Most Talented Player Habs Have Drafted Since Lafleur ?

[sandysan]

Richer was so freaking amazing. He suffered from depression and it resulted in uneven seasons but he had it all. To this day, best slapshot ever. Definitely my favourite from the 80s. Loved that guy. HOF caliber talent but mental health limited what should've been.

as good as he was, not as good as roy.

its not even particularly close

 

[Lafleurs Guy]

as good as he was, not as good as roy.

its not even particularly close

Mental health. If he had it, it's a HOF career. Big, strong, fast, killer shot. He was amazing.

 

[sandysan]

Mental health. If he had it, it's a HOF career. Big, strong, fast, killer shot. He was amazing.

patrick roy is one of the best goalies to ever play. and I'm not sure he was completely sane either ( most goalies are not)

on accomplishments and on people who followed him, the accomplishments to the habs and to the games. richer isnt in the conversation.

 

[Catanddogguitarrr]

Mental health. If he had it, it's a HOF career. Big, strong, fast, killer shot. He was amazing.

When he was in his game he was amazing. Best Habs slapshot ever, on par with Bobby Hull.

 

[Lafleurs Guy]

Injuries have really crippled the Habs.

Markov and Koivu were two of three best skaters during their prime years.

Price with injuries in '14 and '16 sucked for us too. He was on his way to another Hart that year.

 

[MasterDecoy]

I'm not including the 70s and 80s.

kovalev
koivu
subban
price
...
...
...
galchenyuk?

 

[Catanddogguitarrr]

patrick roy is one of the best goalies to ever play. and I'm not sure he was completely sane either ( most goalies are not)

on accomplishments and on people who followed him, the accomplishments to the habs and to the games. richer isnt in the conversation.

I place Patrick Roy first on my list because he is the best goalie ever in play-offs. Best of all teams in play-offs. There are very interresting names people post here but none we can say he was the best ever at his position like Roy in front of his net. And his attitude, he was a winner in a time when Habs were declining, the era of the winning team of the '70's was gone.

 

[Catanddogguitarrr]

kovalev
koivu
subban
price
...
...
...
galchenyuk?

Kovalev not drafted by the Habs. Lol, I made the same mistake.
No Markov, no Gallagher ?
Galchenyuk, you must be jocking ...

 

[sandviper]

Yeah but before mentionning Svoboda you could remember how good Desjardins was, or Markov, or Subban. But yeah Svoboda was good but I have a lot of names that comes to my mind before him.

Yes to them as well, but I was only responding to the 4 players mentioned.

But yes, Markov and Subban, though I hold Subban a little higher. Since we’re not comparing players to Lafleur, other notable picks just off the top of my head we’re Naslund, Mondou, Schneider and Koivu.

 

[MasterDecoy]

Kovalev not drafted by the Habs. Lol, I made the same mistake.
No Markov, no Gallagher ?
Galchenyuk, you must be jocking ...

whoops youre right

im at a complete loss why dachamp would chose galchenyuk, he is so flawed as a player

 

[Catanddogguitarrr]

whoops youre right

im at a complete loss why dachamp would chose galchenyuk, he is so flawed as a player

Galchy had a great potential. He still can explode but I doubt it.

 

[Brainiac]

You guys don't seem to get DA's point.

He said 'as evaluated on draft day'. No room for revisionism and 20/20 hindsight.

By that metric, yes Galchenyuk is ahead of Patrick Roy, Andrei Markov, Patches, Subban and many others who were drafted much lower. Roy was a nobody on draft day. Only the Habs saw his potential, as he was playing on a terrible team in juniors.

Carey Price was obviously ranked very highly on draft day. Koivu, not as high (21st overall), but I do remember the hype around him even before he came into the league.

 

[Boris Le Tigre]

We dumped him buy John LeClair is a good choice with 3x50 goal seasons and 5 straight 40 goal seasons.
Dr. Recchi

 

[26Mats]

Started following this team as a little kid in 1986...

Guy was gone by then but since i've been following i gotta go with Richer...Crazy shot and good skater and the 50 goal seasons were awesome.....

Interested to see what you guys think because we have never really been a lottery team to get the elite players in the draft.....I think i read somewhere that the Habs have never had a guy in the top 10 in points since Naslund in 86....Correct me if i'm wrong on that....

1. Roy
2. Price
3. Chelios
4 Naslund
5. Koivu

Schneider, Desjardins, Richer, Leclair, Subban also come to mind.

Hopefully Caufield and Kotkaniemi also make their way up that list.

 

[Bouboumaster]

Roy, not close. One can even argue that Roy > Lafleur
If we are talking about skaters, it's Robinson, followed by Chelios.

 

[Adam Michaels]

was gonna say Richer too, hes my dads fav player as well

Mete asks "Who's that?"

Richer's gotta be one of the best players drafted since Lafleur. But I think I'll go with Roy for the simple fact that he's up there with the legends.

 

[DAChampion]

You guys don't seem to get DA's point.

He said 'as evaluated on draft day'. No room for revisionism and 20/20 hindsight.

By that metric, yes Galchenyuk is ahead of Patrick Roy, Andrei Markov, Patches, Subban and many others who were drafted much lower. Roy was a nobody on draft day. Only the Habs saw his potential, as he was playing on a terrible team in juniors.

Carey Price was obviously ranked very highly on draft day. Koivu, not as high (21st overall), but I do remember the hype around him even before he came into the league.

Thank you.

I remember that Koivu was considered the best player in the world not playing in the NHL.

 

[TT1]

Mete asks "Who's that?"

Richer's gotta be one of the best players drafted since Lafleur. But I think I'll go with Roy for the simple fact that he's up there with the legends.

ya for sure, i just assumed we were talking about skaters

 

[JianYang]

Mental health. If he had it, it's a HOF career. Big, strong, fast, killer shot. He was amazing.

Richer had a real good career, but I agree, he could have been so much more.

Regarding his offensive toolkit, he pretty much had it all. Size, speed, power, and a wicked shot.

My first memories of the habs are watching Russ Courtnall and Stephane Richer flying down the wings.

 

[WinterLion]

Koivu was lights out before he blew his knee out....

but probably Carey Price...

 

[Shabs]

Looking at our draft record is cringeworthy.

We drafted Vladislav tretiak.

 

[Natey]

Cassels was pretty good.
LeClair was near a PPG for his career.
Schneider had a solid career, points wise, for a defenseman.
Chelios.
Ribeiro put up a decent offensive career.

We drafted Steve Shutt the year after Lafleur.

Mats Naslund would probably be #1.

Pretty slim pickings.

If we're including goalies, we drafted a ton that played solid NHL careers.

 

[jellybeans]

Raw talent as evaluated on draft day?

Probably Galchenyuk.

Lol ok sure

 

[Tighthead]

Svoboda I thought was really good. Great skater and despite being like 90lbs, wasn’t afraid to engage physically even if on the losing end often.

For me Svoboda was like a son in law. He never quite met my expectations and then I was just disappointed after a couple of years.

 

[bobholly39]

I rank Roy as the greatest goalie ever. But is it weird that for "most talented" i almost want to pick Price above him? I think Price has more talent....maybe. doesnt mean hes better though