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HF Habs: 2025 NHL Draft: Part II

Habs Halifax said:
Top 100 is usually where I focus on because that's where most of the NHL players are picked. 7 solid darts again this draft. 108 and 112 as well if you want to include them.

No doubt in my mind that we are going to try to see what we can get in trades with our picks/futures.
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I trust this regime's drafting and their development. While almost every scout is the same with some additions and Bobrov at the helm with Lapointe, their mandate could be different and with the analytics department, their evaluations are more detailed.

Since 2022, these are selected players in different rounds. I'll list those that are interesting. Some might only stay at AHL level, some might never come over from Europe, but most have NHL potential:

1st round picks: Slafkovsky + Reinbacher + Demidov + Hage
2nd round picks: Beck + Hutson
3rd round picks: Engstrom + Fowler *Rohrer also a 3rd round pick and could be an interesting player*
4th round picks: Florian + Konyushkov + Protz
5th round picks: Davidson + Harris + Volokhin + Thorpe
6th round picks: Eriksson
 
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Adam Michaels said:
I trust this regime's drafting and their development. While almost every scout is the same with some additions and Bobrov at the helm with Lapointe, their mandate could be different and with the analytics department, their evaluations are more detailed.

Since 2022, these are selected players in different rounds. I'll list those that are interesting. Some might only stay at AHL level, some might never come over from Europe, but most have NHL potential:

1st round picks: Slafkovsky + Reinbacher + Demidov + Hage
2nd round picks: Beck + Hutson
3rd round picks: Engstrom + Fowler *Rohrer also a 3rd round pick and could be an interesting player*
4th round picks: Florian + Konyushkov + Protz
5th round picks: Davidson + Harris + Volokhin + Thorpe
6th round picks: Eriksson
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Our stock pile of picks and scouting has been very solid in recent seasons for sure! I agree that not all will make it but we are generating NHL talent. Almost have a problem with too many to develop and I bet you will see many of these guys on other teams in the future. Interesting problem to have in terms of who we will loose on waivers or have to trade to free up space (Harris for example).
 
Pompeius Magnus said:
It's hyperbole, for sure, but he's definitely a very physical presence. He's one of those few guys who should be able to carry it to the pros just fine IMO. I don't see him turning into Gilbert Brulé.
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Absolutely, I'm confident he'll end up being a physical force in the NHL but he's not that guy right now.
 
Quatre Vingt Treize said:
Bukala has him going 14. How you see Hensler like a Ryan McDonogh? We have that player in Reinbacher though. A second pairing right shot D.
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Go look at the Panthers' picks from when Bukala was head scout for them. Then you'll see why I don't put much stock into what he says.

And I don't think Hensler plays like McDonnagh, at all. Hensler isn't as strong/smooth a skater as McDonagh was, for one, and I'd say that Hensler is also not as good a prospect defensively as draft-day McDonagh was.

If I had to give a stylistic comparable to Hensler, it would be more Brady Skjei.

A strong-skating defenseman with good puck-retrieval skills that will really drive possession at the NHL level and be a top-4 defenseman for whichever team drafts him without being elite at any one aspect.

Hensler flashes some bad decision-making at times, but he also sometimes surprises with really high-end anticipation defensively so it kind of balances-out. Hensler won't be like Mike Matheson at the NHL level in that sense.
 
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Adam Michaels said:
I trust this regime's drafting and their development. While almost every scout is the same with some additions and Bobrov at the helm with Lapointe, their mandate could be different and with the analytics department, their evaluations are more detailed.

Since 2022, these are selected players in different rounds. I'll list those that are interesting. Some might only stay at AHL level, some might never come over from Europe, but most have NHL potential:

1st round picks: Slafkovsky + Reinbacher + Demidov + Hage
2nd round picks: Beck + Hutson
3rd round picks: Engstrom + Fowler *Rohrer also a 3rd round pick and could be an interesting player*
4th round picks: Florian + Konyushkov + Protz
5th round picks: Davidson + Harris + Volokhin + Thorpe
6th round picks: Eriksson
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Mesar erasure :shakehead
 
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26Mats said:
41st - PIT (Petry)
79th - VAN (Petry via DeSmith)
108th - DET (Petry)
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Thank you Jeff 🫡

Let's get that home run pick :sarcasm:

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I think Nesbitt is a huge red flag for me. I think people see his size and that he is a center and somehow play physical so they assume he is the key but his footspeed, skating is terrible and even his offensive talent is limited. So basically you are drafting a less physical McCarron.
 
