If Demidov and Lindstrom aren't available, my ideal pick at 5 would be Tij Iginla. Honestly, I almost hope Lindstrom is gone at 2-4 because I would hesitate between the two! Iginla has great offensive upside with that shot, he backchecks, never cheats, has that clutch factor in the playoffs - to me it would be an absolute slam dunk pick for the Habs! I think his floor is higher than Lindstrom as well (injuries + smaller sample size). I love Catton too, but Iginla is a more complete player IMO. No disrespect to Sennecke but he is one or two tiers below these guys and has a much lower floor!
Yeah i agree, I feel like iginla with his age, his progression, nhl projectability, and also the fact that he knows how the game works, probably knows how to take care of his body, how to train, and have a great and long career. I also think he’s the guy you want in the playoffs, where even if he doesn’t produce, he plays hard and boost the team. I’m scared with lindstrom injuries and if he’s overhyped because of his size, even though I’d be really happy with the habs picking him. Demidov plays the game like fewother so if he’s available it’s a no brainer but if not, I really like iginla
I would love to sacrifice a few assets to move up in that draft and get Demidov. Then again they passed on Michkov which was ranked even higher than Demidov.
I would think Hutson/Buium as a pair would be really powerful. Hutson gets more more leash to play offence as Buium is such a smart player with excellent skating.
Would freak out if it's Demidov, would be happy if it's Iginla, Catton or Lindstrom, would be okay with Sennecke, anything else would be a disappointment IMO (when it comes to forwards)
i have Trevor Connely kinda in that mix.. there s always player that no one have top 5 top 10 and surprise everyone.. we can think of Pastrnak or Wyatt Johnston... both getting pick after 20th.. the year habs pick Galchenyuk.. i had Forsberg pretty high and look the result today lol i dont mind picking a pretty good defenceman too.. market is always good when you have good d men to trade.. i think there is D men that can be better then Reinbacher in that group.. MTL have tone of options and assets :)
Sennecke is a big reach at 5. Like him a lot, but I don't think you can justify taking him that high. Should probably just trade down and get an extra pick if Montreal wants to take him that high.
@jasoncoladonato1034 there's a chance a team may take him in the top 10. He's gonna be a steal in the draft! Look how bad Oshawa is when he's not in the lineup!
If Celebrini, Demidov, Levshunov, and Lindstrom are the top 4 of the draft, then it honestly will be really interesting to see who Montreal will take at 5. Because I don't think they take a defenseman. If Columbus takes a defenseman at 4, then I think Montreal just takes Lindstrom 5th overall. Columbus is the wild card in this draft at the moment tbh.
@salwellingood1689 I agree that Lindstrom will most likely be gone. He represents a rare profile that teams are really looking for. But when I put him in the top 4 in my mock draft some people thought I was crazy 😆 There's definitely a chance he falls to the Habs but probably not. They have Fantilli, Jenner, Voronkov who did really well with Marchenko and Chinakov and Sillinger who might find his game at some point, if not he'll be a great 3C. So not exactly exploding with top 6 depth but it's not horrible.
We will find out on draft day. They will take the best player available. Why all the speculation I have no idea. Kent Hughes and his staff have things under control.
i think habs should do 2 things if demidov and lindstrom are gone at 5. move down to position 9 or 10. use winnipegs 1st and the assets you get to move down to get pick 10 or 11. draft the 2 best forwards on the board back to back. thoughts? catton an sennecke or eiserman? would be nice. covers our bases.
I don’t really know what it would take for the Habs to move up from there 5th overall. But I would guess that a young D like Harris and a 2nd isn’t gonna cut it. But I think I would pay a significant price to make sure I can draft Demidov. I wouldn’t do the same for Lindstrom though.
Another great video, There is a lot of variety here. It may all boil down to which prospect management thinks will be the best fit with the young players and prospects they have now. Pretty sure it will be a forward though.
If Demidov or Lindstrom is still there at 5, I want them to get the 6th or 7th to grab Senecke as well. With 2 of those guys your top six would be set!
There is big difference betweem us, the internet scouts, versus the NHL pro scouts. Teams invest millions in their scouting departments to make sure they draft the best possible prospects. However, scouting players is not perfect science so they can still make mistakes. Whoever they draft at 5th will be a consensus decision and a well thought-out move from[ the whole organization !!!
They invest millions and end up picking louis leblanc because DG says so, not because they spend millions that they end up making a better decision. I am not saying it will happens but it is still human judging human and there will always be bias.
