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Forums :: Blog World :: Brandon Smillie: The 5th Overall Pick: Ivan Demidov + Laine E4?
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Mashadar
Location: Let the creamy goaltending season begin! - EK
Joined: 08.31.2014

Jun 21 @ 1:23 PM ET
silly question, but I'm guessing you've seen each of these kids play..? pretty cool to do a whole list like that, I'd do the same but it would be 99% random lol.
- Pat1993


Adam French
Atlanta Thrashers
Location: Isn't Cooley 5"11? You know who else is 5"11? Sydney Crosby. - Scabeh
Joined: 04.06.2011

Jun 21 @ 1:23 PM ET
Fantastic pick.
- jugkope

The very best Austrian pick since Vanek.
Fredo
Toronto Maple Leafs
Location: Symba thinks Prague is in Poland
Joined: 03.16.2015

Jun 21 @ 1:23 PM ET
silly question, but I'm guessing you've seen each of these kids play..? pretty cool to do a whole list like that, I'd do the same but it would be 99% random lol.
- Pat1993

Well just with putting Celibrini at first you are 3% accurate so you can really got under 97% random
Symba007
Montreal Canadiens
Location: No, ON
Joined: 02.26.2007

Jun 21 @ 1:24 PM ET
Galchenyuk was a top-5 candidate the year before his draft season. C'mon!
- AdamFrench

what a great draft year 2012 was for goaltenders

Adam French
Atlanta Thrashers
Location: Isn't Cooley 5"11? You know who else is 5"11? Sydney Crosby. - Scabeh
Joined: 04.06.2011

Jun 21 @ 1:24 PM ET
silly question, but I'm guessing you've seen each of these kids play..? pretty cool to do a whole list like that, I'd do the same but it would be 99% random lol.
- Pat1993

Guessing it's the eliteprospects top-30 list
Garfield512
Montreal Canadiens
Location: I'm a figment of your imagination.
Joined: 11.09.2006

Jun 21 @ 1:25 PM ET
Fantastic pick.
- jugkope

I liked it too, big kid ... we definitively needed help on the right side of our D.
Garfield512
Montreal Canadiens
Location: I'm a figment of your imagination.
Joined: 11.09.2006

Jun 21 @ 1:26 PM ET
silly question, but I'm guessing you've seen each of these kids play..? pretty cool to do a whole list like that, I'd do the same but it would be 99% random lol.
- Pat1993

Same here ... I prefer to trust our scouts.
Adam French
Atlanta Thrashers
Location: Isn't Cooley 5"11? You know who else is 5"11? Sydney Crosby. - Scabeh
Joined: 04.06.2011

Jun 21 @ 1:27 PM ET
what a great draft year 2012 was for goaltenders
- Symba007

Still waiting for Craig Button (aka his brother telling him to say it on TV)'s truth to manifest that Mark Jankowski would be the best player in the draft class when he was 26.
Symba007
Montreal Canadiens
Location: No, ON
Joined: 02.26.2007

Jun 21 @ 1:29 PM ET
silly question, but I'm guessing you've seen each of these kids play..? pretty cool to do a whole list like that, I'd do the same but it would be 99% random lol.
- Pat1993

If he does like me, he has read most of the mock drafts, draft rankings, players analysis without watching himself much of these guys play. It's all for entertainment, don't have time to scout Jr age players but I find the draft interesting from an evaluation point of view. If NHL teams were drafting at 20yrs old like NFL teams, it would be much easier, at 18yrs old you are basically looking at players still in their development curve, tons of projections/risks.
Adam French
Atlanta Thrashers
Location: Isn't Cooley 5"11? You know who else is 5"11? Sydney Crosby. - Scabeh
Joined: 04.06.2011

Jun 21 @ 1:32 PM ET
If he does like me, he has read most of the mock drafts, draft rankings, players analysis without watching himself much of these guys play. It's all for entertainment, don't have time to scout Jr age players but I find the draft interesting from an evaluation point of view. If NHL teams were drafting at 20yrs old like NFL teams, it would be much easier, at 18yrs old you are basically looking at players still in their development curve, tons of projections/risks.
- Symba007

You should check some 67's games. Really fun and affordable. Hell, the Slush Puppie Centre is a great venue too though a little bit of a hike.
Garfield512
Montreal Canadiens
Location: I'm a figment of your imagination.
Joined: 11.09.2006

Jun 21 @ 1:35 PM ET
If he does like me, he has read most of the mock drafts, draft rankings, players analysis without watching himself much of these guys play. It's all for entertainment, don't have time to scout Jr age players but I find the draft interesting from an evaluation point of view. If NHL teams were drafting at 20yrs old like NFL teams, it would be much easier, at 18yrs old you are basically looking at players still in their development curve, tons of projections/risks.
- Symba007

I find it entertaining too as it gives us something to BS about but, in the end, none of us knows what HuGo & Cie are cooking.

