2024 NHL Draft Picks 11, 43, 75, 107, 108, 171, 203, 222

[tsujimoto74]

Dude got moved to the wing about two weeks into the season so yeah, that isn’t much observation. Wish I could get a paying gig like that…

I would much rather read your takes on prospects than a lot of the junk that gets published. Don’t let your dreams be dreams!

 

[Gabrielor]

hfboards team mock draft nearly at us.

Based on what's going to be there, it'll be Yakemchuk for me by a mile.

 

[Butt Ox]

hfboards team mock draft nearly at us.

Based on what's going to be there, it'll be Yakemchuk for me by a mile.

All we ask is that you pick the guy most likely to go you for any reason.

 

[SECRET SQUIRREL]

Senecke
Yakemchuk
Helenius
Brandsegg-Nygard

 

[Chainshot]

 

[Ace]

Senecke
Yakemchuk
Helenius
Brandsegg-Nygard

These are all good, logical and realistic choices that all fill empty places in the prospect pool. As long as they avoid the Eiserman trap it’s going to go just fine on draft night.

 

[Chainshot]

These are all good, logical and realistic choices that all fill empty places in the prospect pool. As long as they avoid the Eiserman trap it’s going to go just fine on draft night.

He is the only guy that that I really don’t want.

 

[toddkaz]

Morreale -- Konsta Helenius: He's skilled, quick and has a high compete level. The right-handed shot's 36 points were the fourth-most points in a Liiga season by an under-18 player. He also scored five power-play goals, went 50.2 percent on face-offs and averaged 16:57 of ice time in 51 games.

Sounds good.

 

[Reddawg]

Usually around this time of the year I'm looking at all the draft mocks and feeling like everybody I really want is almost definitely going to be gone by the time we pick. This year, not so much...it's a deep 1st round and no one knows what any other team is going to do (other than SJ) so pretty much no matter what there will be quality to choose from at #11. It's going to be a fun draft night, much less stressful than last year when I was begging the TV to let ZB9 fall to us at #13.

 

[Chainshot]

Steve at DA with his take on things:

2024 NHL Draft: Final Top-32 Rankings

A handful of elite defensemen with stellar resumes will be hot commodities on draft day, but a grouping of high-scoring forwards also lived up to their end of the bargain

thedraftanalyst.substack.com

 

[Old Navy Goat]

Steve at DA with his take on things:

2024 NHL Draft: Final Top-32 Rankings

A handful of elite defensemen with stellar resumes will be hot commodities on draft day, but a grouping of high-scoring forwards also lived up to their end of the bargain

thedraftanalyst.substack.com

His rankings are a bit controversial, but I think that's because pretty much 2 - 15 you could toss in a blender as there's little separation outside of personal preferences

 

[dickiedunnwrotethis]

His rankings are a bit controversial, but I think that's because pretty much 2 - 15 you could toss in a blender as there's little separation outside of personal preferences

I enjoy his ability to resist groupthink. Nice to see that he likes two of my favorite Russian prospects after Demidov: Chernyshov and Surin. If the the Sabres reach, those are two who I would be most comfortable with. Since Catton won't be taken (because I'm not allowed nice things) my list of candidates who I would be happy with is down to Helenius, Nygard, Chernyshov, Surin and Greentree. Sennecke doesn't make my list because he will be long gone.

 

[Old Navy Goat]

I enjoy his ability to resist groupthink. Nice to see that he likes two of my favorite Russian prospects after Demidov: Chernyshov and Surin. If the the Sabres reach, those are two who I would be most comfortable with. Since Catton won't be taken (because I'm not allowed nice things) my list of candidates who I would be happy with is down to Helenius, Nygard, Chernyshov, Surin and Greentree. Sennecke doesn't make my list because he will be long gone.

I'm not a Greentree fan, his footspeed will be a tough obstacle in the NHL. I love Surin for his meanstreak but I think his offense is too limiting. Saying that, watching him take a number and then destroy that player later puts a big smile on my face.

