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2024 Draft

GEEMAN said:
Junior is a different beast

Tons of players who had great stats leading teams but many need to adjust to the NHL pro game
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Totally. That's why the intangibles count. Like compete level, drive, fearlessness, leadership etc.

This player is not a peripheral skater who cherry-picks his spots, hates traffic and only feasts off plays of others. He's a Saskatoon kid who was as close to being born on skates as you can get. Was on skates at 2 on a backyard rink his dad and grandpa built for him Lives, sleeps and breathes hockey and studies the game non-stop. Super high compete level.

And as I've said all along, size is not an issue with this kid. He lives for going into the dirty areas. He says so himself, that creates plays by attacking defenders and baiting them into committing with a hit or a stick-check. He's nearly impossible to paste with a hit. Very elusive and quick. He's not Jonathan Drouin. He's more like a far more skilled and much faster, bigger Zach Benson. Non-stop motor and fearless. Future leader for the Habs if we are lucky to draft him.

Great insights in this interview. Super-smart kid:


View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Njg-PXqkolM&t=608
 
CH1 said:
That’s the same point I’ve been trying to make…..some here make it sound like this guy is David Desharnais

As an aside, I heard Arpon mention he’d be surprised if the Habs drafted Catton and he’s linked them to the bigger forwards
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Isn’t Demigod the identical size? 5’11” / 170 lbs?
 
Sal_Butera said:
Isn’t Demigod the identical size? 5’11” / 170 lbs?
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Yup.

That's the question I asked Krustchev a few weeks ago: Why would you be okay drafting Demidov, but against drafting Catton? They're virtually identical. Same height, size, position, shooting side.
 
habs25th said:
Justin Poirier is having some playoffs. 16g 8a in 12 games. Too bad he's 5"7.
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I've seen him a little.

Excellent goal scorer, but he's tiny. Other problem with him: I don't know what he can do that will make him a viable NHLer on a good team.

Could he be a NHLer on a bottom feeder? I could see it. But if you take a team like Carolina, Bawstun, Dallas, Vegas, Deadmonton, I don't know where a player like that could fit.

And for us, we're already on the itty bitty scale with Caufield & Hutson. We should be looking to get much bigger, or at the very least medium-ish sized with Catton.
 
wiseguy1 said:
I wonder if the Habs take a flyer on Letourneau with Winnipeg's pick.
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That brings us to the Winnipeg Jets’ Cole Perfetti, who is interesting to consider. Perfetti could not get in the Jets’ playoff lineup until Game 5 of their series against Colorado, a game in which he got 1:34 of ice time in the third period. While Monahan and Tyler Toffoli will presumably test free agency, most of the Jets’ top-nine forwards are signed through next season, leaving little room for Perfetti, who had 19 goals in 71 games this season and was the No. 10 pick in the 2020 draft. Would the Jets, who must deal with the impending free agency of Dylan DeMelo and Brenden Dillon on the blue line, be willing to part with him in return for their own first-round pick and/or one or two of the Canadiens’ excess of young, cheap, NHL-ready defencemen? The Jets’ competitive window is open, and if they don’t see Perfetti as being ready to contribute right now, perhaps a change of scenery would be in the best interests of both parties.
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- Arpon Basu
 
A guy who's going to move up the draft rankings in the next few weeks is Beckett Sennecke.

An unimpressive regular season statistically, but a very impressive playoff run in the OHL with the 67s. He's the leading scorer in the OHL playoffs.

He was ranked 13th on Pronman's rankings, and I saw (for whatever it's worth) McCagg say he thinks he might possibly be taken in the top-5.

A name to keep an eye on.
 
GGpX said:
A guy who's going to move up the draft rankings in the next few weeks is Beckett Sennecke.

An unimpressive regular season statistically, but a very impressive playoff run in the OHL with the 67s. He's the leading scorer in the OHL playoffs.

He was ranked 13th on Pronman's rankings, and I saw (for whatever it's worth) McCagg say he thinks he might possibly be taken in the top-5.

A name to keep an eye on.
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He looks awesome. Apparently grew 4-5 inches this year and his coordination is just now catching up. Play driver, good dangler.
 
LesCanadiens said:
Yeah, good point. He only scored 116 points (most points for a draft eligible player in all of junior) due to the fact he was on a line with wingers 5'11", 181lb Chase Bertholet and 5'10" 186lb Conner Roulette. So he obviously needs big wingers to be effective. 🤣
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In the NHL, yes, he will need bigger players around him to be effective. What he did in the WHL will be irrelevant to his NHL success. It’s a far different animal.
 
GGpX said:
A guy who's going to move up the draft rankings in the next few weeks is Beckett Sennecke.

An unimpressive regular season statistically, but a very impressive playoff run in the OHL with the 67s. He's the leading scorer in the OHL playoffs.

He was ranked 13th on Pronman's rankings, and I saw (for whatever it's worth) McCagg say he thinks he might possibly be taken in the top-5.

A name to keep an eye on.
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Oshawa not Ottawa
 
GGpX said:
A guy who's going to move up the draft rankings in the next few weeks is Beckett Sennecke.

An unimpressive regular season statistically, but a very impressive playoff run in the OHL with the 67s. He's the leading scorer in the OHL playoffs.

He was ranked 13th on Pronman's rankings, and I saw (for whatever it's worth) McCagg say he thinks he might possibly be taken in the top-5.

A name to keep an eye on.
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He won’t go top five, and I doubt Grant actually believes that but Grant likes to throw crap like that out to get attention.
 
GGpX said:
Yup.

That's the question I asked Krustchev a few weeks ago: Why would you be okay drafting Demidov, but against drafting Catton? They're virtually identical. Same height, size, position, shooting side.
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For the same reason why you can’t compare Bedard to Catton despite similar size. One is a lot better than the other, as per most “experts.”
 
If we don't get Celebrini I'm all for packaging the pick for some young established talent. I'm not gaga over any of the other players available
 
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