Who knows we might trade one of our best D and draft a defenseman, I don't see it as it would push back the time we'd become competitive again ... but with HuGo you never know.
Garfield512
Montreal Canadiens
Location: I'm a figment of your imagination.
Joined: 11.09.2006

Jun 21 @ 1:37 PM ET
You should check some 67's games. Really fun and affordable. Hell, the Slush Puppie Centre is a great venue too though a little bit of a hike.
- AdamFrench

Not for me, I live about 1-2 km from there.
Xizord
Montreal Canadiens
Location: I am Eklund, QC
Joined: 01.03.2007

Jun 21 @ 1:38 PM ET
Reinbacher.
- AdamFrench



he was slotted # 7, stop trolling

https://www.sportsnet.ca/...s-for-the-2023-nhl-draft/

also I said " we never spoken about" not they ( the experts)
Fredo
Toronto Maple Leafs
Location: Symba thinks Prague is in Poland
Joined: 03.16.2015

Jun 21 @ 1:39 PM ET
Not for me, I live about 1-2 km from there.
- Garfield512

gross
Symba007
Montreal Canadiens
Location: No, ON
Joined: 02.26.2007

Jun 21 @ 1:40 PM ET
I find it entertaining too as it gives us something to BS about but, in the end, none of us knows what HuGo & Cie are cooking.

Who knows we might trade one of our best D and draft a defenseman, I don't see it as it would push back the time we'd become competitive again ... but with HuGo you never know.

- Garfield512

peaking early in your rebuild is often a big problem downstream, I still think they need to add a great forward via the draft and "try" to get someone via trade but not at all cost. Let's be honest, who they drafted last year and who will be drafted this year won't change the product on the ice this up coming season, most of those players will help MTL in 2025, 2026 or even 2027
Scabeh
Montreal Canadiens
Location: The Slovakian Jagr, QC
Joined: 02.25.2007

Jun 21 @ 1:40 PM ET
silly question, but I'm guessing you've seen each of these kids play..? pretty cool to do a whole list like that, I'd do the same but it would be 99% random lol.
- Pat1993


I haven't seen all these guys play Pat. Alot of them yes. But not all.


Overall, it's an opinion based on numerous reports highlighting these players qualities and attributes, combined with clips I've seen and the type of players they are.

It's mostly for fun really, but I'm always surprised how my batting average isn't any worse than some actual NHL teams.

Garfield512
Montreal Canadiens
Location: I'm a figment of your imagination.
Joined: 11.09.2006

Jun 21 @ 1:41 PM ET
gross
- Fredo

Go back to your zoo.
Xizord
Montreal Canadiens
Location: I am Eklund, QC
Joined: 01.03.2007

Jun 21 @ 1:43 PM ET
gross
- Fredo



agreed
Symba007
Montreal Canadiens
Location: No, ON
Joined: 02.26.2007

Jun 21 @ 1:43 PM ET
You should check some 67's games. Really fun and affordable. Hell, the Slush Puppie Centre is a great venue too though a little bit of a hike.
- AdamFrench

I will in a few years, kids are still young and my wife tends to work evenings these past 2 years. Once the kids are a bit older, I will drag one or two with me.
Adam French
Atlanta Thrashers
Location: Isn't Cooley 5"11? You know who else is 5"11? Sydney Crosby. - Scabeh
Joined: 04.06.2011

Jun 21 @ 1:46 PM ET
I will in a few years, kids are still young and my wife tends to work evenings these past 2 years. Once the kids are a bit older, I will drag one or two with me.
- Symba007

Just remember to bring your beer in a water bottle to avoid the $8 Coors Light.
Fredo
Toronto Maple Leafs
Location: Symba thinks Prague is in Poland
Joined: 03.16.2015

Jun 21 @ 1:46 PM ET
Go back to your zoo.
- Garfield512

I'm on site, my GF is coming with my boy gonna call it an early weekend and go jump in the pool with them
Xizord
Montreal Canadiens
Location: I am Eklund, QC
Joined: 01.03.2007

Jun 21 @ 1:47 PM ET
I'm on site, my GF is coming with my boy gonna call it an early weekend and go jump in the pool with them
- Fredo



*Breaks pool again
Xizord
Montreal Canadiens
Location: I am Eklund, QC
Joined: 01.03.2007

Jun 21 @ 1:48 PM ET
I will in a few years, kids are still young and my wife tends to work evenings these past 2 years. Once the kids are a bit older, I will drag one or two with me.
- Symba007



Symba007
Montreal Canadiens
Location: No, ON
Joined: 02.26.2007

Jun 21 @ 1:48 PM ET
I'm on site, my GF is coming with my boy gonna call it an early weekend and go jump in the pool with them
- Fredo

be careful, the female emu is in heat....you could end up being a father for the 7th time.
Symba007
Montreal Canadiens
Location: No, ON
Joined: 02.26.2007

Jun 21 @ 1:49 PM ET

- Xizord


not after 3kids

She is busy repeating lies most days.
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