HF Habs: U18 World Men's Hockey Championship, April 25-May 5

[Kobe Armstrong]

I think Hagens will end up being the best player from this year's U18 NTDP squad. Will be interesting to see how high he goes in the 2025 draft after a year in the NCAA.

Hagens will go #1 next year.

1. Hagens
2. Martone
3. Misa

 

[MarkovsKnee]

9-0 Final.

Eiserman scored 2 late goals to pick up a hattrick.

4 pts for Hagens. 2g, 2a. Best player for Team USA.

I just want to point out that in the NHL draft thread back in December, I said Hagens was already a better player than Eiserman and was receiving laughing emoji for it.

I'll just say it again. Hagens is not only a better player than Eiserman is now (as a 2025 player), he'll always be the better player.

 

[Kobe Armstrong]

9-0 Final.

Eiserman scored 2 late goals to pick up a hattrick.

4 pts for Hagens. 2g, 2a. Best player for Team USA.

I just want to point out that in the NHL draft thread back in December, I said Hagens was already a better player than Eiserman and was receiving laughing emoji for it.

I'll just say it again. Hagens is not only a better player than Eiserman is now (as a 2025 player), he'll always be the better player.

He made the U20 team over Eiserman too

 

[Pompeius Magnus]

Hagens will go #1 next year.

1. Hagens
2. Martone
3. Misa

It's not a sure thing, both Martone and Misa are elite prospects and have been on the radar for years. Still, Hagens has got a legit shot at it, even though he's smaller than the other two. He's a heck of a talent, that's for sure.

 

[le_sean]

Slovakia has no quality here.

Eiserman scored but was invisible basically.

Mudryk mentioned Hughes and Vinny are there.

Eiserman showing us who he has been all year, a player carried by Hagens. Great finisher, no doubt, but I want a lot more from a Top 7 pick.

 

[WeThreeKings]

Eiserman showing us who he has been all year, a player carried by Hagens. Great finisher, no doubt, but I want a lot more from a Top 7 pick.

That might have been one of the least impressive hat-tricks I've ever seen.

Someone will get great value with him in the back half of the top 10 or just outside, because he will score in the NHL, but he feels like a Toronto star to me. Absolutely no guts.

 

[BJCOLLINS]

I was wondering if d-man Eddy Doyle from PEI would be on the team….i watched him a couple of times as a call up in the Q this year & he looked good. He’s a good skater with size.

 

[Schooner Guy]

Button going on & on defending Eiserman against the criticism he's received this year. Dude, you've made the same criticisms in your columns.

Button still says the Habs took Slaf over Wright because they had also made the trade for a center in Dach. As if it had nothing to do with Slaf being the better prospect in their eyes.

 

[Boss Man Hughes]

That might have been one of the least impressive hat-tricks I've ever seen.

Someone will get great value with him in the back half of the top 10 or just outside, because he will score in the NHL, but he feels like a Toronto star to me. Absolutely no guts.

If he can score 50+ goals in the NHL does he need to have guts? The Leafs problem is that they have too many players like that. One probably doesn't hurt.

 

[lilmaxo]

1st point for Helenius. Clean face off win

 

[WeThreeKings]

If he can score 50+ goals in the NHL does he need to have guts? The Leafs problem is that they have too many players like that. One probably doesn't hurt.

I don't think he can score 50 goals in the NHL.. that's kind of where the evaluation falls apart for me. Caufield you could see the shooting tools were elite. Eiserman scores a lot but very rarely does it look like it's coming from an elite shot tool, now maybe it will be effective as he scales up but the rest of his game is such a caution flag that if it doesn't you could literally end up with a terrible bust.

 

[le_sean]

If he can score 50+ goals in the NHL does he need to have guts? The Leafs problem is that they have too many players like that. One probably doesn't hurt.

There were only 4 50+ goal scorers this year. Expecting a player with only one elite ability (shot) to ever attain that total is extremely unrealistic.

 

[skidcells]

Since Hughes/Vinny where at USA v Slovakia we can safely conclude they are also at Latvia v Finland as well?

 

[WeThreeKings]

Since Hughes/Vinny where at USA v Slovakia we can safely conclude they are also at Latvia v Finland as well?

Probably went to Canada-Sweden, they'll catch Finland another time.

 

[BergevinBurner]

1st point for Helenius. Clean face off win

He's going to be interesting to watch going forward.

If Montreal's targetting a center at this draft then I could see him being as high as 2nd or 3rd on their list depending on Lindstrom's status.

Dach has his injury concerns, faceoff woes that have shown no signs of improvement and imo he has looked best on the wing with Montreal. Helenius could be a realistic option if they want a projectible top 6 center option.

 

[skidcells]

Probably went to Canada-Sweden, they'll catch Finland another time.

I would figure they split Hughes/vinny and Gorton/brobov between both arenas?

 

[Schooner Guy]

I would figure they split Hughes/vinny and Gorton/brobov between both arenas?

They also have their European scouts and Marty Lapointe would be there as well.

 

[Boss Man Hughes]

There were only 4 50+ goal scorers this year. Expecting a player with only one elite ability (shot) to ever attain that total is extremely unrealistic.

Did Ovechkin have more than an elite shot? He is a tough guy but was there anything else to his goal scoring?

 

[Schooner Guy]

Luchenko with a goal. He could be in the range of our Winnipeg pick. He has certainly been a riser.

 

[Boss Man Hughes]

Luchenko with a goal. He could be in the range of our Winnipeg pick. He has certainly been a riser.

Mews with the great pass to set him up.

 

[David Suzuki]

what a flop glad the good canadian boys don’t dive

 

[Whitesnake]

I do not see Greentree's skating as an issue in his draft year. Yeah, sure he will have to improve it. But it's not a deterrent for me at all.

My god McKenna....

 

[GlassesJacketShirt]

Gavin cooked some fools on that play.

 

[David Suzuki]

Goalie for Sweden got beat like whatever metaphor you wanna use

 

[le_sean]

Did Ovechkin have more than an elite shot? He is a tough guy but was there anything else to his goal scoring?

Did you not watch Ovechkin his first 10 seasons? Not only is he a monster of a man, he was a beast, hitting everything in sight and working his ass off in the offensive zone. A far better skater than Eiserman and way more skilled.