Pipeline Top-10 | The Basu & Godin Notebook 

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You guys are quickly becoming my go to habs podcast, 👍

90 mins is not enough. I could listen to you guys all day

I remember watching the 2022 draft and seeing Brad Lambert drop to 26 and literally jumping out of my seat in excitement for Montreal to select him then we end up selecting Mesar.. Now look Lambert is almost a PPG in the AHL at 19 and looking like a star in the making.

Great show guys! Always looking forward to listening on tuesday mornings while having my coffee.

Another great show , you guys make traffic bearable.

Very interesting conversation. Talking about Mesar, I remember the first time I saw him at the Habs camp 2 years ago. I was very much impressed by what I saw. I still hope that, playing with talented players, he will blossom into the player i would like him to be. This guy could be excellent is he manages yo adapt to the north american ice and style of play. Regarding Mailloux, lets remember that he didn't look at all out if place in his first NHL game, even scored an assist. Not worried about this guy at all. I think Mailloux will, on the long run, turn out to be the Hab's best d-man. He has the best balance between offence and defense, he's got one heck of a shot, and he is gritty. Roy will be a good all around player, who knows his limits and plays very well within these limits. I see him having an impact at the same level as Likonen. Same thing as Owen Beck btw.

Never make a mistake around Arpon, he will let you have it and never let you live it down!

Good lists everyone, and very interesting how similar they all are considering the depth of the Canadiens pool. Thought there would be much more variance!

Excellent show !!

Great podcast as always guys! Given you both have said you look at the comments can you please comment on the following in your next podcast. My question relates to Yevgeni Volokhin whom Marc Antoine mentioned briefly. Many "experts" have been saying Ivan Demidov is the best winger in the draft despite him playing in the MHL. Volokhin, who turned 19 in April, put up extremely impressive numbers this past season in the MHL so why isn't he in your top 10? Why do you rate Kapanen as being the higher prospect? Yes he had a great playoff and did well in the IIHF but do you actually think he has a higher ceiling? Many thanks and best regards from Scotland.

Good lists guys, I agree with most of it, I tend to exclude players that aren't here like Fowler etc.. We have 7 roster spots opening after 24-25, and as spots open I see, Hutson, Mailloux, Beck, Heineman, Roy, joining the team this season. Guys I wonder about are Kidney, Davidson, Andersen, Trudeau, I'm curious to see if they earn a call-up. Thanks, good show.

Hello Guys Great break down, we have A strong pipe line. I do hope We do add some heavier forwards

On the question of LTIR. A team in the beginning of the season has to fit all their contracts into the cap including LTIR. Once that is done, LTIR is calculated at that point. So Montreal would start the season with 10.5 million of LTIR space because of Price's contract. You can't simply aquire LTIR space and then have that extra space as cap room. Its why when Las Vegas picked up Weber's contract, they realized that they couldn't do much with it and immediately traded it to Arizona who could use it to get to the cap floor since they could use Weber's contract to get to the cap floor since it counts as one of your contracts. LTIR is not a magic bullet. What Las Vegas has to do is some serious cap shenanigans this off season since they won't be able to resign players like Marchesault or Martinez. For Montreal's part, Price's contract is basically dead money that they can't use. They can't really sign free agents until that is cleared in two years. Any money they do free up, they should be using it to sign their young core to new contracts since they will be demanding a higher contract. Its why Kent Hughes when he does a trade, he takes contracts that are expiring since if he took a multi year contract, then that cap hit will roll over into the next season and Hughes would have to factor that contract into the cap including Price's LTIR. So don't expect any splashy FA signings this year. Maybe next year Kent Hughes will go all in. But we have Price's LTIR for 2 years. Josh Anderson and Brendan Gallagher contracts for another 3 years. So we have 22.5 million tied up on 3 players that we are waiting on. And if you look it at that, that is a HUGE chunk of the cap space that is hamstringing Kent Hughes from doing anything dramatic. He has to wait and not destroy any flexibility in the future.

