Prospect Info: Mikhail Sergachev 9th Overall

[Lshap]

We can fix scoring by signing free agents, no forward prospect that we could have drafted would have fixed our scoring problems right away

This is 100% right. Offence is coming from other NHL teams, not the draft.

 

[GREMLIN]

Let's trade up and get Kunin

You expect to do that with picks in the 100's?

 

[TT1]

There is an Andrei Kostitsyn feel to this pick... I guess Timmins is a slow learner. Sergachev just does not strike me as somebody who will raise his game when it matters.

Still probably the obvious pick to make at this spot.

he's very inconsistent and his d-game has holes, amazing tools tho..

 

[Skip Bayless]

We desperately needed an LD to replace Markov. We got the BPA.

 

[HabbyGilmore]

hearing Logan Brown talk about his game makes me even more peeved we picked another D man

 

[TT1]

We desperately needed an LD to replace Markov. We got the BPA.

BPA was Brown, sorry

 

[gusfring]

Problem is we need to shed salary to play in FA.

 

[Tyson]

BPA was Brown, sorry

Agree to disagree

 

[DJ Breadman]

Yeah I really wanted a center here and then pick D with the two second round picks but MB kinda ****ed that up when he gave the second round picks away.

 

[Apoplectic Habs Fan]

So many pro scouts on this board. Preference over position i can see but so many speaking with certainty that after watching some highlights they are clearly correct

 

[Halakitlikethat]

Glad we didn't take brown. Our biggest need eas lhd as far as long term needs.

 

[poetryinmotion]

BPA was Brown, sorry

I disagree.

Brown won't ever be a Joe Thornton, and he just gives me creepy vibes of Latendresse for some reason.

And anyway Brown or not, Sergachev is a great pick on its own, he was a few points away from being a .ppg defenseman and he seems to have great smarts. You don't think it's possible for him to learn the defensive game at an elite level? Because I do. He would then be an incredible asset, a bigger Markov. And btw, any pick can bust, all the way up to the two finns. It's about tools, potential, intangibles, etc. No way to predict the future.

 

[Saxon]

most likeliest player to bust in the top 10, huge upside tho. i personally dont like the pick, wanted Brown.

Why do you say that? He needs to work in the defensive end a bit for sure but his poise/maturity with the pick is amazing for a17year old kid that just moved a world away and adjusting to a new style of game. Youngest ever OHL D man of the year. My favorite D man of the draft, once Keller was gone i was Hoping for Mikhail.

 

[Saxon]

BPA was Brown, sorry

I can see Brown having a very Hard time with the speed oh the NHL.

 

[TT1]

Agree to disagree

i called PLD and Juolevi going high in this draft, we'll see what happens with Brown and Sergachev in a few years.

Why do you say that? He needs to work in the defensive end a bit for sure but his poise/maturity with the pick is amazing for a17year old kid that just moved a world away and adjusting to a new style of game. Youngest ever OHL D man of the year. My favorite D man of the draft, once Keller was gone i was Hoping for Mikhail.

i've made enough comments in Sergachev's thread about him, you can look those up. pretty sure i've seen him play the most out of anyone on this board.

http://hfboards.mandatory.com/showthread.php?t=1866393 (starts from page 9)

 

[Habs]

hearing Logan Brown talk about his game makes me even more peeved we picked another D man

Logan Brown is hot garbage, nothing to cry about by missing out on that kid.

 

[Vicious]

Sergachev's interview with 690 when told "Juolevi said that he should be the first defesenman drafted because he's the best defenseman in the draft. What does Mikhail Sergachev say to that?" Sergachev: "I'm the most beautiful defenseman in the draft."


I'm sold. He then proceeded to name few Habs players and call Subban beautiful as well.

 

[Kent Nilsson]

Also Kostitsyn wasn't a Timmins pick.

Pretty sure AKost was Timmins' first pick as Habs head scout.

 

[donghabs98]

Sergachev's interview with 690 when told "Juolevi said that he should be the first defesenman drafted because he's the best defenseman in the draft. What does Mikhail Sergachev say to that?" Sergachev: "I'm the most beautiful defenseman in the draft."


I'm sold. He then proceeded to name few Habs players and call Subban beautiful as well.

Galchenyuk, Sherbak and him will be fun to watch once they develop. They all are talented and have personality.

 

[OnTheRun]

The pick is fine since Keller and Nylander were gone.

But I have a bad feeling about this, Sergachev will be under the tutelage of Lefebvre, the D-III Prodigy and Therrien, somewhat feel likes the worse fit for us.

 

[WeThreeKings]

Timmins talk about the pick yet?

 

[poetryinmotion]

The pick is fine since Keller and Nylander were gone.

But I have a bad feeling about this, Sergachev will be under the tutelage of Lefebvre, the D-III Prodigy and Therrien, somewhat feel likes the worse fit for us.

Sergachev will bypass Lefebvre.

 

[TT1]

Logan Brown is hot garbage, nothing to cry about by missing out on that kid.

Brown is an excellent puck possession player and he has amazing offensive abilities aswell, just look at him play and his production.

 

[rockjngo]

I really like the addition of Andrew Shaw. This guy is very competitive. Reminds me of Brendan Gallagher. He crashes the net get the dirty goals.

 

[Elfward7]

I feel like Sergachev will be a good pick long term. I think he'll fit in fairly quickly and could likely pass Beaulieu on our depth chart. At least like that we got someone with a bit of size.