HF Habs: 2024 NHL Draft Thread

[Team_Spirit]

 

[Guttersniped]

Hey guys does anybody here remember which year Bob McKenzie was predicting almost every single pick on Twitter right before the pick was made?

I was looking for an article or tabs about that but can’t find anything.

It’s probably this thread from 2021 where he predicts the first 16 picks.

 

[Deebs]

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There's my guy at #26!!!

 

[Favster]

Problem is odds don't move on insider knowledge but rather on money flows. Demidov gives the worst odds, therefore he is our most probably pick, because he is probably the player in which there is the most money at 5.

Don't think it mean more than that.

Bookie will adjust the odds in function of the money flow to edge their position.

Yup, I've repeated it numerous times in here but don't take betting odds moving as if the line managers have more knowledge than we do of who will go where. They post an initial list a couple weeks or months prior to the draft and move it from there based on the $ that comes in. The probability of profit % on markets with 4 runners or above is so high they don't even have to worry who's picked where if it's traded properly. I posted and moved prop markets for Sports Interaction on a couple different drafts, it really has no meaning at all.

 

[Deebs]

It’s probably this thread from 2021 where he predicts the first 16 picks.

That was a terrible sequence of events and imo, a BS move for him to do that.

 

[Skip Bayless]

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Me and Kent, we think alike.

 

[Saundies]

That was a terrible sequence of events and imo, a BS move for him to do that.

I mean, the NHL kind of screwed TSN/Bell Media by swerving to Sportsnet at the last minute because Bettman hated their CEO.

I'd be petty too.

 

[Team_Spirit]

Draft caps leaked

Another ranking, Lindstrom 12th /Silayev 18th

https://x.com/i/web/status/1805732224442286426

 

[sampollock]

Draft caps leaked

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Another ranking, Lindstrom/Silayev in the mid 10s.

https://x.com/i/web/status/1805732224442286426

like to see the habs. seems ok

 

[Skip Bayless]

It’s probably this thread from 2021 where he predicts the first 16 picks.

The picks are announced before each team takes the stage so the camera crew has time to get set up. If you're in the right place to eaves drop, you know the picks in advance.

 

[sampollock]

 

[The Last Red]

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Worst possible scenario.

 

[le_sean]

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Cannot see a scenario where the Habs pass on Levshunov if he’s there at 5. It just won’t happen. It’ll be bye bye Mailloux for a young forward.

 

[sampollock]

Worst possible scenario.

yup..
remember it is Button nose. the blow bag of TSN

Cannot see a scenario where the Habs pass on Levshunov if he’s there at 5.

agreed
KH will grab him at 5 if he falls and the other forwards are gone

 

[Guttersniped]

The picks are announced before each team takes the stage so the camera crew has time to get set up. If you're in the right place to eaves drop, you know the picks in advance.

The 2021 Draft was done via video conferencing with the NHL broadcasting out of the NHL Netwark studios in NJ.

Maybe it was just some sort of parlor trick, as opposed to reporting, but he wasn’t eavesdropping live.

 

[sampollock]

TSN was so much better then SN doing the draft. SN sucks

 

[Trabdy2]

Two more sleeps until draft day. Oh the suspense!

I don't think I have much more to contribute to the discussion aside from saying that the further down my "wish list" that the Habs reach with the 5th OA pick, the more I'll be looking for them to provide explanation/justification on the pick (assuming that there are players still on the board above his name when we pick). That list looks something like this:

Demidov
Lindstrom
Sennecke
Levshunov
Parekh
Buium
Catton
Iginla
Dickinson
Silayev
Everyone else

If we pick a D, that explanation/justification might come in the form of a trade on draft day or during the off season.

 

[Team_Spirit]

There's my guy at #26!!!

Looks good

https://x.com/i/web/status/1805994451703308453

 

[Skip Bayless]

The 2021 Draft was done via video conferencing with the NHL broadcasting out of the NHL Netwark studios in NJ.

Maybe it was just some sort of parlor trick, as opposed to reporting, but he wasn’t eavesdropping live.

Oh ok, I do remember something like that happening on CKAC (french sports radio) in the past. Martin McGuire and Dany Dubé were getting tipped minutes before each pick and you could hear the name of the next pick being announced by some guy in the background ensued by them pretending to guess each pick and acting surprised when each team announced their pick. They thought they had it made, It was the funniest thing.

 

[The Last Red]

yup..
remember it is Button nose. the blow bag of TSN


agreed
KH will grab him at 5 if he falls and the other forwards are gone

I can see Ducks taking hometown boy

yup..
remember it is Button nose. the blow bag of TSN


agreed
KH will grab him at 5 if he falls and the other forwards are gone

I can definitely see the Ducks taking hometown boy Buium at 3.

 

[WeThreeKings]

This draft is the worst work Button has ever done

 

[McGees]

The picks are announced before each team takes the stage so the camera crew has time to get set up. If you're in the right place to eaves drop, you know the picks in advance.

I'm not joking, but I was at the Caufield draft sitting near all the prospects lower bowl and read Jim Bennings lips say to his guy 'take the Russian' and the guy went and locked in the pick...then a couple minutes later, boom - Podkolzin is selected

 

[sampollock]

This draft is the worst work Button has ever done

ditto
he just loves to hear himself talk

 

[KevSkillz4]

I will not surprise everyone if I told you that I have Anton Silayev #220 on my list.

 

[Koivu11]