HF Habs: 2025 NHL Draft: Part II

[MarkovsKnee]

Who do you guys like for our 2 2nds? Pick #41 and #49.

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Is it also worth packaging those 2 picks to move up for another 1st? Is there at tier drop in the 30-40 range?

1. Nestrasil
2. Romano
3. Genborg

Are my top 3 choices from above.

 

[MarkovsKnee]

The Athletics two round mock is out, put together by Pronman and Wheeler. They have the Habs taking:

16. Justin Carbonneau
17. Jackson Smith
41. Mason West
49. Ryker Lee

Bear, Mrtka, Aitcheson, Lakovic, and Cootes were taken prior to our first round picks.

Not a fan of Jackson Smith. I seriously doubt we take him. I expect pick #17 to be traded anyway.

 

[JeffreyLFC]

I have a fixation on Gastrin, I just love his game, I would even consider him at 16 or 17 overall. Just a solid high character player with tools, size, good hockey IQ. Definitely above Malcolm Spence in my book.

 

[McGees]

Yeah, it is getting pretty irritating to read this thread and attempt to get info on players that will likely come out in the 8-20 range just for some other poster to instantly reply the classic "he won't be available".

Can we just let people share why they like such and such player? What if HuGo trade up a week before the draft like they did last year (Hage) and the circumstances change?

Sorry but All your favorite prospects will be gone.

 

[Hope Of Glory]

1. Nestrasil
2. Romano
3. Genborg

Are my top 3 choices from above.

I think it's the first time I see Romano's name around here. How's his skating?

How does he compare to other smallish skilled players we took around there (like Kidney for example)?

 

[MarkovsKnee]

I think it's the first time I see Romano's name around here. How's his skating?

How does he compare to other smallish skilled players we took around there (like Kidney for example)?

He's nothing like Kidney. He's a terrific skater and has a Gallagher type work ethic. He's able to make plays while in motion / speed, and plays with pace. He's another RHS center. He isn't top 6 or bust due to his overall game, but he has top 6 upside.

He had a strong season and playoffs for a young Kitchener team. Not PPG strong, but close. He really stepped it up from his rookie year.

I expect him to break out next season.

Upside comp would be Anthony Cirelli/Vincent Trochek type. Both were drafted in 3rd round in their drafts though.

 

[Hope Of Glory]

He's nothing like Kidney. He's a terrific skater and has a Gallagher type work ethic. He's able to make plays while in motion / speed, and plays with pace. He's another RHS center. He isn't top 6 or bust due to his overall game, but he has top 6 upside.

He had a strong season and playoffs for a young Kitchener team. Not PPG strong, but close. He really stepped it up from his rookie year.

I expect him to break out next season.

Upside comp would be Anthony Cirelli/Vincent Trochek type. Both were drafted in 3rd round in their drafts though.

Really interesting profile then. Especially if we go "big" with some of our other picks, it would be nice to bet on some skills too. And 5'11 isn't exactly short anyway.

 

[Riggins]

Just saw the three 3rds we have are picks 79, 81 and 82:

That'll be fun on draft day. Lol But I expect at least one of those is traded.

 

[Goldenhands]

1. Nestrasil
2. Romano
3. Genborg

Are my top 3 choices from above.

I like Nestrasil and Genberg with our 2nds, big physical kids that would add size and toughness to our prospects pool. Romano I didnt watch at all, but I like your description.

 

[Shutdown]

He's nothing like Kidney. He's a terrific skater and has a Gallagher type work ethic. He's able to make plays while in motion / speed, and plays with pace. He's another RHS center. He isn't top 6 or bust due to his overall game, but he has top 6 upside.

He had a strong season and playoffs for a young Kitchener team. Not PPG strong, but close. He really stepped it up from his rookie year.

I expect him to break out next season.

Upside comp would be Anthony Cirelli/Vincent Trochek type. Both were drafted in 3rd round in their drafts though.

i watched some Kitchener games to get a sense of Cameron Reid and Romano was the one who stood out to me. great shot too.

