Habsy
Not playing around anymore.
Merits? All I saw was conjecture.We've all acknowledged that Carolina wouldn't make the deal... But it was proposed as a hypothetical and we were discussing the merits, Captain Literal.
Merits? All I saw was conjecture.We've all acknowledged that Carolina wouldn't make the deal... But it was proposed as a hypothetical and we were discussing the merits, Captain Literal.
Every year I would bet against any individual player outside of the consensus can't miss guys like Celebrini, Bedard, Fantili, Carlson scoring at that level. Players like Leonard, Dvorsky, Lindstrom, Iginla, Sennecke and anyone else available at #5 each year becoming a 30/70 guy is unlikely. Obviously, I'd lose some bets... but I'm going to win the vast majority of those bets.Why is that?
You haven't exactly posted any data showing that Lindstrom will be a 40/80 guy. I mean, I could spend a bunch of time posting player after player who had significantly better statistics in their junior careers than Lindstrom who have never put up 30/70 in the NHL... but I don't think you need me to do that to show you that it's unlikely that players who scored at those levels in junior ever become NHL stars.Merits? All I saw was conjecture.
I was joking, obviously. I know that Sal is the poster who proposed it - who else could it have been?We've all acknowledged that Carolina wouldn't make the deal... But it was proposed as a hypothetical and we were discussing the merits, Captain Literal.
The Wickenheiser Effect.Only our fan base would talk itself out of a huge centre
I guess I’d be okay with Iginla at 5 too but I’d take a chance on Eiserman there before Tij if Demidov and Lindstrom are off the table. But I don’t think the Habs brass will. Iginla seems to have a higher floor than Eiserman . . . if you believe the draftniks.Yeah, I'd be super disappointed with any forward but Demidov or Lindstrom at 5... Maybe Eiserman. I'd move move back if we weren't taking one of those first 2. Or just take a dman and figure it out later. There are going to be teams that need good young D.
I can’t recall a draft that wide open after #1, although in my book Levshunov and Demidov are clear top 3.This is one of the wildest drafts I can recall. Like, I feel when we look back in 5-7 years, there will be like 3 star forwards and 3 star dmen... And the redraft will be faaaaar different than the actual draft. A lot of teams are going to kick themselves. I just hope we aren't one of them.
In hindsight, I wish we could go back and talk Bergy out of picking a huge center back in 2018.Only our fan base would talk itself out of a huge centre
I agree. I actually think this is a great draft. Especially the top-20.This is one of the wildest drafts I can recall. Like, I feel when we look back in 5-7 years, there will be like 3 star forwards and 3 star dmen... And the redraft will be faaaaar different than the actual draft. A lot of teams are going to kick themselves. I just hope we aren't one of them.