A great show. Keep it up.

curious if you both think the top 5 pick this year for the habs and all of the options at that spot, would launch that player to the #1 status of our prospect pool

Habs could help the Flyers' cap situation by trading for Atkinson, who has one more year at just under $6M... Could that return Florida's first round pick?

Good show guys !

A top 5 of Fowler, Mailloux, Reinbacher, Roy and Hutson screams of a lack in offensive prospects, the top center prospect being Beck adds on top of that, hell Roy was a 5th round pick that developed himself into a potential top6 forward, like Harvey-Pinard, he willed his way into the lineup, he wasn’t a major piece in the plans of the Canadiens until recently. Please do not select another defenseman with either first round picks this year (and next), couldn’t care less if the scouts were 75% sure of getting a first pair defensemen by doing it either, because let’s face it being first pair in MTL currently doesn’t mean much league wide. Montreal needs offense very badly, they needed it 5 years ago, 10 years ago, 20 years ago, 30 years ago.

Great show, love detailed explainations I can understand, Listen, with a 32 team league & maybe on the rise, this league is for the good teams to stay good (weather, no taxes, trades between only good teams only) why not having the teams not in the playoffs have a #1 Pick, it would accelerate rebuilds for team and get a parity.

On Reinbacher, it sounds like you're describing a young Ekholm. Yes, please.

Reinbacher, Hutson, Mailloux, Roy, Beck, Engstrom, Kapanen, Fowler, Heineman, Konyushkov. Might not be any impact players outside the top 4. Going to be an interesting year. Mgmt probably making tough decisions and I think it'll be quite the carousel between MTL and LAV as prospects bounce up and down. Wouldn't be surprised to see either Beck or Kap play as many games as Struble did.

They’re sleeping on Mesar. I’m a Kitchener Rangers season ticket holder and he is an elite playmaker. Your dialogue proves to me that you don’t watch these players play. What you probably don’t know is he was moved from 1st line wing to 2nd line Centre. His only issue is that he did not have the linemates who could finish. He makes passes that are jaw dropping and how often can you say that about a player? He surprises his teammates who don’t expect the pass. He could be a valuable powerplay quarterback.

Hutson at #3 is an excellent way to flush your credibility down the toilet 😂. The same guy who said Mesar’s #’s weren’t spectacular enough is fine with Reinbacher’s abysmal performance in Switzerland.

I think the only way Reinbacher makes the Habs out of camp, is of they trade Savard over the summer. And of course if you trade Savard over the summer, you loose your insulation for Hutson, if you have Hutson start the season in MTL. If they keep Savard, he will obviously be traded at some point before the trade deadline, being a UFA. Let Hutson flourish playing with Savard, then bring up Reinbacher when Savard gets traded. Won't hurt Reinbacher to have more time in the AHL, and definitely won't hurt Hutson to pair with Savard

Engstrom was pushed down the depth chart by Lian Bischel at the end of the season and playoffs. He was playing third pairing minutes at the end.

My top ten Habs prospects! 1. Reinbacher (think he's being underrated as a prospect still and will absolutely thrive at the NHL level probably quite quickly too) 2. Hutson (I think a pair of Hutson Reinbacher has top 5 NHL pairing potential, their games compliment eachother so well) 3. Roy (I suspect he'll be a 2nd line player with us next season, probably playing with Dach and Newhook) 4. Fowler 5. Beck 6. Xhekaj 7. Kapanen 8. Engstrom 9. Mesar 10. Konyushkov I don't really have confidence in anyone else being a legitimate NHL player. I do think a player that isn't talked about enough is Jared Davidson. I really love his offensive tools, he isn't tiny, he has the best shot on the rocket imo. His season in Laval wasn't great but I think he would do better in the NHL than the AHL, I don't think the fast and chaotic game of the AHL lends itself well to his skillset, but for those of us who watched the inter team scrimmage last season where he scored a hat trick I believe? I think we all saw the offensive potential he has. He might be a bit of a late bloomer but I think his ceiling is actually very high and he's worth keeping an eye on. His hands, skating and shot are all qualities that I believe could make him a genuinely solid NHLer, but I think he has to get a little lucky in opportunities to get the chance and environment he needs to find that success, and idk if that opportunity will come with the habs sadly. if we do let him go, I think he could be a diamond in the rough for whatever organization picks him up. His numbers, even in the playoffs, with the Seattle Thunderbirds were very impressive and I think he deserves to be talked about more than he is. His back half of last season was better than his early season and I still have hope that he could have a breakout year in the AHL at some point and earn that chance at the next level.

