HF Habs: 2024 NHL Draft Thread

[Skip Bayless]

Imagine the pride one must feel as a father.

 

[le_sean]

Imagine the pride one must feel as a father.

At least one of them was able to win a team award

 

[Balthazar]

He’s not good enough to run an NHL PP. At least not a 1st unit and nowhere near Hutson level.

Is that's your definition of "0 offense" and "poor way to build a team"?

FTR Dickison has far better chances to become a first pairing defenseman in the NHL than Hutson and it's not close.

 

[Skip Bayless]

At least one of them was able to win a team award

 

[le_sean]

Is that's your definition of "0 offense" and "poor way to build a team"?

FTR Dickison has far better chances to be a first pairing defenseman in the NHL than Hutson and it's not close.

Well it takes an offensive defenceman to run a PP, yes. I didn’t think it was rocket science. Bouchard and Montour are still needed despite all the talent around them.

I think people need to realize that Dickinson is just Guhle. A fine player but I’m not trading Hutson because we draft him. They bring different elements

Club team. Olympic pond hockey doesn’t count. Unless you want to tell me Patrick Marleau is a key piece to a championship team

 

[Ozmodiar]

Imagine the pride one must feel as a father.

Minor Mite Elite! lol

 

[Michoulicious]

I think people need to realize that Dickinson is just Guhle. A fine player but I’m not trading Hutson because we draft him. They bring different elements

Dickinson's offensive potential is so much higher than Guhle IMO.

 

[Skip Bayless]

Club team. Olympic pond hockey doesn’t co----

 

[le_sean]

Hope they liked hanging that banner of losing the Cup finals

 

[Balthazar]

Dickinson's offensive potential is so much higher than Guhle IMO.

Guhle's best offensive season in junior: 40 pts
Dickison this season: 70 pts

Same offensive potential.

 

[Ozmodiar]

Shane Hutson? Lol.

Anaheim already has Zellwegger, how many small D they gonna run?

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Hutson and Zellweger.

 

[le_sean]

Guhle's best offensive season in junior: 40 pts
Dickison this season: 70 pts

Same offensive potential.

40 points in 42 games…

He also didn’t play for the loaded Knights

 

[Ozmodiar]

Dickinson's offensive potential is so much higher than Guhle IMO.

Same with physical play.

 

[le_sean]

No.

40 points in 64 games for Guhle vs 70 points in 68 games for Dicksinon.

Not in the same ballpark.

So I’m arguing with someone that is incapable of reading stat boxes. Not worth my time.

 

[Skip Bayless]

Shane Hutson? Lol.

Anaheim already has Zellwegger, how many small D they gonna run?

That's not my problem. They'll figure it out.

 

[McGees]

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Id bet Hughes objective for this draft is to end up with two of Lindstrom, Demigod, Iginla, Sennecke, Catton, Eiserman or MBN. We need that extra top 15 pick.

think hed prefer to trade for an nhl player than moving up.

 

[le_sean]

Are you for real?

Kaiden Guhle Hockey Stats and Profile at hockeydb.com

Statistics of Kaiden Guhle, a hockey player from Edmonton, ALTA born Jan 18 2002 who was active from 2017 to 2024.

www.hockeydb.com

Do you know what GP and PTS mean?

Yes I do. Why not take a gander at his 2021-22 season. You’ll be pleasantly surprised. Unless you skipped Grade 3 mathematics

 

[vokiel]

He’s not good enough to run an NHL PP. At least not a 1st unit and nowhere near Hutson level.

We wouldn't need any specialists with Dickinson and Reinbacher as the top pair. Then Guhle, Engstrom, Mailloux and Struble makes this a solid d core. Plus whoever comes from the KHL when they can.

 

[le_sean]

2021-22 season? His 25 points season? In his D+2? That's funny as f***.

Is that the season you were talking about here?

Holy f*** man. You’re really bad at this. Do I really need to explain it to you?

Are you reading in braille and skipping lines? Notice how he played for Edmonton AND Prince Albert that season. 42 games. 40 points. Plus another 16 in 19 playoffs games. So really 56 points in 61 games.

 

[le_sean]

No you don't.

You arbitrary took his PPG on his D+2 year over 17 games (!!!) then somehow claimed that he made 40 points in 42 games. So it's gotta be as good as Dickison's 70 pts in 68 games during his D year.

Absolutely ridiculous.

This has to be a troll. I honestly can’t believe someone can be this dense

 

[ReHabs]

This has to be a troll. I honestly can’t believe someone can be this dense

How many points did each get in their respective draft seasons?

40 in 64 vs 70 in 68

Sam Dickinson is a better prospect

 

[le_sean]

How many points did each get in their respective draft seasons?

40 in 64 vs 70 in 68

Sam Dickinson is a better prospect

And Slafkovsky got 10 points his draft year. That’s why Kotkaniemi >>>> him. Right?

 

[WeThreeKings]

You're probably right but they badly need some jam on their top 6. Slaf and occasionally Dach can't be the only ones stirring things up. If sennecke can translate his game to the NHL level, he'll probably be the best player of this draft but the way he plays is really hard to pull off in the NHL. Iginla game like Tkachuk is super translatable. Habs need to shoot for the highest floor with the 5th pick if demidov is off the board. They can't afford to flop on it

They can't afford to slap single it. Go out and overpay Debrusk if you're so worried about having a high floor guy. This is our last chance picking top 5. The ceiling has to come first here.

That’s what I was going to say; I swear I saw quotes of him saying that Demidov was Mtl bound like last week. So what changed? The nature of Lindstrom’s injury being revealed?

Lindstrom injury was already known and positive reports came out the combine. Back tracking off of what Pronman said is a way to expose you arent getting much info.

Pronman literally said that it was a herniated disc and that at the combine when they all got the reports and watched his upper body drills that they were all way more confident in him than before and he was getting top 4 hype.

That should be a positive story not a negative but people are fixating on what it was rather than what teams felt about it after seeing the medical reports and imagery.

If all those forwards are gone, you gotta go Buium. He’s a game breaker.

Parekh is a bigger game breaker and shoots right.

True but to his credit, he was bang on with Slaf and reinbacher

Those were basically locked in by those in the know earlier than us fans heard.

He also shifted his opinion 3 times on the 1st overall. He has some connections he doesn't have who is taking who where connections. Like he heard Sennecke was rising. That's legit. But he doesn't know who is taking who.

Dickinson's offensive potential is so much higher than Guhle IMO.

Its higher but neither runs a pp1 so it isn't that relevant.

 

[McGees]

If a lot of F are taken then some very good D — better than Buium, overall

I think Buium will be 1st or 2nd best D in the class

 

[Habs Icing]

I'm thinking he goes D with that second pick. Then he trades Shane Hutson to Anaheim for Travis Zegras.

Before we trade him, tell me how we acquired Shane Hutson.