HF Habs: 2024 NHL Draft Thread

[Mrb1p]

Not true I saw some mock drafts this time last year have him as low as 13-15 which I found really strange

Yeah "some". Like Grant had But 3rd overall.

Bob had Leo 5th in september, WTK acting like he found a diamond in the rough is actually hilarious.

 

[Goldenhands]

WTK has been a huge Carlsson fan since very early in the season, he ranked him 2nd OV all along. I jumped in Carlsson's bandwagon after a few viewings. We both had Carlsson over Fantilli in our rankings.

 

[HuGo Burner Acc]

Yeah "some". Like Grant had But 3rd overall.

Bob had Leo 5th in september, WTK acting like he found a diamond in the rough is actually hilarious.

Yeah that's definitely not the case haha. Everyone here at least had him top 5 last summer

 

[DramaticGloveSave]

@Goldenhands basically nailed the Habs pick two years in a row, gotta give props when they are due. We will see how Slaf and Reinbacher turn out, but at the least he’s on the same page as the Habs scouting staff.

 

[Nevins]

If the Habs are going to draft to fill a need in the prospect pool, maybe draft some forwards with size.

And with Elite Talent Which is our biggest need

 

[Gravity]

@Goldenhands basically nailed the Habs pick two years in a row, gotta give props when they are due. We will see how Slaf and Reinbacher turn out, but at the least he’s on the same page as the Habs scouting staff.

Unless he's part of it! He's been nailing it.

 

[HuGo Burner Acc]

WTK has been a huge Carlsson fan since very early in the season, he ranked him 2nd OV all along. I jumped in Carlsson's bandwagon after a few viewings. We both had Carlsson over Fantilli in our rankings.

True I put fantilli at 4 after Bedard, michkov and Carlsson. And I was pretty high on fantilli since he was 16.

 

[Kaladin]

He's been having great calls for years now. Basically
David Dunn to @Mrb1p's Mr Glass, down to the great attitude vs Mr Glass being a massive asshole

I think that’s uncalled for. I can think of plenty of posters I’d put on that asshole pedestal before @Mrb1p. Quality poster with good insights. Doesn’t hedge like some folk either.

 

[NotProkofievian]

Not true I saw some mock drafts this time last year have him as low as 13-15 which I found really strange

I think I remember the one you were talking about. It was clownshoes the day it was published. Was it pronman? Might've been.

 

[Goldenhands]

My first thought this year when they called Reinbacher's name was Goldenhands called it again. f*** me. First Slaf now Reinbacher. I'm convinced you're an insider for the habs draft team

Imagine leaking informations to a HF member, they are smarter than that hehe. Only a fan of prospects like many over here who ended up calling it correctly 2 yrs in a row. Next year will be nearly impossible to guess if we are drafting in the 8-12 range. I like that Demidov kid from the little I watched, seems to have a great personality as well, hopefully the geopolitical situation gets better eventually.

 

[SOLR]

WTK has been a huge Carlsson fan since very early in the season, he ranked him 2nd OV all along. I jumped in Carlsson's bandwagon after a few viewings. We both had Carlsson over Fantilli in our rankings.

Same...but Fantilli was 5th on my list, we'll be interesting to see in 5 years.

Kudos on guessing what the Habs would do, again, not in that business myself.

I have a few sleepers, but waiting for Hlinka...

Imagine leaking informations to a HF member, they are smarter than that hehe. Only a fan of prospects like many over here who ended up calling it correctly 2 yrs in a row. Next year will be nearly impossible to guess if we are drafting in the 8-12 range. I like that Demidov kid from the little I watched, seems to have a great personality as well, hopefully the geopolitical situation gets better eventually.

Won't matter for him as his game is not polarizing. Drafting Bure is unlike drafting Kaprisov.

 

[Hickflyer]

No reason to have this subject until we get a management team that knows how to draft.

 

[Jaynki]

No reason to have this subject until we get a management team that knows how to draft.

Imagine if we ended up with Wright and Michkov.

Our rebuild would be so well underway. After all, we would not be again the smallest, softest team in the league, full of question marks.

 

[WeThreeKings]

No reason to have this subject until we get a management team that knows how to draft.

Yep should have taken Wright like the fans wanted. God, I hate having Lane Hutson, Owen Beck and Adam Engstrom in my pool.

 

[Mrb1p]

Imagine if we ended up with Wright and Michkov.

