2024 Draft Thread

[triggrman]

I'm not even sure if the draft is a place to get them at all. It's definitely a difficult player style to project. So many busts of this type. But then if you want to acquire established ones, you probably have to pay awkardly high trade or UFA-contract premiums to get the ones who do pan out. But I guess just picking bigger D who can skate, we can work with that. Emery sounds interesting in that category.

Most of the time in juniors they're bigger offensive defensemen, like Ekholm was. You need big bodies with mobility. You can teach the defensive positioning.

 

[Scoresberg]

Nice to see Luchanko get some love. He's 12th on Button's Mock Draft Board.

I've actually done some more digging on Luchanko after the U18's and he's really the type of player I would go after with our pick.

He led his OHL team in scoring as a 17-year-old, with 74 points in 68 games. Late-birthday, too, which makes it all the more impressive as well.

 

[Scoresberg]

Actually, here's my post-U18's top-32 ranking.

 

[herzausstein]

Actually, here's my post-U18's top-32 ranking.

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Will be interesting to see who we end up with. Hoping for a C then load up with RHD in the 2nd.

 

[Gnashville]

I’m sure if Calgary passes on Iginla they will earn the name Flames for all the people marching with torches in town.