The Draft Analyst: Final Top-32 Rankings (2024 Draft)

[Steve Kournianos]

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

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Lindstrom, Levshunov, Hage, Jecho, Letourneau, Elick, and Jiricek headline my overrated list. The two NTDP goalies as well. Last year it was Reinbacher, Willander, Edstrom, to name a few. Emery is the kid I really wanted to sneak into R1 but he’ll be 33. I actually like this class but have no clue if the forwards will be solid like 2012 or a disaster like 2018.

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[Hale The Villain]

Nice to see a list with some variation

 

[Kevin Musto]

Oh wow someone who reveres Silayev and Iginla as much as I do

 

[tomd]

Silayev to Anaheim please.

 

[Realgud]

Oh wow someone who reveres Silayev and Iginla as much as I do

Well... time to add them to my do-not-draft list

 

[Larry44]

Thank you! Very interesting read as always!

 

[Realgud]

Zetterberg in the first round is interesting, he is good but soooo small. Maybe some team believe he can grow to 5'9 or 5'10 and pick him higher?

 

[Sens of Anarchy]

vive la difference

Certainly not cookie cutter

I agree completely with #1OA and that Levshunov is overrated,

 

[Czechboy]

Nice to see badinka. Sad no jiricek. He's usually rated higher than badinka.

My guess is jiricek at 20 and badinka at 40

 

[Patty Ice]

Oh wow someone who reveres Silayev and Iginla as much as I do

I just find it odd that he is able to earn the tag "generational" after one season since he wasn't ranked in the preseason.

 

[OgeeOgelthorpe]

This draft looks like a bunch of randomly generated names on EA Sports.

Eiserman, Howe, Zetterberg, Iginla, Connelly, Demidov…how many other former NHL names am I missing here?

 

[KickHisAssZegrass]

This draft looks like a bunch of randomly generated names on EA Sports.

Eiserman, Howe, Zetterberg, Iginla, Connelly, Demidov…how many other former NHL names am I missing here?

Are you suggesting this is all a simulation?

 

[landy92mack29]

Howe in the 1st but no Ritchie, Basha or Miettinen is a interesting take. Also saying Emery is the just miss 1st player while thinking Elick is overrated when they're the same style of player except Elick being better at everything is also curious.

 

[Juxtaposer]

Howe in the 1st but no Ritchie, Basha or Miettinen is a interesting take. Also saying Emery is the just miss 1st player while thinking Elick is overrated when they're the same style of player except Elick being better at everything is also curious.

That’s your opinion. Mine is that Emery is better with the puck and has better hockey sense, but Elick is the better skater and is more physical and meaner. I think they’ll go within five picks of each other and I don’t think there’s much that separates them.

 

[SantosHalper]

Are you suggesting this is all a simulation?

 

[DemiGod]

I like the Catton and Smith comparison.

 

[Jorma Heart]

This draft looks like a bunch of randomly generated names on EA Sports.

Eiserman, Howe, Zetterberg, Iginla, Connelly, Demidov…how many other former NHL names am I missing here?

maybe Helenius, Eriksson, Dickinson and Pettersson

 

[OgeeOgelthorpe]

maybe Helenius, Eriksson, Dickinson and Pettersson

Add Frolov, Fischer, Cloutier, Emery, Pulkinen, Jiricek, Crosby, Ritchie, Krutov, Desjardins, Bernier, Berglund, Lapointe, McInnis, Nabakov, Pahlsson and Battaglia.

 

[SannywithoutCompy]

Good read, but I think it would be better if you included criticisms even as the list goes on.

 

[Rolo Tomassi]

Zetterberg in the first round is interesting, he is good but soooo small. Maybe some team believe he can grow to 5'9 or 5'10 and pick him higher?

Yeah, either he grows some or he needs to really get strong and use his skating to only make contact when he has the advantage.

There have been a few good NHL players that small, but not many. Im curious to follow his career and see how he does.