All I see in this thread is a bunch of people who didn’t watch the tape smh
oupheking
Wow that comment section. A lot of people eating crow.
Burgergold
Pretty sure Wright has his chance to play NHL next year and is a candidate to the calder with Smith, Gauthier and Celebrini
FxSpecter
He has us selecting Beckett Sennecke if my memory is right.
ONE BECKETT SENNECKE PLEASE.
_pr00f
Inglasco the Oracle.
cave-person
I don’t know much about McKagg, but he’s been right a lot in the last few years. Not sure why there’s so much hate for the guy. Either way, I just enjoy the process with all its ups and downs.
bigpinero46
Now get Laine like he suggested.
_pr00f
I’ve learned over the years its ok to have opinions and preferences, but regarding the draft it’s best to shut the fuck up with any absolute takes. The actual professionals fuck up more often than not, so what chance do any of us have. All I can do as a fan is hope to God our management gets luck along with their rankings and projections and we pick the best player available to us.
Heywazza
I mean I’m absolutely all-in in the Slaf hype train, but I really don’t buy into the Wright is a bust or we 100% took the right pick yet. I do think Slaf will be the better player, but I look at how guys seem to be taking longer to develop in today’s NHL and I can’t help but feel curious about Wright’s future in the league.
In any case, seeing our fan base react to Slaf slow start, I absolutely feel like Wright would have gotten destroyed by the media and fans here, and that he may not even have been able to reach is full potential with the Habs. Still, I really wonder what type of player he’ll be at 26-27 for the Kraken. I could still see him fit nicely on a first line. Can’t deny the drive and the talent on the kid.
Sushamiboy
I don’t think Wright will reach higher than a good 2nd liner. I wasn’t shocked that we chose someone over him. The fact that it was Slaf turned out amazingly. I was ok with the pick and I was there live at the Bell Center to see it.
Last year was another year where it wasn’t surprising that they ignored the fans and the media and passed on Michkov. He’s another player where there were rumblings of attitude issues. The fact of his contract situation at the time, it meant years before we could be in on his development.
I think that it really showed us that Kent Hughes and company don’t care about the noise and have their strategy. So we have so many of us asking for different players to be picked at #5 this year, I would love Demidov personally, but if we were to pick anyone else, I’d be fine because I see that it’s working.
I don’t see another Kotkaniemi type pick in our future.
Eazy3006
Haha seing the name hank0 remind me of him shitting on everyone and making it his life mission to insult everyone who was ok with Slaf being our pick.
I remember this guy and another guy « paraplegicCheetah » or something like that shitting on me daily 😆
Those are the times we’re reddit became Twitter 😆
mattnormus
Look at Laff in NYR, kids develop at different rates. There’s a chance both players could be good in 5 years. I’m happy with Slaf, but hold no ill will towards Wright.
La-Spatule
Ouf. Y’a beaucoup de commentaires qui ont mal vieillis dans cette publication!
G_skins31
This sub has learned nothing
kingkellam
Cool. Wright is still going to be a very good player, as is Slafkovsky. It would still be harmful to the overall future of the team if we take a low ceiling bet on a guy like Sennecke rather than a home run swing on a guy like Demidov or Lindstrom (for those confused, that’s the drum McCagg has been beating these last couple months)
Longshanks123
Sorry Grant
bcgrappler
I did not see myself in that thread so I was all for slaf the entire time.
kozed
Every year it’s the same thing. Majority of active fans don’t have/take the time to watch prospects play full games, so they rely on lists, highlight videos and each other’s talk to figure out the safest opinion to have.
That leads to primacy bias, where the earliest rankings are seen as the « right » rankings, with the top names people first hear about getting long-lasting favorable bias over everybody else.
Then add another layer where some players become popular and their names keep getting mentioned in mock drafts, and fans start getting attached to him, as if it was a done deal, because he’s « the guy »; even though the draft is still months away. The earlier the pick, the more done is the deal.
That’s how a popular opinion is created, and anyone that upsets that is gonna get pushback in equal mesure to how set in stone the popular opinion is.
