Originally Posted by
habs83
Hey, it has been a while that I did bot bothered you with my "What will the Habs lineup will look like in three years" thing. Following what is generally considered a pretty good draft by the Habs, I thought I would update it. This lineup only include the prospects already in the Habs pipeline, and it does not take into account any future draftee or free agent signed by Montreal. It is simply a way to get a sense of what the future of the Habs will look like after that mini-rebuild.
Here is your 2014-15 Montreal Canadiens!
(For the purposes of the exercice, I ignored the remaining years of Plekanec, Bourque (2) and Cole (1), since they might not be there when the window will open for the Habs)
Goalies:
Price
Who cares
- Price will probably be signed to a long term contract, so the future in nets looks bright.
Defense:
Gorges-Subban
Tinordi-Beaulieu
Emelin-Thrower
In the mix (Greg Pateryn, Mac Bennett, Raphael Diaz, Yannick Weber, Morgan Ellis, Darren Dietz)
- The Habs boast a pretty solid group of prospects on defense. Even if they don't all pan out, there is solid depth in the system. There is also a great mix of size, toughness and puck moving skills.
Forwards:
Pacioretty-Desharnais-
Gallagher-Galchenyuk-
Leblanc-Eller-
White-
In the mix (Collberg, Bozon, Vail, Kristo, Quailer, Bournival, Avtsin, Nattinen, Holland, Archambault, Pribyl, Dumont, Hudon)
- Pieces start to fall in place, but this is still the area of weakness of the organization. The recent acquisitions (Collberg, Bozon, Vail) are highly regarded, but the rest of the offensive prospects are tagged with question marks. Nevertheless, the situation improved dramatically since the last draft, with the acquisition of Galchenyuk.
With four picks in the first two rounds in next year draft, the situation should improve again. Give more picks to Timmins, he'll find the talents.
Did you know: Thrower and Collberg were the first second-round draft picks since 2008 for the Habs!!