NHL Entry Draft 2024 NHL Draft Talk

[BondraTime]

https://media.nhl.com/public/news/17924

NHL Central Scouting released their final rankings. Yakemchuk is the only noticeable omission from NA's top 10, dropped 5 spots from their midterm ranking, nothing surprising in the Intl skaters

NA Rankings
1. Celebrini - (1 at midterm)
2. Levshunov - (2 at midterm)
3. Lindstrom - (3 at midterm)
4. Buium - (4 at midterm)
5. Parekh - (10 at midterm)
6. Connolly - (5 at midterm)
7. Dickinson - (7 at midterm)
8. Catton - (9 at midterm)
9. Iginla - (11 at midterm)
10. Hage - (19 at midterm, largest jump)

Intl Rankings
1. Saliyev
2. Demidov
3. Helenius
4. Jiricek
5. Brandsegg-Nygard

 

[bicboi64]

of course the prospect with one of the best names is not top 10 for NA the list.

 

[Sens of Anarchy]

https://media.nhl.com/public/news/17924

NHL Central Scouting released their final rankings. Yakemchuk is the only noticeable omission from NA's top 10, dropped 5 spots from their midterm ranking, nothing surprising in the Intl skaters

NA Rankings
1. Celebrini - (1 at midterm)
2. Levshunov - (2 at midterm)
3. Lindstrom - (3 at midterm)
4. Buium - (4 at midterm)
5. Parekh - (10 at midterm)
6. Connolly - (5 at midterm)
7. Dickinson - (7 at midterm)
8. Catton - (9 at midterm)
9. Iginla - (11 at midterm)
10. Hage - (19 at midterm, largest jump)

Intl Rankings
1. Saliyev
2. Demidov
3. Helenius
4. Jiricek
5. Brandsegg-Nygard

Gil Spencer at 28 and Charlie Elick at 31 both righties are the only D ranked behind Yakemchuk at 11 in NA in the top 32
Kleber , Colton, Mews, Danford and Emery all RD are in the 33-40 range ; Badinka RD and Shuravin LD from the INTL list could be in there with them

That top 5 Intl will all go in the 1st round and quite likely a couple more on that list.

Sens could still come away with a couple good D prospects and could possibly do it late 1st , early 2nd if they take a forward early

 

[Sens of Anarchy]

USHL ranking within NHLCentral's NA ranking

 

[Burrowsaurus]

https://media.nhl.com/public/news/17924

NHL Central Scouting released their final rankings. Yakemchuk is the only noticeable omission from NA's top 10, dropped 5 spots from their midterm ranking, nothing surprising in the Intl skaters

NA Rankings
1. Celebrini - (1 at midterm)
2. Levshunov - (2 at midterm)
3. Lindstrom - (3 at midterm)
4. Buium - (4 at midterm)
5. Parekh - (10 at midterm)
6. Connolly - (5 at midterm)
7. Dickinson - (7 at midterm)
8. Catton - (9 at midterm)
9. Iginla - (11 at midterm)
10. Hage - (19 at midterm, largest jump)

Intl Rankings
1. Saliyev
2. Demidov
3. Helenius
4. Jiricek
5. Brandsegg-Nygard

We could get Buium. We could

 

[Wallet Inspector]

Looks like we're at 7th, before the lottery.

A bit annoying that we couldn't finish lower, but seeing as how this draft's dropoff is around pick 12, and that our year-end surge could have been worse, I'll take it.

 

[Ouroboros]

You know a team behind us is going to win the lottery. Probably New Jersey again. Get excited about 8th overall.

 

[OUTHOUSE]

Could this be the year! (That we move up in the draft)

 

[BondraTime]

You know a team behind us is going to win the lottery. Probably New Jersey again. Get excited about 8th overall.

Watch the teams to win it be 8 and 10, send the Sens back to 9.

That would be wicked, an absolute shit sundae to end the Sens year.

 

[Guess]

Thanks for the win! Cheers.

 

[Burrowsaurus]

Excited to watch many videos and junior playoffs starting now and then us drafting a dude I do not know

 

[GCK]

At least this win didn’t impact our draft position.

 

[Rodzilla]

Thanks for the win! Cheers.

All good, last time you picked ahead of us it turned out pretty good

 

[Guess]

All good, last time you picked ahead of us it turned out pretty good

Well played.

 

[BondraTime]

At least this win didn’t impact our draft position.

It may have

 

[GCK]

It may have

I can’t see Utah/Arizona beating Edmonton

 

[Burrowsaurus]

I can’t see Utah/Arizona beating Edmonton

We need to believe

 

[Masked]

At least this win didn’t impact our draft position.

It could very well have improved the Bruins first rounder for us.

 

[Masked]

You know a team behind us is going to win the lottery. Probably New Jersey again. Get excited about 8th overall.

From a conspiracy theorist perspective, the main thing is that the Rangers made the playoffs. Their lottery luck is outstanding. We actually have a good chance since the league might feel like it owes our new owner for all the shit he went through since he's taken over plus he could use some bargaining power to get a new rink built. How certain is Calgary's new rink now? If there's uncertainty, that's a contender for a big lottery win, just like Edmonton with McDavid. Utah winning would also bring some buzz to a brand new market for the league.

 

[Hale The Villain]

I can’t see Utah/Arizona beating Edmonton

Even if they do what changes? We have 78 points and they have 75.

 

[dumbdick]

Looks like we'll be getting a good playa@7

 

[Burrowsaurus]

Looks like we'll be getting a good playa@7

But will we be gettting THEE player.

 

[dumbdick]

Would anyone be willing to trade our top pick back?

 

[Duncstar]

The problem I see is the time is now for this team - they need to make major improvements and I don’t see that happening through natural growth a new HC. They won’t solve this with a $5 million free agency slot and a smart 4th line signing. They need improvements to their starting 6 at 2 positions Goalie and RD and those can’t be solved with assets like Joseph or Ostapchuk. Need to put some major value into this to get the right players at the weight positions to buttress the on ice play.

Another thing is we have to move on as a fanbase from thinking draft picks will save us. I know 3 years ago Pierre Dorion stood up and said Jake Sanderson was as good as Erik Karlsson - and I’m sitting here thinking “couldn’t you just of signed Demelo”. Happy to draft at #7 but to me the right move is move that asset for a major upgrade and start winning now not wait 3 years for a rookie who won’t actually live up to the hype (even Jake Sanderson isn’t Erik Karlsson at the same age)

This is a terrible take. We just wasted a top 10 and a top 15 pick for players who didn't want to stay or didn't work out. We'd be so much better off if we'd kept the picks that it's sad.

 

[GCK]

Would anyone be willing to trade our top pick back?

Depending where we land and what we have on our board. If we are at 7, 8, 9 I would drop back as the value wouldn't be worthwhile. Dropping from 2 to 5 for instance wouldn't be terrible, obviously depending on our board.