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Team: 2023-24 Montreal Canadiens
Initial Creation Date: Jun. 29, 2023
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After the draft, thoughts :

#5 : David Reinbacher RHD : Good pick, but I would have take Matvei Michkov over David Reinbacher. MTL need help on the top 6 and Michkov potential was too big to pass on IMO. Anyway, David Reinbacher will be a real solid defenseman, will log a tons of minutes next to Lane Hutson or Kaiden Guhle in the future

#69 : Jacob Fowler G : Great pick, in my book he is a top 5 goalie in the draft with the likes of Hrabal, Bjarnsson, Gajan & Augustine. Happy with this pick

#101 : Florian Xhekaj LW : Horrible pick. Nice story, just way too early

#110 : Bogdan Konyushkov RHD : Overager who put up 25 points (I think) in the KHL and finished top 3 in rookie of the year in the KHL. So I'm OK with this pick even tho he is 20 yo

#128 : Quentin Miller G : Meh, don't know much

#133 : Samuel Harris LW : Bad pick IMO, overager not doing anything special. But hey, let's wait

#144 : Yevgeni Volokhin G : I like this pick, another goalie but was great in the MHL

#165 : Filip Eriksson C : Nothing to say

#197 : Luke Mittelstadt LHD : I like this pick, I had him in the 3rd round

Now that the draft is done, I think one of Edmundson, Hoffman, Dvorak or Armia will be moved. We will see. If not, not a big deal.

Laval Rocket lines after MTL waive Rem Pitlick, Alex Belzile & Chris Wideman (RHP is still waivers exempt)

RHP-Belzile-Roy
Farrell-Kidney-Pitlick
Heineman-Gignac-Simoneau
Condotta-Mysak-Teasdale
P-Jones
McKay

Trudeau-Beaudin
Struble-Wideman
Norlinder-Mailloux
Galipeau
Tourigny

Primeau
Dobes

I could see MTL bringing back Anthony Richard & Gabriel Bourque

IMO Reinbacher will go back in the SL for one year, but I wouldn't be surprise if he starts in the AHL. Owen Beck fight for a roster spot in training camp, if he doesn't crack the lineup, he goes back in the OHL. Mesar will either go back in the OHL or start in the AHL

I left Edmundson on the IR because of his back problems

I expect MTL to be a bottom 10 team again next year
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Jun. 29, 2023 at 3:51 p.m.
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i'll bet rhp starts in the big league. at worst someone is injured and he'll have a spot.
Jun. 29, 2023 at 3:51 p.m.
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The thing with Michkov is he supposedly told teams he wouldn't sign with more than a handful and would just stay in Russia if they drafted him. Picking him would have really wasted a pick
Jun. 29, 2023 at 3:55 p.m.
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4th line minutes will bury Slaf, and RHP is too good for the AHL tbh, I'd move Hoffman and use RHP in the NHL
Jun. 29, 2023 at 4:00 p.m.
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Florian Xhekaj was the one pick i was excited about
Agreed way too early that said Power Forwards like him went early
Danil But went 12th OA where most of the Pro Analysts had him 22-48th OA(2 people had him top 20 but it was the 2 that were way off overall in their 1st round predictions.)

My point i guess is his brother didnt break out till he packed on muscle and filled out his massive frame adding a couple inches.(thats when MTL called him)
Florian is 2 years younger than Arber was when we found him and as such is there's 52lbs of muscle difference between the brothers.

Arber's Draft Profile has him at 6'1 and 180lbs
Florian at his age is 6'2 176lbs
Expect a Growth spurt and Mama Xhekaj to be lighting up twitter extatic right now
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Jun. 29, 2023 at 4:01 p.m.
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Quoting: drambui
i'll bet rhp starts in the big league. at worst someone is injured and he'll have a spot.


Quoting: A_321_EGAKROD
4th line minutes will bury Slaf, and RHP is too good for the AHL tbh, I'd move Hoffman and use RHP in the NHL


Guys I just went the most realistically, but yes during training camp + preseason games, some players get injured. So I am not worried with Harvey-Pinard, but in a world where everyone comes out healthy, him and Barron not having to go through waivers, they are prime candidate to be sent down.
Slafkovsky played a lot on the 4th line last year, I don't like it but management think this is better than being in the AHL
Moving Hoffman isn't easy, we all hate him but he plays nonetheless
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Jun. 29, 2023 at 4:03 p.m.
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The thing with Michkov is he supposedly told teams he wouldn't sign with more than a handful and would just stay in Russia if they drafted him. Picking him would have really wasted a pick


