HF Habs: 2024 NHL Draft Thread

[sampollock]

If Bergevin is the GM of the Blue Jackets, who do you think he picks?

Bergevin probably likes Lindstrom? Or does Timmins convince them to draft a D?

MB would pick a big D

 

[Habs Halifax]

MB would pick a big D

Wasn't that Timmins strength?

 

[Runner77]

lol sorry Jones, but nobody wants your craptastic contract bud.

Holy crap, he’s got 6 more years @ 9.5M.

 

[McGees]

** Treeman intensifies **

wat?

 

[WeThreeKings]

wat?

Treeman is the GM of the Leafs

 

[sampollock]

Wasn't that Timmins strength?

seem to be
the other strength was missing out on 1st round picks. he cost habs a lot of talent

 

[Runner77]

No for Demidov at 5 and Boisvert with the Jets pick

In before @Habs Icing chimes in with “how about his cousin, Fulldov”?

 

[Habs Halifax]

seem to be
the other strength was missing out on 1st round picks. he cost habs a lot of talent

Draft power sucked when there was talent and it was weak drafts when he had draft power early on. Call it excuses or context, don't care. Galchenyuk appeared to be a good pick until he wasn't. Best in that draft was Rielly and F Forsberg. Many teams missed. 2012 and 2013 drafts were just not that deep. 2014-2016 lacked draft power and it was too much pressure on the scouting staff to find hits.

By the time Bergevin made his mistakes/oversight, it was too late. But I will say his last 1/3 was better than his middle 1/3. He was just horrible in that mid third of his tenure but he did leave us with Suzuki, Caufield, Guhle, Roy, Xhekaj. Assets to trade like Chiarot and Toffoli.

Glad it's in the past. I felt Bergevin as our GM was a distraction for many years. It all started with the Subban/Weber trade IMO.... but he was right in the end. Remember all the post wars with the Subban/Weber talk? It was very nasty

 

[Whitesnake]

FWIW - McCagg has called 3-of last-4 Habs 1st round picks iirc. So he’s getting leaked info somehow

Made sense in the Timmins era....but I'm stunned in the Bobrov one....

 

[le_sean]

Made sense in the Timmins era....but I'm stunned in the Bobrov one....

Maybe he got to know Lapointe through Timmins

 

[SannywithoutCompy]

Draft power sucked when there was talent and it was weak drafts when he had draft power early on. Call it excuses or context, don't care. Galchenyuk appeared to be a good pick until he wasn't. Best in that draft was Rielly and F Forsberg. Many teams missed. 2012 and 2013 drafts were just not that deep. 2014-2016 lacked draft power and it was too much pressure on the scouting staff to find hits.

By the time Bergevin made his mistakes/oversight, it was too late. But I will say his last 1/3 was better than his middle 1/3. He was just horrible in that mid third of his tenure but he did leave us with Suzuki, Caufield, Guhle, Roy, Xhekaj. Assets to trade like Chiarot and Toffoli.

Glad it's in the past. I felt Bergevin as our GM was a distraction for many years. It all started with the Subban/Weber trade IMO.... but he was right in the end. Remember all the post wars with the Subban/Weber talk? It was very nasty

Draft power sucked in 2015?

 

[Runner77]

Made sense in the Timmins era....but I'm stunned in the Bobrov one....

I believe you have the Failed Anger Management guy, soothsayer “Basus” and even Eric “How Deep Can I Get My Head Into This Cavity” Engels, all on the same page with the Habs’ prospective early pick.

These guys seem to get nuggets of truth that most others don’t, when it comes to Habs management.

 

[WeThreeKings]

Maybe he got to know Lapointe through Timmins

Or more than likely since Timmins knows a lot of the scouts still in place in Montreal (not huge turnover) they still have some discussions or whatever.

 

[le_sean]

Or more than likely since Timmins knows a lot of the scouts still in place in Montreal (not huge turnover) they still have some discussions or whatever.

At some point you’d think they’d stop feeding him info which only hurts the team

 

[Whitesnake]

At some point you’d think they’d stop feeding him info which only hurts the team

or he,s there to prepare people....lol

 

[Runner77]

Scouts are the worst traitors. They’re paid by one team for supposedly exclusive services but they’re feeding their peers and some of them are even emptying the bag for BobbyMac.

I don’t believe the Dallas scouts are talking much though otherwise other teams would have gotten aboard their late pick gravy train and foiled them.

 

[TheBuriedHab]

or he,s there to prepare people....lol

Exactly lol.

 

[Schooner Guy]

Made sense in the Timmins era....but I'm stunned in the Bobrov one....

McCagg and HockeyProspect were the two first draft sources to laud Slaf as possible #1 and downplay Wright's prospect status. Keep in mind, what's being discussed in NHL teams scouts conversations is different than what's being discussed by journalists who happen to cover hockey that most HF posters read. McCagg (like him or not) and Mark from HP have strong contacts.

No leaks with Timmins gone. He's just having these discussions with credible hockey people. Not the Baders, Wheelers, Damicos and Cosentinos of the world.

 

[GlassesJacketShirt]

Call me crazy but I'd consider Iggy over Demidov. Would be a tough call for me. I'm not entirely buying all the Demidov hype as a smaller type forward with skill and I'm not afraid to take Iggy over Demidov just like we did with Slav over Wright and Reinbacher over Michkov.

Iggy dominated the CHL just as much as Demidov dominated the MHL this past season. Iggy also has great U17 and U18 numbers and also passes the eye test.

This time, I'm taking the best Canadian after Celebrini. Iggy is red hot heading into this draft and is one of the youngest. It's very impressive and I just can't find any flaws.

Skating, Crossovers, Edge work: Check
Size/Weight at an early age: Check
NHL shot at an early age: Check
Play Making ability / Vision (makes players around him better): Check
Ability to play along the boards and come out with possession: Check
International resume: Check
Playoff type warrior: Check

In no way did Iginla dominate the WHL like Demidov dominated the MHL, not even close.

I like Iginla, I don't think taking him above Demidov is asinine, but to say they were equally dominant in their respective leagues is simply not true.

 

[CristianoRonaldo]

I guess we didn't see everything last year behind closed doors....'cause it does sure seem that everybody agreed with Reinbacher. But this year...there's just no way they all agree on the same player.

Michkov says hi.

How convenient that the video stops before showing Iginla getting the takedown and putting Catton in a headlock.

You forgot when Catton tapped to a rear-naked choke... This is not MMA.

 

[Scintillating10]

Where will Ruohonen go in draft? Thought he played well in U18. Size, plays with chip on his shoulder

 

[Trabdy2]

My current top 10 is below. Some shifting happened after watching a bit more tape last weekend. If somehow Levshunov falls to us at 5, I don't think I have a problem with us taking him there. I hope we are able to get one of the top three forwards though.

My guess is that if Levshunov is there at 5, there will be teams wanting to trade up to get him and Hughes might be able to get the forward we want (Iginla or Catton) plus another late first or early second out of it.

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

 

[montreal]

first viewing of him I think, not overly impressed,

Assist - 4:17
Almost Highlight Reel Pass - 13:23
Breakaway - 16:29

 

[jaffy27]

In before @Habs Icing chimes in with “how about his cousin, Fulldov”?

Think that’s Emptydov’s cousin

 

[McGuires Corndog]

first viewing of him I think, not overly impressed,

Assist - 4:17
Almost Highlight Reel Pass - 13:23
Breakaway - 16:29

Not someone I’d take 5th over all, or even in the top 10 given the d men also available.

He’s a 11-15 guy IMO.