@@powers1500 Lmao YES money will spent Are you still in denial ? Or maybe you haven’t watched hockey at all this year ??? Wright is in the AHL. Slafs was almost at a point per game IN. THE. NHL !!!! Basically from the halfway mark of the season til the end 🤣
I mean, they could have paid me half the money to tell them to go with the Tankathon picks all the time and the results would have been better than the shitshow we endured during the late 00s/2010s. This year's 5th pick seems to be Cole Eiserman, let's see if the one they draft can beat that benchmark.
@@weewouclaps tell me you've never watched Catton play without telling me. He's NOTHING like Marner. He's hyper-competitive. A VERY high compete level and a character player and a leader. Lindstrom was a dud in the playoffs and is injury-prone. Iginla only produced decently in the playoffs when they moved him with Cristall. I live in Kelowna. Catton is a far superior prospect to either of those 2 guys. His NHL playing size/wt will be approx 6ft/185lbs. Plus he dusted Iginla in a fight. He's NOT Marner. Period.
@@weewouclaps if you want, find the Catton video by David St.Louis from Eliteprospects. And also the interview that David mentions near the end of that video. They're both worth watching if you want an idea of what kind of prospect he is. Cheers! 🍻
I’d be over the moon if the Canadiens were able to select Demidov, I would be happy about Lindstrom or Iginla, I’m skeptical of Catton and Eiserman. If we select Sennecke at 5 when we could get him at 27… I might give up with expecting the logical pick to be made
Even if Habs don’t pick him at 5… Sennecke is going MUCH higher than people think. Just wait til Bob McKenzie drops his final list right before the Draft. Sennecke’s gonna be Top10 easily
Is it fair to compare Catton to Will Smith? Both centers, same size, elite playmaking abilities, high IQ, underrated shot. 54 goals, 116 pts for Catton this year which is nuts, not playing with a Leonard or Perreault like Will Smith. We wanted a Will Smith last year for Montreal. I feel like Catton could be that type of player
Personally, if I had to compare him to a recent draftee, I'd say he's closer to Cooley. I don't think he's as dynamic with his hands or his skating but they do share many similarities. Like the president's Choice version of Cooley. Makes more sense to me than Smith
Well there's only about 10% of men who keep growing at his age. And 25 pounds is enormous when you're already 185 at 5'11" - 6'0". I'm not saying it's impossible, I'm saying I wouldn't bet on that or draft him on that assumption.
I have been saying this for weeks now... Pick Iginla at 5. Calgary is crazy over the thought of have Jeromes son join the flames organization. Having him in Calgary sells tickets as well. So, draft Iginla, flip him to Calgary for their best prospect at the centre position (Connor Zary - 22 year old former first rounder) and Calgary's first round pick next year or younger A+ prospect. Connor Zary 6' 180 pounds Cemtreman drafted 1st round at #24 2023-24 Season GP 63 G 14 A 20 P 34 +/- +12
I want TiJ!!! They passed on Mitchkov last year so I would be surprised that they go for Demidov at this point. Hugues has a tendency to do his thing though
We need elite skill more than anything. Size can often wind up no more effective than Josh Anderson, Turner Stephenson or Jason Ward. Elite skill and IQ should be our goal. Guys that can turn a plug into a producer. This is exactly what Catton did with Conner Roullette.
@TheGreekPoet when you find a skilled player who also has size that's what wins cups! Every cup winner has it! They already have slaf but if they can get another they are golden. Teams with small skilled players don't do anything! Look at Toronto with marner!
Idk why but we hear a lot of Iginla in habs media, but tbh on other youtube or sub reddit rest of the bottom 10 team almost never talk about him. I think we have a media bias towards him.
I think he has proven to be in the conversation for a top 10 pick. Great season, great progression, great playoffs, great U18s. Puck Skills, skating, shot and compete are all top 10 level imo. While I'm not even sure he'll end up in my personal top 10, I completely agree with anyone who puts him in their own respective top 10.
Would you say it's more likely that Lindstrom is a W or a C at the NHL? The more I watch him, the more I lean W. Pretty much the same way I could never see PLD there or can't see someone like Cutter Gauthier sticking there long-term.
So are we all sleeping on Eiserman lol? Either way, all the possible forwards the Habs could draft at #5 mentioned in this video are all good choices. Just as long they don't draft another defenseman again this year with a top 5 pick, PLEASE! 🙏
I have Eiserman in my top 10, I just don't think he is what the Habs are looking for. In all honesty, I'd be pretty happy if we ended up with Eiserman I just don't see it happening in the same way I don't see them taking Connelly for exemple.
