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

[KevSkillz4]

Question guys.............the scout in the video who had the last name, Laine? Is this Patrick's dad??? Uncle?

Patrik Laine dad, died in 2021.

 

[Shred]

A statement that was rarely said....I'm a Billy Ryan fan. I hope we keep him. If not, I hope some teams see him as a real potential for head scout.

He's the best actor in that bunch, that is for sure

 

[Deus ex machina]

I'm of the opinion that BPA doesn't really exist unless you pick 1st and in some drafts, a few more picks. Everyone else is pretty much in a cluster and so teams will mostly pick by need.

Teams draft by need 99% of the time. This is why Hawks took Levshunov 2nd. He's a great pick, but Chicago needed a D.

Last year, because most wanted Michkov and others wanted Leonard, they focused on Hughes saying if Reinbacher wasn't an RD, he'd probably not be their pick. So everyone held it against them.

BPA is a fact. It's a no-one-questions-you are-the-best. But when you get to 5th, your BPA isn't my BPA, so who really is the BPA? Which is why to me, BPA is just something people say that doesn't really hold much weight.

It depends of what your definition of BPA is.

Like you said, everybody will have a different opinion and nobody really knows who will end up the true BPA at any point in the draft.
So i don't think that's what scouts mean when they talk about BPA.
They just refer to BPA as the best player according to their specific list or opinion.

If the Habs thought Reinbacher was BPA at 5 last year, then they picked BPA.
Even if somebody thinks that Michkov was BPA at 5, it doesn't change the fact that the Habs still picked BPA according to them.
They didn't draft for need in that specific example.

 

[Habs10Habs]

Demidov >>> Lafleur AINEC by far

 

[Scintillating10]

Patrik Laine dad, died in 2021.

What was the cause? He must been young.

 

[Habs10Habs]

The offseason is too goddamned long. It's incredible. Feels like it's been years.

The past few years it hasn't been long enough. After this off season, I'm ready to get this party started.

 

[Habs10Habs]

Oh, and I like how they justify taking Koivu at 3rd: he eats well and he sleeps well.. now that is some serious scouting!!

I wonder if they brought in Jay Baruchel to do some indepth scouting.

 

[Pickles]

I wonder if they brought in Jay Baruchel to do some indepth scouting.

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I love those commercials and Jay is a crazy Habs fan

I forgot how funny that was

 

[Scintillating10]

The offseason is too goddamned long. It's incredible. Feels like it's been years.

Wasn't you one of main ones wanted a rebuild program? It's part of the process. Off seasons are 2 months longer

 

[BLONG7]

Patrik Laine dad, died in 2021.

Thx, yes I realized that shortly after I asked.
Talk about losing someone so young, and we wonder how that affected the kids mental health etc.
Tough going....................we forget these kids are human at times.

 

[BLONG7]

I agree with that. But I would have expected a little bit more discussion on this.. not a complete consensus. Surely some scouts would not have seen him and would have focused on WHL or NCAA. Usually in those meetings, everybody pushes their own pony.

Oh, and I like how they justify taking Koivu at 3rd: he eats well and he sleeps well.. now that is some serious scouting!!


I think they would absolutely take an extra day to do this.. this is not about the number of hits on youtube.. its about creating a hype for a loosing team that has struggled to fill the Bell Centre and has dwindling views on cable networks.

They need to renew the quebecor deal of $110M per season... you don't think taking a day to shoot some content is worth a bit of money?

LOL.................you think that the video shows all discussions?? LOL.....

I agree with that. But I would have expected a little bit more discussion on this.. not a complete consensus. Surely some scouts would not have seen him and would have focused on WHL or NCAA. Usually in those meetings, everybody pushes their own pony.

Oh, and I like how they justify taking Koivu at 3rd: he eats well and he sleeps well.. now that is some serious scouting!!


I think they would absolutely take an extra day to do this.. this is not about the number of hits on youtube.. its about creating a hype for a loosing team that has struggled to fill the Bell Centre and has dwindling views on cable networks.

