Inside the Habs draft - premieres August 22, 7:00 p.m. on YouTube

[Lockin17]

Is it just me or that psy doctor is a bit weird?

its not just you ,, weird guy

 

[overlords]

Is it just me or that psy doctor is a bit weird?

he is

 

[Deus ex machina]

I'd be curious to know who KH was taking to on the phone when he said ''if our guy slips to us, we'll take him, otherwise we make the trade'' at 21, or something like that.

 

[HuGo Burner Acc]

Is it just me or that psy doctor is a bit weird?

All psy doctors are weird af

 

[ThaDevilGirl]

Didn't think I'd cry but here we are.

 

[Naslund]

All psy doctors are weird af

Possible, but they are the Habs, a team with almost limitless resources. I would find a smart person that does not creep out the kids.

 

[Jee]

Is it just me or that psy doctor is a bit weird?

He sounds/looks autistic

Edit: to be clear, it's not an insult, but really just an observation

 

[Lockin17]

Man i would pay big money to see that whole draft list.
And the 10 years before as well.
Timmins must have shitty list

 

[overlords]

He sounds/looks autistic

Close. He's Irish.

 

[Leto]

I'd be curious to know who KH was taking to on the phone when he said ''if our guy slips to us, we'll take him, otherwise we make the trade'' at 21, or something like that.

Possibly Anaheim? They traded for the Leafs' pick (23OV) to draft Stian Solberg. I believe Hughes said at the draft they were ready to trade back if they didn't get their guy.​

 

[Tyson]

I think he was the same one that was crazy for Fowler. Got to rewatch to confirm

Yes it was Billy Ryan.

 

[Vachon23]

Yes it was Billy (?) Ryan.

Yes it was him for Fowler and Merrill

 

[WeThreeKings]

Yeah really interesting - I think it sounded like the comparison was against Lindstrom, could be Iginla.. no one else fits that bill. Didn't sound like it was close for them on Demidov against any of the other forwards.

Rockstrom saying he didn't think he would even be there.

Hage was the target at 21, only 20% chance they thought they'd get him. After that, it sounds like they were looking at 'big character' guys in that round.

Had to be the Hawks offering the future unprotected first and a 2nd since we know they offered that to CBJ as well.

Wonder what the offer was for 21 if Hage wasn't there, maybe it was McGroarty straight up?

Billy Ryan going to bat for Merrill and the Boyle comparison, that's a really interesting one.

They had a 4th round grade on Khanin and thought he could be at the same level as Sawyer.

The Sawyer comparison to Hage was intriguing too, must think that if he dedicates fully to hockey they can pull that level of potential out of him.

Riendeau seemed to be very high on Vecvanags, wished we had heard a bit more around why he felt that way.

Thorpe and Protz the only two we didn't hear about in the documentary cut.

 

[Vachon23]

Lapointe didn’t look trill about trading the 5th oa
For a 2nd and next year 1st pick

 

[sansabri]

Lapointe didn’t look trill about trading the 5th oa
For a 2nd and next year 1st pick

let out a big oooooooooof

 

[WeThreeKings]

Lapointe didn’t look trill about trading the 5th oa
For a 2nd and next year 1st pick

I think it was more like.. woof that's a tough one because of the risk you are taking on.

 

[Deus ex machina]

Possibly Anaheim? They traded for the Leafs' pick (23OV) to draft Stian Solberg. I believe Hughes said at the draft they were ready to trade back if they didn't get their guy.​

Yeah, i was thinking Anaheim, or maybe Winnipeg?

 

[Vachon23]

They really like Sawyer

 

[Koivu11]

Seemed to be a lot more footage from the scout meetings in this year’s video. Good stuff.

Hage was their target at 21 all along and not Eiserman like some speculated.

 

[morhilane]

The most crazy part of the video is that the Habs basically knew where everyone would be taken regardless of where they were ranking them. And it's clear quite a few of them "fell" in their eyes.

 

[Sam de Mtl]

Interesting video. Quite a bit of repetition from last year's video and /or the one before though. Like getting Boisvert to talk about how each pick is important. Could have taken the footage from the previous time. A few other things I noticed as well.

I wish they would have talked a bit more about each kid, especially Thorpe who is que intriguing.

 

[Habs10Habs]

"If you are there at 5 overall, are we crazy if we don't take you"

Yes.

Lol short and sweet Demidov.

That might be my fav part of the video. I burst out laughing at his answer.

 

[Vachon23]

Ben Shultron seem to have a big role in the scouting staff. He was in the meeting in Buffalo, one of the 1st to talk

 

[Treb]

So

They were pretty much unanimous on Demidov.

Hage was a no brainer for them at 21.

Koivu and Sawyer were at the top of their 57 to 78 group.

They considered Khanin a 4th rounder. Must have been ecstatic with him at 210.

Riendeau really liked Vecvanags in the 5th.

Merrill trains with Brian Boyle every week. Good IQ and defensive ability.

No word on Protz, Thorpe and Bergvist.



What I'm reading from that is:
Pick 5, 21, 70 and 78 went very well for them and they got who they expected.

They didn't expect Protz and Thorpe to be available at 102 and 130 so they went with them ahead of Khanin.

They wanted a goalie so Riendeau got his Vecvanags pick.

I guess they realized nobody scouted Khanin so kept their Merrill pick and picked a guy they wanted in the 4th at 210.

I wonder if Bergqvist is a Rockstrom or a Lehman pick.

 

[Habs10Habs]

Didn't think I'd cry but here we are.

It's okay kiddo, I'll share my tissues with you lol