@mrit409proofnotfeelings7he does nothing else. Iginla has a shot close to it but also does everything else! He will most likely even score more goals because he finds many ways to score and works hard for it
@finalguildis Iginla is my personal pick that I hope the Habs end up drafting at #5, if Demidov or Lindstrom are not available. Let say Tij is gone too, I'd look at Eiserman or Sennecke or even Greentree. Whoever it is, just as long the Habs draft a forward at #5 I'll be happy.
I would disagree..iginla has turned it up this year and his u18 performances has raised his market level. Hes 17 as well and he is this good. Catton..too small. Habs should learn from the last 5 years...no size hurts in playoffss
I'd love for the Habs to add size but there are not many players with size and skill in the draft. If we really want to add size then it's gotta be Sennecke cause Iginla is like an inch and a half taller and 12 pounds heavier according to NHL Central and still under 6' at 5'11" ¾. To me, that level difference doesn't make up for the major difference in skills and IQ imo.
Catton is pound for pound the best player in the draft so trade Matheson and 25 pick for Lindstrom from Anaheim and pick Catton at 5th pick and we have Dach, Slaf and Lindstrom, and Suzuki for a power forward for each line with Beck, Evans and Armia as the best 4th line in MTL in decades.
What would you give it ? I think the best part of his skating is definitely his inside edge control and overall agility. He's fairly explosive and powerful but definitely lacks speed. That's basically how I see it. Therefore I don't think he has the necessary speed to be an over average skater with his wide and hunched over stride but he definitely has over average agility so I settled somewhere between average and over average. I think it makes perfect sense and it's consistent with how I ranked other players. But you definitely don't have to agree.
@@bluechipprospect Not sure what I'd give it number wise but when you watch the kid you definitely don't think to yourself that his skating is his worst attribute between the 6 you have listed.
I don't know, for me, his skating is definitely the weakest element of his game. I mean all this is subjective and I would not argue with someone ranking it half a point lower or higher. If I'm not mistaken, a guy like Corey Pronman has his skating as below average which would be a 5 in my case. That's completely crazy imo
How does Reinbacker compare with this year's d-Men roster? That's what I would really want to know because we sacrificed a lot last year for him, and now that we desperately need a forward, we will probably pass on a d-man that is more talented than him... This is making me nervous, it could turn out to be the biggest mistake of the Habs, added to KK's selection... Errors like this have permanent consequences in the teams future. Imagine if we had already locked Michkov or Benson and we were going after anything that is amazing, regardless of position... Not the same outcome for the team at all..
I think he compares well enough to the defensemen of this draft. He has less significantly less offense than guys like Dickinson, Levshunov, Parekh and Buium but has more than Silayev. Defensively, I think he’s the best of them all and has the least amount of question marks to achieve his defensive potential. In terms of Decision making, he would be at the top of the draft with Buium imo. So all in all. I think he compares well. Less risk and less reward offensively but that isn’t necessarily a negative. Someone like Levshunov has a very long road infront of him to even compare defensively but will have more impact once he crosses the offensive blue line. I actually have a something coming up in the next few weeks about that.
hello wakey wakey Junior. ....... SKILL IS A TERM MOST PEOPLE INCLUDING YOU DO NOT UNDERSTAND.... SCORING POINTS IS NOT ENOUGH as a determining factor of skill. Question: What does the hockey player do when he doesn't have the puck? .... Does he have more than 7 hits per 60 minutes? … How well can he defend the other team's best player? .... Can he play the power play?... Can he play the penalty kill ?....Can he play 3rd or 4th line if the first 2 does not work out.? ....Can he intimidate your opponents? .... Does he have fire in his eyes when the hockey game is tied? .... Does he smile if he loses the game or is he upset when he loses?
@@TheGreekPoet Heaviest i see him listed is 170lb. That is roughly 15lbs and 1 inch, also catton is 7 months older. Iginla is a significantly thicker player at a younger age. The bet on pedigree also helps.
@@Erik-ms3du He's 5'11" 176 now. That's a fact. Stats on webpages are often outdated. Iginla is the same height and about 8lbs heavier. And he DOES NOT play like his dad. Curious, how many actual CHL games, IE full games, have you watched of either player? Not highlight packages. Actual games. And how do you know that Iginila is "significantly thicker"? I bet the answer to the former is slim to none, and the latter is crickets. No offense. But if you think Catton's size is a show-stopper, you haven't watched Catton play. And if you think Tij is Jarome. You haven't watch Tij play.