Our rebuild would be so well underway. After all, we would not be again the smallest, softest team in the league, full of question marks.

What if we had Jiricek and Michkov? A better forward and an equally good D?

 

[jaffy27]

No reason to have this subject until we get a management team that knows how to draft.

In 2yrs of drafting, this management has 5 times more points (goals and assists) accumulated by their drafted players then any other team in the NHL.

I say they stay

 

[jaffy27]

What if we had Jiricek and Michkov? A better forward and an equally good D?

Had we drafted Jiricek, (which I absolutely love) this board would be complaining that we drafted an injured D and left on the table Cooley, Slaf and Wright.

We have Slaf and Reinbacher, in the end, it may be the best choice we could’ve made!!

 

[Mrb1p]

Had we drafted Jiricek, (which I absolutely love) this board would be complaining that we drafted an injured D and left on the table Cooley, Slaf and Wright.

We have Slaf and Reinbacher, in the end, it may be the best choice we could’ve made!!

It may be but it probably wont be. Not because of Reinbacher but because of Michkov and Slafkovsky.

 

[Andrei79]

Had we drafted Jiricek, (which I absolutely love) this board would be complaining that we drafted an injured D and left on the table Cooley, Slaf and Wright.

We have Slaf and Reinbacher, in the end, it may be the best choice we could’ve made!!

Both Slaf and Reinbacher are rare and valuable assets. Slaf can't be a 50 point player though. He needs to put up at least 70+ to have that value that 6'3" big skilled wingers have. Just look at Tuch, he got Vegas Eichel.

 

[Gustave]

Bold take 2: we’re going to win the lottery

Bring it on.

It would be hilarious, if we land the 7th pick this year, and a top RD is available: Kiviharju or Levshunov, and instead we draft Lindstrom. I'm ready for it.

It’s usually what happens when you draft for need at some point, it starts f***ing up your internal list. It’s a vicious circle.

 

[Nedved]

Imagine leaking informations to a HF member, they are smarter than that hehe. Only a fan of prospects like many over here who ended up calling it correctly 2 yrs in a row. Next year will be nearly impossible to guess if we are drafting in the 8-12 range. I like that Demidov kid from the little I watched, seems to have a great personality as well, hopefully the geopolitical situation gets better eventually.

it's early intel. demidov to the habs!

It's funny because you're all over these prospects around Christmas, they slowly crawl up draft boards, and then it happens where we draft your guy. I was watching Brindley closely too, I see Timmins drafted him, which also made me chuckle!

Cheers! Happy Canada Day!!

 

[Cubebrick]

Imagine leaking informations to a HF member, they are smarter than that hehe. Only a fan of prospects like many over here who ended up calling it correctly 2 yrs in a row. Next year will be nearly impossible to guess if we are drafting in the 8-12 range. I like that Demidov kid from the little I watched, seems to have a great personality as well, hopefully the geopolitical situation gets better eventually.

Demidov is awesome, but unfortunately I don't think the Habs will be bad enough to be in range to draft him. Although it's still way too early to tell.

 

[KevSkillz4]

After 2 years with high pick, I'm very happy with Slafkovsky and Reinbacher. Some people compare that with another high pick, but the potential of both are tremendous. Fans need to be hype with that type of talents, Slafkovsky tools are rare and I believe that we are all going see his real talent next season. Reinbacher play already a very good hockey in a very good league. For comparison at same age, he put number like elite D-man in NHL, that's very encouraging.

Don't forget Habs drafted a stud with Lane Hutson last year aswell!

 

[Whitesnake]

All my energy will be on scouting Yaroslav Tsulygin this year. Overager that will play in the KHL.

 

[Kennerback]

Imagine leaking informations to a HF member, they are smarter than that hehe. Only a fan of prospects like many over here who ended up calling it correctly 2 yrs in a row. Next year will be nearly impossible to guess if we are drafting in the 8-12 range. I like that Demidov kid from the little I watched, seems to have a great personality as well, hopefully the geopolitical situation gets better eventually.

Let’s put it this way, a few posters had a very good idea the Habs wouldn’t touch Michkov a while ago. Considering the posters, it was obvious on day 1, they had a channel. They were saying forget it, it won’t happen. They did the clubs bidding to prepare the fans for the letdown.

I don’t believe for a second there’s another scenario. A few teams were willing to pay a king’s ransom to have Michkov at 5.