That's true, regardless of who the Habs pick, we're likely to see a lot of posts from the usual suspects whining endlessly. That's the most predictable thing about the Habs' draft.Just in time for the 3rd consecutive draft meltdown.
I like how people are saying Michkov isn't in the same category as a guy like Kane/Kucherov/Kaprizov but then go ahead and say that Reinbacher is comparable to Heiskanen/Weber/Josi.
I don't think he will be good enough. He would need to be a McAvoy level defender, at least. Michkov I think has it in him to be a 100+ points forward. Kaprizov-like, what is that worth ?
But you also said that Carlson and Fantilli are on the same level as Michkov. So are there four 100+ point forwards like Kaprizov in a single draft? Perhaps five with Smith?
I mean that size on the backend could have been addressed by drafting a dman this year in Dickinson/Levshunov/Silayev. Now we are actively avoiding those guys and drafting a forward instead.
A 6"2 #1 Center doesn't need to score 100 points to be on the same level as a smaller 100 point winger
And Eichel and and Barzal and Connor, that was an exceptionally strong draft for forwards, and weak on D ! Good counterpoint. Mea culpa @Mrb1p , I guess we'll see.
If Michkov was clearly a better prospect than Ovechkin and Malkin, he should have been drafted either #1 or #2.
Yakupov was a lock to become a perennial 40-goal scorer, an obvious #1 and a legitimate #1.
It wasn't rhetorical at all, I legitimately asked why Ryan Leonard isn't the player the Habs community has decided it will be the sword they die on rather than Michkov?
Hey all I did was respond to your post where you suggested Michkov was in the same stratosphere, so I asked you what was a very fair follow up question.
And what if Reinbacher becomes Juolevi? Both scenarios are highly unlikely to happen.
What if Reinbacher becomes Griffin Reinhart? That's dumb. Yakupov and Michkov have no relation to each other aside from being 5'10 and russian. Yakupov has spent his entire career in the KHL now and he's never even came close to Michkov of last year, at 19.
It's not really about Reinbacher. He is a fantastic player, as I've observed since last January when I started the hype train on him on this board. The problem is how they saw Michkov.
Of the top 6 dmen, they're split right down the middle, though most have Parekh and Yakemchuk a bit lower than the 3 lefties.
There's not a single person that mentionned anything about Reinbacher.
I'm pissed
So there’s zero chance they’ll pick a D even he’s the BPA in their rankings? If both Demidov and Lindstrom are gonzo, Iginla or whoever will have to be deemed better than whatever D drops. That would give rise to an interesting outcome.