Forget about Demidov, he's gonna go in the top 3. For the Habs right now, Sennecke or Lindstom should be the focus toward that up front attack in front of the net. It's key for any team that wants to win in the playoffs!!
Didn't I choose Demidov in my Mock draft for the Habs ? I also chose Catton in the French version where I took comments into consideration. I feel like that's pretty consistent with what I said no ? But anyways, this is not a mock draft, it's just a video to take a look at the different scenario that could happen at the draft.
@@bluechipprospect All these mock drafts are prayers. Demidov and Lindstrom will probably be off the board. Realistically, it’ll be Iginla or one of the two RD. Catton is two frail and his game doesn’t really translate to the NHL (parameter player)
Flames want Iginla, trade back to #9 adding Calgary late 1st rounder from Van. They would still be able to choose among Catton, Sennecke, Helenius, Connelly, Eiserman, in all likelihood.
@@bluechipprospect, you're right. What do you think of the Habs landing Weegar from the Flames ? Weegar, Reinbacher, Mailloux would be a wicked right side ! And we could move Guhle back to his natural side. Would you trade our 5th, for their 9th, Vancouver's late first, and Weegar ?
Helenius lacks high-end offensive upside (Player comp for me is like a Phillip Danault ot Tomas Plekanec which I would NEVER in a MILLION YEARS take Top-10) and Eiserman & Connelly have HUUUUGEEEEE red flags CHARACTER / ATTITUDE wise which doesn’t bode well with this new Habs management
If Demidov and Lindstrom aren't available, my ideal pick at 5 would be Tij Iginla. Honestly, I almost hope Lindstrom is gone at 2-4 because I would hesitate between the two! Iginla has great offensive upside with that shot, he backchecks, never cheats, has that clutch factor in the playoffs - to me it would be an absolute slam dunk pick for the Habs! I think his floor is higher than Lindstrom as well (injuries + smaller sample size). I love Catton too, but Iginla is a more complete player IMO.
No disrespect to Sennecke but he is one or two tiers below these guys and has a much lower floor!
Agree 100%
Yeah i agree, I feel like iginla with his age, his progression, nhl projectability, and also the fact that he knows how the game works, probably knows how to take care of his body, how to train, and have a great and long career. I also think he’s the guy you want in the playoffs, where even if he doesn’t produce, he plays hard and boost the team. I’m scared with lindstrom injuries and if he’s overhyped because of his size, even though I’d be really happy with the habs picking him. Demidov plays the game like fewother so if he’s available it’s a no brainer but if not, I really like iginla
I think they can't go wrong with Iginla his DNA is enough for me to pick him unless Demidov or Lindstrom are available.
Trade up for pick #6 and pick Iginla and Lindstrom or Demidov!!
@@runamucker0562 that would be the dream haha, so many interesting players, but at what cost ?
I would love to sacrifice a few assets to move up in that draft and get Demidov. Then again they passed on Michkov which was ranked even higher than Demidov.
I would think Hutson/Buium as a pair would be really powerful. Hutson gets more more leash to play offence as Buium is such a smart player with excellent skating.
Would freak out if it's Demidov, would be happy if it's Iginla, Catton or Lindstrom, would be okay with Sennecke, anything else would be a disappointment IMO (when it comes to forwards)
i have Trevor Connely kinda in that mix.. there s always player that no one have top 5 top 10 and surprise everyone.. we can think of Pastrnak or Wyatt Johnston... both getting pick after 20th.. the year habs pick Galchenyuk.. i had Forsberg pretty high and look the result today lol i dont mind picking a pretty good defenceman too.. market is always good when you have good d men to trade.. i think there is D men that can be better then Reinbacher in that group.. MTL have tone of options and assets :)
Sennecke is a big reach at 5. Like him a lot, but I don't think you can justify taking him that high. Should probably just trade down and get an extra pick if Montreal wants to take him that high.
Judging by how far Michkov dropped, you have a pretty good chance of getting him
@@Sm0k3y-Z2Bbeckett will be the steal of the draft.
@jasoncoladonato1034 there's a chance a team may take him in the top 10. He's gonna be a steal in the draft! Look how bad Oshawa is when he's not in the lineup!
Catton is the most skilled after Celebrini and Demidov.
Agree but we have too many midget forwards.
Has the most raw talent but isn’t the most effective.
Would love a crafty player like Caton. But I don't know who would be the best in NHL playoffs.
