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I can totally see it happening , if hes suppose to be that damn good we might have no choice . If lafraniere ends up being in our division .... ottawa coming up + byfield/stutzle ... bos,tb, tor ...mtl has nice prospect pool , if buff ever turns it around what f***en chance will we ever have? Our best chances might be to add a star goalie and add a hell of a blue line .... im all in for lucas raymond but it wouldnt surprise me at all to end up like #9-10 and end up with askarov and a few more picks ... scouts rarely salivate this much for goalie prospects so i do think he’ll make an impact If someones a cant miss prospect like askarov theres a zero chance they drop to 2nd ..l ugh i really f***en envy ottawa man if im them im trading up with that 3rd 1st and using some of those many assets and possibly end up stutzle drysdale askarov .... ughhh Really wish we had another first f***, oh well

Im smashing s*** if we take perfetti , if the wings didnt fall back perfetti wouldnt even be mentioned as a top 5 pick ... that should say something . Dont take him cause he plays for your buddys team , id rather listen to hakan andersson and pick raymond . I think the one and only time we took a swede in the first from i remember is kronwall. Hakan must be salivating at taking a top swedish prospect for once

I would say the difference between Price and Fleury is that Fleury was fortunate enough to play behind Cup-worthy teams (led by Sidney Crosby). The Habs have lacked elite talent for pretty much all of Price's NHL career thus far. It's mind-boggling. I'm pretty sure they tried my grandmother as their 1C at one point.

Just sayin'. Somehow Makar slipped to 4th, Pettersson slipped to 5th, Quinn Hughes slipped to 7th, etc. I've seen prominent internet armchair analyst types who don't even have Stutzle in their top fives. Everyone is dumb, no one knows anything. We just have to hope our scouts are less dumb than other teams' scouts.

I highly doubt Askarov slips out of the 1st round, but that's the only way I would want to draft him. I would never use a top 10 pick on a goaltender, no matter how talented, especially in a top heavy draft like this one. Personally, I don't like drafting goaltenders in the top 2 rounds of any draft. The position is way too unpredictable to project, and those picks are way too valuable to waste. There are high end goalies drafted beyond the 2nd round, just about every year. We need to hit on those, and we may have already done so. Larsson and Brattstrom were both 6th round picks, and Eliasson and Petruzzelli were both 3rd round picks. I think one of those four could pan out, and if not, pick one up via free agency or trade. Don't waste valuable picks on such a crapshoot position, unless a "can't miss" goaltender like Askarov slips to us in the 2nd round...

Oh im well aware we’d be lucky to have 1 move or even 2 for that matter after last off season , was just having a little fun. Id make as many moves as possible but its never that easy in real life Well after seeing backes with just one year left fetch a 1st and a prospect who was a 2nd rounder id want at least the same for eriksson whos got 2 yrs etc... but yes im aware some like the tb might be unrealistic as i mentioned above , but i do think with teams being cash strapped they might have to give up something for someone to take a palat/johnson etc... contenders are cash strapped atm and tampa doesnt want to take money back. With us being a rebuilding team and not going anywhere with johnson anyways why would we give up assets at this stage? But anyways i get your point , even though in the same division mtl has a s*** ton of picks and can easily give up a 2nd and 3rd for johnson (although they have a ton of guys to sign in a year) You said it might cost a bit more to take ladd but we wont get 2 firsts and a prospect .... so is it gonna cost more or less? Reason i asked for that is cause he still has 3 years left on his deal at 5.5 . Thats alot of money for us to take on for just a 1st , if islanders want us or anyone else to take on 16.5 million itll cost a ton. Its not my money so i got no problem trading for him and burying him in the minors with abdelkader Lehner first choice , greiss if we want to go shorter term ... as for drafting a goalie it all depends whos there in the 2nd , i think we can get a decent goalie at 63/65 .... and if we can get like alnefelt off tampa or some young goalie prospect off another team in some deal involving taking back salary even better I do think we have some potential in larsson,petruzelli etc.. but who knows whatll happen there

Nah, taking him 4th is a huge crapshoot. Although he is touted as the best G prospect since Price (not sure if he was taken 6th?), you really have to be in a desperate situation to take a goalie that high. Price hasn't won the Habs anything after all the money thrown at him, probably never will. Flower won three Cups after being taken first, but he's an anomaly. DiPietro was a failure after being taken first. We have plenty of UFA options with only Bernier's $3 million on the books for next year. We do need to take more chances on goalies this draft though. Three 2nd rounders, should use one at least on a goalie, cause the late round picks aren't doing it. Our prospect pool is pretty rough. If any of them make it to the NHL, it's going to be quite awhile, barring another Mrazek situation popping up.

Stay away from Perfetti, that's my new thing. He won't be, and I really hope we don't take him 4th. I hate to say it but I'm really hoping Stutzle falls to us, though I don't expect it. Failing that I'd like Raymond, and to a lesser extent I'd be ok with Rossi, Drysdale. I've a bad feeling about Perfetti though.

Until you see Stutzle skate and stick handle like he's the second coming of Pavel....lol

I have a theory that @ChristopherReevesLegs and @krsmith17 are two competing personalities trapped in the same body and use the same device to unknowingly argue with each on here.

Franzén is officially retired as of today. Congrats on a great career, Johan!

Ur only saying that cause Im black.

Hexstall's tears sustain me to this day. It was the game-winning goal if I recall correctly. Been a while.