Draft Day Chaos when SAP is drafted 6th OA by ARZ

Team: 2023-24 Montreal Canadiens

Initial Creation Date: Apr. 2, 2023

Published: Apr. 2, 2023

Salary Cap Mode: Basic

ARZ needs what it always has in high quality RD jumping the rankings to take Soderstrom in the Caufield draft triggering a series of events that saw Caufield drop to our 15th OA pick .
I believe this year they will choose SAP 6th OA instead of a Smith, Barlow or Yager as at this point they're all project players at that same skill level


1. Bedard
2. Michkov
3. Fantili
4. Carlsson
5. Smith
6. SAP
7. Benson
8. Barlow
9. Leonard
10. Moore
11. Dvorsky
12. Reinbacher
13. Sale
14. Danielson
15. Andrew Cristal The Darkhorse that should be top 10 but will likely fall .

Andrew Cristal will need time in the AHL to pack on Muscle which is ideal considering his long time Centerman Jared Davidson will be there already .
While we got all sorts of depth at various levels i think Cristall and Davidson benefit from call ups because Laval is so close .
They'll also benefit from Brassard and MTL's additional support as they pack on muscle going forward.

Cristall's style is hard to quantify but i guess its closest to Dach overall
That said when i watch him all i think is "Radulov eat your heart out "

Grabbing guys like Will Smith and Andrew Cristall give MTL Quality pieces 2-3 years down the road.
Just as money's starting to get tight as MTL is Contending they'll show up to join the system.


Next years Centers:
Suzuki , K.Dach , Dvorak and C.Dach

Year afters Centers:
Suzuki, PLD, K.Dach and C.Dach

Year after that :
Suzuki, PLD, C.Dach and Beck

Savard,Armia and Dvorak will be leaving the year after next creating more space for youth.
By this point we'll have Laval stocked with prospects and Will Smith in the NCAA developing.
We'll be stacked in every regard except RD and Goaltending in which we have many picks in 2023 3rd-7th round to address.
I mean if SAP is still at 15th OA spot then sure we'll take him but outside that there's no clear cut guys who have potential to be better then Barron or Mailloux.
So it just makes sense to go with the long shots like Hutson or Harris which have worked for us so far.

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