If Celebrini, Demidov, Levshunov, and Lindstrom are the top 4 of the draft, then it honestly will be really interesting to see who Montreal will take at 5. Because I don't think they take a defenseman. If Columbus takes a defenseman at 4, then I think Montreal just takes Lindstrom 5th overall. Columbus is the wild card in this draft at the moment tbh.
@salwellingood1689 I agree that Lindstrom will most likely be gone. He represents a rare profile that teams are really looking for.
But when I put him in the top 4 in my mock draft some people thought I was crazy 😆 There's definitely a chance he falls to the Habs but probably not.
They have Fantilli, Jenner, Voronkov who did really well with Marchenko and Chinakov and Sillinger who might find his game at some point, if not he'll be a great 3C.
So not exactly exploding with top 6 depth but it's not horrible.
Catton is going to be a special teams weapon... I think he'll be extremely useful
We will find out on draft day. They will take the best player available. Why all the speculation I have no idea. Kent Hughes and his staff have things under control.
Even if Celebrini, Deminov, Lindstrom are available at #5 Hughes is going to draft def man.
Est ce que tu pourrais parlé de qui serait disponible avec notre 2e first round si on décide de le garder?
J'en ai l'intention.
i think habs should do 2 things if demidov and lindstrom are gone at 5. move down to position 9 or 10. use winnipegs 1st and the assets you get to move down to get pick 10 or 11. draft the 2 best forwards on the board back to back. thoughts? catton an sennecke or eiserman? would be nice. covers our bases.
Take with their 5th and 26th picks Silayev and Letourneau as both are 6'7" the 2 biggest players available for the draft.
Is it worth or possible that Montreal moves a young defensemen, a second round and their fifth to move to three. Get the Russian or Lindstrom??
I don’t really know what it would take for the Habs to move up from there 5th overall. But I would guess that a young D like Harris and a 2nd isn’t gonna cut it.
But I think I would pay a significant price to make sure I can draft Demidov. I wouldn’t do the same for Lindstrom though.
Another great video, There is a lot of variety here. It may all boil down to which prospect management thinks will be the best fit with the young players and prospects they have now. Pretty sure it will be a forward though.
If Demidov or Lindstrom is still there at 5, I want them to get the 6th or 7th to grab Senecke as well. With 2 of those guys your top six would be set!
There is big difference betweem us, the internet scouts, versus the NHL pro scouts. Teams invest millions in their scouting departments to make sure they draft the best possible prospects. However, scouting players is not perfect science so they can still make mistakes. Whoever they draft at 5th will be a consensus decision and a well thought-out move from[ the whole organization !!!
I completely agree with you that it'll be a well thought out decision.
They invest millions and end up picking louis leblanc because DG says so, not because they spend millions that they end up making a better decision. I am not saying it will happens but it is still human judging human and there will always be bias.
@@benozkleenex they spend millions and subsequently drafted Slafkovsky instead of Wright...money well spent loll !!!
@@powers1500
Lmao YES money will spent
Are you still in denial ?
Or maybe you haven’t watched hockey at all this year ???
Wright is in the AHL.
Slafs was almost at a point per game
IN. THE. NHL !!!!
Basically from the halfway mark of the season til the end 🤣
I mean, they could have paid me half the money to tell them to go with the Tankathon picks all the time and the results would have been better than the shitshow we endured during the late 00s/2010s. This year's 5th pick seems to be Cole Eiserman, let's see if the one they draft can beat that benchmark.
Berkly Catton. 100%.
A Mitch Marner? No thanks, will do nothing in the playoffs, we need Lindstrom or iginla
@@weewouclaps tell me you've never watched Catton play without telling me. He's NOTHING like Marner. He's hyper-competitive. A VERY high compete level and a character player and a leader. Lindstrom was a dud in the playoffs and is injury-prone. Iginla only produced decently in the playoffs when they moved him with Cristall. I live in Kelowna. Catton is a far superior prospect to either of those 2 guys. His NHL playing size/wt will be approx 6ft/185lbs. Plus he dusted Iginla in a fight. He's NOT Marner. Period.
@@TheGreekPoet I hope you're right if we do pick him, cause that sounds sweet
@@weewouclaps if you want, find the Catton video by David St.Louis from Eliteprospects. And also the interview that David mentions near the end of that video. They're both worth watching if you want an idea of what kind of prospect he is. Cheers! 🍻
Give me Barkley Catton at 5' 11", any day, instead of 6' 3" Anderson, Dvorak and Armia.
