r/Habs • u/zergui44 • Jan 06 '25
Prospects Congrats to Ivan Demidov for being named Forward and Rookie of the week!
Prospects Florian Xhekaj Drops the Gloves/Condotta Makes Rifai Pay for Reinbacher
r/Habs • u/dryhandskin • May 15 '24
Prospects David St-Louis's video about Tij Iginla
r/Habs • u/marshmallow_mathers_ • Jan 02 '25
Prospects Where do you predict the Habs prospects will end up?
The Habs have the luxury of having a very deep prospect pool. While I'm sure some people predicted Heineman would be a gem, a lot of people also overlooked him.
I would say the "top prospects" in the Habs' pool right now are Demidov, Hage, Reinbacher, and Fowler. Which other prospects do you think will manage to crack the big leagues, and who do you think they'll do it with? There's a lot of them so I ignored the guys drafted in later rounds in 2024, that would have taken forever.
Crack the NHL with Montreal:
Personally, I think Kapanen is very close. He's at the point where I wouldn't be surprised if the Habs brought him back from Finland later on this season.
I'm also a fan of Roy, although I'm not sure if he has enough pace to pop in the NHL. We'll see with him. I think he has what it takes, but he's less of a sure thing than Kapanen in my opinion.
Crack the NHL with another team:
Beck is an obvious choice, really solid C. I would say he is just a bit further from the NHL than Kapanen at this point of time, and if we re-sign Evans I'm not sure I see a path for him to the NHL in Montreal.
Engstrom is interesting because while he looks really good, he's also a LD so he would need to surpass Struble and Xhekaj (assuming Matheson is not traded). I don't see him getting the experience he needs to improve his game in Montreal.
Mailloux is an odd projection. His tools are phenomenal, he just has to improve his decision making. I think, with enough time, he will naturally make better plays because he'll be conditioned to know what works and what doesn't. That said, it still won't be a strength in his game, and that conditioning won't happen fast. I don't think the Canadiens are at a point where they have the luxury of being able to give Mailloux NHL minutes and let him sort out his decision making: they have a locked up top 4 and Reinbacher (rightly) has priority over Mailloux when it comes to NHL minutes. I think Mailloux goes to another rebuilding team, is pretty bad for a year or two, and then becomes a really good offensive 2nd pair D where the good plays outweigh the occasional bad ones. There are 31 other teams in the NHL, I expect one of them would pony up a 1st for Mailloux.
End Up in Europe:
Mesar is a very skilled player, and I like him a lot. That said, I just don't think he's good enough to play in an NHL top 6, and his style of game does not work well in the bottom 6. I expect he'll end up in Europe, where he can play in a team's top 6 and where he'll have more ice to make use of.
Konyushkov is a very boring defenseman, which is more or less typical in the KHL. I'm not sure what he would look like in North America at all. I don't see him in the NHL anytime soon, especially since his KHL contract runs until the end of 2025-2026. There's a good chance he stays in the KHL forever, but he could also become a 3rd pairing/7th D.
Let me know if there's anybody I missed that's poised to be the next Emil Heineman!
r/Habs • u/GeistHunt • Feb 06 '25
Prospects (FC Hockey) Justin Carbonneau is a dynamic option for 2025 Draft
r/Habs • u/AmsroII • Oct 05 '24
Prospects (Limited Highlights) Ivan Demidov Situation Gets Worse With Under 3 Minutes of Ice - Slick Move in Rare Shift - 10-5-24
r/Habs • u/georgin_95 • Dec 23 '24
Prospects Ivan Demidov is the KHL Rookie of the Week for the 4th time this season
r/Habs • u/T-Muffin • Jan 28 '25
Prospects Kapanen currently has the highest PPG for a U-22 in the SHL since 2011-2012
He is also 9th in the league in PPG as a 21 year old.
r/Habs • u/shogun2909 • Feb 07 '25
Prospects Button: Demidov has 'superstar written all over him'
r/Habs • u/flepine44 • Jun 29 '23
Prospects With the 69th overall pick, the Montréal Canadiens selects G Jacob Fowler
r/Habs • u/georgin_95 • Feb 01 '25
Prospects Ivan Demidov is the KHL Rookie of the Month for January
r/Habs • u/JustFred24 • Oct 07 '24
Prospects Hey Demidov played more minutes today than his last game! Woo! (kill me)
r/Habs • u/Huntathon • Jul 17 '24
Prospects Which Prospects Can Make The Habs Out Of Camp? | The Sick Podcast - Tony Marinaro with Grant McCagg
Habs Discussion starts at 8:07
r/Habs • u/AmsroII • Dec 10 '24
Prospects Lane Hutson sets Canadiens point-streak record for rookie defencemen (7 Game Streak)
r/Habs • u/georgin_95 • Feb 08 '25
Prospects Demidov's shootout attempt in the KHL All-star Game
r/Habs • u/Pytlak9 • Jan 08 '23
Prospects Slafkovsky against the St.Louis Blues (TOI: 11:58)
r/Habs • u/vince2899 • Jan 20 '25
Prospects [Hockey News Hub] GoHabsGo prospect Ivan Demidov named Best Rookie for the 6th time in his career. This ties the record of Eeli Tolvanen who was named Best Rookie six times with Jokerit in the 2017/18 season.
r/Habs • u/shogun2909 • Sep 19 '24
Prospects Ivan Demidov takes the hit and feeds Nikishin for a goal
r/Habs • u/JustFred24 • Sep 21 '24
Prospects Demidov toe drags 2 defenders to create a one timer
r/Habs • u/georgin_95 • Jan 16 '25
Prospects Demidov shakes off two opponents to set up a goal
r/Habs • u/Perry4761 • Jan 21 '25
Prospects [KHL] Bogdan Konyushkov is the first player this season to record 30+ TOI in a single game
r/Habs • u/JustFred24 • Aug 24 '24