It’s rare nowadays that there’s a debate over the 1st overall pick. 2022 was just the perfect storm for anyone suggesting anyone other than Wright at #1 to get lapidated.
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All I see in this thread is a bunch of people who didn’t watch the tape smh
Wow that comment section. A lot of people eating crow.
Pretty sure Wright has his chance to play NHL next year and is a candidate to the calder with Smith, Gauthier and Celebrini
He has us selecting Beckett Sennecke if my memory is right.
ONE BECKETT SENNECKE PLEASE.
Inglasco the Oracle.
I don’t know much about McKagg, but he’s been right a lot in the last few years. Not sure why there’s so much hate for the guy. Either way, I just enjoy the process with all its ups and downs.
Now get Laine like he suggested.
I’ve learned over the years its ok to have opinions and preferences, but regarding the draft it’s best to shut the fuck up with any absolute takes. The actual professionals fuck up more often than not, so what chance do any of us have. All I can do as a fan is hope to God our management gets luck along with their rankings and projections and we pick the best player available to us.
I mean I’m absolutely all-in in the Slaf hype train, but I really don’t buy into the Wright is a bust or we 100% took the right pick yet. I do think Slaf will be the better player, but I look at how guys seem to be taking longer to develop in today’s NHL and I can’t help but feel curious about Wright’s future in the league.
In any case, seeing our fan base react to Slaf slow start, I absolutely feel like Wright would have gotten destroyed by the media and fans here, and that he may not even have been able to reach is full potential with the Habs. Still, I really wonder what type of player he’ll be at 26-27 for the Kraken. I could still see him fit nicely on a first line. Can’t deny the drive and the talent on the kid.
I don’t think Wright will reach higher than a good 2nd liner. I wasn’t shocked that we chose someone over him. The fact that it was Slaf turned out amazingly. I was ok with the pick and I was there live at the Bell Center to see it.
Last year was another year where it wasn’t surprising that they ignored the fans and the media and passed on Michkov. He’s another player where there were rumblings of attitude issues. The fact of his contract situation at the time, it meant years before we could be in on his development.
I think that it really showed us that Kent Hughes and company don’t care about the noise and have their strategy. So we have so many of us asking for different players to be picked at #5 this year, I would love Demidov personally, but if we were to pick anyone else, I’d be fine because I see that it’s working.
I don’t see another Kotkaniemi type pick in our future.
Haha seing the name hank0 remind me of him shitting on everyone and making it his life mission to insult everyone who was ok with Slaf being our pick.
I remember this guy and another guy « paraplegicCheetah » or something like that shitting on me daily 😆
Those are the times we’re reddit became Twitter 😆
Look at Laff in NYR, kids develop at different rates. There’s a chance both players could be good in 5 years. I’m happy with Slaf, but hold no ill will towards Wright.
Ouf. Y’a beaucoup de commentaires qui ont mal vieillis dans cette publication!
This sub has learned nothing
Cool. Wright is still going to be a very good player, as is Slafkovsky. It would still be harmful to the overall future of the team if we take a low ceiling bet on a guy like Sennecke rather than a home run swing on a guy like Demidov or Lindstrom (for those confused, that’s the drum McCagg has been beating these last couple months)
Sorry Grant
I did not see myself in that thread so I was all for slaf the entire time.
Every year it’s the same thing. Majority of active fans don’t have/take the time to watch prospects play full games, so they rely on lists, highlight videos and each other’s talk to figure out the safest opinion to have.
That leads to primacy bias, where the earliest rankings are seen as the « right » rankings, with the top names people first hear about getting long-lasting favorable bias over everybody else.
Then add another layer where some players become popular and their names keep getting mentioned in mock drafts, and fans start getting attached to him, as if it was a done deal, because he’s « the guy »; even though the draft is still months away. The earlier the pick, the more done is the deal.
That’s how a popular opinion is created, and anyone that upsets that is gonna get pushback in equal mesure to how set in stone the popular opinion is.
It’s rare nowadays that there’s a debate over the 1st overall pick. 2022 was just the perfect storm for anyone suggesting anyone other than Wright at #1 to get lapidated.