HF Habs: 2024 NHL Draft Thread

[Harry Kakalovich]

Gotta take the call from the Flames and listen to their offer for Tij...

 

[BJCOLLINS]

Better start walking up those oratoire st Joseph steps on your knees lol

What’s the name of the spiked belts zealots would wear on their thighs?
That’s got’a get your attention, yikes, lol.



Penitents Belt

 

[Pompeius Magnus]

What’s the name of the spiked belts zealots would wear on their thighs?
That’s got’a get your attention, yikes, lol.

A cilice ?

 

[Team_Spirit]

Poirier also plays in the Q, a league well below the USHL, let alone the OHL, in overall quality

Lmao what

 

[The Last Red]

This is probably why the LHJMQ has won the Memorial Cup 8 times in the last 19 years….
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Why are there so few players from the Q being drafted relative to other junior A leagues, including the USHL recently?

 

[KFlint]

Honestly I wouldn’t want to be the scouts picking at 5-7 this year. It’s just so up in the air at this point. This craziest scenario would be that the Habs are sending false signals that they want size with their pick but finally go for pure talent/IQ with Catton. They have no interest showing their cards too much this year.

I’m still calling Catton at 6 just because I had a dream two weeks ago lol. Maybe Sennecke is throwing a wrench in that plan!

 

[Rapala]

Zeev Buium wins championships too. I'd take him over Lindstrom, Iginla and Sennecke.

I love Buium what kind of trade would have to happen to pull this trigger?

 

[Kobe Armstrong]

Would you trade 5 for 9 + 29?

 

[le_sean]

Poirier also plays in the Q, a league well below the USHL, let alone the OHL, in overall quality

The Q is not worse than the USHL. What a load of shit

 

[SannywithoutCompy]

Would you trade 5 for 9 + 29?

If Demidov is gone then I would need a small add on top of that

 

[Jabba11]

I love Buium what kind of trade would have to happen to pull this trigger?

I think there will be just a small list of forwards on the top of the Habs list. If they're gone by our pick, and Buium is available, I wouldn't be surprised if they pick him. He's a stud

 

[stanley25]

Let's not draft Connelly ,, haha

I'd draft Connelly in a second with the 27-28th pick. Kid should be in the top 10 and will get drafted anyways so I really don't care about teenage stupidity and that Molson will have to have his publicist draft up a statement. If he's there (which is very unlikely) he'll absolutely be the BPA.

 

[The Great Weal]

Would you trade 5 for 9 + 29?

I'd rather trade up to draft Demidov. If we don't trade up for Demidov and Lindstrom isn't available, I'd probably make the trade if we got some teams willing to trade a mid teen pick for the Jets pick+29. It's basically what the Sharks did with the Yotes.

 

[Scintillating10]

Why are there so few players from the Q being drafted relative to other junior A leagues, including the USHL recently?

Weaker league

 

[le_sean]

I'd draft Connelly in a second with the 27-28th pick. Kid should be in the top 10 and will get drafted anyways so I really don't care about teenage stupidity and that Molson will have to have his publicist draft up a statement. If he's there (which is very unlikely) he'll absolutely be the BPA.

There’s teenage stupidity and then there’s Connelly. He’s a no draft for the Habs.

 

[L4br3cqu3]

There’s teenage stupidity and then there’s Connelly. He’s a no draft for the Habs.

Yeah, he may be young, but that was dumbassery at its finest.

Also, was he there for the medals ?

 

[HuGo Burner Acc]

Would you be disappointed if habs draft a Levshunov, Dickinson, etc and trade for a Necas, Zegras, etc?

 

[le_sean]

Would you be disappointed if habs draft a Levshunov, Dickinson, etc and trade for a Necas, Zegras, etc?

The offence is so bad they should be drafting a forward AND trading for Necas.

 

[Jabba11]

Would you be disappointed if habs draft a Levshunov, Dickinson, etc and trade for a Necas, Zegras, etc?

I'd be ecstatic with Buium, Leshunov, Dickinson, Parekh. The only forwards I like are Celebrini, Demidov and Helenius.

 

[HuGo Burner Acc]

The offence is so bad they should be drafting a forward AND trading for Necas.

The problem is they have to give up some serious assets. The ask is probably Mailloux, the WPG 1st and the CGY 1st. It's definitely doable but habs would pretty much have to resign Matheson in 2 years and keep Guhle at RD

 

[HuGo Burner Acc]

Gotta take the call from the Flames and listen to their offer for Tij...

id make that trade in a second if their offer is to make their pick next season unprotected

 

[le_sean]

The problem is they have to give up some serious assets. The ask is probably Mailloux, the WPG 1st and the CGY 1st. It's definitely doable but habs would pretty much have to resign Matheson in 2 years and keep Guhle at RD

I wouldn’t think it would take that much to get Necas. Even then, I’d probably do it. He’s a 6’2 player that hit over 70 points last season.

 

[morhilane]

Why are there so few players from the Q being drafted relative to other junior A leagues, including the USHL recently?

Because the Q haven't evolved its player development approach and it lives by the mantra "if it's good enough for the Q, it's good enough everywhere".

 

[le_sean]

Because the Q haven't evolved its player development approach and it lives by the mantra "if it's good enough for the Q, it's good enough everywhere".

Yet they’ve won the last 4 Memorial Cups and 7 of the last 11. Clearly they are doing something right.

 

[dinodebino]

OK, what’s with all the parents calling their sons Cole?!? It’s the new Paul???