 

[Quatre Vingt Treize]

He's nothing like Kidney. He's a terrific skater and has a Gallagher type work ethic. He's able to make plays while in motion / speed, and plays with pace. He's another RHS center. He isn't top 6 or bust due to his overall game, but he has top 6 upside.

He had a strong season and playoffs for a young Kitchener team. Not PPG strong, but close. He really stepped it up from his rookie year.

I expect him to break out next season.

Upside comp would be Anthony Cirelli/Vincent Trochek type. Both were drafted in 3rd round in their drafts though.

Are you talking about Romano?

 

[Quatre Vingt Treize]

Just saw the three 3rds we have are picks 79, 81 and 82:

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That'll be fun on draft day. Lol But I expect at least one of those is traded.

Montreal has 12 picks this draft. I expymany to be drafted. Can only sign 50 contracts.

 

[MarkovsKnee]

I like Nestrasil and Genberg with our 2nds, big physical kids that would add size and toughness to our prospects pool. Romano I didnt watch at all, but I like your description.

I'm pretty sure there are a lot of teams that like Nestrasil & Genborg. They're under-valued by scouting reports, imo.

I wouldn't be surprised if Nestrasil ends up a late 1st rounder (like Chytil) & Genborg goes top 45. I expect one or two of the 3 to be there at our first 2nd (#41). I'm not sure any of them will be there at #49.

I picked Romano over Genborg because I think we need a lot more centers in our system, and the Genborg-type is something we have somewhat in guys like Heineman, FloJack, Tuch & Thorpe. I feel that type is slightly easier to draft in later rounds too in better drafts.

 

[MarkovsKnee]

Are you talking about Romano?

Luca Romano, of Kitchener.

 

[Scotianhab]

Perhaps Hughes will package each 1st with a 2nd and move up with both 1st rd picks. That’d be pretty sweet.

 

[BeliveauFan4ever]

Perhaps Hughes will package each 1st with a 2nd and move up with both 1st rd picks. That’d be pretty sweet.

That would be sweet considering Bergy loved to trade back. Drove me nuts.

 

[McGees]

Are you talking about Romano?

 

[TomKosto]

Perhaps Hughes will package each 1st with a 2nd and move up with both 1st rd picks. That’d be pretty sweet.

Do we really need to trade up outside of the top8-10? I dont think teams gonna trade down from there and theres no1 standing out from 10 to 17 to me.

 

[McGees]

If we can get up closer to 10 I think Bear/McQueen/Lakovic/Aitcheson/Mrtka all become real possibilities

 

[Team_Spirit]

 

[Quatre Vingt Treize]

Perhaps Hughes will package each 1st with a 2nd and move up with both 1st rd picks. That’d be pretty sweet.

Good idea. Quality over quantity

 

[Weber Fan]

My top 17 right now...

1. Matthew Schaefer
2. Michael Misa
3. Caleb Desnoyers
4. Porter Martone
5. James Hagens
6. Jake O’Brien
7. Anton Frondell
8. Brady Martin
9. Victor Eklund
10. Carter Bear
11. Roger Mcqueen
12. Cole Reschny
13. Radim Mrtka
14. Braeden Cootes
15. Justin Carbonneau
16. Ben Kindel
17. Lynden Lakovic

 

[WeThreeKings]

My list should be done either today or Monday. I'm bolding guys that I think we should target specifically; obviously not including those we won't have a shot to draft.

 

[VirginiaMtlExpat]

My list should be done either today or Monday. I'm bolding guys that I think we should target specifically; obviously not including those we won't have a shot to draft.