I’d be over the moon if the Canadiens were able to select Demidov, I would be happy about Lindstrom or Iginla, I’m skeptical of Catton and Eiserman. If we select Sennecke at 5 when we could get him at 27… I might give up with expecting the logical pick to be made
Even if Habs don’t pick him at 5…
Sennecke is going MUCH higher
than people think.
Just wait til Bob McKenzie drops his final list right before the Draft.
Sennecke’s gonna be Top10 easily
Beckett is gonna probably go top 10.
I agree that’s a reach at 5 but no way for 27. He’s gone in the top 15 guaranteed.
Sennecke will not be available for the Habs second first round pick
Qu’est que tu serais prêt a trader pour le #2 et drafter demidov? Le first de winnipeg avec struble genre? Ou plus
Is it fair to compare Catton to Will Smith? Both centers, same size, elite playmaking abilities, high IQ, underrated shot. 54 goals, 116 pts for Catton this year which is nuts, not playing with a Leonard or Perreault like Will Smith.
We wanted a Will Smith last year for Montreal. I feel like Catton could be that type of player
Personally, if I had to compare him to a recent draftee, I'd say he's closer to Cooley.
I don't think he's as dynamic with his hands or his skating but they do share many similarities.
Like the president's Choice version of Cooley. Makes more sense to me than Smith
Tij is only 17. He’ll grow up and fill out. 6’1 210lbs at maturity.
That would be spectacular growth for someone of his age so I wouldn't bet on that but I guess there's always a chance.
@@bluechipprospect Spectacular to grow 2’ and take 20 pounds at 17? He still has 2 years to grow up and at least 5 years to add on some weight
Well there's only about 10% of men who keep growing at his age. And 25 pounds is enormous when you're already 185 at 5'11" - 6'0".
I'm not saying it's impossible, I'm saying I wouldn't bet on that or draft him on that assumption.
I have been saying this for weeks now... Pick Iginla at 5. Calgary is crazy over the thought of have Jeromes son join the flames organization. Having him in Calgary sells tickets as well. So, draft Iginla, flip him to Calgary for their best prospect at the centre position (Connor Zary - 22 year old former first rounder) and Calgary's first round pick next year or younger A+ prospect.
Connor Zary 6' 180 pounds
Cemtreman drafted 1st round at #24
2023-24 Season
GP 63
G 14
A 20
P 34
+/- +12
we share the pov at 5, the odds of landing a star D are way higher than a star forward especially if Demidov is gone
Yeah if Demidov is gone, Buium, Dickinson and Parekh have to be in the conversation.
I want TiJ!!! They passed on Mitchkov last year so I would be surprised that they go for Demidov at this point. Hugues has a tendency to do his thing though
Different player different situation imo but nothing will surprise me lol
I wish the Ducks had hockey prospect youtubers so we could have these types of scenario videos too :(
I disagree that Catton is "exactly what the Habs need"....we need size in the top 6.
We need elite skill more than anything. Size can often wind up no more effective than Josh Anderson, Turner Stephenson or Jason Ward. Elite skill and IQ should be our goal. Guys that can turn a plug into a producer. This is exactly what Catton did with Conner Roullette.
Sennecke / LIndstrom in front of the net!!
@TheGreekPoet when you find a skilled player who also has size that's what wins cups! Every cup winner has it! They already have slaf but if they can get another they are golden. Teams with small skilled players don't do anything! Look at Toronto with marner!
@@finalguildis Not true. Look at Colorado, TB. Their biggest stars are small guys. We have enough size. We're not a small team.
@@finalguildis And with Toronto, their big center sucks in the playoffs. But let's be real, their problem is defense and goaltending.
Will Catton be better than Lindstrom in 5 years?
I think there's a fair chance that he will.
Idk why but we hear a lot of Iginla in habs media, but tbh on other youtube or sub reddit rest of the bottom 10 team almost never talk about him. I think we have a media bias towards him.
To be fair look what happened last time we skipped on a kid with a hall of fame father
@@doom1354 To be fair it has Nothing to do with this and sounds like the dumbest argument. We also skipped Quinn hughes by that logic.
I think he has proven to be in the conversation for a top 10 pick.
Great season, great progression, great playoffs, great U18s.
Puck Skills, skating, shot and compete are all top 10 level imo.
While I'm not even sure he'll end up in my personal top 10, I completely agree with anyone who puts him in their own respective top 10.
