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KentMcNally

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Forum: Mock-DraftYesterday at 9:36 a.m.
Thread: That guy who scored 1.87 ppg vs NCAA as 17 year old
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>Caufield</b></div><div>The reason he drops is definitely not because of his numbers.
Eiserman has flaws that won’t get him at the NHL level if he doesn’t greatly work on them. But that’s ok, he’s not the only one like that. The problem is, he hasn’t really given scouts and managements the idea that he “wants” to improve. I completely see a reasoning behind thinking that he will have bad attitude with coaches and development staffs, and if he does, he won’t improve enough to be the player he was drafted to be</div></div>

If you have a subscription to The Athletic, there is an interesting article on him:

https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/5353960/2024/03/22/cole-eiserman-nhl-draft-2024/

I also think sometimes we all forget (myself included) that these players are just teenagers. They still have the ability to learn, develop and mature from the time they are drafted until the time they are playing in the NHL. As a Habs fan I acknowledge that Slafkovsky's growth took time. Furthermore, some of his actions at the World Hockey Championship (https://dailyhive.com/montreal/canadiens-slafkovsky-mocks-opponents-mens-worlds) could be viewed as immature. But he is a young guy, like Eiserman. They can both do better.

This is not to say that Eiserman is as complete of a player as perhaps Celebrini is, but I think that the potential to be a star and a better overall player is there for Eiserman. Of course, only time will tell.
Forum: Armchair-GMApr. 22 at 5:35 p.m.
Forum: Armchair-GMApr. 19 at 3:32 p.m.
Thread: Does Ottawa want to get their draft pick guy
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>TheBoyDuddus</b></div><div>That would be a steep price to pay to move up two spots. The Habs dont want to spend another 1st on D after Guhle, Mailloux and Reinbacher the last 4 drafts.

I dont think the difference between Parekh and Yakemchuk would be big enough to spend another 1st to take the one you want. Buium, Silayev and Dickinson all there as well for Cbj if they want.</div></div>

After I posted I also considered editing the trade and having Montreal add their 2nd round pick from Colorado (which would be a late second) to offset some of what Ottawa is getting. Not sure if that would be enough or not.

As one person said above, sometimes teams get really focused on getting "their guy", so maybe Ottawa would do such a trade. The late first round pick that Ottawa has from Boston is nice to have (for Montreal or Ottawa), but given the draft is not tremendously deep, maybe Ottawa would do it to get who they want and not lose that player to Arizona/Utah.