 

[WeThreeKings]

Name Position League GP Goals Assists Points
Matthew Schaefer LD OHL 17 7 15 22
Michael Misa C OHL 65 62 72 134
Porter Martone RW OHL 57 37 61 98
James Hagens C NCAA 35 10 25 35
Anton Frondell C Allsvenskan 29 11 14 25
Caleb Desnoyers C QMJHL 56 35 49 84
Viktor Eklund LW Allsvenskan 42 19 12 31
Roger McQueen C WHL 17 10 10 20
Carter Bear LW WHL 56 40 42 82
Radim Mrtka RD WHL 43 3 32 35
Brady Martin LW OHL 57 33 39 72
Jake O'Brien C OHL 66 32 66 98
Braeden Cootes LW WHL 60 26 37 63
Malcolm Spence LW OHL 65 32 41 73
Blake Fiddler RD WHL 64 10 23 33
Jackson Smith LD WHL 68 11 43 54
Justin Carbonneau LW QMJHL 62 46 43 89
Kashawn Aitcheson LD OHL 64 26 33 59
Lynden Lakovic C WHL 47 27 31 58
Ivan Ryabkin C USHL 21 15 9 24
Jack Murtagh LW USHL 44 20 25 45
Benjamin Kindle RW WHL 65 35 64 99
Cullen Potter C NCAA 35 13 9 22
Cole McKinney C USHL 47 22 29 51
Vaclav Nestrasil C USHL 54 17 22 39
Cole Reschny LW WHL 62 26 66 92
William Moore C USHL 51 22 22 44
Jack Nesbitt C OHL 65 25 39 64
Ryker Lee LW USHL 51 28 33 61
Bill Zonnon LW QMJHL 64 28 55 83
Joshua Ravensberger G WHL 51 3 0.901 3.901
Cameron Reid RD OHL 67 14 40 54
Logan Hensler RD NCAA 32 2 10 12
Theo Stockselius C J20 40 22 29 51
Eric Nilson C Allsvenskan 4 1 0 1
Eddie Genborg C SHL 28 2 0 2
Cameron Schmidt RW WHL 61 40 38 78
Jakob Ihs Wozniak LW SHL 13 1 1 2
Milton Gastrin C SHL 8 0 0 0
Daniil Prokhorov RW MHL 43 20 7 27
Mason West C USHS 31 27 22 49
Tomas Pobezal C SVK 42 15 8 23
Sacha Boumedienne LD NCAA 36 3 9 12
Henry Brzustewicz RD OHL 67 10 32 42
Alexander Zharovsky LW MHL 45 24 26 50
Ethan Czata C OHL 68 21 34 55
Shane Vansaghi C NCAA 36 6 10 16
William Horcoff C NCAA 18 4 6 10
Kurban Limatov LD MHL 46 8 15 23
Adam Benak C USHL 53 16 38 54
Charlie Tretheway RD USHL 53 6 13 19
Semyon Frolov G MHL 13 2.05 0.915 2.965
Viktor Klingsell LW SHL 3 0 0 0
Jack Ivankovic G OHL 43 3.05 0.903 3.953
Alex Huang RD QMJHL 64 7 33 40
Mateo Nobert C QMJHL 57 28 39 67
Will Sharpe LD WHL 66 9 35 44
Nathan Behm LW WHL 59 31 35 66
Gustav Hillstrom C SHL 18 1 1 2
Tyler Hopkins LW OHL 67 20 31 51
Mikhail Fedorov RW MHL 45 17 26 43
Burke Hood G WHL 42 3.13 0.91 4.04
Benjamin Kevan LW USHL 47 13 29 42
Filip Ekberg LW OHL 53 16 29 45
David Lewandowski C WHL 52 15 24 39
Vojtech Cihar LW CZEchia 43 4 5 9
Mikkel Eriksen C J20 40 22 21 43
Hayden Paupenakis C WHL 71 22 21 43
Matthew Gard C WHL 66 19 17 36
Lucas Beckman G QMJHL 52 2.65 0.914 3.564
Jeremy Loranger LW BCHL 52 39 61 100
Ethan Wyttenbach LW USHL 39 21 24 45
Carlos Handel RD QMJHL 52 3 23 26
