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Who do you want at #5?

  • Tij Iginla

    Votes: 209 49.5%

  • Cole Eiserman

    Votes: 14 3.3%

  • Berkly Catton

    Votes: 92 21.8%

  • Konsta Helenius

    Votes: 13 3.1%

  • Beckett Sennecke

    Votes: 75 17.8%

  • Zayne Parekh

    Votes: 19 4.5%
  • Total voters
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Kents polished head

Kents polished head

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My top 10 in order of preference for the Canadiens;

Impossible:
1. Celebrini
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Would run naked in the street;
2. Levshunov
3. Demidov/Lindstrom
4. Demidov/Lindstrom
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Would consider running naked in the street;
5. Iginla
6. Dickinson
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Fairly happy;
7. Catton
8. Buium/Parekh
9. Buium/Parekh
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Looking forward to see how it turns out;
10. Silayev

Anything outside of these 10 I'd be disappointed.
 
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Ozmodiar

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Jack Skellington said:
don't even know how many times this year I saw Matheson totally ignore a wide open Slafkovsky set up for a one timer to take a totally unforced point shot with no lane open that was subsequently blocked.
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Yes, there were certainly some ill-advised shots that were blocked…. but also, there was a long stretch after Suzuki was moved to left dot and Slaf to right dot that everything went through Suzuki. If there was a failed play, they’d reset back to Suzuki. If Matheson got the puck he was moving it to Suzuki.

Later on they opened things up and Matheson started looking for Slaf. Might have coincided with Slaf’s progress with Dr Shot. ;)

Agree with most of what you’re saying tho. He’s more skills than brain.
 
Estimated_Prophet

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Jaynki said:
Who had the better draft year and why?

Owen Power or Zeev Buium?
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Power was certainly more highly regarded than Buium in their respective draft years.....people dumping on Power are the same ones who would have dumped on Hedman.

Comparing draft years from a purely statistical perspective is an egregiously flawed methodology as there are too many aspects of the game that do not correlate at different levels of play especially for dmen.

I like Power a lot and I like Buium a lot but Power is the clear winner if Buium had the season that he had this year in Power's draft year as Power's upside as a 6'6" fluid skating two way monster is just too tantalizing.
 
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Bobrov trying to convince Lapointe...


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Jaynki said:
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***.
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I like the idea!

In fact, you're damn right.

Let's move Mailloux and play Guhle on the right side.

Caufield - Suzuki - Slaf
Laine - Dach - Necas
Roy - Beck - Newhook

Buium - Reinbacher
Hutson - Guhle


I have a dream..
 
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Kudo Shinichi

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Jaynki said:
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***.
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Replace Buium by Mailloux and it looks as exciting
 
Rockomax

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Kents polished head said:
My top 10 in order of preference for the Canadiens;

Impossible:
1. Celebrini
---
Would run naked in the street;
2. Levshunov
3. Demidov/Lindstrom
4. Demidov/Lindstrom
---
Would consider running naked in the street;
5. Iginla
6. Dickinson
---
Fairly happy;
7. Catton
8. Buium/Parekh
9. Buium/Parekh
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Looking forward to see how it turns out;
10. Silayev

Anything outside of these 10 I'd be disappointed.
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So no gradation between considering running naked in the streets and fairly happy??
 
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Kents polished head

Kents polished head

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Rockomax said:
So no gradation between considering running naked in the streets and fairly happy??
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Nah. I guess a middle ground would have been "running in the street half-naked", but I'm a go big or go home kind of guy 😎

Kudo Shinichi said:
https://x.com/i/web/status/1803945928216248645

He's saying the habs list is down to
1. Demidov
2. Lindstrom
3. Buium/Sennecke

Iginla is out of the race
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Well three of those four options are fine with me. But preferable Demidov makes it to 5.
 
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Kudo Shinichi

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Jaynki said:
Well, lets just add another layer then...

Buium - Reinbacher
Hutson - Guhle
Xhekaj - Mailloux
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If Mailloux is a legit top 4 D, then its a waste to have him on the bottom pairing. The habs would be much better off trading him for a forward than having him on the bottom pairing long term.
 
Jaynki

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Estimated_Prophet said:
Power was certainly more highly regarded than Buium in their respective draft years.....people dumping on Power are the same ones who would have dumped on Hedman.

Comparing draft years from a purely statistical perspective is an egregiously flawed methodology as there are too many aspects of the game that do not correlate at different levels of play especially for dmen.

I like Power a lot and I like Buium a lot but Power is the clear winner if Buium had the season that he had this year in Power's draft year as Power's upside as a 6'6" fluid skating two way monster is just too tantalizing.
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Fair enough.

I think Buium has an edge more than just from a pure statistical perspective.

Power as a 6ft6 fluid monster certainly had tantalizing upside.

But much like the Sabres have drafted Power despite having Dahlin and Samuelsson (lol)? Or when they traded for Byram despite having Power, Dahlin and Samuelsson

Should the Habs skip on Buium and settle for a lesser prospect at F?

WeThreeKings said:
Guhle on his off side, not enough PP minutes to go around for all of them nor enough minutes for all of them 5 on 5.
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Seems like a good problem to have

Kudo Shinichi said:
If Mailloux is a legit top 4 D, then its a waste to have him on the bottom pairing. The habs would be much better off trading him for a forward than having him on the bottom pairing long term.
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Agree
 
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Jaynki

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Vachon23 said:
Who had the best year in the NCAA or who was the best prospect ?
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I think Power has/had better tools and might have been perceived has with more development potential.

I think from any concrete measurement of performance, Buium had an edge.
 
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