Confirmed with Link: Canadiens acquire 2024 1st (21OA) from the Kings for 2024 1st (26OA), 2024 2nd (57OA) and 2024 7th (198OA)

[26Mats]

It's a 2nd round pick to move up 5 spots in the 1st round.

I'll do that everyday and twice on Sunday

Just obviously would be nice to have got 15 or 17 or wtv

But our guys are DOING stuff, that's the most important

and it's a really late 2nd.

 

[Svart]

Quality over quantity... and that's perfectly fine

 

[red devil]

Hefty price to move up from 26 to 21

The 7th round pick doesn't really have any value so they are trading a late 2nd to move up 5 spots in the 1st round which seems fair value.

 

[Wats]

Maybe they're trading it for Necas

 

[26Mats]

Now, how much does it cost to move up 6 or 7 spots to get up to 15 or 14?

 

[sampollock]

Maybe they're trading it for Necas

nooooooooooooooo

 

[Hope Of Glory]

Late 2nd isn't worth much so good price. Would be great if he could move up a bit more

 

[Benstheman]

Really don't think the value is great here.

If the value is a bit off, it's probably because Hugues needed to do that to close another trade.

 

[Estimated_Prophet]

Love it!!!

There was a real drop off around the 24 area imo and this puts us in the conversation for a prospect who is at least a clear tier above what we would have drafted at 26. It also allows us to creep closer to the top 15 and I could see them flipping this pick as well.

And....we are ahead of the Leafs! Hopefully we steal ther Michael Knies or Easton Cowan level pick that they are smugly hiding in their back pocket.

 

[Benstheman]

Now, how much does it cost to move up 6 or 7 spots to get up to 15 or 14?

Habs 2025 2nd?

 

[Habsfan18]

You don’t make a move like that hours before the draft unless it’s to facilitate something else. Something is in motion.

 

[Riggins]

If they found a way to get into the top 10 and come out of this draft with Demidov + Iggy I'll die in peace

 

[Estimated_Prophet]

Really don't think the value is great here.

The value is good, this pick represents more than just 5 spots it represents access to players who are in a whole other tier.

 

[MonkeyBusiness]

Ok then the Habs ought to trade all their 2nds going forward. There's a reason teams generally don't like trading 2nds unless they're in a win now mode. Because those 2nds can turn into complete steals. Plus they're the ones that bolster your pipeline. Look at teams that end up trading their 2nds. All of those teams have absolute garbage pipelines

Look at 2022. Habs got Beck and Hutson with 2nds, one at the beginning and one near the end of the round

Way to exaggerate and come up with a bullshit scenario. Sometimes it pays to trade them, and sometimes it doesn't. We have picked a lot of players in the past few years with second-round picks, and now they're likely targeting quality over quantity.

Not to say you can't get quality in the late second round; as you said we did get Hutson there, and he's incredible. They most likely targeted a player and they feel strongly they can get him at #21. Plus, all those teams you're talking about haven't acquired as many picks as we have in the past few years.

 

[Sterling Archer]

I don’t think he’s using that pick for a prospect. Seems more like a trade chip to me.

 

[Playmaker09]

Let's see what happens.

I was just saying I don't like picking at 57 because I felt the prospects there were 3rd round value, and was hoping we would move up to 40ish.
But trading out of the 2nd entirely was not what I was expecting.

EIther there's another trade coming or they have good intel someone like Chernyshov or Greentree makes it to 21. Definitely not targeting any defensemen.

 

[Benstheman]

I like it before it's the phase where Habs need quality over quantity to fill the spots they know they lack.

 

[WatchfulElm]

I wouldn't be surprised if they target Boisvert. Hughes loves his NCAA guys. And being a Quebecer is a nice bonus. He also checks a lot of boxes in term of needs. A forward with size, character and offensive abilities. What's to hate?

I don't think Boisvert will be available at #26.

 

[salbutera]

This draft cuvée is not supposed to have a deep 1st round according to many talking heads

 

[Bombshell11]

Could be trying a move for Cole Eiserman, Newburyport, MA born. Hughe loves Massachusetts

 

[KevSkillz4]

 

[McGuires Corndog]

They’ve identified a player they love that might not be there between 22-26, clearly.

It’ll be interesting to see if they try to move up again if another team trades for a pick ahead of them.

 

[1909]

moving up the draft

21 pick on the market?

could be packaged in a trade for a young NHL talent like Zegras ????

 

[Skip Bayless]

Down bad for Eiserman

 

[salbutera]

I wouldn't be surprised if they target Boisvert. Hughes loves his NCAA guys. And being a Quebecer is a nice bonus. He also checks a lot of boxes in term of needs. A forward with size, character and offensive abilities. What's to hate?

I don't think Boisvert will be available at #26.

Eiserman without a doubt, dinner multiple times, Gorton is good friends with his old man..

Now can Habs find a way to move up?