Good job guys! Bravo les gars, je me demande cependant quel est le plan de l'organisation des canadiens, je regarde les choix , les échanges et je ne vois pas encore une identité Canadien de Montréal. A la blague on pourrait dire que leur identité c'est le repêchage de 2019, mais je ne vois pas une ligne directrice comme à Boston ou avec les Pinguins des belles années. Merci de traduire et bon show ! Philippe

He is Serge Savard all over again.. maybe even upstairs too. We'll have big hockey brain and big brain.

Owen Beck could be a defensive Sam Bennet I see him being a playoff beauty

Pending UFA's I would be tempted by this summer: Jack Roslovic and/or Warren Foegele.

I really think gulhe should be playing on the left side he just seemed to be vulnerable on his off side and got hit hard.

The Habs have a lot of small prospects hopefully this will change in the next two drafts??

Listen, if Demidov and Lindstrom are gone by 5, Silayev being a 6'7" built like a brick outhouse, you take him. Monsters like that don't come around everyday

Couldn't the Canadiens draft a defenceman and then trade 26 and a defenceman ... for a very good forward?

the next lineup in D: Reinbacher R1 Hutson L1, Engstrom L2 Mailloux R2, Trudeau L3, Konushkov R3, Strubbel 7, the rest trade them, get some offense...Ghule is too prone to injuries and will get some assets....ok....Trudeau?...he is better than you think....:) Forget Harris and the others....

Hi Guys Great job on the podcast A questiion for your next podcast....A trade btwn the Habs and Carolina Guhle for Necas straight up with no additional pieces...discuss@ Thanks

Reino reminds me of Adam Larsson but with more offensive upside and a better hockey iq

I bit of topic , l hope the Canadian s don't make the same mistakes the leafs made . I know they're interested in zegras bad idea I think only because I think he's not a playoff type guy. He'd be great during regular season. Let's be patient .

1.Reinbacher 2.Hutson 3.Roy 4.Mailloux 5.Engstrom, 6.Fowler 7.Beck 8.Konyushkov 9.Mesar 10.Heineman

trading for hewhook was a bad move. should have taken ashton and trey augustine

Joshua Roy might be seen as a futur top6 in Montreal likely because there is actually no one else in the pipeline with that upside. Depending on whoever Montreal gets this summer including at the draft; Roy sounds more like a third liner to me...time will tell !!!

The only team that would want Prices contract is to hit the cap floor….

Finalement le premier.

1. Lane Hutson 2. David Reinbacher 3. Filip Mesar 4. Adam Engstrom 4. Logan Mailloux 5. Sean Farrell 6. Luke Tuch 7. Jacob Fowler 8. Joshua Roy 9. Jared Davidson 10. Jakub Dobes

Et de deux

Slaf had the most points of any 19 year old FIRST OVERALL PICK since Auston Mathews.

Mesar was a horrible pick, I hated it at the time. With local RD Luneau and Lamoureux on the board.

Caufield's best series was against Vegas. Arpon W on that one.

Sign toffoli for 2 years will be good

Been F5ing all day for this

Great show and analysis!

Xhekaj outplayed Beck head to head in the OHL this year including winning most of the faceoffs Flo had similar stats to Mesar and is twice the size.