Which player should the Mtl Canadiens pick with their 1 st choice?

[26Mats]

J'comprend pas que le Canadien n'ai pas repêché un petit gars de chez nous avec le 1er choix, à Montréal en plus! L'occasion était belle!
- J.I.C or Leroux after the draft.

I'm not as high as some are on Wright, and I still believe that he's easily #1

So does S. Leroux.

I think JiC will be the same.

Can't remember the last time a team went with someone other then the consenus #1,
so the choice has pretty much already been made for the Habs.

Yeah, as we get closer to the draft, I'm hoping we see more threads talking about who will get with the Flames pick, since we know who we're taking 1st overall.

 

[Tyson]

You have to pick Wright but I really hope he is sent back to junior instead of being rushed. It will be tempting to keep him but that can't happen.
At the worst a 9 game tryout.

 

[River Meadow]

The universal consensus #1

 

[Kimota]

Cannot believe neither Nemec or Nemec got votes.

 

[peate]

Jiricek not in this poll is a joke. 96,9% of the fanbase is set for a huge surprise comes draft day, It will be hilarous!

Big RHD, tempting. Wonder when he'll go?

 

[Microsens]

Even when we are lucky, we are unlucky.. Can we trade it for the 2023 1st?

 

[Goldenhands]

Big RHD, tempting. Wonder when he'll go?

Im expecting him have a monster WC, so top 5 easily.

 

[74 others]

You have to pick Wright but I really hope he is sent back to junior instead of being rushed. It will be tempting to keep him but that can't happen.
At the worst a 9 game tryout.

We will see but I think he will play in Montreal all year as a third line center, mainly. Good way to integrate, unlike KK no pressure to produce right away.

 

[Tyson]

Sorry man It’s happening Surround him with good hard working players and he will be fine
No chance a CHL player drafted at number one is going to junior

Recipe for disaster with a team as bad as Montreal.

 

[Kudo Shinichi]

You have to pick Wright but I really hope he is sent back to junior instead of being rushed. It will be tempting to keep him but that can't happen.
At the worst a 9 game tryout.

As of now, I am 75% sure he gets sent down to the ohl after playing < 9 nhl games.

 

[Kiss Under the Guy]

Can't remember the last time a team went with someone other then the consenus #1,
so the choice has pretty much already been made for the Habs.

Hischier wasn't really a #1 consensus pick. There's still time for Wright to play in the playoffs but otherwise we might see something similar. As long as they don't pick this year's Nolan Patrick

 

[habsfan92]

Glad StLouis will be coaching

 

[Adam Michaels]

Shane Wright.

Glad StLouis will be coaching

Definitely. Also the fact that the Habs want to grow their development department will also be key.

 

[Chili]

Hischier wasn't really a #1 consensus pick. There's still time for Wright to play in the playoffs but otherwise we might see something similar. As long as they don't pick this year's Nolan Patrick

Was Patrick a clear #1 pick? Can't really remember, maybe well before the draft.

If a team skips over the consensus #1 and that player becomes better then their choice it opens the door for endless second guessing. The pressure to go with that player is huge.

 

[River Meadow]

Even when we are lucky, we are unlucky.. Can we trade it for the 2023 1st?

Nothing is certain.

Wright has the tools to be a great 1C

 

[WatchfulElm]

Why Nemec twice lol

Here's the other Simon Nemec. 5'9" czech defenseman.

 

[Kiss Under the Guy]

Was Patrick a clear #1 pick? Can't really remember, maybe well before the draft.

If a team skips over the consensus #1 and that player becomes better then their choice it opens the door for endless second guessing. The pressure to go with that player is huge.

No Patrick wasn't a clear consensus #1. It was considered a weak draft at the time. He was the projected #1 on September of his draft year, but then he just dropped as the year went by.

I'm not drawing a comparison between them, just saying Hischier wasn't a clear #1 that year, and he wasn't a bad pick in the end.

 

[calder candidate]

I would try to trade down we need help everywhere…

 

[Treb]

Here's the other Simon Nemec. 5'9" czech defenseman.

Sebastian Aho all over again.

 

[HabsWhiteKnightLOL]

I would try to trade down we need help everywhere…

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We are rebuilding...

 

[Chili]

No Patrick wasn't a clear consensus #1. It was considered a weak draft at the time. He was the projected #1 on September of his draft year, but then he just dropped as the year went by.

I'm not drawing a comparison between them, just saying Hischier wasn't a clear #1 that year, and he wasn't a bad pick in the end.

My original point, or the one I was trying to make was when there is a clear #1 consensus pick it's awfully tough for a team not to take that player.

 

[Goldenhands]

Laval will be stacked next year with Slafkovsky, Heineman, Ylonen, RHP, Guhle, Barron, Norlinder, Harris ect. The farm might be better than the main...

 

[Mister Hab]

Shane Wright.

It has to be Shane Wright.
(when is the last time we had the chance to draft a CENTER with as much potential as Shane Wright? I can't remember!! Patrice Bergeron/Toews potential).

Go Habs Go!! (pick Wright and we will finally have TWO very-good centers, and not just one....and I like Evans, Dvorak, Poehling for our CENTER depth ; Suzuki, Wright, Dvorak, Evans, Poehling, and even Pitlick can be a CENTER....so this is pretty good center depth...finally!!).

 

[1909]

Habs brass have two months to think about it.

 

[SannywithoutCompy]

I'd say we should look at trading down and taking Jiricek