These players are definitely boom or bust. On the one hand you have your Mitch Marners, on the other you have your Vitali Abramovs.
As for the Habs this year, for some reason I can’t shake the feeling Iginla is going to be a Hab.
Some combo in the top 4 picks take Celebrini, Levshunov, Demidov and Lindstrom off the board, leaving Habs with a choice of remaining top forwards Iginla, Eiserman, or Catton. I think they go with the guy who has developed a reputation for heart/determination + skill; Iginla.
I simply don’t see them taking a LD, unless they deem Buium, Dickinson or Silayev a bonfide #1.
less likely, the RD options are Parehk and Yakemchuk, but I think the Habs go forward over them. IF Levshunov slips to 5, maybe they go with him.
at the end of the day, something is telling me it’ll be Iginla. And frankly, I’d be really excited to see him in a Habs sweater.