Confirmed with Link: Canadiens Will Pick 5th (Hughes Presser in OP) NO POLITICS

[sampollock]

If Habs draft Michkov, they better surround him and Caufield with bigger bodies.

yup, what I keep saying..
can't have 4 guys on the top 2 lines that are small

 

[junyab]

Getting Smith would f***ing suck compared to the others. We were so f***ing close. Our AHLers and f***ing Montembeault and management ruined our season.

Many have Smith closer to Carlsson and Fantilli than say Benson, Barlow and Leonard so I wouldn't be so dramatic.

 

[1909]

Many have Smith closer to Carlsson and Fantilli than say Benson, Barlow and Leonard so I wouldn't be so dramatic.

Smith is a worthy of being top-five. No problem there.

 

[junyab]

Guys in here hoping we draft someone with size.

Guys in Slaf thread wishing we picked Cooley.

 

[SlafySZN]

Getting Smith would f***ing suck compared to the others. We were so f***ing close. Our AHLers and f***ing Montembeault and management ruined our season.

Wouldn’t suck, at all.

For all we know Carlsson might bust, or Fantilli. Not all of the top 4-5 guys will work out as much as we thought.

 

[26Mats]

If Habs draft Michkov, they better surround him and Caufield with bigger bodies.

Salf, Dach, Dubois, and Suzuki who's thick and durable would be the other 4 top 6 forwards at the moment...

Caufield - Suzuki - Dubois
Michkov - Dach - Slaf

 

[WeThreeKings]

Many have Smith closer to Carlsson and Fantilli than say Benson, Barlow and Leonard so I wouldn't be so dramatic.

If the Habs took Barlow at 5, my Poehling melt down would look infinitesimal in comparison

 

[Jack Skellington]

Salf, Dach, Dubois, and Suzuki who's thick and durable would be the other 4 top 6 forwards at the moment...

Caufield - Suzuki - Dubois
Michkov - Dach - Slaf

Dubois plays for the Winnipeg Jets actually.

 

[26Mats]

Dubois plays for the Winnipeg Jets actually.

According to Elliot Friedman, 5% chance he's not a Hab by summer 2024, 95% chance he is. So, in that sense I was projecting based on the most likely scenario.

 

[Jack Skellington]

According to Elliot Friedman, 5% chance he's not a Hab by summer 2024, 95% chance he is. So, in that sense I was projecting based on the most likely scenario.

As my father who works at the hatchery once said, don’t count your chickens before they hatch out of an egg

 

[Rapala]

According to Elliot Friedman, 5% chance he's not a Hab by summer 2024, 95% chance he is. So, in that sense I was projecting based on the most likely scenario.

Is Friedman negotiating the contract as well?

 

[Skip Bayless]

Man it truly sucks we don't have 17 anymore.

Would've loved a Barlow/Yager/Willander with Smith.

 

[Bombshell11]

Wouldn’t suck, at all.

For all we know Carlsson might bust, or Fantilli. Not all of the top 4-5 guys will work out as much as we thought.

Swedish players are made differently, every young top prospect from Sweden has dominated in the NHL. the chances he bust are like less than 1%?

Fantilli though, i can buy that.

Even Bedard, with the lockdowns, the data are skewed, we have to see him play againts real pros.

Slaf looked really good pre-draft, at camp though.... OOOOFFFF

 

[Omar]

As my father who works at the hatchery once said, don’t count your chickens before they hatch out of an egg

I don’t think “out of an egg” is part of the saying

 

[Colezuki]

As my father who works at the hatchery once said, don’t count your chickens before they hatch out of an egg

They could hatch out of anything, it could even be a boat, you know we've always wanted one of those

 

[Nico Cauzuki]

yup, what I keep saying..
can't have 4 guys on the top 2 lines that are small

Dubois - Suzuki - Michkov
Slafkovsky - Dach - Caufield

we got size on both lines

 

[sampollock]

Salf, Dach, Dubois, and Suzuki who's thick and durable would be the other 4 top 6 forwards at the moment...

Caufield - Suzuki - Dubois
Michkov - Dach - Slaf

pld is not a hab yet

Dubois - Suzuki - Michkov
Slafkovsky - Dach - Caufield

we got size on both lines

funny how PLD is listed as a hab... let's wait and see

 

[Hins77]

Bedard/Fantilli/Carlsson/Smith/Mitchkov


At 6th. Arizona have the worst picks. Many good players and they can get a bust. At 5th, there is no hesitation.

 

[Runner77]

yup, what I keep saying..
can't have 4 guys on the top 2 lines that are small

You can certainly have them on your roster if thery are/ were your BPAs. For instance, I would certainly draft Michkov without size being a consideration.

You then turn around and deal from strength, excess/ redundancy to fill needs and optimize your asset mix.

What would be ill-advised is to select a lower tier player with an early pick just cause the BPA at your drafting slot, is a smaller player.

 

[junyab]

According to Elliot Friedman, 5% chance he's not a Hab by summer 2024, 95% chance he is. So, in that sense I was projecting based on the most likely scenario.

I wonder what PLD would say if Friedman told him those percentages face to face.

 

[26Mats]

I wonder what PLD would say if Friedman told him those percentages face to face.

Off the record or on the record?

 

[Runner77]

According to Elliot Friedman, 5% chance he's not a Hab by summer 2024, 95% chance he is. So, in that sense I was projecting based on the most likely scenario.

How does Friedman even arrive at putting a number on the options?

I get it, it’s just another way to be emphatic.

It’s like someone saying that Friedman’s lower lip overhang is 95% greater than his upper lip.

 

[Gillings]

This is gonna be a long month.

My car has been in the shop a month and a half.. you wanna talk about long, lol

 

[Estimated_Prophet]

How does Friedman even arrive at putting a number on the options?

I get it, it’s just another way to be emphatic.

It’s like someone saying that Friedman’s lower lip overhang is 95% greater than his upper lip.

His huge Covid beard pulled his lips further out of alignment.......from my calculations the beard is responsible for 62.47% of lower lip misalignment. A Cheech Marin mustache will be required to correct this issue.

I digress

 

[26Mats]

How does Friedman even arrive at putting a number on the options?

I get it, it’s just another way to be emphatic.

It’s like someone saying that Friedman’s lower lip overhang is 95% greater than his upper lip.

How does a poster say I'm 80% sure Columbus picks Carlsson over Smith and 70% sure Grier takes Michkov over Smith?

It's just putting a number on one's sense of the chances.