GDT: 2024 NHL Entry Draft Part TWO: Rounds 2-7 | Sat. June 29, 11:30 a.m. | SN1, TVA Sports

[MarkovsKnee]

Our picks today, which of course could change:

1st round:
Ivan Demidov (W)
Michael Hage (C)

3rd round:
Aatos Koivu (C)
Logan Sawyer (C)

4th round
Owen Protz (LD)

5th round
Tyler Thorpe (W)
Mikus Vecvanags (G)

6th round
Ben Merrill (C)

7th round
Makar Khanin (W)
Rasmus Bergqvist (LD)

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[Schooner Guy]

I doubt they'd think that way

Chicago will be a bottom tier team

I just think they loved this draft a bit more so far and what was available to them


Lottery makes this unpredictable

True but a legit chance at Martone or Hagens would be extremely tempting. Chicago could only drop two spots and I think they're bottom 2 again for sure.

 

[Schooner Guy]

Anyone who says "I'm expecting us to pick another boring defenseman" in future Habs draft threads should get banned for life. Habs have taken 4 skilled forwards in the 1st round of HuGo's 3 drafts and only one Dman.

 

[sampollock]

Need a trade tomorrow

 

[Boss Man Hughes]

I wouldn't take the unknown. Just too risky. A couple off season trades and they could be sitting at 7-8 spot next year.

I doubt they have anything to trade but they could sign a UFA or 2 and that could move them up several spots.

 

[Gustave]

Anyone who says "I'm expecting us to pick another boring defenseman" in future Habs draft threads should get banned for life. Habs have taken 4 skilled forwards in the 1st round of HuGo's 3 drafts and only one Dman.

For the first time since Caufield, a faller we needed just came into our lap. Incredible feeling.

 

[Nedved]

I doubt they have anything to trade but they could sign a UFA or 2 and that could move them up several spots.

yes, this is what I meant, not a trade. thanks. I would make the trade for back to back unprotected picks for 2025, 2026, and a 2024 late first rounder.

That what make me think about it.

 

[Player 61]

A lot of You Guys Rank Basha (another small Guy) 2 High, but Montreal can trade up for another 2nd., easily!

 

[Vachon23]

Wetsch/Villeneuve should be target in the 3rd. Some sandpaper with skills

Bernier/Lavoie could be target with 101, reliable defensively RD, could be parter for Hutson

 

[WeThreeKings]

Recap:

Sorry for all the anxiety and worry about Buium - in the end, it looks like my evaluation of the player might have been shared enough to see him fall as much as he did.

Sennecke went at 3 - not so much of a reach at 5?

Iginla went higher than I thought, though, so don't think the evaluation was that far off for the team to look at those two guys if things had gone differently.

 

[Kimota]

I wonder if Hage was really their intended target or it was somebody else.

 

[HabbyGuy]

I wonder if Hage was really their intended target or it was somebody else.

I believe him, probably between him and Eiserman. Hage is the perfect story though. Impossible not to like the choice.

 

[Habaneros]

https://x.com/i/web/status/1806881164277198905

 

[Nedved]

https://x.com/i/web/status/1806881164277198905

you sly dog hughes.

 

[TheBuriedHab]

I wonder if Hage was really their intended target or it was somebody else.

Tony said they had him higher than Eiserman fwiw.

 

[TCIH]

Iginla went higher than I thought, though, so don't think the evaluation was that far off for the team to look at those two guys if things had gone differently.

It always struck me as odd that people thought Iginla would be a reach for us. He has pedigree (and a source of personal coaching both on and off the ice in his father), plays a game that will translate well to the NHL, has gotten better and better, and is one of the youngest players. If Demidov/Sennecke/Lindstrom were all off the board when we picked at 5 I would've been thrilled to pick up Tij.

 

[MarkovsKnee]

Did i miss something or nobody congratulated the rats?

It had to be a directive from the NHL to speed the process along. Too many teams were doing congratulations to the champs, thanks Vegas two minutes speeches. With 32 teams that adds an extra hour to the proceedings.

 

[WinterLion]

I can't remember the board being so happy since we drafted Galchenyuk!!!

 

[KevSkillz4]

Amazing 1st round by Habs. Two skilled players.

Demidov is the 2nd best player in this year draft.

Reinbacher have so much less pressure aswell. He can easily take time to develop into a two-way D beast.

After 3 years of tanking, we got 2 amazing young forward with Juraj Slafkovsky and Ivan Demidov.

OMG!!

 

[WeThreeKings]

There's one thing left to do

Get Aatos Koivu

 

[red devil]

I can't remember the board being so happy since we drafted Galchenyuk!!!

Oh no lol

 

[HuGo Sham]

I wonder if Hage was really their intended target or it was somebody else.

Hughes is positively giddy in this interview

 

[WinterLion]

Where's the Bobrov interviews!!!???!! I wanna hear the professor talk!

 

[austin316]

Slightly disappointed we didn’t make a trade for a young forward to add to our core, someone like McGroarty.

 

[Habsfan18]

Scott Wheeler:

I can’t think of a better outcome for the Habs. We know where their young group of defensemen is at. Now, they’ve added two of the best forwards in the draft, one of whom is an elite skill guy and one of whom is a center with length, skating (Hage is one of the best skaters in the draft), skill (he gets high grades in this class here, too) and a profile that I love.

I believe that Demidov is the second-best prospect in the draft and is a home run for the Habs. A true game-breaker is the one thing it felt like their core was missing — the kind of player who can challenge for 90 to 100 points if things break right. There’s no guarantee that he will become that, but I see that kind of upside and he feels like a 70-to-80-point player at his floor. I think he’s going to make magic happen in the NHL and thrill one of the most passionate fan bases in professional sports. It’ll be great for the league.

And Hage might be my favorite prospect in the draft. I think he’s got a legitimate path to a long career as a top-six player. I comped him to Jordan Kyrou and I think that’s within reach.

This is a big day in the Habs’ rebuild and they had the best Day 1 of the bunch. One to remember.

 

[OneSharpMarble]

I wonder if they are interested in getting Koivu.