By Stevo, AllHabs.net
MONTREAL, QC. — It’s only been about one week since the Boston Bruins defeated the Vancouver Canucks to capture the Stanley Cup, yet already, it seems like there’s something missing in our daily lives. For those of us who don’t follow baseball (sorry MLB fans, when the Expos left, so did my interest), we must now resort to watching TV shows like So You Think You Can Dance, American Idol or even worse for some, Glee.
It therefore comes without saying that many hockey fans will be tuned in this week to the NHL awards presentation on Wednesday, and then the NHL entry draft this Friday. All Habs is hosting a Habs Tweetup for both events, please visit habstweetup.com to RSVP for either the NHL awards viewing party in Montreal, or the NHL draft viewing party in Toronto.
Now to the draft, every year, the anticipation is always with regards to which player will get picked first overall, even in the cases where it’s obvious. TSN recently released it’s projections for who the top 60 picks of this year’s draft will be, based on projections from various scouts across the league.
What we at All Habs would like to do with our readers, is give you the chance the participate in this year’s draft, by participating in a little pool we have put together for the draft. This so-called predictions pool will involve a series of questions, with points awarded for what turns out to be correct answers. The person who ends up with the most points will have ultimate bragging rights plus one of our legendary All Habs prizes.
In order to participate in this pool, all you need to do is answer the series of questions in the comments section below, and we will compile the results following the draft.
Note that the first question is based on TSN’s final rankings.
All Habs NHL Draft Pool
1. Based on TSN’s top 10 rankings (below), indicate who you believe will be the first ten players drafted, and in what order.
- Ryan Nugent-Hopkins
- Adam Larsson
- Jonathan Huberdeau
- Gabriel Landeskog
- Sean Couturier
- Dougie Hamilton
- Ryan Strome
- Ryan Murphy
- Mika Zibanejad
- Jonas Brodin
Points:
- One point for each correct pick, if your pick matches the list above.
- Two points for each correct pick, if your pick differs from the list above.
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2. Who do you believe the Canadiens will draft when their turn comes, currently projected to be 17th? (or 16th if you consider the Devils have to forfeit their first round pick).
Points:
- Ten points for correct answer.
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3. Who, currently on the Montreal Canadiens, is most likely to be traded on draft day? (One response only.)
Points:
- Five points if the chosen player gets traded on draft day.
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4. Do you believe the Canadiens will trade in order to move up in the draft and improve their drafting position? (If you answer yes, indicate with which team you believe they would trade with in order to move up in the draft)
Points:
- Three points will be awarded for a correct No answer.
- Five points will be awarded for a correct Yes answer.
- Five bonus points will be awarded for choosing the correct team with the Yes answer. (for total of ten points)
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5. Who do you believe will be the first two teams to make a trade on draft day with each other?
Points:
- Five points for each correct answer.
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6. Do you believe the Winnipeg “Insert team name here” will unveil their new team name and logo at the draft?
Points:
- Five points for correct answer.
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7. Which team will be first to draft a goaltender? Who will be the goaltender?
Points:
- Five points for each correct answer.
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8. The Canadiens have five picks in this year’s seven round draft. With potential trades being possible, at the end of those seven rounds, how many picks do you believe the Canadiens will have had?
a) Less than five.
b) five.
c) More than five.Points:
- Five points for the correct answer.
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Simply enter your picks below and we will compile the results and announce the winner following the draft.
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The habs have 6 picks: 1-3-4-5-6-7 the 5th they give to nyi and anaheim’s 2012 picks.
For the question: I’m french but i’ll do my best in english but not bilingue.
It’s depend of the ranking but for the moment:
Nugent Hopkins, Huberdeau, Larsson, Landeskog, Hamilton, Couturier, Strome, Murphy, Zibanejad, the 10th’s not easy i’ll go with armia but well not sure.
2- the devils will not forfeit a 4th overall draft pick lol they have other years to forfeit it, it’s sureee they will wait ;-). hum it’s not easy, Timmins seams liking a kind of guy, but last year they change all the thing, with new Dg and etc. so if they pick old mentality: Saad or Puempel if he is there too, but saad’s maybe 1st in the old mentality, in the new mentality, maybe guy like Biggs, well not sure i like that! :P Miller’s another possibility.
3- I Would say Pouliot, for is right for a low return draft pick.
4- Nop i think they maybe go lower, but not higher, this will be to costly , and we don’t have 2nd to give, so we will have to give player, (prospect).
5- I think it will be New Jersey and Ottawa if Landeskog is already here at #4 and if the Devils are not sold of him (rumors that they are high on couturier, well don’t know if this true.)