Elijah Neuenschwander G SL 9 2.69 0.909 3.599
Kale Dach LW BCL 52 22 63 85
Bruno Osmanis LW Allsvenskan 27 1 6 7
Pytor Adreyanov G RUS 37 1.75 0.942 2.692
Cooper Simpson LW USHS 31 49 34 83
Zachary Morin LW QMJHL 56 16 20 36
Owen Griffin C OHL 62 22 29 51
Luca Romano C OHL 67 25 26 51
Malte Vass LD SHL 5 0 0 0
Arvid Drott RW J20 40 18 18 36
Carter Amico RD USHL 13 0 3 3
Peyton Kettles RD WHL 53 5 9 14
Max Westergard C SHL 4 0 0 0
Jacob Rombach LD USHL 52 3 15 18
Tommy Lafreniere C WHL 68 24 32 56
Aidan Lane RW OHL 13 7 6 13
Alex Misiak F USHL 22 7 10 17
Lasse Boelius LD Liiga 7 0 2 2
Conrad Fondrk LW USHL 40 13 14 27
Tomas Poletin LW Liiga 15 0 0 0
Matous Jan Kucharchik LW Cze2 20 1 3 4
Tanner Lam LW OHL 67 13 40 53
Shamar Moses LW OHL 66 12 36 48
Daniil Skvortsov LD OHL 59 5 13 18
Bryce Pickford RD WHL 48 20 27 47
Emile Guite LW QMJHL 59 16 14 30
Linus Funck RD J20 48 5 23 28
Donato Bracco LD USHL 53 5 22 27
Michael Svrcek LW J20 30 14 16 30
Jan Chovan C U20 39 11 12 23
Everett Baldwin RD USHS 22 10 10 20
Love Harenstam G J20 23 3.31 0.895 4.205
Sam Laurila LD USHL 57 8 33 41
Kristian Epperson LW OHL 58 27 53 80
LJ Mooney LW USHL 38 7 25 32
Aleksei Medvedev G OHL 34 2.79 0.912 3.702
Owen Conrad LD QMJHL 64 7 19 26
Philippe Veilleux LW QMJHL 64 40 47 87
Louis-Antoine Denault G QMJHL 41 3.13 0.902 4.032
Reese Hamilton LD WHL 59 4 10 14
Patrik Kerkola G Liiga 1 3.12 0.842 3.962
Maxim Agafanov RD MHL 35 6 8 14
Matej Pekar F WHL 64 17 15 32
Ondrej Stebetak G WHL 47 3.72 0.891 4.611
Ruslan Karimov LW OHL 66 15 14 29
Michael Pradel G SVK2 15 4.59 0.898 5.488
Brent Solomon RW USHL 8 4 2 6
Artyom Vilchinsky LD MHL 51 0 12 12
Ryan Cameron G USHL 1 8 0.778 8.778
Carson Cameron LD OHL 63 7 16 23
Max Psenicka LD CZEchia 16 2 0 2
Dakoda Rheaume-Mullen LD USHL 61 0 18 18
Quinn Beauchesne RD OHL 49 6 18 24
Brandon Gorzynski C WHL 68 17 25 42
Patryk Zubek LD SVK2 22 4 3 7
Travis Hayes RW OHL 65 21 30 51
Gavin Cornforth C USHL 57 24 25 49
Nathan Quinn C QMJHL 54 17 29 46
William Belle C USHL 51 4 12 16
Yaroslav Bryzgalov C USHL 49 9 6 15
Matthew Lansing RW USHL 40 8 9 17
Matthew Grimes LD USHL 52 4 9 13
Tinus Luc Koblar LW J20 43 8 13 21
David Bedkowski RD OHL 37 3 4 7
Edison Engle LD USHL 54 2 13 15
Simon Wang LD OHL 32 0 2 2
Luka Radivojevic LD USHL 31 1 18 19
Kirill Kutuzov RW MHL 47 12 13 25
Dominik Pavlik LW U20 20 3 5 8
Gabriel D'Aigle G QMJHL 55 4.52 0.883 5.403
Vit Zaheshky C WHL 46 3 12 15
Max Bleicher LD OHL 50 2 4 6
Yegor Murashev LW MHL 23 5 8 13
Maxim Gusev LD MHL 51 2 14 16