HF Habs: 2025 NHL Draft: Part II

[Habs Icing]

He won't be an option for us. He won't go top 2, and we won't pick 3 4 or 5.

I've only got the juniors to go on but he gives me a bad feeling and it's not because he didn't produce. I don't like his game. It looks like his size makes him a star against smaller junior players. Once in the NHL his size won't help him.

 

[WeThreeKings]

I've only got the juniors to go on but he gives me a bad feeling and it's not because he didn't produce. I don't like his game. It looks like his size makes him a star against smaller junior players. Once in the NHL his size won't help him.

He's very good, if you like the Tkachuk brothers, you'll like him. The WJC thing isn't a proper evaluation of his abilities.

But we won't have a shot at him, he is going to fall in that range where we can't pick. We need to look at the left shot centres anyways, and luckily for us there is four really good ones, Misa and Hagens if we won 2 OA, or Desnoyers and Frondell if we can pick just outside of the top 5.

 

[MarkovsKnee]

He won't be an option for us. He won't go top 2, and we won't pick 3 4 or 5.

We're only 3 pts from drafting 5th overall again, so definitely a possibility.

Currently, we sit with 10th pick, but St. Louis, Philadelphia & Pittsburgh are all tied in points with Montreal.

Anaheim is one point back with 2 games in hand.

We have 2 games against Buffalo March 1st & 3rd. We also have 2 games left against Philadelphia. And we still have road games against St. Louis and Seattle.

It'll come down to how we do in those games.

Philadelphia & Pittsburgh play each other in a home and home right after the break. We're going to get passed by one of those teams.

 

[Habs Icing]

He's very good, if you like the Tkachuk brothers, you'll like him. The WJC thing isn't a proper evaluation of his abilities.

But we won't have a shot at him, he is going to fall in that range where we can't pick. We need to look at the left shot centres anyways, and luckily for us there is four really good ones, Misa and Hagens if we won 2 OA, or Desnoyers and Frondell if we can pick just outside of the top 5.

Put aside whether we are in the range of drafting him right now. What if we end up with the 3 or 4th pick? Would you select him? I don't see the Tkachuk brothers in him.

 

[MarkovsKnee]

Put aside whether we are in the range of drafting him right now. What if we end up with the 3 or 4th pick? Would you select him? I don't see the Tkachuk brothers in him.

If we have the 3rd pick, I'd take Hagens assuming Misa went 2nd. Hagens isn't as good as Celebrini who had a monster draft year in NCAA, but imo he's comparable to Cooley maybe a bit stronger.

Hagens destroyed the u18s last spring & had a really strong u20 tournament this past December. He produced far more than Cooley did at both tournaments.

Cooley was drafted directly from NTDP while Hagens is in College, but Hagens is ppg in a stronger more demanding league.

I would send Hagens back for another year of College but he should be ready by end of 2026 season.

If 4th, I think Desnoyers or Frondell. I still like Martone, but I would go center.

 

[WeThreeKings]

Put aside whether we are in the range of drafting him right now. What if we end up with the 3 or 4th pick? Would you select him? I don't see the Tkachuk brothers in him.

I'd go Hagens or Misa first.. but if i am there at 4, Martone is clearly better than anyone else in the class after 4, so I'm definitely taking Martone.