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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
    422
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If we're drafting a dman, I hope it's Silayev. He's not necessarily on top of my list, but I love these monsters.
 
Koivu11 said:
Bob McKenzie’s list:

1. Macklin Celebrini
2. Ivan Demidov
3. Artyom Levshunov
4. Anton Silayev
5. Cayden Lindstrom
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Habs should take whoever is left from that list regardless of position.

Also Sennecke is out of the top 10 on Bob's final list. That's all.
 
WeThreeKings said:
Using bob's list where I can't draft a player more than 5 spots ahead or below of where they are ranked.

5th overall: Demidov/Lindstrom/Sennecke
26th overall: Hage/Boisvert/Basha
57th: Battaglia/Mustard/Jecho
70th: Wetsch/Villeneuve/Marques
78th: Smith/Koivu/Vaisanen
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I see you even ignore your own parameters to go Sennecke at 5 ;)

Love all those picks at 26 though.
 
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It's starting to feel like we go d @ 5, but maybe we trade back and get a 1st next year for a later pick between 9-13. I just don't see us going forward @ 5 unless demidov or lindstrom are sitting in that spot.
 
Nedved said:
It's starting to feel like we go d @ 5, but maybe we trade back and get a 1st next year for a later pick between 9-13. I just don't see us going forward @ 5 unless demidov or lindstrom are sitting in that spot.
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Just spitballin' here.....Say we move back in a trade a few spots and get another 2nd for our troubles. Would our #26 and our now 2 - 2nd round picks get us into the top 15?

That's if of course our primary targets aren't available. We could maybe get a Dickinson and Catton/Senneke out of it
 
Deebs said:
Just spitballin' here.....Say we move back in a trade a few spots and get another 2nd for our troubles. Would our #26 and our now 2 - 2nd round picks get us into the top 15?
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It depends on the 2nd or the asset we get back for moving down I guess. I'm not too familiar with the "value" sheet that all of the scouts check when they're asked that question (I remember Timmins always checking it when Bergevin fielded calls to move down) but maybe?

Picking like 8th/9th and 14/15 to me wouldn't be too bad if Demidov and Lindstrom are both gone.
 
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Saundies said:
It depends on the 2nd or the asset we get back for moving down I guess. I'm not too familiar with the "value" sheet that all of the scouts check when they're asked that question (I remember Timmins always checking it when Bergevin fielded calls to move down) but maybe?

Picking like 8th/9th and 14/15 to me wouldn't be too bad if Demidov and Lindstrom are both gone.
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This is what I'm kind of thinking.
 
Habsfan18 said:
Nothing new or groundbreaking, but here’s the latest from Eric Engels:

I believe (but can’t say with 100 per cent certainty) they’d be equally happy to land either Ivan Demidov or Cayden Lindstrom. I like their chances of getting one or the other with their pick.

But if neither are available when they step to the podium, that’s where things will get interesting.

If the Canadiens don’t see another forward on their list as equal to one of the premier defencemen who may be available, then I don’t think they’ll hesitate to take a defenceman.

They could do worse than adding one of Zeev Buium, Artyom Levshunov, Anton Silayev, Sam Dickinson or Zayne Parekh to their core.

It's also entirely possible that Hughes and the Canadiens not only see another forward as equal or better to those players but also see one as on par with Demidov or Lindstrom. If they do, then perhaps they’ll pick that player at five.

But if the Canadiens think they’ll still be able to get that player lower down the order, they could explore collecting another premium asset to move down.

Acquiring one would only feed their potential to make other big things happen over the weekend.

Whether they budge from the fifth position or not, their other first-round pick (26th overall, acquired from the Winnipeg Jets in the Sean Monahan trade) is certainly in play.

I think it’s more likely the Canadiens move it than keep it.

If the Canadiens don’t find a trade for a bona fide top-six forward that makes sense to them, I think they’ll try to package the 26th pick with other assets to acquire another top-10 pick.

Under this scenario, they could select two future core players and turn to free agency to fill more immediate needs.

It’s anything but assured they’ll be able to make such a move, but that’s why they call it a bold prediction.
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Every time I say something negative about Basu, I feel like I need to apologize shortly after because at least he's miles more informative than Engels.
 
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Mrb1p said:
Interesting but the draft order would give us
Cayden Lindstrom
Emil Hemming
Jacob Battaglia
Carson Wetsch
Evan Gardner

I'd actually be really happy with this draft lol.
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I'm expecting we get one of Demidov or Lindstrom (although to me it's like knowing I'll be eating either wagyu steak cooked rare or Kraft Dinner tonight), and Hemming would be about 20 spots too early for me there but I like Battaglia a lot and Wetsch could be interesting.
 
WinterLion said:
Helenius seems like a legit option. 2 scouts had him #3 and he was in most top 7.

I can't wait until we pass on Demidov and take Helenius!! Goldenhands will return in all his glory!
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WinterLion said:
It's going to be wild on Friday... it's all over the place!
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Definitely seems like it. Not much is clear. Demidov should go pretty high, but apart from that, not much is all that clear after Celebrini.

I would be happy with Helenius, Sennecke or a defenseman. But I'll root for whoever the Habs draft. Those would just be my preferences.
 
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