HF Habs: Flames or Panthers 1st Round Pick 2025: Part II

[MarkovsKnee]

Wow, I was not expecting Calgary to beat Washington on the road. They won 3-1 and jumped into WC2 spot in West.

They legitimately hold it, too. Same amount of games played as Vancouver, but one more point & one more RW.

 

[BigDaddyLurch]

 

[HuGort]

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Wow, I was not expecting Calgary to beat Washington on the road. They won 3-1 and jumped into WC2 spot in West.

They legitimately hold it, too. Same amount of games played as Vancouver, but one more point & one more RW.

Flames have good netminding and strong defense. Teams like that usually overachieve

 

[Deus ex machina]

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Flames have good netminding and strong defense. Teams like that usually overachieve

I don't know about strong defense.
Left side is pretty weak.
Having Kevin Bahl back is huge for them. Joel Hanley was playing first pair LD ffs.

 

[OneSharpMarble]

People were worried about Calgary dropping into the top ten, they are proving to have staying power. We are going to need a miracle for Vancouver to keep them out of the playoffs.

 

[HuGort]

I don't know about strong defense.
Left side is pretty weak.
Having Kevin Bahl back is huge for them. Joel Hanley was playing first pair LD ffs.

Look at that right side though. Andersson and Weegar. Right side usually dominate side

 

[BLONG7]

Thinking the Flames will just squeak in the playoffs........this makes our pick where, around 17 or further down?

 

[WeThreeKings]

Thinking the Flames will just squeak in the playoffs........this makes our pick where, around 17 or further down?

Would be 16-17ish.

 

[Scriptor]

17th, most likely, unless they miraculously get to the final 4 in the playoffs.

Montreal's pick, should they just miss the playoffs, could be as and as 16th.

How bad a draft would Montreal get with the 16th and 17th picks?

Certainly wouldn't excite many fans the way a top-10 pick and the 17th OA would, that's for sure, much less a top-5 pick + the 17th OA.

Winning the lottery with the 16th OA pick would only give Montreal the 6th OA pick, so even that wouldn't be as exciting to fans.

 

[WeThreeKings]

17th, most likely, unless they miraculously get to the final 4 in the playoffs.

Montreal's pick, should they just miss the playoffs, could be as and as 16th.

How bad a draft would Montreal get with the 16th and 17th picks?

Certainly wouldn't excite many fans the way a top-10 pick and the 17th OA would, that's for sure, much less a top-5 pick + the 17th OA.

Winning the lottery with the 16th OA pick would only give Montreal the 6th OA pick, so even that wouldn't be as exciting to fans.

For me that's Jake O'Brien (he's going higher, so I'll exclude him)

So it would be Cootes + Ryabkin. Certainly would excite me.

But I don't foresee Montreal being the first team outside the wildcard picture. Ottawa and Boston are already ahead of them in that department.

 

[Doom Bot]

Really the hope for Calgary's pick was always them looking too good to sell at the deadline and almost seeming like a playoff lock up until a plunge in the last couple months. I think they are at a perfect place right now. If they were doing any worse they might be inclined to sell and tank to get inside the top 10.