Well given that Werenski is going to be 27 years old soon, Jiricek just had his 20 year old season, Mateychuk is turning 20 soon, and Severson has 7 years left with a NTC, it's fair to assume that they will be there for a while unless they trade Mateychuk.
Dickinson quite a bit better hands than Guhle. He's bigger, 4 years younger and 2 less concussions
Is the difference between Guhle and Dickinson so vast that it’s worth a 5th overall pick? Isn’t it more prudent to use a 5th overall pick on a player type we don’t have? Or one that we sorely lack? Because two-way physical defencemen isn’t really something the Habs need. Offence is a need. Forwards are a need.
Werenski has had a few injuries and NTCs haven’t stopped trades before. Add to the fact that players slide down pairings over the years, I’d say if BPA for what they see is a D, you draft a D
He's also the best player on the team at 26 still playing at an elite level. They overpaid for him with his contract at the time because they love him there. Sure he could want out at some point, but you don't draft a player based on this assumption. It would be like us drafting a center because Suzuki might not be a Hab in a couple of years, it's highly unlikely.
Your obsession with Kotkaniemi is well documented here and irrelevant to the discussion at hand.And Slafkovsky got 10 points his draft year. That’s why Kotkaniemi >>>> him. Right?
You spent months parroting that Slafkovsky only had 10 points his draft year and was a bust. He was better than KK on draft day despite lower numbers in Liiga. That’s one point I was making.
I never said Slafkovsky is a bust (especially not before the draft even happened). I said I don’t think he is safe enough to risk with the 1OA given his CV.
In their respective draft seasons, given their many similarities (similarities Kotkaniemi and Slafkovsky did not share), their point production *is* germane to the discussion. Dickinson significantly outproduced Guhle. They’re not comparable as draft day prospects.
That wasn’t what was being talked about. You inserted yourself at the end of a discussion.
Take it to DMs if you’re afraid of basic hockey talk.
I don’t like bickering. Why are you bickering? Just stick to hockey talk. It’s much more entertaining and enjoyable. Give it a try.And that’s fresh, you saying you never said Slaf was a bust
It’s the slaf draft all over again but with even more camps. There’s going to be a lot of complaining after the draft that’s for sure. We won’t know on draft day but I hope they ultimately chose the right one.
When's the last time we didn't have a lot of angry Habs fans after draft day? Day 1 of the 2019 draft probably. Even then, a lot of people (including myself) wanted Newhook over Caufield but were still happy about having Caufield.
I tend to trust the argument that he’s a late riser due to his physical growth etc etc but that doesn’t make him any less of a project and there are so many prospects worthy of going top5 it’s hard to justify picking him at 5
And he's one of those prospects. Hell teams ahead of us are fans of Sennecke too. It's a weird draft, even the Hawks don't really know who to take and I feel like we would be in a similar position if we won the 2nd OA.
What Silayev has done is nearly unprecedented. Whoever picks him will have a new number 1 prospect in their prospect pool. And within a few years they’ll have a new top3 dman.
Everything after 1 is difficult to predict. I don’t think Sennecke is *safe* enough to pick top5 but he could certainly have the upside of a top5 pick in the eyes of an intrepid hockey team.