Would you say it's more likely that Lindstrom is a W or a C at the NHL? The more I watch him, the more I lean W. Pretty much the same way I could never see PLD there or can't see someone like Cutter Gauthier sticking there long-term.
Personally I lean on the wing too.
I see his upside as a kind of
Brady Tkachuk.
Pulling for Dallas in this one
So are we all sleeping on Eiserman lol? Either way, all the possible forwards the Habs could draft at #5 mentioned in this video are all good choices. Just as long they don't draft another defenseman again this year with a top 5 pick, PLEASE! 🙏
I have Eiserman in my top 10, I just don't think he is what the Habs are looking for.
In all honesty, I'd be pretty happy if we ended up with Eiserman I just don't see it happening in the same way I don't see them taking Connelly for exemple.
I say yes but I don't think he's a realistic option for the Habs. I don't think they are interested.
@mrit409proofnotfeelings7he does nothing else. Iginla has a shot close to it but also does everything else! He will most likely even score more goals because he finds many ways to score and works hard for it
@finalguildis Iginla is my personal pick that I hope the Habs end up drafting at #5, if Demidov or Lindstrom are not available. Let say Tij is gone too, I'd look at Eiserman or Sennecke or even Greentree. Whoever it is, just as long the Habs draft a forward at #5 I'll be happy.
0:33 if it comes down to that you gotta take Anton Silayev or Catton
No way demidov doesn’t get pick in the top 3-4
I would disagree..iginla has turned it up this year and his u18 performances has raised his market level. Hes 17 as well and he is this good. Catton..too small. Habs should learn from the last 5 years...no size hurts in playoffss
I'd love for the Habs to add size but there are not many players with size and skill in the draft.
If we really want to add size then it's gotta be Sennecke cause Iginla is like an inch and a half taller and 12 pounds heavier according to NHL Central and still under 6' at 5'11" ¾.
To me, that level difference doesn't make up for the major difference in skills and IQ imo.
Catton is pound for pound the best player in the draft so trade Matheson and 25 pick for Lindstrom from Anaheim and pick Catton at 5th pick and we have Dach, Slaf and Lindstrom, and Suzuki for a power forward for each line with Beck, Evans and Armia as the best 4th line in MTL in decades.
Well, ALL of you were (predictably) wrong. Demidov is the pick and there were no trades.
4 other teams will pick the best 4 right? so Habs will choose what is available at 5th position. no miracle will happen?
I think every team has a different "best" player. So I'm thinking a surprise will happen but miracles ? I don't know.
How are you giving Demidov's skating a 6.5?.. haha
What would you give it ?
I think the best part of his skating is definitely his inside edge control and overall agility. He's fairly explosive and powerful but definitely lacks speed.
That's basically how I see it. Therefore I don't think he has the necessary speed to be an over average skater with his wide and hunched over stride but he definitely has over average agility so I settled somewhere between average and over average. I think it makes perfect sense and it's consistent with how I ranked other players. But you definitely don't have to agree.
@@bluechipprospect Not sure what I'd give it number wise but when you watch the kid you definitely don't think to yourself that his skating is his worst attribute between the 6 you have listed.
I don't know, for me, his skating is definitely the weakest element of his game.
I mean all this is subjective and I would not argue with someone ranking it half a point lower or higher. If I'm not mistaken, a guy like Corey Pronman has his skating as below average which would be a 5 in my case. That's completely crazy imo
How does Reinbacker compare with this year's d-Men roster? That's what I would really want to know because we sacrificed a lot last year for him, and now that we desperately need a forward, we will probably pass on a d-man that is more talented than him... This is making me nervous, it could turn out to be the biggest mistake of the Habs, added to KK's selection... Errors like this have permanent consequences in the teams future. Imagine if we had already locked Michkov or Benson and we were going after anything that is amazing, regardless of position... Not the same outcome for the team at all..
I think he compares well enough to the defensemen of this draft.
He has less significantly less offense than guys like Dickinson, Levshunov, Parekh and Buium but has more than Silayev.
Defensively, I think he’s the best of them all and has the least amount of question marks to achieve his defensive potential.
In terms of Decision making, he would be at the top of the draft with Buium imo.
So all in all. I think he compares well. Less risk and less reward offensively but that isn’t necessarily a negative. Someone like Levshunov has a very long road infront of him to even compare defensively but will have more impact once he crosses the offensive blue line.
I actually have a something coming up in the next few weeks about that.
Iginla all day
5:09 😂
Yo don't you or didn't you have an account like tropic or topical or something ?
Nope. It's my only account on YT outside of my personal account.
