2019 NHL Entry Draft Thread

[Jee]

Would be fun to grab another first from Pacioretty.

 

[Habs76]

I think Bolduc from the Armada pushes himself into the first round

 

[Runner77]

FC's 2019 rankings: FC Hockey | 2019 NHL Draft Ranking

List will evolve of course but right now, but you'll notice 6 Cs ranked in the top 10.

And 9 Cs in the top 16.

 

[Per Sjoblom]

Already looking forward to it.

Will try to make two lists this time: a personnal favorites list (like I did this year) and a "legit" list.

Some of my favorite players for this year:

Grewe (big fan)
Honka (slick D, high end skills)
Dach
Hughes (obviously)
Kakko (pretty much the perfect winger)
Turcotte
Caufield
Pelletier
Lavoie
Pasic
Lundell
Hirvonen
Cozens
Aaltonen
Bjornfot

You gotta love that name at the end, Björnfot is probably of Laplander origin and it means bear foot.
You must be pretty happy with the draft so far?

 

[Runner77]

"The 2019 NHL Draft at Rogers Arena in Vancouver on June 21-22 is shaping up to be one for the ages.
... a draft that appears to be chock-full of blue-chip centers": Blue-chip centers highlight 2019 NHL Draft prospects

 

[Habby Patty]

Apparently HF deleted my comment... I agree about taking the BPA next year. Whether we are picking 1st or 10th, we should just take the consensus BPA. I pray we pick in the 1-5 range because I adore Hughes and Kakko. Dach also looks very good. The thing about next years projected top 5 is that they are all around 6'4 except Hughes. Kotka and Kakko would be a nasty duo. If we get a LW with a last name that starts with K, we can call them the KKK line.

 

[BeliveauFan4ever]

"The 2019 NHL Draft at Rogers Arena in Vancouver on June 21-22 is shaping up to be one for the ages.
... a draft that appears to be chock-full of blue-chip centers": Blue-chip centers highlight 2019 NHL Draft prospects

Will be tough to get a team to part with a 1st.

 

[montreal]

Apparently HF deleted my comment.

I don't see any deleted comments in this thread but yesterday was a shit show and the worst I've ever seen in all my years at HF and i've been here since '01. I had a thread last night about the wjc's that's now in a parallel universe where HF didn't go fubar.

 

[Runner77]

Will be tough to get a team to part with a 1st.

Pretty much. However, we can certainly be that team that drafts within range of a potential first line C. By hook or by crook, we need to be in that position.

Or let's just say we'll be that team by default.

 

[Anardil]

"Lose for Hughes"

"We're back for Dach"

PlayLikeKakka4Kakko

 

[De Montreal]

Hope we can get Zadina this time around

 

[Habs76]

PlayLikeKakka4Kakko

PlayLikeBallsackForKaedanKorczak

 

[Anardil]

I think next year we should definitely go BPA. We have our centers now. Both Bergevin and Timmins stated post draft that they believe we have 2 future top 6 centerman in Jesperi and Poehling now. And that's not even counting Olofsson, McShane, Hillis, Danault, DLR, Hudon, McCarron, Evans, Vejdemo, Ikonen etc....

I can't disagree more. This draft has only potentially improved the center position. And as much as I love Kotkaniemi's potential, all of the centers that are rated in the top 10 next year appear to have higher ceilings that Kotka. I would LOOOVE the Habs to get Hughes or Dach next year. THEN I would feel better about the Habs center depth.

 

[Anardil]

PlayLikeBallsackForKaedanKorczak

LOL. I have no idea who that is. I hope that he's a special player, since you've created a tagline for him.

 

[L4br3cqu3]

MontreNousLaVoieRaphaelLavoie

Ok twas pitiful.

But damn so many good centers next season, and so far, a bit weak dmen wise.

And I think we'll at least be bottom 10 next season, so we should be set at center for a while after that, finally.

 

[Lebowski]

MontreNousLaVoieRaphaelLavoie

Ok twas pitiful.

But damn so many good centers next season, and so far, a bit weak dmen wise.

And I think we'll at least be bottom 10 next season, so we should be set at center for a while after that, finally.