I don't buy it for a second. If he wanted to go to Washington only, fine you can see the parallel there but Philly? Really he seemed happy to go there. I think MAYBE he told Arizona not to draft him for obvious reasons if anything but I could see many players saying they don't want to go there. Other than that I bet he would have went anywhere else. Either way, we can't say for sure he would have been a wasted pick until we have a concrete assertion that he wouldn't come to the Habs for example.
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I don't buy it for a second. If he wanted to go to Washington only, fine you can see the parallel there but Philly? Really he seemed happy to go there. I think MAYBE he told Arizona not to draft him for obvious reasons if anything but I could see many players saying they don't want to go there. Other than that I bet he would have went anywhere else. Either way, we can't say for sure he would have been a wasted pick until we have a concrete assertion that he wouldn't come to the Habs for example.


I didn't take the time to quote him because I don't buy it for a second either
Jun. 29, 2023 at 4:07 p.m.
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I didn't take the time to quote him because I don't buy it for a second either


If I missed a quote somewhere by all means I'll change my mind but I think it was all smokescreen BS by other teams trying to land him.
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Jun. 29, 2023 at 4:12 p.m.
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I agree with most of your draft takes tbh.

Hughes just seemed to reach on most of his picks, especially considering what was on the board. Xhekaj went way too early, even with the run-on size in the draft this year there is no justifying that spot for him.

The bright spot is Fowler for sure, great value I thought he was the 3rd best goalie prospect. Better than Hrabel in the USHL but smaller.

Mittelstadt is a GREAT pick for value there, thats where over-agers should be drafted which makes me frustrated with the Willis pick because it was probably 2 rounds too early.

I like Volokhin but Miller is another guy taken 3 rounds too early imo.

And as you said, Reinbacher over Michkov is wild. I don't know why Reinbacher shot up boards like crazy, I would've taken a couple of guys over him still. I think if they had 31 or 37 still they would've gone Forward there and then RD but the trade made up their mind. Awful pick imo.

Eriksson is probably my 3rd favourite pick they made. 18-year-old playmaking Swedish centre played well in under-20 at 16/17 but I'd like to see what becomes of him after playing with men.
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Quoting: F50marco
I don't buy it for a second. If he wanted to go to Washington only, fine you can see the parallel there but Philly? Really he seemed happy to go there. I think MAYBE he told Arizona not to draft him for obvious reasons if anything but I could see many players saying they don't want to go there. Other than that I bet he would have went anywhere else. Either way, we can't say for sure he would have been a wasted pick until we have a concrete assertion that he wouldn't come to the Habs for example.


And, ppl do change their minds. At worst the Habs could have controlled his rights and trade Michkov to a team that he would play for with an ELC contract at 21 years of age, the package would have been monstrous.. Players dont have that much control. Lindros even said he'd never play for Quebec waited a year and the Nords then Avs made it out like bandits building a Cup winning team with the Lindros trade haul being a huge piece in the end.

Quoting: F50marco
If I missed a quote somewhere by all means I'll change my mind but I think it was all smokescreen BS by other teams trying to land him.


The only thing I believe is that maybe Molson didnt want Michkov as he knows how fickle the fan base can be and wanted a player that could contribute in a year. The honeymoon is coming to an end and they need to keep selling tickets, beer and jerseys.
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The only thing I believe is that maybe Molson didnt want Michkov as he knows how fickle the fan base can be and wanted a player that could contribute in a year. The honeymoon is coming to an end and they need to keep selling tickets, beer and jerseys.


I agree. They are in an escalated rebuild now. I can see Hughes making another big trade for an established top forward. I think that Flames 1st will fetch us that last game breaker we need.
Jun. 29, 2023 at 4:31 p.m.
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And, ppl do change their minds. At worst the Habs could have controlled his rights and trade Michkov to a team that he would play for with an ELC contract at 21 years of age, the package would have been monstrous.. Players dont have that much control. Lindros even said he'd never play for Quebec waited a year and the Nords then Avs made it out like bandits building a Cup winning team with the Lindros trade haul being a huge piece in the end.



The only thing I believe is that maybe Molson didnt want Michkov as he knows how fickle the fan base can be and wanted a player that could contribute in a year. The honeymoon is coming to an end and they need to keep selling tickets, beer and jerseys.