Trade Ghule for columbus pick. Draft lidstrom (4), iginla (5) and poirier (27). Franchise changing draft
konsta helenius?
First 6 ft minimum ....
hello wakey wakey Junior. ....... SKILL IS A TERM MOST PEOPLE INCLUDING YOU DO NOT UNDERSTAND.... SCORING POINTS IS NOT ENOUGH as a determining factor of skill. Question: What does the hockey player do when he doesn't have the puck? .... Does he have more than 7 hits per 60 minutes? … How well can he defend the other team's best player? .... Can he play the power play?... Can he play the penalty kill ?....Can he play 3rd or 4th line if the first 2 does not work out.? ....Can he intimidate your opponents? .... Does he have fire in his eyes when the hockey game is tied? .... Does he smile if he loses the game or is he upset when he loses?
Good thing we have you to understand it for us...
I think on this case MTL should seriously consider trading back
Iginla is the guy, catton is a pass, too small not what the Candiens are looking for.
They're not much different, size-wise. Catton has grown to 5'11" 176lbs. And it was fun watching him dust Iginla in a scrap earlier this year.
@@TheGreekPoet Heaviest i see him listed is 170lb. That is roughly 15lbs and 1 inch, also catton is 7 months older. Iginla is a significantly thicker player at a younger age. The bet on pedigree also helps.
@@Erik-ms3du He's 5'11" 176 now. That's a fact. Stats on webpages are often outdated. Iginla is the same height and about 8lbs heavier. And he DOES NOT play like his dad. Curious, how many actual CHL games, IE full games, have you watched of either player? Not highlight packages. Actual games. And how do you know that Iginila is "significantly thicker"? I bet the answer to the former is slim to none, and the latter is crickets. No offense. But if you think Catton's size is a show-stopper, you haven't watched Catton play. And if you think Tij is Jarome. You haven't watch Tij play.
How's that a fact? You weigh him yourself?
@@TheGreekPoet never said he was his dad, guess you don't know what pedigree means....
Stopped listening when you said everything after the first 4 were garbage. BYE!
Ok. I thought it was pretty obvious it was a joke since I laughed immediately after but I guess not.
Forget about Demidov, he's gonna go in the top 3. For the Habs right now, Sennecke or Lindstom should be the focus toward that up front attack in front of the net. It's key for any team that wants to win in the playoffs!!
Take Lindstrom if available, otherwise Iginla
Hey Coach, you just did a mock draft 4 days ago and that wasn’t what you picked from 2-5. Come on là 😂
Didn't I choose Demidov in my Mock draft for the Habs ?
I also chose Catton in the French version where I took comments into consideration.
I feel like that's pretty consistent with what I said no ?
But anyways, this is not a mock draft, it's just a video to take a look at the different scenario that could happen at the draft.
@@bluechipprospect All these mock drafts are prayers. Demidov and Lindstrom will probably be off the board. Realistically, it’ll be Iginla or one of the two RD. Catton is two frail and his game doesn’t really translate to the NHL (parameter player)
trade it to pittsburg for crosby, and maybe letang?
i think its worth considering zegras
It's becoming more clear, watching the prospect videos that Hughes is going to trade the 5th overall pick for Zegras.
pass on all of them , trade the pick
For who ?
@@bluechipprospect Not sure , but trade the pick to possibly Calgary , for their 1st plus ???
I would only do that trade if Lindstrom and Demidov are gone in the top 4
@@birdythebird, not your brightest comment, dude
Flames want Iginla, trade back to #9 adding Calgary late 1st rounder from Van. They would still be able to choose among Catton, Sennecke, Helenius, Connelly, Eiserman, in all likelihood.
I don't think a late first is enough to move into the top 5 though.
@@bluechipprospect, you're right. What do you think of the Habs landing Weegar from the Flames ? Weegar, Reinbacher, Mailloux would be a wicked right side ! And we could move Guhle back to his natural side.
Would you trade our 5th, for their 9th, Vancouver's late first, and Weegar ?
If Demidov isn't there, I do that if they would take a contract back. Weegar still has 7 years on his contract so they better take Anderson 😆
Helenius lacks high-end offensive upside
(Player comp for me is like a
Phillip Danault ot Tomas Plekanec
which I would NEVER in a MILLION YEARS take Top-10)
and Eiserman & Connelly
have HUUUUGEEEEE red flags
CHARACTER / ATTITUDE wise
which doesn’t bode well with this new Habs management
@@pilonpatrick573 Flames would never do that in a million years.