HF Habs: 2025 NHL Draft: Part II
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Zoltan Poszar's Burner
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I'm excited about our quantity of picks because teams have been unpredictable lately. All of 22/23/24 saw some combination of off the board (Nemec, Carlsson, Reinbacher) or shocking (Simashev, But, Sennecke) picks that led to unexpected opportunities in the 8-15 range.
With consecutive Calder candidates in the oven, what follows from here is putting our version of a top D (Hedman/Pietrangelo/Makar/Theodore), a secondary guy (Toews/Forsling/Luostrainen/Parayko) and some versatile scoring (Point/Bennett/Verhaeghe/Schenn/Oshie/Wilson) profiles in place.
That part will always require trial & error and the # of picks we've accumulated will help in that pursuit.
As a result, I'm not generally a fan of trading up. If the right deal presents itself - sure.
Otherwise, in almost any draft year, I think that kind of move is tacitly accepting that your scouting budget is wasted capex / negative alpha.
With consecutive Calder candidates in the oven, what follows from here is putting our version of a top D (Hedman/Pietrangelo/Makar/Theodore), a secondary guy (Toews/Forsling/Luostrainen/Parayko) and some versatile scoring (Point/Bennett/Verhaeghe/Schenn/Oshie/Wilson) profiles in place.
That part will always require trial & error and the # of picks we've accumulated will help in that pursuit.
As a result, I'm not generally a fan of trading up. If the right deal presents itself - sure.
Otherwise, in almost any draft year, I think that kind of move is tacitly accepting that your scouting budget is wasted capex / negative alpha.
HuGort
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Hope we take centers with our picks. Carbonneau good player but top 6 centers near impossible to acquire. A number of them will be available.
Benstheman
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a center with our earlier pick yes. But the other one you go BPA available. Carbonneau will be a good candidate with that pick.
Team_Spirit
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I would like to see us take a swing at getting a power forward with a 2nd round/3rd round pick if someone's available. I like thorpe in our pool, but we need a surer thing for a winger with size who can score goals.
HuGo Burner Acc
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Hannibal
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Vachon23
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I’m genuinely expecting all of them: lapointe, bobrov, boisvert and audette (regional). Considering they are also in town I would be shocked if lecavalier Hughes and Gorton wouldn’t be there also.
HuGo Burner Acc
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That would be an interesting trade. I'm guessing a team like Nashville or Pittsburg would be more amenable to that to restock their pool.
Leto
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I was at Moncton v Boisbriand. I didn't get to spot Bobrov and co, but I did spot Martin Madden Jr. He sure love the Q. Came out impressed by Villeneuve.
There is no doubt in mind that Anaheim takes Caleb if he available when they speak. If we want him we 100% have to jump them one way or another.
