NHL Draft: Elite Prospects Scout Ranks Canadiens First-Round Options!

Elite Prospects scout Russ Cohen joins Amy and Rick to analyze potential first-round draft picks for the Montreal Canadiens at the 2024 NHL Draft; it's our first of a series of EXCLUSIVE expert interviews leading up to June's big event in Las Vegas!
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QUESTION OF THE WEEK: With the 2024 NHL Draft dominated by defenseman at the top of the rankings, should the Montreal Canadiens draft a forward with the 5th-overall pick, or go with another blueliner?
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⏰ Timecodes ⏰
00:00 - Show Open
00:29 - Introduction and Welcome
06:38 - Week in Review: Montreal Canadiens represented at IIHF World Championship, NHL coaching hires, Carey Price gets an honorary degree, Jeff Gorton sought by the Columbus Blue Jackets, and more NHL news!
00:42:46 - Big Topic: Elite Prospects Scout Ranks Canadiens' Draft Options
01:31:15 - Question of the Week: Leave your answer below in the comment section (You might hear your comment read on next week's show!)
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About this video: Rick and Amy review all the latest Montreal Canadiens news from the week, including updates on how Habs players are performing at the IIHF World Championship tournament in Prague! Then they welcome Russ Cohen to the show, American Scout for Elite Prospects, to discuss the prospects available at the 2024 NHL Entry Draft and analyze who might be the best fit for the Habs to select with both of their first-round selections.
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[@She_26]

Great news about Kapanen but from everything I've read (IF TRUE), given Oliver's situation right now, and if they were to bring him here, he'd be stuck on the 4th line.Whomp, whomp. MSL's, 'watch your career go to garbage' line. Not fair to him at all. Better off to wait until next year. Yay for Carey Price! So well deserved

[@robertl8481]

A degree for Carey Price? I though his signature was a X.

[@habinations]

im hoping for parekh or yakemchuck . gohabsgo

[@malakaspawt3190]

I think there's going to be at least 5 defensemen (maybe 6) who are going to get picked in the top 15; Artyom Levshunov, Zeev Buium, Zayne Parekh, Sam Dickinson, Carter Yakemchuk and Anton Silayev. San Jose will pick Macklin Celebrini. If Chicago picks a forward, it'll be either Ivan Demidov or Cayden Lindstrom. If they pick a D, it'll be Levshunov, Silayev or Yakemchuk. Chicago's pick really depends of their evaluation of players. They might go for Demidov and take the risk. He might not be able to adapt to NA, or adapt to NHL hockey, and it might take a few years before he can come over, but due to his potential the risk can pay off big time. A lot of teams are probably eyeballing Demidov's playmaking ability. The first team to pick him gets him. If Chicago thinks the risk isn't worth it, then they'll probably go for Lindstrom because of his size and because he is the top power-forward of the whole draft. Then Anaheim. They're going to go through what Chicago went through just before them. If Chicago picked Demidov, Anaheim will pick Lindstrom, and if they CHI picked Lindstrom, Anaheim might pass on Demidov also and go for a D. Unless the #2 forward on their list is available, Anaheim is going to be on a very tough spot; picking between their 1st D on their list or their 3rd forward. I don't think Lindstrom will be available for CBJ. If both CHI and ANA pass on Demidov, CBJ will also pass unless they already made a deal with the kid and he wants to play there specifically, like Michkov did with PHI last year. If CHI picked Lindstrom, and ANA picked Levshunov or vice-versa, chances are that CBJ passes on Demidov and go for another scorer like Eiserman, or they're going to go with their best D available on their list. Unless the teams acting before MTL don't pick the player MTL wants, then it's going to be even tougher for MTL. I think the fans would love a Demidov pick and they would hate the call if MTL passes on him just like they would hate it if MTL picked a D. PERSONALLY, I think they are eyeballing Lindstrom. The majority of people think Demidov will never be available at 5th overall, and they could be right, but I think Lindstrom won't be available 5th overall. If neither are available there's a good chance that MTL takes a hard look at Parekh because of his potential offensive upside. I don't think they will pick Eiserman or Silayev. Tig Iginla, Trevor Connelly and Beckett Sennecke might be the next forwards on their radar, or else they're going to go for Parekh or Dickinson. That is if Celebrini, Lindstrom, Demidov and Levshunov aren't available because if any of those 4 names are available, MTL is going to pick it. If Celebrini, Lindstrom, Demidov and Levshunov were picked and they want Parekh or Yakemchuk, then MTL should trade down with Calgary. Calgary would pick Tig Iginla 5th. Parekh might not be available later at 9th but Yakemchuk will. Utah, Ottawa and Seattle speaks after 5th, so one of them is going to take a risk on Eiserman or Silayev, or maybe both will get picked, then the third team might go for Buium or Dickinson instead of Parekh, and there in 9th MTL would have both Parekh and Yakemchuk available. In the end it depends of their list. Parekh and Yakemchuk will both be available at 5th overall so we'll see if MTL wants one of them.

[@habinations]

@@malakaspawt3190 imo it would be 6 in the top 10. im not fond of lindstroms play .wouldnt mind if they took his winger with the 2nd first rounder basa . in my opinion lindstrom and demidov wont make it to 5 . cbj with timmions and perhaps mb in charge ? imo they will be taking lindstrom i wouldnt be shocked if they traded the pick to draft in the 10-13 range . that would open up iginla or eiserman . with an asset .someone might be willing to part with the moon to draft the sky . gohabsgo

[@isleauxpeche4279]

Why wouldn’t every other Team ask about Arber. I look at the dump D pile and that is the first choice for any team. MM Arber or Baron who are you asking about first

[@littlewormjacob7343]

Celebrini & all these super star players become kitty cats when you have a monster in Anton Silayev as a defenceman,as for talent wise ,the most talented player is Cole Hutson,& if he grows another 2 inches like his brother Lane ,he would be the steel of the draft

[@brendanaucoin]

Moving up will cost and we have lotsa' D and trading Roy is a loss so trade Matheson and keep Savard as our veteran. but a large forward seems likely. We have Suzuki at 210 lbs, Dach, Slav, and Armia on our fourth line. Priority is not size. A play driver like Catton would add more to the TEAM concept and a need for variety. Catton has it all and needs weight which is simple to solve. Catton pound for pound is the best forward in the draft and the play driver will add more to the TEAM. Size is easy to find but a solid play driver will win hockey games. Lafleur, Richard, etc were all under 6ft but were Giants and were play drivers. We cant pass up on this opportunity. Pick Catton! in trade and may get Lindstrom at 5. GHG