They need to renew the quebecor deal of $110M per season... you don't think taking a day to shoot some content is worth a bit of money?

LOL.................you think that the video shows all discussions?? LOL.....

 

[LaP]

Fair but JK is an overpaid borderline NHLer at this point. Type of deal where everyone fails!

Yeah but still suck to have given that 2nd round pick for nothing. We'll never know who our drafting team would have drafted with the pick but there was interesting prospects available at 37th.

 

[waitin425]

Finally got around to watching this. I am very excited about Demi. The impression based on Kent starting something like "it's all going according to plan" is that Demi was at worst their number 2 pkayer behind Mack.

The Hage stuff is interesting as well. It looked like they had a deal in place for 21, but were waiting to see if their guy "dropped". I think they probably had him in a 15-25 kind of there, and had him #1 in that tier.

Two things I'd like to see, but we likely never will.

1) when discussing Demidov for some reason...the natural followup to everyone telling everything they like about him would always be....now tell me the negatives....they'll never give that to us...but i want it.

2) would love to actually see that boars they have and the tiers, and then listen in on their talks about other players...specifically this draft around Iginla and Sennecke. I think they were in play as well for us, and I'd love to know the real comparison.

Overall, this is a solid hype video.

Also, is the Finnish scout named Laine, related to Patrik? first I've seen that scout.

 

[Skip Bayless]

Just a quick reminder guys :

https://x.com/i/web/status/1827459035798360375

Have a great saturday boys !

 

[Shutdown]

Also, is the Finnish scout named Laine, related to Patrik? first I've seen that scout.

Hannu Laine has been with the Habs for over 20 years

 

[Redux91]

Just a quick reminder guys :

https://x.com/i/web/status/1827459035798360375

Have a great saturday boys !

 

[WeThreeKings]

Currently battling myself from watching it for a 3rd time.

 

[HabbyGuy]

Currently battling myself from watching it for a 3rd time.

I've watched it twice too, we both know the third time's the charm. lol

 

[Gaylord Q Tinkledink]

5th time watching/listening.

I get the question, but just feel bad for Hage each time just thinking how often he got asked about his dad.


Really love the Demidov response of "yeah" to being asked "if we pass on you, are we crazy ?"

 

[Gaylord Q Tinkledink]

Why the f*** is there a cut to Kent's crotch before panning up ?

 

[Seb]

5th time watching/listening.

I get the question, but just feel bad for Hage each time just thinking how often he got asked about his dad.


Really love the Demidov response of "yeah" to being asked "if we pass on you, are we crazy ?"

Demidov barely spoke any words, and in a very broken English, but he was a quote machine.

His "He lose" one is, in my opinion, the best part of all three videos. What a great time to be a Habs fan.

 

[Habs10Habs]

Currently battling myself from watching it for a 3rd time.

lol I caved. I'll probably watch it for a 4th time when I wake up.

 

[Beer and Chips]

5th time watching/listening.

I get the question, but just feel bad for Hage each time just thinking how often he got asked about his dad.


Really love the Demidov response of "yeah" to being asked "if we pass on you, are we crazy ?"

I think it was inappropriate that question about Hage's dad was made public, there is no reason to wallow in his private issues, that's tabloid journalism.

 

[Pompeius Magnus]

Why the f*** is there a cut to Kent's crotch before panning up ?

They know what gets the views

 

[Price is Wright]

On people thinking the video was faked. There's easily hours of footage of them discussing other top players in a similar matter. One on one with guys like Iginla and Lindstrom. It seems like a wow they got the guys they wanted because they edited out their talking of players they didn't get. It's just editing. I'm sure there's some prospects they didn't draft they were ranting and raving about.

A big reason you have to edit? Remember the 2005 draft where Columbus basically threw a party because Montreal took Carey Price instead of Gilbert Brule? That's why you edit out names of players you don't take and you don't put in your thoughts of them.