HF Habs: 2024 NHL Draft Thread

[Blame the referee]

SJ : Celebrini
CHI : Buium
Ducks : Levshunov
CLB : Lindstrom

This will be the first 4 picks

I can see it… The Montreal Canadiens are proud to select…Beckett Sennecke.

And just like that we let pass Michkov and Demidov for Reinbacher and Sennecke

 

[Habs7631]

f*** this site, I keep writing epic posts and the site reloads randomly and it gets lost.

Anyways, Buium is overrated

Tell us more.

I’m actually serious, I’d like to hear some pushback to the Buium hype train. Seems he’s the new flavor of the week. Especially a lot of the mocks that are coming out have him ridiculously high.

 

[River Meadow]

I love how some people are like... Oh ya, XYZ player is gonna be a 50pt player, top 2, blablabla.

Bruh.

These kids aren't even drafted yet, some are not even 18 years old.

There's probably some kid(s) out there who no one really has on their radars who will become great NHLers.

All this to say.... no one really has any idea how anyone will really pan out for sure, certainly not enough to be firm on their point production in the NHL. It's all projections and it's fine to make the projections, but it also doesn't mean you're 100% correct.

 

[Gally11]

I can see it… The Montreal Canadiens are proud to select…Beckett Sennecke.

And just like that we let pass Michkov and Demidov for Reinbacher and Sennecke

I feel like there’s zero chance they’d pass on Demidov, I’d be shocked

 

[Jack Skellington]

I feel like there’s zero chance they’d pass on Demidov, I’d be shocked

I remember hearing rumors even last year when we passed on Michkov that the Habs are way higher on Demidov and that sentiment seems to have been echoed throughout this season as well. If they pass on him I will assume it's for a good reason because we should have the most intel out of any team.

 

[Habs7631]

I love how some people are like... Oh ya, XYZ player is gonna be a 50pt player, top 2, blablabla.

Bruh.

These kids aren't even drafted yet, some are not even 18 years old.

There's probably some kid(s) out there who no one really has on their radars who will become great NHLers.

All this to say.... no one really has any idea how anyone will really pan out for sure, certainly not enough to be firm on their point production in the NHL. It's all projections and it's fine to make the projections, but it also doesn't mean you're 100% correct.

Actually you’re wrong. I know it all, let me break it down to you (and send this to HuGo).

Will be worth their draft position :

1. Celebrini
2. Demidov
3. Dickinson
4. Buium
5. Iginla
6. Parekh
7. Silayev
8. Eiserman
9. Catton
10. Nygard

Will become bust :

1. Levshunov
2. Lindstrom
3. Sennecke
4. Helenius
5. Yakemchuk
6. Whoever the Habs draft at #26 if they don’t freaking trade the pick.

You heard it here first.

 

[A Loyal Dog]

f*** this site, I keep writing epic posts and the site reloads randomly and it gets lost.

Anyways, Buium is overrated

Yup, same happens to me when on mobile.

 

[River Meadow]

Actually you’re wrong. I know it all, let me break it down to you (and send this to HuGo).

Will be worth their draft position :

1. Celebrini
2. Demidov
3. Dickinson
4. Buium
5. Iginla
6. Parekh
7. Silayev
8. Eiserman
9. Catton
10. Nygard

Will become bust :

1. Levshunov
2. Lindstrom
3. Sennecke
4. Helenius
5. Yakemchuk
6. Whoever the Habs draft at #26 if they don’t freaking trade the pick.

You heard it here first.

Thanks dad.

 

[jaffy27]

f*** this site, I keep writing epic posts and the site reloads randomly and it gets lost.

Anyways, Buium is overrated

Refresh the page and it comes back (tap the site forums.hfboards.com)….then hit return or go on the right of the keyboard and that should bring it back.

 

[DramaticGloveSave]

Tell us more.

I’m actually serious, I’d like to hear some pushback to the Buium hype train. Seems he’s the new flavor of the week. Especially a lot of the mocks that are coming out have him ridiculously high.

I don’t have the energy lol but the abridged was posted. His production is overrated, Hutson is closer to that Makar/Hughes/Fox type. Buium is cerebral not a dynamic threat

 

[jaffy27]

I can see it… The Montreal Canadiens are proud to select…Beckett Sennecke.

And just like that we let pass Michkov and Demidov for Reinbacher and Sennecke

Not exactly the end of the world but we’ll see.

