Wright, Slafkovsky, Cooley : Time to make that final decision

[HomaridII]

Repêchage: l’avenir en un choix

Kent Hughes, Jeff Gorton, Martin Lapointe et Nikolai Bobrov joueront gros avec le premier choix.

www.journaldemontreal.com

 

[Runner77]

Debatable but Wright is still views as the BPA. It has been Shane Wright draft for the last 3 years.....not one prospect showed me enough to take that place....and he happened to be exactly what we need, why complicate thing?

Whoever they pick, I'll support....but if they pick Wright, it's not going to be only because he's center either, he's going 1 or 2 regardless.

I like the uncertainty of it, actually. I don’t put much stock in what either player has done before the pandemic. If it’s Wright, I’d be concerned about his apparent lack of effort in what was his show-me season and whether that’s who he is now.

If it’s Slaf, then the recency effect comes into play. Who is he — the Liiga guy or the International guy.

Again, can’t subscribe to the idea of drafting for need with a top pick. I prefer the higher ceiling, whoever has it.

 

[dcyhabs]

Oh ok, so Bob's lying or fabricating stuff. Thank god I was taking a shit while reading this, at least something productive was going on.

I don't think anyone is saying that. Bob is taking the reports from 10 scouts. He probably has reports from way more than 10 scouts so he certainly has the option to choose reports from the scouts in such a way to get a controversial result instead of confirming the status quo and depriving the media of anything to talk about. "It's still a consensus for Wright, and here is Fred with the weather, will it be sunny Fred?"

It's also certainly possible that Bob just asked 10 scouts. Those 10 scouts aren't going to give TSN their whole analysis, they are going to give a list with few surprises that looks OK but reveals absolutely none of the insight NHL teams are paying them for.

Slafkofsky may very well be the best player to take at 1OA but McKenzie's list has no bearing on that. It's a pretty reasonable summary of publicly available knowledge with no professional views. Professional views aren't free. Some really dumb GMs actually do go with TSN for the draft, but the ones with any sort of professional team will certainly look it over but won't trust it over the information they can gather on their own.

 

[le_sean]

Well not in international competition with a very different idea of physical play than the NHL. It's very possible that Slafkofsky thrives in the NHL but it is certainly far from proven so far. Who knows, maybe he can fight, too.

If I’m drafting someone 1st overall, he better not be breaking his hand in an idiotic fight. You need those players on the ice 18-22 minutes a game to be successful.

 

[calder candidate]

How come Caufield was on fire with Ducharme the previous season and SC Playoffs ? The whole team was in trouble when they started the season without Weber, Price, Perry, Danault, KK, Edmundson and so on.... MB tried to patch up holes with Hoffman, Dvorak, Montambault, Wideman... Yes, Ducharme was boring as hell and a downer, and tried to not lose too many games with the cards he had in his hands. But remember that St-Louis lost NINE in a row in the last stretch !

The difference with DD is that we those lose were pathetic no excitement no chance of winning everyone was flat…With MSL we lost but game were a lot more entertaining and watchable and player were trying and the young player were performing which give us hope for the future.

 

[Lafleurs Guy]

The difference with DD is that we those lose were pathetic no excitement no chance of winning everyone was flat…With MSL we lost but game were a lot more entertaining and watchable and player were trying and the young player were performing which give us hope for the future.

Our numbers were much better too.

 

[Saxon]

You're not making any sense here.

Button have Wright at #1 (and the Habs are picking Wright in is mock draft), he work for TSN too you know and he's much more a Leafs cheerleader than Bob ever was.

Button's list = 100% Button's OPINION
Bob's list = 100% NOT Bob's opinion

Button is many things... but he's not a leafs cheerleader. I live in southern Ontario and I listen to 1050 regularly, and Button is one of the few that doesn't mindlessly pump the leafs tires.

 

[SlafySZN]

Repêchage: l’avenir en un choix

Kent Hughes, Jeff Gorton, Martin Lapointe et Nikolai Bobrov joueront gros avec le premier choix.

www.journaldemontreal.com

Pretty interesting article.

 

[HabsQC]

Wright, Luneau, Gaucher and Warren as 4 first picks this is my call

 

[SlafySZN]

Wright, Luneau, Gaucher and Warren as 4 first picks this is my call

No chance of that happening!

 

[calder candidate]

Not drafting Wright seem like a sacrilege, but at the same time Lambert was pretty well lock in that top 3 for year and he dropping up out of mut top 10… Wright, Slaf or Cooley I trust the new management to make the best pick or at least make the bet of the situation if they don’t.

 

[OnTheRun]

Button is many things... but he's not a leafs cheerleader. I live in southern Ontario and I listen to 1050 regularly, and Button is one of the few that doesn't mindlessly pump the leafs tires.

