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Habs Season Thread: 2024-25 Regular Season

I'm disappointed that they didn't discuss much about the players beyond Reinbacher / Fowler.

The fact they thought there was a chance Florian Xhekaj might be gone by the time they picked at 101 is fucking insane to me.

One player I wish we had seen their real thoughts on was Yevgeni Volokhin. With a little bit of thought, he's the most intriguing pick from the draft.

He's a project player, but his stats throughout his life have always been tremendous. I wish he was playing in a better league than the MHL
 
GrandWazoo said:
From the look of the draft, I’m not convinced they actually discussed any other players.
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The regional scout with the Bawstun accent, Billy-something, had some of the worst, most neanderthal-sounding bullshit reasoning you'll ever hear about Jacob Fowler.

"Nobody believed in him and all he does is win!"

Meanwhile, Vincent Riendeau, who is this team's goalie scout, was giving reasoning and projecting.

"All Fowlah does is win! If yah had tah pick one or the othah right now, yah'd take Fowlah!"

I honestly wouldn't listen to another damn thing he says. He's talking like he's discussing a fantasy team.

Legitimately stupid reasoning. The type of thing you'd hear on sports talk shows when the drunk uncle calls in.
 
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Mostly re-heated tripe but I like when Gorton talks about how rare it is to get a shot at drafting elite talent and points out nobody in the room was pushing to take that risk, without mentioning Michov’s name
 
GGpX said:
The regional scout with the Bawstun accent, Billy-something, had some of the worst, most neanderthal-sounding bullshit reasoning you'll ever hear about Jacob Fowler.

"Nobody believed in him and all he does is win!"

Meanwhile, Vincent Riendeau, who is this team's goalie scout, was giving reasoning and projecting.

"All Fowlah does is win! If yah had tah pick one or the othah right now, yah'd take Fowlah!"

I honestly wouldn't listen to another damn thing he says. He's talking like he's discussing a fantasy team.

Legitimately stupid reasoning. The type of thing you'd hear on sports talk shows when the drunk uncle calls in.
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a young guy, too
 
CH1 said:
a young guy, too
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There's a relatively large part of the young crowd that thinks winning in a team sport trumps all too. It's really weird.

Now if he made the argument that, he's the main reason they won (which is not a crazy argument to have, honestly) then I would be much more willing to listen. But you gotta explain beyond just "He's a winnah!"

I never watched Jacob Fowler play, I only know him from interviews but from that alone, he's an A+. He'll be interesting to watch.

One thing I'm curious about is, who was the other goalie they were discussing?

35- Gajan
38- Hrabal
41- Augustine
51- Bjarnason
60- Clara
69- Fowler
87- Zavarin (teammate of our own 5th round goalie, Volokhin)
118- Slukynsky
121- Jatkola
128- Miller

I wonder if they were debating between Fowler & Miller.
 
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GGpX said:
The regional scout with the Bawstun accent, Billy-something, had some of the worst, most neanderthal-sounding bullshit reasoning you'll ever hear about Jacob Fowler.

"Nobody believed in him and all he does is win!"

Meanwhile, Vincent Riendeau, who is this team's goalie scout, was giving reasoning and projecting.

"All Fowlah does is win! If yah had tah pick one or the othah right now, yah'd take Fowlah!"

I honestly wouldn't listen to another damn thing he says. He's talking like he's discussing a fantasy team.

Legitimately stupid reasoning. The type of thing you'd hear on sports talk shows when the drunk uncle calls in.
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Bergy would love that scout.

"H'intangibles" 'stie!
 
GGpX said:
The regional scout with the Bawstun accent, Billy-something, had some of the worst, most neanderthal-sounding bullshit reasoning you'll ever hear about Jacob Fowler.

"Nobody believed in him and all he does is win!"

Meanwhile, Vincent Riendeau, who is this team's goalie scout, was giving reasoning and projecting.

"All Fowlah does is win! If yah had tah pick one or the othah right now, yah'd take Fowlah!"

I honestly wouldn't listen to another damn thing he says. He's talking like he's discussing a fantasy team.

Legitimately stupid reasoning. The type of thing you'd hear on sports talk shows when the drunk uncle calls in.
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What is so bad about these comments
 
The reason you don’t see who those other players are is because they were drafted by other teams. I remember reading a couple of years ago that the Bill Daly told all teams to not name other teams’ players in these post-draft “war room” videos.
 
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