 

[Chainshot]

I enjoy his ability to resist groupthink. Nice to see that he likes two of my favorite Russian prospects after Demidov: Chernyshov and Surin. If the the Sabres reach, those are two who I would be most comfortable with. Since Catton won't be taken (because I'm not allowed nice things) my list of candidates who I would be happy with is down to Helenius, Nygard, Chernyshov, Surin and Greentree. Sennecke doesn't make my list because he will be long gone.

Surin would be a dream pick but I figure he's going in the mid-20's or so at this point. They need that sort of aggressive physical play in the top 6 and he provides... oh man does he provide.

 

[Doug Prishpreed]

I enjoy his ability to resist groupthink. Nice to see that he likes two of my favorite Russian prospects after Demidov: Chernyshov and Surin. If the the Sabres reach, those are two who I would be most comfortable with. Since Catton won't be taken (because I'm not allowed nice things) my list of candidates who I would be happy with is down to Helenius, Nygard, Chernyshov, Surin and Greentree. Sennecke doesn't make my list because he will be long gone.

I respect his viewpoints a lot because he watches a ton and pays very little attention to the noise and biases at draft time.

My only minor criticism is that be pretty much stays locked into his opinions by christmas (if not earlier) and doesn’t seem to change much after that.

 

[Chainshot]

 

[Chainshot]

Brandsegg-Nygard converts on the PP early in the second...



... and then this forechecking leads to Norway's fifth...

 

[Jim Bob]

 

[Jim Bob]

NHL mock draft 2024: Pronman and Wheeler predict the first two rounds

The Athletic's prospects experts, Corey Pronman and Scott Wheeler, take turns making the first 65 selections of the upcoming draft.

www.nytimes.com

11. Buffalo Sabres (Pick by Wheeler): Carter Yakemchuk, RHD, Calgary Hitmen

The Sabres have drafted a lot of smaller, skilled forwards like Catton and Helenius, and while they’d surely still consider both here and their NHL roster has a strong (and young) nucleus with Owen Power, Rasmus Dahlin, Mattias Samuelsson and Bowen Byram, their pool does lack a premium D prospect and they go get it with Yakemchuk. Sennecke would make some sense and offer something a little different here as well.

43. Buffalo Sabres (Pick by Wheeler): Aron Kiviharju, LHD, HIFK

Once viewed as one of the top D prospects in the class, Kiviharju’s lost draft year to a knee injury, smaller stature and fine-but-unspectacular U18 worlds push him into the second round. With the Sabres blue line well-positioned, they can afford to play the long game with him and make sure he gets lots of game action before coming over.

 

[Chainshot]

NHL mock draft 2024: Pronman and Wheeler predict the first two rounds

The Athletic's prospects experts, Corey Pronman and Scott Wheeler, take turns making the first 65 selections of the upcoming draft.

www.nytimes.com

Taking Kiviharju seems like the "Take Oleksiak because he's tall" motif. With Basha sitting there on their board still and going 2 picks later... weak.

 

[Zman5778]

Taking Kiviharju seems like the "Take Oleksiak because he's tall" motif. With Basha sitting there on their board still and going 2 picks later... weak.

I view Kiviharju in the same light as Eiserman: Do. Not. Want.

Even in the 2nd round.

 

[Chainshot]

I view Kiviharju in the same light as Eiserman: Do. Not. Want.

Even in the 2nd round.

Looking at the cupboard and thinking "yeah, another offensive defenseman --- and this one is undersized! --- is what they need at that point is mindboggling. But thinking anyone can have a handle on every team's prospect depth is also hard so I can understand that a bit. Yet I pay for that coverage. Bleh.

 

[Fjordy]

Kiviharju looks weird, I'd look for a player like Wahlberg in the second round.

 

[Chainshot]

Kiviharju looks weird, I'd look for a player like Wahlberg in the second round.

Depends on the skill you want most. Basha isn't small (6') and is eager on the puck. Howe is tenacious. Jecho is big but inconsistent. Stiga is tiny but competes for pucks and beats bigger players all over the ice.

 

[Fjordy]

Depends on the skill you want most. Basha isn't small (6') and is eager on the puck. Howe is tenacious. Jecho is big but inconsistent. Stiga is tiny but competes for pucks and beats bigger players all over the ice.

Well, that means there are options there, which is already good.