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Redux91 said:
We seriously have back to back picks in the 1st round??

God that's amazing lol
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Definitely excited to see what HuGo and the scouting staff can do after Hage, Hutson, Fowler. Hopefully they can get at least one gem like that with those two 1sts and two seconds.

But no guarantees. Every draft is different.

In the past 3 drafts I hoped they hit on their top 5 pick and got another gem. They delivered in each draft
2024: Demidov, Hage
2023: Reinbacher, Fowler
2022: Slaf, Hutson

This year, with no top 5 pick, just one gem is enough... And some of those picks will be traded.
 
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WeThreeKings said:
High motor, high compete, physical forwards with some skill.

Martin
Cootes
Bear
Spence
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Cootes is a good back-up plan if Beck and Kapanen keep stagnating. Love Bear but that injury admittedly scares me a bit for a guy whose footspeed was never elite anyway.

Would love to draft one of Spence/Martin but I think Martin goes top 12 after the u18s.
 
I'm on board with trading up. We need to come out of this with at least one top 6 forward, then trade for another separately.

Ideally:
16 - trade up to 12/13 with Mailloux/Roy - Carter Bear/ Lynden Lakovic
17 - Braeden Cootes / Malcolm Spence
41 - Alexander Zharovsky / Daniil Prokhorov
49 - Theodor Hallquisth - young
79 - Tinus Luc Koblar - young
81 - Alex Huang - young
82 - William Belle
 
JadedRandom said:
Go look at the Panthers' picks from when Bukala was head scout for them. Then you'll see why I don't put much stock into what he says.

And I don't think Hensler plays like McDonnagh, at all. Hensler isn't as strong/smooth a skater as McDonagh was, for one, and I'd say that Hensler is also not as good a prospect defensively as draft-day McDonagh was.

If I had to give a stylistic comparable to Hensler, it would be more Brady Skjei.

A strong-skating defenseman with good puck-retrieval skills that will really drive possession at the NHL level and be a top-4 defenseman for whichever team drafts him without being elite at any one aspect.

Hensler flashes some bad decision-making at times, but he also sometimes surprises with really high-end anticipation defensively so it kind of balances-out. Hensler won't be like Mike Matheson at the NHL level in that sense.
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Florida drafted good Barkov, Lindell, Crouse, Huberdeau, Ekblad early. Trochek, Weegar, Hyman late rounds.
 
SannywithoutCompy said:
Cootes is a good back-up plan if Beck and Kapanen keep stagnating. Love Bear but that injury admittedly scares me a bit for a guy whose footspeed was never elite anyway.

Would love to draft one of Spence/Martin but I think Martin goes top 12 after the u18s.
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It was Becks 1st pro season and Kapanen had a damn good year overseas this year. I don’t think they’re stagnating at all. If they don’t improve next year then you can label them with the Stag tag.
 
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26Mats said:
Could add this list to the OP if you'd like, as posted by Marco D'Amico;

16th * - CAL (Monahan)
17th
41st - PIT (Petry)
49th
79th - VAN (Petry via DeSmith)
81st
82nd - NJ (Allen)
108th - DET (Petry)
113th
145th
177th
209th

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I think the best way forward is to trade 2 or 3 of the 2nd and 3rd rounders for 2026 2nd or 3rd rounders if the mid 20s years old 2nd line C/RHD we covet is not there for a trade.

I'd pick with the 2 firsts 100%.

They will be really useful at the trade deadline or next year draft if said player we covet becomes available. The core will be a year older as well.
 
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I would use our 2nd round picks to move up if we can snag a top 6 center. Otherwise I stay put. I think there will be good players at our position
 
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