Our Fanbase isnt Fickle its pissed at Molson.
We didnt have these issues with Gillette
He brought us Kovalev and Souray among others
Brought us Huet to give Price and Halak time after Theodore sh*t the bed.
Bronfmans were the same way , the fans supported them as it was a mix of today and tomorrow they invested in.

Molson its Whiplash 100% of the time
Comes in 30 days before the draft throws out the plan
Drafts Leblanc in MTL upon his return and passed on Krieder which cost him a cup in 2014(he cant injure Price if he was a Habs)


Right away he had to contend and blew so much of the assets Gillette had stock piled with Gainey.
Molson as well as spending what we had while picking French players for the first time in a Decade + in the first 2/3 drafts he had.
(both players busted and that stopped happening )

He spent the next decade failing to build up half the talent that Gillette did in 4 years and fumbled a lot of 1st round prospects development .
Geoff's networth is less then my Uncle's for a reason, he's the least successful son of Eric the owner who brought up Roy Debacle and lead to his family being ousted from the Chairman of the Board for over 2 decades . Andrew and Justin work for the Brewery and have their own Firm together without Geoff. Also Geoff's work history at Molson shows he was sporadically involved unlike his brothers who are a constant. 2016 when he left Molson to "focus full time on winning " we lost a lot and when he returns in 2021 when his brother won Chairman of the Board seat MTL made a SCF. The only reason he has the job is because he has the time and daddy's money. (well assets which he leveraged to get loans from the bank but without Daddy its all just dreams)

Im not saying he's a bad dude
He's just the worst possible owner you could imagine
I mean what kinda POS screws Price like that after his Prejudice in Picks cost Price is Knee.(if he bought a month later then Gainey's choosing Kreider in tune with his previous Drafts of BPA) He's the Problem and when we fired everyone he hired for failing he shoulda stepped down as President of Hockey Operations and given it to Gorton not the VP BS
Jun. 29, 2023 at 4:35 p.m.
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Quoting: Koskinen_The_Great
And, ppl do change their minds. At worst the Habs could have controlled his rights and trade Michkov to a team that he would play for with an ELC contract at 21 years of age, the package would have been monstrous.. Players dont have that much control. Lindros even said he'd never play for Quebec waited a year and the Nords then Avs made it out like bandits building a Cup winning team with the Lindros trade haul being a huge piece in the end.



The only thing I believe is that maybe Molson didnt want Michkov as he knows how fickle the fan base can be and wanted a player that could contribute in a year. The honeymoon is coming to an end and they need to keep selling tickets, beer and jerseys.


I don't float that idea of the honeymoon being over lightly because its so early still and the prospects he chose could still surprise but I have to say, this season from start to finish, Hughes and company lost all goodwill they built up from last year and are starting from scratch again. He can keep the honeymoon going with some smart moves going forward but he certainly can't fumble anything else for the foreseeable future if he wants Habs fans to be optimistic about the team again.
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I agree. They are in an escalated rebuild now. I can see Hughes making another big trade for an established top forward. I think that Flames 1st will fetch us that last game breaker we need.


I'd only like some transparency and as the fan base is becoming split. Are they still rebuilding? Are they trying to make the playoffs? I know Hughes said he wont sacrifice the future for a quick fix and he's been a much better communicator than Bergevin (if you want loyalty, buy a dog.. trades are hard) but there's a disconnect when you're trading multiple picks for players that can help you now and passing on a generational talent like Michkov that wouldnt be available right away.
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Our Fanbase isnt Fickle its pissed at Molson.
We didnt have these issues with Gillette
He brought us Kovalev and Souray among others
Brought us Huet to give Price and Halak time after Theodore sh*t the bed.
Bronfmans were the same way , the fans supported them as it was a mix of today and tomorrow they invested in.

Molson its Whiplash 100% of the time
Comes in 30 days before the draft throws out the plan
Drafts Leblanc in MTL upon his return and passed on Krieder which cost him a cup in 2014(he cant injure Price if he was a Habs)


Right away he had to contend and blew so much of the assets Gillette had stock piled with Gainey.
Molson as well as spending what we had while picking French players for the first time in a Decade + in the first 2/3 drafts he had.(both players busted and that stopped happening )
He spent the next decade failing to build up half the talent that Gillette did in 4 years and fumbled a lot of 1st round prospects development .
Geoff's networth is less then my Uncle's for a reason, he's the least successful son of Eric the owner who brought up Roy Debacle and lead to his family being ousted from the Chairman of the Board for over 2 decades . Andrew and Justin work for the Brewery and have their own Firm together without Geoff. Also Geoff's work history at Molson shows he was sporadically involved unlike his brothers who are a constant. 2016 when he left Molson to "focus full time on winning " we lost a lot and when he returns in 2021 when his brother won Chairman of the Board seat MTL made a SCF. The only reason he has the job is because he has the time and daddy's money. (well assets which he leveraged to get loans from the bank but without Daddy its all just dreams)

