GDT: NHL 24 Draft Combine June 3-8 NOT the trade, roster or KK thread

[Skip Bayless]

This kid has the right mentality on top of being super skilled.

 

[JC Superstar]

Just so people are aware, he didn’t play on the top 2 lines in Baie Comeau. They kept him as a 3C. I can definitely see teams having him higher in their rankings than the amateur scouting services.

Maxime Lapierre was playing 3d C with the Rocket when he was drafted. The top 2 Cs didn't make the NHL. Remember Cory Urqhuart?

 

[Habssince89]

I hope Hughes looks for guys with strong conditioning and mobility in the late rounds. When you look at the playoffs, teams that have those kinds of non stop motor players go far. Both finalists this year are no exception.

 

[Heffyhoof]

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Celebrini
Demidov
Catton
Lindstrom
Sennecke

As a small aside, I absolutely love it when pay-wall blocked websites still run ads. (not that paywalls work)

 

[Gaylord Q Tinkledink]

Is Demidov at combine?

Dan Milstein, his agent, or North American agent is hosting his own combine later and Demidov will be there, but no testing.

There's apparently a bit if controversy about his height. It could be from 5'9 - just over 6'

 

[Runner77]

Dan Milstein, his agent, or North American agent is hosting his own combine later and Demidov will be there, but no testing.

There's apparently a bit if controversy about his height. It could be from 5'9 - just over 6'

That should be readily ascertainable as the Russian combine is to be held in Florida.

 

[Skip Bayless]

There's apparently a bit if controversy about his height. It could be from 5'9 ---

 

[FrankMTL]

That should be readily ascertainable as the Russian combine is to be held in Florida.

I'm sure we will find out.

 

[HuGort]

Dan Milstein, his agent, or North American agent is hosting his own combine later and Demidov will be there, but no testing.

There's apparently a bit if controversy about his height. It could be from 5'9 - just over 6'

No testing? Sounds kind of odd. Hiding something?

 

[le_sean]

Maxime Lapierre was playing 3d C with the Rocket when he was drafted. The top 2 Cs didn't make the NHL. Remember Cory Urqhuart?

All I remember is we liked him more than Patrice Bergeron which could have changed a lot of things. The Habs handled the beginning of the 2003 draft horrendously. Draft Getzlaf and Bergeron and we are at 25 and maybe even 26 Cups.

 

[Shutdown]

Dan Milstein, his agent, or North American agent is hosting his own combine later and Demidov will be there, but no testing.

There's apparently a bit if controversy about his height. It could be from 5'9 - just over 6'

just from watching gameplay footage there's no way he's 5'9

 

[Gaylord Q Tinkledink]

No testing? Sounds kind of odd. Hiding something?

Yeah he's hurt that's why he won't be participating.

just from watching gameplay footage there's no way he's 5'9

I've never heard about it being questioned until the B&G podcast.

 

[SwiftyHab]

Dan Milstein, his agent, or North American agent is hosting his own combine later and Demidov will be there, but no testing.

There's apparently a bit if controversy about his height. It could be from 5'9 - just over 6'

He might be two little people in a suit for all we know

 

[ChesterNimitz]

Not including Celebrini bc he'll be gone but otherwise:

1. Demidov
2. Levshunov
3. Dickinson
4. Catton
5. Parekh
6. Buium
7. Lindstrom
8. Iginla
9. Silayev
10. Sennecke

Some (most, including respected members of my own staff) have a much higher opinion as to Parekh's NHL potential than this writer. In watching Beck's development this year ( I watched over 40 games) I had a keen opportunity to also observe Parekh's level of play. While very skillful offensively, I don't believe the balance of his skills translate well to the NHL. My concerns about Parekh potential have been repeatedly posted before. The decision to take this light and unidimensional player at 5 OA would be a regrettable squandering of an opportunity to secure a key core player going forward.

I have faith that Hughes and company see what I see.

 

[CDN24]

Interesting piece about the work done by 11 scouts (amateur and European) for one NHL team, likely most heading to the combine.

The bad news, they’re Sens scouts. The good news, maybe try and poach one.

On the average they watch 200-300 games (in person viewings) a year and will log in a ton of miles, some even more depending on regions.

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What I found interesting was some of them have been in the scouting role with the sens for 20-28 years and when asked what their proudest scouting moment is you would expect a name you know like Pageau in the 4th, stone in the 6th, maybe Hoffman in the 5th or Dzingle in the 7th. Nope you get Derek Grant in the 4th and a undrafted guy they signed in Parker Kelly. Maybe Pierre Dorion was doing everything. Despite being with the team for a long time it does not seem like many of these scouts were heavily involved in drafting al lot of their roster

 

[Matteus]

Maxime Lapierre was playing 3d C with the Rocket when he was drafted. The top 2 Cs didn't make the NHL. Remember Cory Urqhuart?

The guy who went a couple of picks before Bergeron?

 

[SOLR]

This kid has the right mentality on top of being super skilled.

Don't care, still small and not fast. We have that already. Pass.

 

[ChesterNimitz]

Don't care, still small and not fast. We have that already. Pass.

Small and slow. Sounds like a Bergevin-like pick.

 

[SOLR]

Small and slow. Sounds like a Bergevin-like pick.

You can have one of those small, skilled, and not fast. We have Goal Caufield. Time to get something else.

 

[HuGort]

Yeah he's hurt that's why he won't be participating.

Don't like the way that sounded. Given trouble we've had with injuries.

 

[SannywithoutCompy]

Small and slow. Sounds like a Bergevin-like pick.

"Slow" would be towards the end of the list of adjectives you could possibly use to describe Catton

 

[lamp9post]

Small and slow. Sounds like a Bergevin-like pick.

How so? The only first rounder drafted under Bergevin shorter than 6'2" was Caufield.

 

[SannywithoutCompy]

How so? The only first rounder drafted under Bergevin shorter than 6'2" was Caufield.

It doesn't make sense because it doesn't make sense lol. Catton would be a fantastic pick, he's the same size as Demidov and probably a better skater, yet we never hear those terms used to describe him.

 

[MON4NHLTOR4MLB]

I’d love if they could pull off getting two picks in the top 15. That could really set us up well and be great for our cap when we want to contend, if we hit on both picks. Demidov/Iggy/Dman with Sennecke/Eiserman/Catton would be an A+ draft for us

 

[SannywithoutCompy]

I’d love if they could pull off getting two picks in the top 15. That could really set us up well and be great for our cap when we want to contend, if we hit on both picks. Demidov/Iggy/Dman with Sennecke/Eiserman/Catton would be an A+ draft for us

Agreed but I wouldn't spend a top 15 pick on Eiserman. Attitude is a serious question mark, and if he's not putting the puck in the net he's negatively impacting the team.

Worse than that is he thinks he's POSITIVELY impacting the team.