Montreal now has the 4th best odds for Bedard...

[Michoulicious]

... after they lose to Dallas and Florida's loss to the Islanders.

Now it seems that Ekblad injured his shoulder again and he did not come back in yesterday's game after heading to the bench in the 1st. That defense is thin and will sorely miss him.

Florida's goaltending has been poor since the beginning of the year and Allen/Montembault start to show signs of regression after a good start.

Could they pull a Edmonton and draft #1 OA in consecutive years?

Can you imagine these boards if Chiarot somehow becomes Bedard+? Could Bill Zito survive such an outcome?

Merry Christmas everyone!

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[Tanknation]

Hopefully both Florida and Montréal can keep on losing. Yesterday was a nice day for the tank. Was worried about Habs getting that useless point yesterday.
Imagine we drafted 1st pick and another top 5 from Florida. One can dream...

 

[Voight]

I'd feel really bad for Bedard if he ended up a Hab.

 

[Prairie Habs]

I'd feel really bad for Bedard if he ended up a Hab.

Neat

 

[Michoulicious]

I'd feel really bad for Bedard if he ended up a Hab.

His father would thrilled, though!

His grandfather was a Bédard from Quebec City that moved west.

https://www.journaldemontreal.com/2021/12/30/connor-bedard-avec-le-ch-ce-serait-incroyable-temoigne-son-pere

"Montreal, it would incredible! I know it is a place where the pressure is big, but I grew up watching the Canadiens of the 70s and it would fantastic to see Connor land with the Habs!"
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«Montréal, ce serait incroyable! Je sais que c’est un endroit où la pression est grande, mais j’ai grandi en regardant les Canadiens des années 70 et ce serait fantastique de voir Connor atterrir avec le CH.»

 

[General Fanager]

I'd feel really bad for Bedard if he ended up a Hab.

cool, thanks for sharing.

I will add that as of today The Habs have the 2nd hardest schedule left and The Panthers have the 5th hardest.

NHL Remaining Schedule Strength | Tankathon


Even if it's not Bedard, it is possible that The Habs end up with 2 top 10 picks in a really really good draft. Amazing!!!

 

[Heldig]

Teams should not be allowed to win 2 years in a row.

The NHL keeps monkeying with the lottery rules and never get it right.

 

[General Fanager]

Teams should not be allowed to win 2 years in a row.

The NHL keeps monkeying with the lottery rules and never get it right.

The Habs did not win the lottery last year

They were the worst team.

 

[Heldig]

The Habs did not win the lottery last year

They were the worst team.

The Montreal Canadiens won the 2022 NHL draft lottery, and they will pick first overall. They entered the event with the best chances to win the lottery (18.5%).May 10, 2022

 

[NewEraGM]

HF will implode if that happens

 

[thefutures]

Jesus.. a 1st alone was to much for chiarot in real time, but the thought of it being bedard or even a top 5 pick In general is crazy. Chiarot lmfao.

 

[Lazytrout]

Teams should not be allowed to win 2 years in a row.

The NHL keeps monkeying with the lottery rules and never get it right.

If they win with Florida's pick it has nothing to do with the lottery but everything with the Panthers being dumb.

Otherwise I don't really disagree but not all draft are created equal and I doubt Slafkovsky would be top 5 this year.

 

[Peasy]

And this is why you lottery protect every first you trade, even if at the time your team is great because you never know what could happen in the future.

After what Burke did I can't believe there's still GMs out there that are cool with not lottery protecting a first.

 

[General Fanager]

HF will implode if that happens

I would say it would be amazing to watch but I bet the site would crash with all the crying and bitching about a fix.

 

[NewEraGM]

 

[Heldig]

If they win with Florida's pick it has nothing to do with the lottery but everything with the Panthers being dumb.

Otherwise I don't really disagree but not all draft are created equal and I doubt Slafkovsky would be top 5 this year.

That I agree with. So dumb of Florida.

And Slavkosky might go 6th if he was drafted this year?

 

[General Fanager]

And this is why you lottery protect every first you trade, even if at the time your team is great because you never know what could happen in the future.

After what Burke did I can't believe there's still GMs out there that are cool with not lottery protecting a first.

The Panthers had the best record last year I don't blame them for thinking it would be a late round pick.

But they still should have insisted it be protected just incase

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yea the site would crash for sure....

 

[Lazytrout]

That I agree with. So dumb of Florida.

And Slavkosky might go 6th if he was drafted this year?

I think anywhere from 5 to 10 for Slaf, probably closer to 5. I think there's no way he'd crack the top 4 this year.

 

[Bear of Bad News]

And this is why you lottery protect every first you trade, even if at the time your team is great because you never know what could happen in the future.

Surely you realize that this lowers the value of the pick to the trading partner.

 

[Heldig]

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If that happened:
1 - the NHL should just abandon the draft and
2 - I probably just become a fan of the Habs again (I was a fan in the 70's before Jets 1.0)

Imagine the offense!

Slavkovsky - Bedard - Dach
Dubois - Fantilli - Anderson
Dvorak - Suzuki - Caulfield

3 year window until entry level deals for Bedard and Fantilli forces trades.

 

[MadLuke]

The idea that first place team would be dump to not manage has if it was likely to be a lottery team the next season seem an extreme case of not taking opportunity cost into account

 

[Adam da bomb]

The idea that first place team would be dump to not manage has if it was likely to be a lottery team the next season seem an extreme case of not taking opportunity cost into account

Even if fl had lottery protected it, no one is beating that offer for chariot.

 

[jfhabs]

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Can they win both lotteries with the new rules?

 

[SheldonJPlankton]

Hopefully, the Habs do a Leaf-inspired tank and trade off enough veterans for picks/futures in order to drop themselves one point back of second-last.

 

[RedWingzz]

The Habs did not win the lottery last year

They were the worst team.

Yes they did...?

You may wanna look up how the draft lottery works. Even if you finished last place, it's still a lottery, and Montreal won.