How are you so certain that Michkov will be more effective and productive then Reinbacher?

 

[DramaticGloveSave]

Refresh the page and it comes back (tap the site forums.hfboards.com)….then hit return or go on the right of the keyboard and that should bring it back.

It’s gone

 

[jaffy27]

It’s gone

f***, happens to me all the time…..start typing, then it does this weird thing then gone, I hit the website at top of page, hit GO on my keypad, it reloads then go to bottom of page where replies are and voila….restored

 

[A Loyal Dog]

It’s gone

Same. It's so annoying also when simply reading posts, and it just decides to randomly reload and bring me back to the top of the page.

 

[Estimated_Prophet]

I don’t know why Buium is not a lock for top 3. He checks all the boxes for a top pairing.

I personally take Dickinson before any of them but I have Buium ahead of Parekh and Yakemchuk for sure.

 

[Team_Spirit]

Easy money for the folks with Demidov going no2

https://x.com/i/web/status/1801094715355336821

 

[Garbageyuk]

I don’t have the energy lol but the abridged was posted. His production is overrated, Hutson is closer to that Makar/Hughes/Fox type. Buium is cerebral not a dynamic threat

His production is overrated? Lol he just posted the best season by a draft eligible D of all time in the NCAA. He more than doubled Makar’s D+1 production, and bested Quinn Hughes’ D+1 production by 17 points. You can have your opinion on the player, but that is just a dumb statement; there’s no way around it.

 

[Garbageyuk]

f*** this site, I keep writing epic posts and the site reloads randomly and it gets lost.

Anyways, Buium is overrated

Let me guess, you’re in the “forward at all costs camp” and on the Sennecke bandwagon? Therefore, all the D have to be “overrated”. Too many people here still listen to McCagg

 

[Scintillating10]

Attempting to read anything into the whole out to dinner thing is dare I say...
"Out to Lunch".

Eiserman starts to slide Habs could trade up from 26. Caufield slid also.

 

[NotProkofievian]

His production is overrated? Lol he just posted the best season by a draft eligible D of all time in the NCAA. He more than doubled Makar’s D+1 production, and bested Quinn Hughes’ D+1 production by 17 points. You can have your opinion on the player, but that is just a dumb statement; there’s no way around it.

If a player is on a good team, you can adjust their point totals downwards, all the way to 0. Only point totals on the worst team count. But in that case is the guy an individual player? Why's he getting so many points on a garbage team? The only conclusion can be that we shouldn't draft players who get points.

 

[Garbageyuk]

If a player is on a good team, you can adjust their point totals downwards, all the way to 0. Only point totals on the worst team count. But in that case is the guy an individual player? Why's he getting so many points on a garbage team? The only conclusion can be that we shouldn't draft players who get points.

Why even bother going to all that trouble thinking about things at all when we have the unimpeachable expertise of Grant McCagg to tell us who to draft? After all, he was a part-time unpaid scout for the team for a few months 16 years ago. Just don’t try to look up any of his old lists or rankings. He deletes them for…reasons

 

[Kudo Shinichi]

 

[McGees]

Buium has an 'IT' factor.
I don't even care about the points.
When you watch him play he makes magic happen.
I always ruled him out cause F picking more LD but I won't be mad at all if we pick him....
They just better have a trade or 2 lined up tho.

 

[SlafySZN]

Why even bother going to all that trouble thinking about things at all when we have the unimpeachable expertise of Grant McCagg to tell us who to draft? After all, he was a part-time unpaid scout for the team for a few months 16 years ago. Just don’t try to look up any of his old lists or rankings. He deletes them for…reasons

McCagg seems to live rent free in your head. Why are you even talking about him.

Why aren’t you explaining why you like Buium and why you don’t agree with the poster in question about him being overrated?

 

[Estimated_Prophet]

Tell us more.

I’m actually serious, I’d like to hear some pushback to the Buium hype train. Seems he’s the new flavor of the week. Especially a lot of the mocks that are coming out have him ridiculously high.

He should have been flirting with a top 5 selection all year but all of the warts on Parekh and Levshunov are getting amplified now. Buium doesn't have a weakness other than perhaps being a little undersized and there is little for anyone to negatively focus on.

I have Dickinson, Silayev and Buium as the top three defenders.

I want Dickinson just to refer to his opponents as being on the receiving end of a Dick-down when he drops them with a hit or with a clapper lol.