Sanderson and Caufield would then arrive by the end of the 20-21 season plus playoffs

PLEASE NOT SANDERSON we have enough LD I will eat a 🍪 if MTL drafts him

Hawks probably accept as long as stutzle, byfielf, laf, rossi, perfetti, raymond, holtz are all off the board. We (hopefully) move back and get Jack Quinn or Anton Lundell at 12 instead of Askarov

He is so great and would make an absolute elite one two punch (on the left side) with Romy.
Sanderson-Petry
Romanov-Fleury
Struble/Norlinder-Weber/Juulsen

Fine if we're taking him then we trade two of Struble/Norlinder/Mete/Romanov

Mete sure. Hut Id wait after next year for Norlinder and Struble. The swede was impressive last year but Struble had a very underrated year. Half a ppg as one of
the youngest players in the league (being born september 9) is really solid. He is physical and sound defensively but also extremely mobile and skilled for a
dmen. This kid could turn out to be a real home run (even more than Romanov if you ask me).

Habs should take Quinn if they have the 9th

Theres no need to take a winger with Laf and Caufield coming in.

My vote is Mete and Struble I feel like Romanov and Norlinder are both going to be top 4 Dmen and probably part of our core the gut I think could shock is Schnider. But my preference in order if we win the lottery is obviously Lafreniere if not and Perfetti or Holtz are available at nine one of them if not Quinn. If we got and extra pick from Chicago 2 players come to mind first is Schnider then Lapierre (I think he will be a really good steal for someone if he can get past the injuries)

I must admit I don't know much about Struble though lol

It's amazing to see how many Habs fan are so hung up on the idea that a Quebec-born player (a star prospect mind you) is automatically the best fit for this organization. If this were any other team in the Habs position (where they haven't had a legitimate star center in god knows how long), and they "magically" got the 1st overall pick, they would strongly strongly consider trading down to take Byfield.

Hypothetical, and I am really curious to what Habs fan have to say about this. Montreal wins the lottery and has the 1st overall pick. LA has a deal for you, which includes the 2nd overall pick and the Sens have a deal for you, which includes the 3rd and 5th overall picks. Do you even consider?

Laf is a generational talent and he can play with Suzuki/Kotkaniemi in the future.

And no we don't consider LAK or OTT deals

I’ll eat a cookie whether they draft him or not.

He may be a really great prospect, but he is not generational. People like to throw that word around, but generational is Crosby, it's McDavid. Neither Suzuki nor Kotkaniemi max out their potential at anything more than a 2C, and that is being generous. So, the Habs still have a glaring hole down the middle and the fact that they are unable to convince big-time UFAs to sign, forces their hand to draft and develop that piece.

He will simply never be a top pair guy.

I'm a lot lower on Romanov than most, and Romanov>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>Sanderson

(Norlinder also has a lot higher ceiling than Sanderson)

What? Forget it, we've got a really solid futur with Zuke and KK... Plus, the reason we'd trade Domi si because we have too many centers. Forget it, MTL would never trade that first pick. Laffy is so much better than Byfield

Lol you dont know anything about KK and Suzukis potentials. They both have the potential to be perennial 70pts + centers. None of them is an elite 1C but, there are not even 15 of them in the league... But I know that you're just trying to trigger some habs fans and its ok, you're a leafs fan. Your team is the proof that having elites Cs doesnt equal winning a playoff round.

Thats because you dont appreciate his defensive game enough as well as the potential that he have offensively... His floor is really high and so is his ceiling, thats why so many scouts and analysts love him. His game screams Heiskanen

Cookies are good. Maybe instead if they draft Sanderson I'll eat something spicy.

It's not that I don't appreciate his defensive game, he has a safe floor, he's really smart and good positionally, but i don't see a Pesce or Fox defensively in him, he is really good at mitigating the chances the other team gets vs those guys who just completely take them away, he's also not that good of a skater, very very smooth, decent acceleration, but not that good top end speed, I've seen guys like Faber just blow away from guys that I haven't seen from him, and he's obv not that good offensively (but irdc about that) his hands are choppy, and his shot isn't anything special, he's underrated at the offensive blue line tho, more willing to take risks and, is actually p good at keeping pucks in

People seem to say that Laf will be a 100+ point scorer (or is that just me?) and both Suzuki and Kotkaniemi can be 1A/1B centres, just like Danault and Domi last season (I think)

Since when do point totals equal either 1st line center and/or generational talent. A lot of great and very talented players have hit that mark, it doesn't automatically make them "generational". Don't even get me started on those centers. Just because they become, or already are quality NHL player, doesn't mean anything really.

1. Laf ain't no centre (though at one point I thought he was )
2. Then what do you define as generational talent?

Generational means that they themselves can carry the NHL on their back, and I am referring to a combination of things where they dominate major awards and all-star voting but also are more than just the best player on a team, they are not "an" ambassador but "THE" ambassador for the NHL, and even hockey at large. When you look at the Penguins, Malkin is a superstar, there is no denying that, but Sidney Crosby is a generational talents in my books. In Edmonton, Leon Draisatl has become a superstar, but McDavid is generational. There are only 1, maybe 2 in the league at a time, and only come around so often. So Alexis Lafreniere may become a great player, he may even become a superstar in this league, but he will not be a generational player. And if I have not hammered the point home, I will end with this. Auston Matthews is not a generational player, even though I am sure you think that a lot of Leaf fans think he is, and a lot of Leaf fans probably do. He's a superstar, but not generational.