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

[Balthazar]

We had dinner with a defenseman and we aren't super likely to go there, too.

If Demidov and Lindstrom are gone they have to go D and IMO they will.

 

[sheed36]

Dinners are a fool’s errand. As if teams are going to reveal their drafting strategies based on whoever chooses to go for free steak.

Beck called up Hughes and told him to please take Dickinson out for dinner to make him feel better about losing the Memorial Cup final to him.

 

[Tyson]

Dinners are a fool’s errand. As if teams are going to reveal their drafting strategies based on whoever chooses to go for free steak.

I don't think they took Slaf to dinner but did take Shane Wright. I could be wrong

 

[WeThreeKings]

I don't think they took Slaf to dinner but did take Shane Wright. I could be wrong

You're correct

If Demidov and Lindstrom are gone they have to go D and IMO they will.

Not true at all.. a team above us and directly below us took Sennecke out to dinner. Clearly the NHL teams think he's an option.

 

[HabbyGuy]

Nothing that hasn't been dissected thoroughly here, just adding more wood to the fire.

 

[McGees]

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https://x.com/i/web/status/1799143563747311935

Pretty tepid here from Sennecke.. but met with CBJ who has 4 and Utah who has 6.. so teams around us are having dinner with him.

THATS IMPOSSIBLE BECAUSE HOCKEYNEWS AND MY OTHER FAVORITE RANKINGS HAVE HIM AT 14!

 

[Hannibal]

I would not bet on the fact that Demidov will be in front of Lindstrom on the Habs final list.

-They had multiple live viewings.
-He went to dinner a couple times with Habs scouts.
-Multiple chats with them during the year.
-Went to dinner again this week but now with HuGo and Bobvrov.
-Plays a style of hockey we need.
-Center.
-Size

 

[Kudo Shinichi]

People will say "there is no universal BPA" and "No one knows what the Habs draft list looks like" - but it would seem quite coincidental if we draft a player at our weakest organizational position two years straight at 5 overall.

Isn't it their job to distinguish traits and characteristics among that group of players to have a better than random chance of picking the best one?

If someone wants to argue that we should consider positional need over looking at the player in isolation, I can understand that - but the argument that it's all a crapshoot in this range of players so might as well draft for position, I don't.

The habs didn't draft for need last draft. Adding high end offensive talent was a much bigger need than adding a RD last year.

 

[Milhouse40]

I don't think they took Slaf to dinner but did take Shane Wright. I could be wrong

But they did meet with Slaf during the season....which they also apparently did with Lindstrom.

 

[WeThreeKings]

The habs didn't draft for need last draft. Adding high end offensive talent was a much bigger need than adding a RD last year.

They had a need for both.. and they deemed the high end offensive talent available wasn't the right culture, size, commitment etc.

So it made Reinbacher the clear BPA for them.

 

[sheed36]

If Demidov and Lindstrom are gone they have to go D and IMO they will.

I'd be 100% ok with the Habs taking Dickinson @ 5 if both Demidov and Lindstrom go in the top 4. Although I'm really hoping the Habs can get one of Demidov or Lindstrom @ 5 since IMO these 2 are the only 2 forwards left worthy of using pick #5 on.

 

[26Mats]

I don't think they took Slaf to dinner but did take Shane Wright. I could be wrong

You're right, but for Slaf, the conversations they had tasted better than dinner.

 

[EveryDay]

Really hoping for one of these 3!!!

Demidov
Lindstrom
Levshunov

 

[Runner77]

Nothing that hasn't been dissected thoroughly here, just adding more wood to the fire.

This guy and the panelled basement he’s video casting from are off putting AF.

His assessment of Lindstrom’s injury concerns include having nagging back problems “here and there”. That’s one hell of a medical reference.

He keeps repeating “Montreal Canadiens” — we get it, but he could have used a diminutive. And there’s his annoying pronunciation of “strong” (“shtrong”).

If his words don’t get to you, his Kermit the Frog voice on meth is sure to get under your skin.

@HabbyGuy — I’d much rather have your opinion than Kermit’s. You’re killing me with this sad muppet.

 

[SwiftyHab]

https://x.com/i/web/status/1799143563747311935

Pretty tepid here from Sennecke.. but met with CBJ who has 4 and Utah who has 6.. so teams around us are having dinner with him.

 

[The Great Weal]

What did the guys eat for dinner with the Habs? Didn’t Caufield order a massive Sundae when we had dinner with him? Chad move

 

[HomaridII]

Iginla had dinner with the habs Wednesday.

 

[Gaylord Q Tinkledink]

Maybe the Memorial Cup run from Dickinson changed their projection of him - or the playoffs did.

Not that dinner meant anything to the Habs in the Slaf year, but taking Dickinson out after being pretty adamant about no LD is strange.. could be to also turn the heat up on potential trade offers.

They weren't adamant about no LD. It was more the LD had to be better (possibly a significant amount) and then they may select said LD.

Dickinson, depending on the draft would be the best prospect left with a margin there.

 

[HabsWhiteKnightLOL]

Iginla had dinner with the habs Wednesday.

I like that

 

[Team_Spirit]

Would you look at that, the Habs went to dinner with a LD and the hockey card magazine guy is a HM in most top10

Draft the D

5 monsters and Lane Hutson lfg

 

[FrankMTL]

Iginla had dinner with the habs Wednesday.

Correct.

https://x.com/i/web/status/1799158034318631061

So dinner with Dickinson, Lindstrom and Iginla.

 

[HabsWhiteKnightLOL]

Demigod dream is not happening lol

 

[Beaker]

So we’re drafting Demidov

 

[JoelWarlord]

What did the guys eat for dinner with the Habs? Didn’t Caufield order a massive Sundae when we had dinner with him? Chad move

I was just talking about this in a discord chat earlier, that was such a funny story. Imagine the bicep club watching this grinning 5'7 kid just going to town on a giant sundae lol

 

[Trabdy2]

Three weeks until the draft. ugh. Taking forever!

I still feel pretty confident that one, or both, of Demidov and Lindstrom will be on the table at 5. And I think we end up with one of them.