HF Habs: Draft 2018: What are your immediate draft class feelings?

[Habs76]

Romanov looks good on video

 

[BenchBrawl]

I'm really glad they took a queb in the later rounds, because the tears are excellent.

 

[Redux91]

When people say that Zadina is more Nhl ready than Kotkaniemi, do they believe it based on what they've seen or are they only repeating what everyone says. I don't see it.

Kotka plays vs 30 yr olds, Zadina plays vs 19 yr olds, ..if they put him in the NHL he is in for a rude awakening

 

[tazsub3]

i remember when a few here called the Mcdonough pick a WTF pick, how could we pass on esposito after all...and worst after how we did not trade up to grab him and we grabbed this nobody called max pacciorety

 

[Laurentide]

We'll have to wait and see on the draft picks but I'm disappointed that we didn't swing any big trades. Pacioretty is still around and Hanifin, who would have been perfect to play with Weber, is going to Calgary instead.

 

[TheBuriedHab]

Definitely adds some nice peices to the prospect pool. We need a few more of these drafts minimum if we want to build a contender. I get the feeling the plan is to rebuild they just don't want to say it publicly.

 

[Riggins]

This is how I see our prospect pool after today's draft:

Good list. I'd maybe flip flop Ikonen and Fleury but that's about it. The pool just got much deeper. We need a couple of these new guys to really bust out this season. We're still lacking star power, let's hope 2019 brings some of that.

 

[Et le But]

Corey Pronman was a fan Canadiens make big bets on talent in draft

 

[Max2]

Great draft! Lots of potentially good players coming aboard.We can't prevent other teams from drafting good players as well and not every draft lines up with those personal draft ranking favourites that some fans seem to have and get silly sad when the guys they thought should've been picked get passed over..The scouts are the pros and the ones who get paid to watch these guys and make suggestions accordingly.I actually like the Romanov pick in particular as I think he could be a bit of a hidden gem.

 

[BenchBrawl]

It still hurt my guts that we always come so close to picking a great superstar, but can't.Crosby in 2005, a no superstar draft with Galchenyuk, Dahlin now.

 

[PecnoTrunk]

I don't understand something

Many people are saying "in my list I had him " here or there

Are you guys scouts ?
Have you guys been a watching "all"these players ????

I trust McGuire more than hf board scouts. Lol

If McGuire says our #3 player was picked to early then I believe him and you guys should also

 

[domiwroze]

We needed talent.
We wanted talent.
They went for raw skill.
Pretty happy with this. Going for "safe 3-4th liners pick" is a garbage mentality, happy we went with the homerun or bust mentality. If 2 of these pan out, they are top6 F or top4 D projected prospect.
Go big or go home.
Winning mentality.

 

[Habby Patty]

I'd be happy with two more years in the top 10. Next year we can get Kakko to play with Jesperi and give us a 6'4 1st line RW. Year after that hopefully we can pickup a top 2 LD. With our picks in the other rounds we can continue to strengthen our prospect pool and hopefully build a contender.

 

[theghost1]

Where are Addison and Moravcik.

 

[Saxon]

Anyhoo off topic....my last name and my wife’s last name is McShain. That’s what we call ourselves. It’s spelled different but I giggled at getting a McShane. That is all. Oh! And also....I hope all our Centers enjoy the wing

My middle son was hoping for Quinn Hughes, since they have the same first name lol. (Quinn not Quinton) lol....

 

[sandviper]

I'd be happy with two more years in the top 10. Next year we can get Kakko to play with Jesperi and give us a 6'4 1st line RW. Year after that hopefully we can pickup a top 2 LD. With our picks in the other rounds we can continue to strengthen our prospect pool and hopefully build a contender.

Been watching a lot of video on Kakko this winter. That kid is pretty good indeed. I get things can change since the next draft is a year away, but he looks like a top-5 right now.

 

[sandviper]

I know nothing...

Don’t be so hard on yourself. You know your way around the kitchen and your GDT food masterpieces.

 

[Darkstorm]

I loved the draft, but what I loved the most, was this lady’s reaction, have you guys seen it? totally priceless

 

[sandviper]

We'll have to wait and see on the draft picks but I'm disappointed that we didn't swing any big trades. Pacioretty is still around and Hanifin, who would have been perfect to play with Weber, is going to Calgary instead.

Yeah, I was hoping for some draft floor action. I didn’t break down that Calgary/Carolina trade, but those were some big pieces moved around.

 

[Fazkovsky]

We are basically drafting by upside which I believe is a wrong approach in the first 3 rounds

If you draft by upside after the third round I get it but....

First 3 rounds are made to draft bpa
For skills , nhl readynesss and level of play performance. Guys like Harris or Romanov might never play in the echl. Olofsson ans kotkaniemi ok though

 

[Andrei79]

Overall, I'm very, very pleased with the draft.

Even if some picks and some omissions made me scratch my head, I'm very happy with the direction they took and seem to have gradually taken in the last three years (Staum and Pezzetta aside). Meaning, they picked upside and skill.

The USHS picks bother me a bit for two reasons: 1. I don't know them (I tried, but it's painful) 2. Without having done statistical research, I have reservations of the general success of players picked out of the USHS. My general impression is, save some exceptions, it's pretty brutal.

That said, Kotkaniemi and Ylonen are my two favorite picks in years. Absolutely love both of those players. I was hoping for Berggren+Ylonen with our first two seconds, but I'm fine with one of the two.

Olofsson, Hillis, Fonstad and McShane were all good value. Wish we had taken a chance on Zhuravlyov and Shafigullin however. Wise, too.

Romanov, I'm lukewarm on. I'll rewatch some of his games, because I clearly missed something. But, the team looked enthused at the fact he was there and if there's something they do well, it's drafting defensemen. I'm just hoping it's one more for their batting average and not a Beaulieu/Fisher/Tinordi.

Houde was a garbage pick.

 

[HabsFather]

Great draft. Future looks bright. None of us have a crystal ball but even last years Poeling essentially doubled his point output this season so we are definately on the right track. Regardless if Bergevin wont be around to see these guys play they got it right. If he gets fired so be it but i am happy what they accomplished today. I was worried about him trying to fix now problems as opposed to helping our future flourish.

 

[Raimu]

Personally I was pretty mortified as this draft went on.

Not by Kotkaniemi, I expected him and was fine with him. However, I feel entering into the draft with 5 picks in the first 2 rounds, we got 2 players here. I hope I'm wrong, but, this draft doesn't at all to me. We'll see in 3 or 4 years.

 

[The Great Weal]

Question for you guys. I think Islanders, Detroit, Rangers and Habs had the most picks of the draft(I hope I didn't miss a team). How do you rank them right now?
I'd say:
Islanders
Detroit/Habs
Rangers

I would say Detroit did better in the first half, but we did better in the second half

 

[The Great Weal]

Since the draft junkies on this board are not mad about this haul, consider me happy.

I'm pretty sure all of us are beyond thrilled. Some of the picks just piss me off because it could have been a lot better, but we can't get greedy.