Im not saying he's a bad dude
He's just the worst possible owner you could imagine
I mean what kinda POS screws Price like that after his Prejudice in Picks cost Price is Knee.(if he bought a month later then Gainey's choosing Kreider in tune with his previous Drafts of BPA)
He's the Problem and when we fired everyone he hired for failing he shoulda stepped down as President of Hockey Operations and given it to Gorton not the VP BS


Geeez. This is too much animosity and delusion.
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Quoting: Koskinen_The_Great
I'd only like some transparency and as the fan base is becoming split. Are they still rebuilding? Are they trying to make the playoffs? I know Hughes said he wont sacrifice the future for a quick fix and he's been much better communicator than Bergevin but there's a disconnect when you're trading multiple picks for players that can help you now and passing on a generational talent like Michkov that wouldnt be available right away.


I think the rebuild is now a retool. And that retool is as limited as our bad contracts. As soon as next year, I think we'll be spending to make the playoffs again. Hoffman Eddy Dvorak will be traded or gone. Armia will be traded or bought out. Allen could be moved if another team has injuries, he'll be able to spend to fill the voids. That's $20M in cap space. And, I think that is when they flip the switch and bring in the vets they want. So, I think this is our last season of acceptable failure. But like I said, this core's window is Suzuki's contract length. The faster they are competitive, the more tweaking can be done to build a winner. Rather than waiting for our 2025 1st to join the big club. Then the core window is 5 yrs. This is just my logic.
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Geeez. This is too much animosity and delusion.


Contribute or dont
Slander isnt an option

Everything there for even someone unfamiliar with Google search to be able to verify.
You have a counter point , make it.
If all you contribute is to take away from the conversation more then you contribute , you're in no position to talk down to anyone
Jun. 29, 2023 at 4:51 p.m.
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Contribute or dont
Slander isnt an option

Everything there for even someone unfamiliar with Google search to be able to verify.
You have a counter point , make it.
If all you contribute is to take away from the conversation more then you contribute , you're in no position to talk down to anyone


This debate is more for the forums, just not here please
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Contribute or dont
Slander isnt an option

Everything there for even someone unfamiliar with Google search to be able to verify.
You have a counter point , make it.
If all you contribute is to take away from the conversation more then you contribute , you're in no position to talk down to anyone


That is my contribution. You don't have to like it. But I won't bend to your hurt feelings either. Deal with it.
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I think the rebuild is now a retool. And that retool is as limited as our bad contracts. As soon as next year, I think we'll be spending to make the playoffs again. Hoffman Eddy Dvorak will be traded or gone. Armia will be traded or bought out. Allen could be moved if another team has injuries, he'll be able to spend to fill the voids. That's $20M in cap space. And, I think that is when they flip the switch and bring in the vets they want. So, I think this is our last season of acceptable failure. But like I said, this core's window is Suzuki's contract length. The faster they are competitive, the more tweaking can be done to build a winner. Rather than waiting for our 2025 1st to join the big club. Then the core window is 5 yrs. This is just my logic.


At this point, most of their player core raises will be coming in the 2026 offseason with the Dach, Slafkovsky, Guhle, etc so 2024-25, 2025-26 look to be their prime window. Its just too bad that Buffalo is in their division. That forward group is daunting. Luckily for the Habs, the club have been bulking up their defence so they hold a chance vs a historically terrible defensive team like Buffalo that may score 300 goals like the Caps of recent years but they'll have their warts same as the old Ovie plus crew.

I'd do everything to sign a guy like Hellebuyck or Sorokin in 2024. Still if they could have gotten Askarov and that 15th pick... It would have been interesting. they obviously really believe in Reinbacher to be that stud top pair dman and i also think its worth the risk instead of relying on Askarov and a smaller D like Pellikka to come in. They still need to make some bold moves and hit on a proven goalie or maybe that's Monty!
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Quoting: TheRealisticGuy
This debate is more for the forums, just not here please


This is why Democratic Debate has crumbled
People hear something they dont like they refuse to discuss it
Its why Trumps of the world gain so much support
There's no middle ground anymore just us vs them

But thats fine
its only our Democracy that suffers as a whole when you do things like this
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That is my contribution. You don't have to like it. But I won't bend to your hurt feelings either. Deal with it.


