HF Habs: 2024 NHL Draft Thread

[SannywithoutCompy]

Great! I'm convinced! Go on and draft Parekh then,
Go on!
We'll get to 'almost a cup final'!

We're SET

Parekh is 10 on my board, but people acting like the reason Ottawa didn't win a cup is because Karlsson is an offensive defenceman is laughable.

 

[ReHabs]

I loved Seider back in 2019, and badly wanted him with our pick. I kept arguing with posters that thought we were set with Juulsen, Brook and Fleury as RD, so no need for Seider. Good times!

Not that I have not been wrong in the past on other favorites of mine. I remember being ecstatic for A. Kostitsyn, and I thought J. Ikonen was the steal of the decade.

You have to take the best possible prospect no matter what. Turns out the prospect pool is always shallower than appears and cream rises to the top.

 

[Doublechin]

I'm not sure but it's gotta be the players own money and BOTH parties have to agree to the buy out.

I'm sure some agents can get creative here

 

[Naslund]

You have to take the best possible prospect no matter what. Turns out the prospect pool is always shallower than appears and cream rises to the top.

Agreed, in most circumstances but not all. For example, I'm in the camp that Biuim and Dickinson, although great prospects and potentially better, should not be taken ahead of guys like Iginla, Lindstrom and Sennecke because:
1) I believe our young LD pool (Guhle, Hutson, Xhekaj, Struble) is good enough for a championship team
2) our forward pool is weak and anyone we draft right now will fit in age-wise with the new core
3) it's difficult to get all your money back trading later for positional need (see Philly this year with C. Gauthier).

 

[Andrei79]

I like Iginla, probably too much. But I'm sticking with him.

Yeah, I get it. He's a total puck hound on top of everything else. Hes probably not far from the pros either. I wouldn't be mad if they went that way. I like your top 5.

 

[Naslund]

Yeah, I get it. He's a total puck hound on top of everything else. Hes probably not far from the pros either. I wouldn't be mad if they went that way. I like your top 5.

You can pencil Iginla on the starting lineup of any team that picks him in the season 2025-2026. Dream player beside a guy like Dach...

 

[Team_Spirit]

Buium is locked in

 

[montreal]

On the concerns that Demidov might get buried by his Russian club…

Perhaps I am naive but can’t these things be handled through back channels? If Demidov doesn’t want to sign with SKA, could they not be persuaded to release him? As this is reportedly happening with Michkov and the Flyers?

Surely a well resourced team like the Habs can work something out.

The rules are the player can buy out his contract but he has to do so a year in advance, so in the case of Demidov, nothing can be done since he has only 1 year left, as I just don't see why they would let him out of his final year.

Michkov is not in the same situation, HIs contract in the KHL runs until the end of the '26 season so he can buy out his contract. Of course his agent can work something out with the Flyers to say cover that amount in his NHL signing bonus depending on what his KHL salary is.

 

[Trabdy2]

I'm hoping for one of Demidov, Lindstrom, Catton or Sennecke at 5.

I have a growing feeling that the Habs are going to be using the WPG pick in a package for a young established forward (Necas/Zegras etc). If not, there are lots of players that I'd like in that range.

 

[Kudo Shinichi]

I want Demidov, so if the hawks and ducks pick a dman, then I'll be hoping that the jackets pick Lindstrom (over a dman), that way we're certain to pick Demidov

 

[Andrei79]

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Buium is locked in

The question I have when I watch Buium is: does he ever make mistakes ?

Guy is locked in on the ice too.

 

[DiglettDangles]

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Buium is locked in

Fire-in-the eyeness assessment
Levshunov 2/10, missing his old man nap in the afternoon
Lindstrom 7/10, so hot right now
Buium 18/10, Ramsay Bolton level off-the-charts
Celebrini 4/10, but f'in regal (he IS the Senate)
Iginla "Did Not Test", busy flying like Pegasus

 

[River Meadow]

The question I have when I watch Buium is: does he ever make mistakes ?

Guy is locked in on the ice too.

He's the closest thing to Makar as there is in this draft class, IMO.

Give me Buium or give me death.

 

[sampollock]

I'm hoping for one of Demidov, Lindstrom, Catton or Sennecke at 5.

I have a growing feeling that the Habs are going to be using the WPG pick in a package for a young established forward (Necas/Zegras etc). If not, there are lots of players that I'd like in that range.

DEMIDOV
LINDSTROM
SEENECKE
For me

 

[KevSkillz4]

The only D's I would happy at 5 with Habs it's Dickinson, Parekh or Buium.

But please select Demidov or Lindstrom if they are there... Just please.

It's ok Dickinson, Parekh or Buium ahead of Iginla, I will understand. But not Lindstrom or Demidov

 

[Estimated_Prophet]

He's the closest thing to Makar as there is in this draft class, IMO.

Give me Buium or give me death.

Buium is nothing like Makar as he is no where near the skater that Mskar is. He is one of my favoutire dmen in this draft but he will never be on Makar's level as he just doesn't have the same explosiveness and dynamism

 

[River Meadow]

Buium is nothing like Makar as he is no where near the skater that Mskar is. He is one of my favoutire dmen in this draft but he will never be on Makar's level as he just doesn't have the same explosiveness and dynamism

I'm not saying he's a carbon copy of Makar stylistically, but I expect Buium to put up points a la Makar in the NHL.

A very smart, offensive Dman who can do it all and play in all situations.

 

[KevSkillz4]

Buium is nothing like Makar as he is no where near the skater that Mskar is. He is one of my favoutire dmen in this draft but he will never be on Makar's level as he just doesn't have the same explosiveness and dynamism

Buium isn't Makar, but he have the potential to become the best D in this draft. IMO. He is going to be a really really special player.

 

[Andrei79]

I'm not saying he's a carbon copy of Makar stylistically, but I expect Buium to put up points a la Makar in the NHL.

A very smart, offensive Dman who can do it all and play in all situations.

I like how quickly he processes the game in all three zones. He's very deceptive as well as he can both make skilled plays and simple plays. I don't think he's quite at Parekhs level, in the sense that Parekh seems to be one of these gifted 130+ IQ people, but Buium understands systems, small area games and 1 on 1 battles. Very smart player. I really like this years D-crop.

 

[Redux91]

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Buium is locked in

While Macklin looks like a Team President surveying the ice

But it's nothing like Levshunov who at age 40 something looks like he is currently running FIFA observing a match wondering when he's gonna get pinched for a scandal lol

 

[ginomini]

Buium is nothing like Makar as he is no where near the skater that Mskar is. He is one of my favoutire dmen in this draft but he will never be on Makar's level as he just doesn't have the same explosiveness and dynamism

Buium is much closer to Fox in terms of comparison imo

 

[DramaticGloveSave]

I think 200 is probably where he ends up. He doesn't really have a big frame like slaf who can hardly stay under 225.

I could see 200-210 range. Spezza like.

 

[SannywithoutCompy]

People expecting a Makar-like offensive impact with Buium will be disappointed but he's a beast defensively and basically a one man automatic breakout.

 

[le_sean]

He's the closest thing to Makar as there is in this draft class, IMO.

Give me Buium or give me death.

Except Makar is a fantastic skater. Big thing that separates them

 

[Habsfan18]

Sorry if it’s been posted, but according to Arpon Basu on the latest Athletic mock draft, the Habs really like Andrew Basha. Arpon still isn’t convinced we’ll be making that pick, but if we do and Basha is still there, he said the Habs see an NHL projectable game there. They met with him 5 times over the course of the season.

Demidov and Basha? I’d be ecstatic. Greentree even moreso, but I can’t see him falling to 26.