Love this pick. Was iffy on Slaf but with both of these picks you can see the org is drafting for high end talent, and I would much rather do that and lose a few of these gambles than draft "safe" nobody big bodies out of US high schools like Timmins used to love.
Prospect Info: Filip Mesar
- Thread starter Adam Michaels
- Start date
Habs
It's going to be a long year
- Feb 28, 2002
- 22,886
- 17,737
calder candidate
Registered User
ChesterNimitz
governed by the principle of calculated risk
- Jul 4, 2002
- 5,850
- 12,720
Why? He will quickly prove himself to be among our best half dozen wingers.
viceroy
Registered User
So nothing like Plekanec?
I don't know what they're thinking.
Dunno if I believe him. Remember, he is a lawyer.
Like Gorton developed Kakko and Lafreniere?
Well other than Suzuki how are the rest of our Centres?
I'll disagree.
Who cares.
Well if that isn't damning with faint praise...
ChesterNimitz
governed by the principle of calculated risk
- Jul 4, 2002
- 5,850
- 12,720
Nedved
Registered User
- Mar 30, 2008
- 13,618
- 5,277
lol. We need a goalie, a franchise d man too. We’re so far away fro competing.
McGees
Registered User
- Jun 15, 2016
- 13,748
- 27,320
Pronman:
Player comparable: Alexander Barabanov Background: Mesar has played pro hockey in Slovakia the last two seasons. He was a top forward at the Hlinka Gretzky Cup in the summer. He made Slovakia’s world junior team in a scoring role and also played well in games for Slovakia’s senior team. Analysis: Mesar’s game is defined by speed and pace. He’s one of the better skaters in this draft, with the ability to burn up the neutral zone to create clean entries with speed. He has good skill and playmaking ability, and shows he can make tough plays with the puck with pace. Mesar lacks size at 5-foot-10 and isn’t an overly physical player. His compete is good enough for me but probably not where you want for an undersized player. I think with his speed, skill and scoring ability he can carve out a career as a top-nine winger though. Thoughts on the pick: Filip Mesar played opposite Slafkovsky’s power play flank on Slovakia’s U18 team. He’s a player who brings a lot of speed and skill to the table and has the potential to score goals and help an NHL power play down the line.
Player comparable: Alexander Barabanov Background: Mesar has played pro hockey in Slovakia the last two seasons. He was a top forward at the Hlinka Gretzky Cup in the summer. He made Slovakia’s world junior team in a scoring role and also played well in games for Slovakia’s senior team. Analysis: Mesar’s game is defined by speed and pace. He’s one of the better skaters in this draft, with the ability to burn up the neutral zone to create clean entries with speed. He has good skill and playmaking ability, and shows he can make tough plays with the puck with pace. Mesar lacks size at 5-foot-10 and isn’t an overly physical player. His compete is good enough for me but probably not where you want for an undersized player. I think with his speed, skill and scoring ability he can carve out a career as a top-nine winger though. Thoughts on the pick: Filip Mesar played opposite Slafkovsky’s power play flank on Slovakia’s U18 team. He’s a player who brings a lot of speed and skill to the table and has the potential to score goals and help an NHL power play down the line.
calder candidate
Registered User
SOLR
Registered User
That's great news. He needs 2 good years in the CHL.
vlady
Registered User
I'm not a scout, sorry to disappoint you
Just a casual fan these days. I hope both Slovaks turn out great, but I personally have a lot more faith in Slaf.
Recommend watching this for a good overview on the kid. He had Mesar rated higher than Nemec when he recorded this.
- Jun 24, 2012
- 85,395
- 156,592
Welcome to Mtl, Mesar!
Is he (kind of?) a Slovakian version of Nazar? (both are ultra-skilled center/wingers...5 ' 10 1/2...may get to 5'11 or 6'0).
Kulich was my pick (imo) at 26th (I really thought Kulich would go top 20), but what do I know?!
Let's hope for the best for Filip Mesar.
(according to a Hockey News' report...one scout said "major wow/stud factor when you see him in practice...in a game though he's still inconsistent"...is the small summary in a nutshell of the scout's report).
Let's hope Mesar is the real deal.
For the 33rd pick,,,,I'm hoping for one of Hutson or Chesley or Firkus.
(maybe our Habs can swing a deal and get two or three of 'em?! lol).
Is he (kind of?) a Slovakian version of Nazar? (both are ultra-skilled center/wingers...5 ' 10 1/2...may get to 5'11 or 6'0).
Kulich was my pick (imo) at 26th (I really thought Kulich would go top 20), but what do I know?!
Let's hope for the best for Filip Mesar.
(according to a Hockey News' report...one scout said "major wow/stud factor when you see him in practice...in a game though he's still inconsistent"...is the small summary in a nutshell of the scout's report).
Let's hope Mesar is the real deal.
For the 33rd pick,,,,I'm hoping for one of Hutson or Chesley or Firkus.
(maybe our Habs can swing a deal and get two or three of 'em?! lol).
Kimota
ROY DU NORD!!!
I would have picked Lambert but this kid seems pretty damn talented from what I have seen. A damn missile. Plus he has splayed with Slaf. That's a good pick, I feel.
We need a 1C, a top 2PMD (RHD), another top 4 D preferably with puck skills, a goalie then we can think about contending
Don’t know anything about Mesar except what I read here but reading “wow factor” “inconsistent” “not big” can dazzle some games completely disappear other games and “can” lay center while being an actual wing is giving me Drouin vibes. Maybe we’d be lucky to get another Drouin late in the 1st? Anyway, if he was close to the BPA with the upside of giving Slaf a countryman on the team, it’s defensible.
Last edited:
SOLR
Registered User
Mesar signing merch for fans while wearing rental merch.
At least we know Mesar’s price tag.
We need a 1C and we draft a lanky winger with brutal Liga stats as the #1 overall! Woooooooo
I know ... I wanted Wright or Nemec or Jiricek.
That being said on the topic of Mesar for me he is the definition of high risk high reward. He may never play in the NHL or he can be a true play driver if he manages to be more consistent.
River Meadow
Registered User
- Mar 29, 2016
- 7,003
- 9,389
abo9
Registered User
- Jun 25, 2017
- 9,154
- 7,275
a little bit expensive for a 3rd liner maybe?
Meh 1-2M too much. But that's beside the point, Mesar being drafted means nothing about Anderson until we know that Mesar is much netter and needs to get paid.
Which is atthe bery least 3 years in the future. Most realistically more
