HF Habs: The official 2023-2024 tank thread

[Rapala]

7-3!!! A-oooooooooooouuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu!

I will never accuse Arizona of intentionally tanking.
I wish I could say that about every team and actually believe it.

 

[Beendair Donedat]

Wow so nothing changed in standing, that's not fun for the pessimistic crowd. Probably still believe that we're going to end up drafting 15th thanks to Colin White scoring 4 hat tricks every game and the 14 players drafted ahead of us end up being HOFers.

Sorry buddy, I had to, it was set up too perfectly.

 

[WeThreeKings]

Calgary is suddenly a problem.

 

[Scintillating10]

Anywhere in top 10 we get good player

 

[General Fanager]

Anyone have a guess how high they can move up in exchange for the Calgary 1st + Winnipeg 1st?

Their own top 10 pick and maybe another in the range of 13-17?

Lindstrom, Catton or Parekh and Iginla would be awesome....

 

[Kent Nilsson]

Anyone have a guess how high they can move up in exchange for the Calgary 1st + Winnipeg 1st?

Their own top 10 pick and maybe another in the range of 13-17?

Lindstrom, Catton or Parekh and Iginla would be awesome....

They won’t trade Calgary 1st. It’s gold.

 

[General Fanager]

They won’t trade Calgary 1st. It’s gold.

I thought it was gonna end up being Flas pick? super late 1st

I do not have the brain power to figure out all those conditions.....

 

[WeThreeKings]

They won’t trade Calgary 1st. It’s gold.

Unlikely we will get it because of the protections involved.

 

[TheBuriedHab]

Unlikely we will get it because of the protections involved.

I thought if both Calgary and Florida's pick are outside the top 10 in 2025 we get the better pick?

I could see a world where Calgarys pick is in the early teens next year.

 

[Tuggy]

Habs still sitting 6th.

Picking 5-7 has always looked like the most likely scenario. And still looks that way.

Although I didn't expect to get this close to Calgary...

Sabres win tonight would be nice too.

 

[KevSkillz4]

I thought if both Calgary and Florida's pick are outside the top 10 in 2025 we get the better pick?

I could see a world where Calgarys pick is in the early teens next year.

Yeah if both are out in top 10, (imagine 11), Habs will receive the best between 2, so 11.

 

[Nico Cauzuki]

Ottawa and Coyotes finally winning but so are we

 

[Rapala]

Calgary is suddenly a problem.

I was worried about Seattle too but they seem to have been able to right the ship.
Calgary however fell off a cliff now 8 points behind Minnesota who sucked for a good portion of the early season.
They still have a number of players who won't "put the team first" so I'm not surprised.

 

[Rapala]

SEA; COL; PHI; CAR

OTL; L; OTL; L

W; W;

Just need to dump Carolina for the sweep.

This is the time of year to stay away from Bet 99 like I said.

 

[WeThreeKings]

Just need to dump Carolina for the sweep.

This is the time of year to stay away from Bet 99 like I said.

It was going perfectly until this week.. we need Carolina to hand us a phat L and then send us spiralling for the remainder of the year.

I thought if both Calgary and Florida's pick are outside the top 10 in 2025 we get the better pick?

I could see a world where Calgarys pick is in the early teens next year.

They're terrible and I don't think they will be adding much to that terrible roster to get themselves out of bottom 10.

 

[Rapala]

It was going perfectly until this week.. we need Carolina to hand us a phat L and then send us spiralling for the remainder of the year.



They're terrible and I don't think they will be adding much to that terrible roster to get themselves out of bottom 10.

I can see the first part happening but I don't think spiralling is in our vocabulary any longer.
When I think about it two wins more at this time would have had us at .500 which was where I thought we could be with a healthy Dach.
I called us at 74 points but 76 isn't out of the question.

 

[WeThreeKings]

I can see the first part happening but I don't think spiralling is in our vocabulary any longer.
When I think about it two wins more at this time would have had us at .500 which was where I thought we could be with a healthy Dach.
I called us at 74 points but 76 isn't out of the question.

5 tough games coming up.. if we can get beat in those, before hitting the final 5 game stretch against a Detroit team hopefully fighting for the playoffs, we might be able to go 3-7-0 to finish. That should be good enough to keep us around where we are now.

 

[habbubba]

Anywhere in top 10 we get good player

Part of a package.

 

[Kent Nilsson]

I thought it was gonna end up being Flas pick? super late 1st

I do not have the brain power to figure out all those conditions.....

I thought there was a scenario where we bypassed the Florida pick if Flames were bad for enough consecutive years ? I might be totally wrong tho.

 

[Rapala]

They won’t trade Calgary 1st. It’s gold.

I see it the other way. I think it's an ideal trade chip.
Management may think it makes more sense to try and grab to top 10(ish) picks this year to fit our window.
This draft looks fairly deep for forwards with all those Dmen likely to go early.

 

[Team_Spirit]

Zegras takes the dumbest penalties. Seriously, we'd hate this kid in Montreal.

Zegras masterclass

2023-24

Anaheim Ducks

NHL

22

4

3

7

30

-5

 

[WeThreeKings]

Zegras masterclass

2023-24

Anaheim Ducks

NHL

22

4

3

7

30

-5

I really don't think we are interested in this guy - what about him screams a Hughes player?

 

[habbubba]

Lots of info here: HF Habs: - 2024 NHL Draft Thread

Nah,not that, thx anyways.Was looking for a list made by credible professional, something like this:

Scout's Analysis: Ranking the top 40 prospects for the 2024 NHL Draft

Back with his second rankings for the 2024 NHL Draft, scout Jason Bukala expands his list to 40 names, with one very familiar still at the top.

www.sportsnet.ca

We all know, that's the problem.

What is the problem?

 

[Sorinth]

5 tough games coming up.. if we can get beat in those, before hitting the final 5 game stretch against a Detroit team hopefully fighting for the playoffs, we might be able to go 3-7-0 to finish. That should be good enough to keep us around where we are now.

I doubt we go on a 5 game losing streak, but something like 1-3-1 is certainly a strong possibility.

I'm not too worried about the teams above us like Calgary, Buffalo, or Seattle. Calgary plays San Jose twice, Anaheim once, and Arizona once. Plenty of opportunities for them to pick up points, and the fact remains we've been pacing for 75ish points since virtually the start of the season, so that's very likely where we will end up which will keep us in that 5-7 range.

 

[MarkovsKnee]

Zegras masterclass

2023-24

Anaheim Ducks

NHL

22

4

3

7

30

-5

Yeah, so he got the holding on that play not Tanev. Then he gets a crosschecking, so 4 minutes on one play. Technically, they both should have gotten a hold. I'm not sure how it's Zegras on that one. Tanev obviously is holding his arm. I can understand Zegras' frustration here, but he's truly dumb anyway.