A year ago, heading into the 2023 NHL Draft, scouts and media raved about the forwards it contained, and rightfully so, as it was stacked with high-end talent.
The Canadiens want a forward with their first pick. And if all goes well, it will. In an ideal world, Ivan Demidov and/or Cayden Lindstrom would slide into the Habs’ lineup.
There’s still about a month to go before the NHL Entry Draft, and even though we’re slowly approaching the fateful moment, it’s still pretty hard to predict anything related to the auction.
Cayden Lindstrom is one of the top prospects for the upcoming NHL draft. That said, it’s easy to salivate at the thought of the Habs drafting him. After all, we’re talking about a big center at 6’3′ and 210 pounds… And having seen him score 27 goals in 32 games this season in junior, it’s still interesting.
Since the beginning of the 2023-24 season, the scouting community has largely been in agreement on one fact: it seems pretty likely that Medicine Hat Tigers forward Cayden Lindstrom gets drafted before teammate Andrew Basha.
Cayden Lindstrom likely won’t have to wait long to hear his name called in the 2024 NHL Draft.
In the run-up to the 2024 draft, the various analysts and prospect experts make public various “mock drafts” in which they simulate the draft according to what they think each team will do with its first-round pick.
There’s no doubt that Cayden Lindstrom is one of the best players in the next NHL draft. He’s big, imposing and has good hands. He’s got it all, so much so that he’sbeen compared to none other than Eric Lindros.
The closer we get to the draft, the more analysis and commentary there is about the top prospects available in 2024. Obviously, the main focus is on the names (mostly forwards) that could be selected by the Montreal Canadiens at the 5ᵉ level.
With the draft slowly approaching, we’re beginning to wonder where the various prospects in the upcoming auction will end up. In a draft that seems to be full of hidden cards, everything seems rather mysterious.
Welcome to the fourth installment of our 'Names To Know' 2024 edition, a look-ahead at prospects who the Columbus Blue Jackets could select in the upcoming NHL Draft.
As a result, the Tricolore will be drafted5th overall next June. Exactly as fate would have it , Kirby Dach’s season will end after two games. All is in all!
The more time passes, the more we realize that in an ideal world, Cayden Lindstrom would be available at #5 for the Habs. Well, in an ideal world, Ivan Demidov would be available and in a perfect world, Macklin Celebrini would be there.
That’s it: we now know that the Canadiens will draft fifth overall in the next auction. Last night answered a number of questions, both about the Habs’ ranking and the Habs’ intentions.
Juraj Slafkovsky was selected with the first overall pick in the 2022 draft. Just before the draft, we remember that Slaf said he was volunteering to play on the left of Nick Suzuki and Cole Caufield because the Habs were looking for a guy to complete the first line… And it finally happened this season.
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