Really depends on Price.

I think we're about as likely to be top 10 as we are to be bottom 10. I'm hoping for another low finish to really get a solid base of young players going.

 

[BeliveauFan4ever]

Really depends on Price.

I think we're about as likely to be top 10 as we are to be bottom 10. I'm hoping for another low finish to really get a solid base of young players going.

We'll know more in a few days.

Wishing your team to tank...I hope folks don't think I like the draft so much I just want early picks for couch potato purposes, lol.

If Lou had taken over the Habs last week, he'd face a huge task to reconfig this team.

The current guy has spent seven years frittering, and probably wants another 3-5.

He faces a monumental task, and I question whether he has the steady hand and stomach for it. Without at least one super draft, And some shrewd puzzle-solving, I just don't see how we get to the top of the mountain.

 

[Lebowski]

We'll know more in a few days.

Wishing your team to tank...I hope folks don't think I like the draft so much I just want early picks for couch potato purposes, lol.

If Lou had taken over the Habs last week, he'd face a huge task to reconfig this team.

The current guy has spent seven years frittering, and probably wants another 3-5.

He faces a monumental task, and I question whether he has the steady hand and stomach for it. Without at least one super draft, And some shrewd puzzle-solving, I just don't see how we get to the top of the mountain.

Short of signing Tavares, I don’t hold much hope in our core moving forward. We still need a few more blue-chips at key positions before making a run for it.

 

[NeptunesTrident]

Short of signing Tavares, I don’t hold much hope in our core moving forward. We still need a few more blue-chips at key positions before making a run for it.

I agree we need more young talent.

 

[sandviper]

C - Alex Turcotte

American kid plays for USDP and University of Wisconsin commit. Fun fact, his father has played for the Sherbrooke Canadiens and the Montreal Canadiens. His grandfather is Quebecois but has played for Michigan State University.

I think the stars are aligned for this kid to be a Montreal Canadiens next year if he progresses well and becomes a dominant elite center.

Alex Turcotte at eliteprospects.com

 

[MarkovsKnee]

I can't disagree more. This draft has only potentially improved the center position. And as much as I love Kotkaniemi's potential, all of the centers that are rated in the top 10 next year appear to have higher ceilings that Kotka. I would LOOOVE the Habs to get Hughes or Dach next year. THEN I would feel better about the Habs center depth.

Dach, Kotka, Poehling. Now that's a sick center corp. Big too.

Anyone else can be moved to wing.

 

[sandviper]

Dach, Kotka, Poehling. Now that's a sick center corp. Big too.

Anyone else can be moved to wing.

Having too many skilled centers isn’t a problem to me. Like you said, we can move guys to wing, whereas it hasn’t worked out great for us the other way (wings to C).

Dach, Coke and Poehling down the middle though is going to give teams fits to match up against us.

 

[Andrei79]

I know Dach's ranked in the later part of the top 10 for now, but I think we'll be needing one of the lottery picks when it's all said and done.

If he keeps progressing, how many teams will pass up a 6'4" skilled center ?

Hughes, Kakko and Dach, that's my most probable top 3 at the moment.

In other words, we really need to suck this year.

 

[MarkovsKnee]

Having too many skilled centers isn’t a problem to me. Like you said, we can move guys to wing, whereas it hasn’t worked out great for us the other way (wings to C).

Dach, Coke and Poehling down the middle though is going to give teams fits to match up against us.

Yup. One more bad year & we could have a new talented forward core & one of the best center situations in the NHL.

We'll see. I think Dach & Hughes go 1/2. And, I can see us falling into the 8-12 range, which means we'd need to luck out like Philadelphia, New Jersey & Carolina did.

We'll see how much depth the draft has as the year goes along.

 

[Goldenhands]

I know Dach's ranked in the later part of the top 10 for now, but I think we'll be needing one of the lottery picks when it's all said and done.

If he keeps progressing, how many teams will pass up a 6'4" skilled center ?

Hughes, Kakko and Dach, that's my most probable top 3 at the moment.

In other words, we really need to suck this year.

I also expect Lavoie to be a big time riser for the next draft...