/shrug
It was relative to Bob and no one else.

 

[Saxon]

/shrug
It was relative to Bob and no one else.

Don't get me wrong, I don't think either one is up to anything. Bob is just the messenger and Craig is unapologetically going to rank how he ranks. There is no conspiracy here. I'm sure other sites are capitalizing on the fact that a big hockey market is picking first, but it's not these guys.

 

[Michoulicious]

No chance of that happening!

#1 OA: Wright
#26: Gaucher
#32: Luneau
#61: Warren

Certainly doable, around where each is ranked on may lists, but Warren has risen quite a bit after the combine.

 

[BenchBrawl]

Does Shane Wright have a known girlfriend?

 

[Saxon]

Does Shane Wright have a known girlfriend?

Think you have a shot?

 

[BenchBrawl]

Think you have a shot?

With injuries it's the most likely thing to impact a player's game.

 

[BenchBrawl]

I watched every shift of two games of Wright tonight, and he doesn't skate/move his legs enough. But when he does, it's like he's a completely different player. Just short bursts of looking dominant then he goes back to his aloof style. So bizarre. Looks like he plays with a piano on his back, then for a short moment the piano falls and he's free to move and he looks great. Then the piano again a second later. I don't get it.

Seems he's shooting for Son Goku's Kaioken style, but it feels too extreme in 2022 compared to 2020.

 

[WeThreeKings]

#1 OA: Wright
#26: Gaucher
#32: Luneau
#61: Warren

Certainly doable, around where each is ranked on may lists, but Warren has risen quite a bit after the combine.

This would be atrocious. The Habs don't need to draft 3 more high floor low ceiling guys.

Repêchage: l’avenir en un choix

Kent Hughes, Jeff Gorton, Martin Lapointe et Nikolai Bobrov joueront gros avec le premier choix.

www.journaldemontreal.com

Cooley keeps hanging around. It really wouldn't shock me if that's their guy.

 

[dcyhabs]

You're not making any sense here.

Button have Wright at #1 (and the Habs are picking Wright in is mock draft), he work for TSN too you know and he's much more a Leafs cheerleader than Bob ever was.

Button's list = 100% Button's OPINION
Bob's list = 100% NOT Bob's opinion

Bob doesn’t choose the list but he chooses the scouts to include. I expect he prefers a controversial list to a correct list, he needs talking points. Not hard to do this year with so many polarizing players.

Most years there is more consensus. Bob is probably partying this year, top player unknown, top 5-6 undecided. Top 10-60 could be anything.

 

[salbutera]

Repêchage: l’avenir en un choix

Kent Hughes, Jeff Gorton, Martin Lapointe et Nikolai Bobrov joueront gros avec le premier choix.

www.journaldemontreal.com

“« Quand je regarde le repêchage de cette année, j’ai peur que le Canadien revive le scénario de 1980. J’ai la crainte de revoir Wickenheiser en Shane Wright et Savard en Logan Cooley », a imagé un recruteur de l’Est.”

Interesting take from scout..

 

[Milhouse40]

“« Quand je regarde le repêchage de cette année, j’ai peur que le Canadien revive le scénario de 1980. J’ai la crainte de revoir Wickenheiser en Shane Wright et Savard en Logan Cooley », a imagé un recruteur de l’Est.”

Interesting take from scout..

Hmmm, for a scout from the east, he seems focus a lot on the Canadiens since he had to go back to 1980 for a Habs specific draft to find a example. Sounds more like a quote from a fanboy than a scout

 

[dcyhabs]

Not drafting Wright seem like a sacrilege, but at the same time Lambert was pretty well lock in that top 3 for year and he dropping up out of mut top 10… Wright, Slaf or Cooley I trust the new management to make the best pick or at least make the bet of the situation if they don’t.

There are real reasons Lambert is falling. He isn’t producing, he keeps switching teams and it doesn’t help.

Most of the reasons Wright is questioned as 1A are less persuasive, “doesn’t look engaged” “only 8th in scoring and first among draft age” which is why he’s still the top pick for most scouts.

 

[nhlfan9191]

Bob doesn’t choose the list but he chooses the scouts to include. I expect he prefers a controversial list to a correct list, he needs talking points. Not hard to do this year with so many polarizing players.

Most years there is more consensus. Bob is probably partying this year, top player unknown, top 5-6 undecided. Top 10-60 could be anything.

I like to think professionalism comes absolute first with a guy like Bob. But it’s hard to ignore Montreal, with our first overall pick in 30 years at a draft we’re hosting, with no consensus picks has even the best drooling over all the potential content and easy money to be made.

 

[Catanddogguitarrr]

Don't remember any Slafkovskys ever inventing a new dimension of locomotion.

Decision made then?

Have any link?