SMH what a wordsmith
Im done engaging for the host wishes it.(his page so i will)
Have a Good one
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At this point, most of their player core raises will be coming in the 2026 offseason with the Dach, Slafkovsky, Guhle, etc so 2024-25, 2025-26 look to be their prime window. Its just too bad that Buffalo is in their division. That forward group is daunting. Luckily for the Habs, the club have been bulking up their defence so they hold a chance vs a historically terrible defensive team like Buffalo that may score 300 goals like the Caps of recent years but they'll have their warts same as the old Ovie plus crew.

I'd do everything to sign a guy like Hellebuyck or Sorokin in 2024. Still if they could have gotten Askarov and that 15th pick... It would have been interesting. they obviously really believe in Reinbacher to be that stud top pair dman and i also think its worth the risk instead of relying on Askarov and a smaller D like Pellikka to come in. They still need to make some bold moves and hit on a proven goalie or maybe that's Monty!


I agree. Maybe it's Monty.. but I doubt it.
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Jun. 29, 2023 at 5:14 p.m.
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Swap Gallagher with Armia, then fire that 3rd line to the moon… bring up RHP and some kids to replace them.

As for the draft… it definitely feels like this management is telling the fan base one thing but doing the other. They’ve been preaching that they would take the best player available, and yet, with the teams biggest CURRENT needs, they draft a RD at #5 overall and 3 goalies….

I’m not even upset at the Reinbacher pick, he was the consensus best Dman of the draft. What upset me was Kent Hughes’ comments after the 1st rd, and Martin Lapointe’s comments at the end of the draft…
How the hell do you pick and guy #5 overall then come out and say to the public that you view him “at best” as a #2 Dman that probably won’t run your PP1?! Completely mind boggling… Hughes doubled back and said he doesn’t like labeling kids too early, but tabernak, they must of made some projections of this kid when they were scouting him! To come out and say “hmmmm probably just a #2D”… my drink literally came out of my nose when he said that.
So not only was I pissed that my sinuses were burning from beer, but WHEN YOU DRAFT A DEFENSMEN AT 5TH OVERALL, HE SHOULD PROJECT AS A FRANCHISE DMAN! Like a Heiskanen or a Makar. Especially when there’s still elite offensive talent still left on the board!
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Jun. 29, 2023 at 5:23 p.m.
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Swap Gallagher with Armia, then fire that 3rd line to the moon… bring up RHP and some kids to replace them.

As for the draft… it definitely feels like this management is telling the fan base one thing but doing the other. They’ve been preaching that they would take the best player available, and yet, with the teams biggest CURRENT needs, they draft a RD at #5 overall and 3 goalies….

I’m not even upset at the Reinbacher pick, he was the consensus best Dman of the draft. What upset me was Kent Hughes’ comments after the 1st rd, and Martin Lapointe’s comments at the end of the draft…
How the hell do you pick and guy #5 overall then come out and say to the public that you view him “at best” as a #2 Dman that probably won’t run your PP1?! Completely mind boggling… Hughes doubled back and said he doesn’t like labeling kids too early, but tabernak, they must of made some projections of this kid when they were scouting him! To come out and say “hmmmm probably just a #2D”… my drink literally came out of my nose when he said that.
So not only was I pissed that my sinuses were burning from beer, but WHEN YOU DRAFT A DEFENSMEN AT 5TH OVERALL, HE SHOULD PROJECT AS A FRANCHISE DMAN! Like a Heiskanen or a Makar. Especially when there’s still elite offensive talent still left on the board!


I agree 100%. I will say this.. we don't know what Reinbacher will become. He def won't be a ppg dman like Makar or Fox. But if he's a Top pairing Josi/Seider blend that can play 24 mins and get 50 points. I think Im happy. There's as much chance of that happening as Michkov not meeting expectations. As much as we needed that gamebreaking talent, we also need that dman stalwart. More often than not, offense can be acquired in other ways. If Newhook goes Dach for us. And Reinbacher meets or exceeds expectations. This roster is primed and then only needs one nice trade to compete for a long time. I wanted the homerun, too. But, goddamnit, I have to be positive about HuGo. I can't fall into Bergy's Bunker already.
 
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