Montreal we have discussed before that since koivu, hAbs seem to have terrible luck with Swedish and Finn picks. I hope one of these years they strike gold like the bloody wings do every 3 years. Any hopes?
I'm still on the Nygren bandwagon, I think he could be a good NHLer for us if that ship hasn't sailed.
Lehkonen has impressed me this year, although his team is stacked offensively, he's certainly one of our top forward prospects and at the very least is interesting. I assume after next season they bring him over and we'll see how it goes. I have been concerned about his lack of size/strength and for a skinny player you would hope he would have that extra gear but he works hard and goes to the dirty areas while being good in his own end so I think the coaching staff will like him.
Vejdemo is still very raw so it's hard to say, he's got the frame and has some offensive skills but needs to put it all together. So far I've been impressed with what I've seen but also think he needs a few years to grow into his frame, get stronger and hopefully continue to progress his offensive game which shows flashes.
I don't understand how people still hope for him to play with the Habs. With this kind of tweet and all the other things that have happened before, it's clear that:
1 - The organization has shown no interrest in signing him so he knows he will never play with us.
2 - He's never had the intention to sign a contract with us.
3 - 1 and 2. He's a ******** headcase, and noone want him around their locker room.
1. We hold his rights for another year, if he's not signed by then, we know the organization has no interest in him. Until then we can't say 100% that they have don't have any interest in him. Perhaps they weren't happy with him opting to leave the Q for the Czech league and wanted to see how it panned out.
2. Only Reway knows what his intentions are.
3. Maybe he is a headcase, I don't know him and don't pretend to. I have seen him play a lot and I know he's highly skilled but with holes in his game. He's either going to sign with us by next year or he won't. I don't see the big deal in what he says on the internet, it's what he does on the ice that matters most to me.
I want reway to come over. I think he can help the team immediately
His defensive game needs a lot of work still, Therrien would go nuts having him on the team, as would Lefebvre if he was in the AHL. That said he could certainly help our PP. The problem becomes he was lighting up the Czech league and now he's been a consistent producer in the NLA so far, which means unless he's 100% committed to playing in the NHL someday, it might be hard for him to come over to play in the AHL for 70K or so (granted they could give him a nice signing bonus as a way around it) but not sure management would even do that or not. Guess we'll see.