly? Not saying this to criticize Iggy 2, but I am just curious.

No. After Celebrini, there are about 10 players who could legitimately go in that #5 range. It all depends on teams preferences. Scott Wheeler did a poll and most teams have Yakemchuk as their #6 dman but several have him higher. Dickinson was anywhere from 1-6 for D in this draft.

Some teams would have Iggy in their top 5 overall. Demidov/Silayev were 2 and 3 in Bobby Mac's last poll of scouts but the Russian factor is always lurking in the back of teams minds. Are teams concerned about Lindstrom's herniated disk? This will certainly be one of the more interesting drafts in recent years.

 

[B1g B1rd]

So... I see Iginla is falling in the pool's thread... Under 50% now.
I voted Iginla... But only if Lindstrom and Demidov are gone.
But now I dont know... Hernia is pretty bad and he's had sciatica as well... I know the drift. I have it. Yes you can recover but it can be back in a heartbeat. One wrong move... Bang.
So here's my top 5 for the Glorieux, without Lindstrom but with a center which I think we need more than anything else.
- Demidov
- Catton
- Iginla
- Sennecke
- Parekh (I dont want LD... We're already full at that position. Why complicate things even more?). I'd take oldie Lev but I believe he be gone at 5.

 

[Gustave]

This board has batted around every possibility
Time to get the picked announced.
Good scouting from all you posters, video's , comments

We are sweating this pick pretty hard, and that’s fairly easy to understand. This might be our last “high” pick and we have to make it count.

Next season we get what, 9 to 13th pick? My guess is as good as any other but we won’t get this chance. So this is “it” in terms of having control and choosing between high floor prospects. Plus, very interchangeable picks between 4 and 11… so this place is a zoo. I’m no different

 

[WeThreeKings]

Just read a bit of the Hawks draft thread and they seem to want Demidov very badly. If the Hawks go with Levshunov there might be a bit of an angry mob over there on draft night.

Also saw this in the draft thread on the CBJ board. Do the Jackets need more wingers though?

https://x.com/i/web/status/1803480204024881431

I've been on HF for almost 20 years and this was the first time I can ever remember being on the Hawks or CBJ board here on HF.

Not only do they want him badly they keep taking shots at the Habs and us fans. I wanna smuggly troll them until I'm nearly banned if they pass and we get Demidov.

 

[Leto]

Well at least we know that
we are DEFINITELY picking 1 of Demidov or Lindstrom!

...or Iggy

...or Sennecke



...or Dickinson







...or Buium or Parekh