6- Ithink yes, not have a name, it’s weird, so i think the name will be revealed, i will love to see prospect put the real jersey on him too, but well, that’s not so sure but i wish the name will be revealed.
7- New York Rangers or Anaheim , because they don’t have great releve at this position, the goaler they have are not sign for 5years and + , they will need a goalie, but i think rangers will try to go down to have more picks, they dont have on 2 they trade either of to the cgy for erixon rights, they don’t have a 3rd to. So i think they will try to trade down, if they want a goalie and they know they will be able to have him lower. If not Rangers, i think Anaheim will do, the goalie: J. Gibson.
for 8 like i said before they have 6, but i will loved they add 1 or 2 picks, i don’t care the round of it, you never know what a picks lower or higher can be in the future.
Good night friday, a Quebecoise girl passionnate of hockey, who is in amor with draft 10 months by year.
1 Nugent-Hopkins
Landeskog
Larsson
Couturier
Strome
Huberdeau
Murphy
Hamilton
Siemens
Beaulieu
2.Jaskin, Dmitrij (but i feel Habs will trade down)
3. Yannick Weber
4.No
5.Islanders and Leafs
6. Yes
7. Edmonton, John Gibson
8. B Five
Top Ten Draft order
1. RYAN NUGENT-HOPKINS
2. JONATHAN HUBERDEAU
3. ADAM LARSSON
4. SEAN COUTURIER
5. GABRIEL LANDESKOG
6. RYAN STROME
7. DOUGIE HAMILTON
8. MIKA ZIBANEJAD
9. RYAN MURPHY
10. JONAS BRODIN
2. et avec le dix-septieme pick les Canadiens de Montreal choisi JAMIE OLEKSIAK
3. Benoit Pouliot
4. No. (although the framing of the question really incents one to try and create the scenario)
5. NY Rangers and Winnipeg
6. Yes the Winnipeg JETS!
7. Goalie John Gibson selected by the Florida Panthers
8. 5 picks
1.
Ryan Nugent-Hopkins
Adam Larsson
Jonathan Huberdeau
Gabriel Landeskog
Sean Couturier
Dougie Hamilton
Ryan Strome
Ryan Murphy
Mika Zibanejad
Jonas Brodin
Points:
One point for each correct pick, if your pick matches the list above.
Two points for each correct pick, if your pick differs from the list above.
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2. Who do you believe the Canadiens will draft when their turn comes, currently projected to be 17th? (or 16th if you consider the Devils have to forfeit their first round pick).
Points:
Ten points for correct answer.
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3. Who, currently on the Montreal Canadiens, is most likely to be traded on draft day? (One response only.)
Points:
Five points if the chosen player gets traded on draft day.
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4. Do you believe the Canadiens will trade in order to move up in the draft and improve their drafting position? (If you answer yes, indicate with which team you believe they would trade with in order to move up in the draft)
Points:
Three points will be awarded for a correct No answer.
Five points will be awarded for a correct Yes answer.
Five bonus points will be awarded for choosing the correct team with the Yes answer. (for total of ten points)
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5. Who do you believe will be the first two teams to make a trade on draft day with each other?
Points:
Five points for each correct answer.
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6. Do you believe the Winnipeg “Insert team name here” will unveil their new team name and logo at the draft?
Points:
Five points for correct answer.
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7. Which team will be first to draft a goaltender? Who will be the goaltender?
Points:
Five points for each correct answer.
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8. The Canadiens have five picks in this year’s seven round draft. With potential trades being possible, at the end of those seven rounds, how many picks do you believe the Canadiens will have had?
a) Less than five.
b) five.
c) More than five.
Points:
Five points for the correct answer.
1.
Ryan Nugent-Hopkins
Adam Larsson
Jonathan Huberdeau
Gabriel Landeskog
Sean Couturier
Dougie Hamilton
Ryan Strome
Ryan Murphy
Nathan Beaulieu
Mika Zibanejad
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2. Jamie Oleksiak
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3. Benoit Pouliot
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4. No
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5. Montreal and New Jersey
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6. Yes
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7.Chicago – John Gibson
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8 c) More than five.
Thank you all for participating.
Justme, you have officially taken me “to school” correcting me on two mistakes.
The Habs did indeed have six draft picks, I knew they had lost their fourth in the Atlanta trade, but had forgotten they reacquired one in the trade with Anaheim. (Tnx)
For this reason, i gave full points to everyone on question #8.
By my tally, Don is the winner with 18 points. The difference seemed to be in question #1, where Don picked up five points, more than anyone.
Don, to claim your prize, please send us your coordinates by using the contact us link at the top of the page or email me at [email protected].
Thanks again for participating.
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