HF Habs: 2024 NHL Draft Thread

[WeThreeKings]

Chicago going Lev at 2 and Anaheim going Silayev at 3.. then we just rejoice. Lindstrom or Demidov is a f***ing Hab then.

 

[morhilane]

It's going to be wild on Friday... it's all over the place!

It's going to be even more chaos if there are many 1st traded.

 

[Balthazar]

Wasn't Button supposed to release his final mock draft just after Bob's final rankings?

 

[sampollock]

It's going to be even more chaos if there are many 1st traded.

or when we hear " we have a trade to announce" and it is KH heading this trade up

 

[Ozmodiar]

- celebrini
- luvshunov
- silayev
- lindstrom
- Demidov (easy decision)
———-
- celebrini
- luvshunov
- silayev
- Demidov
- lindstrom (plan a or plan b )

Plan a:
- draft lindstrom

Plan b:
- they don’t like the medical report
- trade down to 9. Cal will be chomping at the bit to draft iginla. Late first added.
- draft Helenius, Sennecke, catton
- package 2 late firsts and D to move back inside the top 15.

 

[1000eeer]

1. If Demidov is off the board (90% sure), we go after BUIUM or Dickinson
2. We trade Matheson, a good prospect and WPG first round pick for the Wild's first rounder and Yurov
- Then we draft one of : Catton, Sennecke, Eiserman, Helenius or Brandsegg-Nygard


Caufield - Suzuki - Slaf
Sennecke/Catton - Dach - Yurov
Newhook - Beck - Roy
RHP - Kapanen - Heineman


Dickinson - Reinbacher
Hutson - Guhle
Xhekaj - Mailloux

Extra: Engstrom

On the block : Mesar, Barron, Struble, Harris and so forth

 

[sheed36]

McKenzie's Top 15 Jan 2024 mid season, May 2024 and final June 2024 ranking comparison.

 

[Benstheman]

Pronman's mock last year was pretty bang on. Only switched Carlsson and Fantili but had the top 5 players right.

I think the top 5 players this year will be Celebrini, Silayev, Levshunov, Lindstrom, Demidov but apart for Celebrini, the order could very well change. The only outsider i can see getting in is Dickinson but i would really be surprised.

 

[Habs Halifax]

McKenzie's Top 15 Jan 2024 mid season, May 2024 and final June 2024 ranking comparison.

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Nice! Love stuff like this.

Biggest movers are Eiserman, Iggy, and Sennecke? Eiserman slipping and Iggy/Sennecke sneaking in that fringe top 10. Rest are pretty stable. I'm guessing but the movement is less vs other drafts.

Man, I'm going to revisit this later after we do redrafts. I find it very interesting to try to find the hits and busts in that top 15 in this draft.

 

[jaffy27]

1. If Demidov is off the board (90% sure), we go after BUIUM or Dickinson
2. We trade Matheson, a good prospect and WPG first round pick for the Wild's first rounder and Yurov
- Then we draft one of : Catton, Sennecke, Eiserman, Helenius or Brandsegg-Nygard


Caufield - Suzuki - Slaf
Sennecke/Catton - Dach - Yurov
Newhook - Beck - Roy

Dickinson - Reinbacher
Hutson - Guhle

So this is the 2026-27 lineup?

 

[1000eeer]

So this is the 2026-27 lineup?

I'm trying to think out of the box

But one of Zegras, Laine or Necas might be a better fit to improve the team faster.

 

[The Last Red]

At some point the anti-Lindstrom crowd will have to accept the reality that we drafted him, which we will if he’s there at 5, even if Demidov is available too - it’s unlikely they’re both available at 5OA.

 

[Benstheman]

If one of Danford, Kleber or Brunicke is available at 57 I'll be very happy.

Maybe Raoul and Zether in the 3rd.

I'd love Kleber as a 3rd pair monster, after Reinbacher and Mailloux on the right.

 

[jaffy27]

At some point the anti-Lindstrom crowd will have to accept the reality that we drafted him, which we will if he’s there at 5, even if Demidov is available too - it’s unlikely they’re both available at 5OA.

Unless Anaheim go Dickinson, you’re probably right

 

[SannywithoutCompy]

Pronman's mock last year was pretty bang on. Only switched Carlsson and Fantili but had the top 5 players right.

I think the top 5 players this year will be Celebrini, Silayev, Levshunov, Lindstrom, Demidov but apart for Celebrini, the order could very well change. The only outsider i can see getting in is Dickinson but i would really be surprised.

Only thing to keep in mind is it just takes one team who's in the top 5 and ranks an outsider top 5 to mess things up. What if Anaheim is a team that has Yakemchuk at 3? What if Columbus has Helenius at 3?

 

[Deebs]

Only thing to keep in mind is it just takes one team who's in the top 5 and ranks an outsider top 5 to mess things up. What if Anaheim is a team that has Yakemchuk at 3? What if Columbus has Helenius at 3?

Then we get wasted because we hit the jackpot

 

[The Last Red]

Only thing to keep in mind is it just takes one team who's in the top 5 and ranks an outsider top 5 to mess things up. What if Anaheim is a team that has Yakemchuk at 3? What if Columbus has Helenius at 3?

As long as Anaheim drafts a D at 3, it doesn’t matter who it is from our perspective. We just need 2 D taken in the top 4. And Helenius ain’t going 3, you know that.

 

[SannywithoutCompy]

As long as Anaheim drafts a D at 3, it doesn’t matter who it is from our perspective. We just need 2 D taken in the top 4. And Helenius ain’t going 3, you know that.

He won't go to Anaheim, no. But Columbus could very well be one of the teams that are that high on him.

I hope Levshunov and Silayev go 2 and 3, so Columbus can take Lindstrom and give us Demidov.

 

[lilmaxo]

 

[Gravity]

IMO, if Demidov isn't available I would go for a D (even over Lindstrom).

 

[Jack Skellington]

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This guy is basically their Basu right

 

[An0n]

https://x.com/i/web/status/1805638878776508544

"He only wants to play with SKA in KHL, yet we've loaned him out to other KHL teams the last 2 years"

 

[le_sean]

You guys don’t have to worry. The Hawks aren’t using a 2nd overall pick on a winger they never scouted live over a 6’2 RD that they’ve seen 20+ times and interviewed/taken to dinner. Plus he has an infectious personality. There’s just no shot they don’t take Lev.

I also can’t see Verbeek taking a forward, it’s the last thing they need.

 

[Leto]

This guy is basically their Basu right

Yes, he is the Athletic's beat reporter for Chicago.

 

[MasterMatt25]

You guys don’t have to worry. The Hawks aren’t using a 2nd overall pick on a winger they never scouted live over a 6’2 RD that they’ve seen 20+ times and interviewed/taken to dinner. Plus he has an infectious personality. There’s just no shot they don’t take Lev.

I also can’t see Verbeek taking a forward, it’s the last thing they need.

Madden’s interview made it sound like the Ducks really liked Silayev but I don’t know. Anaheim has a plethora of young D (Zellweger, LaCombe, Mintyukov, Luneau) plus Fowler/Gudas under term.

I think they could take Demidov at 3