2024 Draft Thread

[Dion TheFluff]

haven't seen the draft thread yet so decided to create this one.

Hopefully we keep out 1st because it looks like it could be a higher pick the way this team is trending.

Hopefully we draft a good D man this year. Pretty shallow position from top to bottom throughout the organization.

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[darrylsittler27]

Could be top 10 the way they are trending.

 

[hockeywiz542]

Craig’s List: Dominant defencemen set to take over 2024 NHL Draft | TSN

Boston University centre Macklin Celebrini is the crown jewel and favourite to go first overall in the 2024 NHL Draft but expect defence to dominate draft day.

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Boston University centre Macklin Celebrini is the crown jewel and favourite to go first overall in the 2024 NHL Draft but expect defence to dominate draft day.

TSN Director of Scouting Craig Button has seven defencemen in his top 12, starting with Torpedo’s Anton Silayev at No. 3, followed by Michigan State’s Artyom Levshunov (No. 4), London’s Sam Dickinson (No. 7), Saginaw’s Zayne Parekh (No. 8), HC Plzen’s Adam Jiricek (No. 9), Denver’s Zeev Buium (No. 11) and Calgary’s Carter Yakemchuk (No. 12).

While each player brings their own unique skill set to the table, Button believes all seven have potential to be top-pairing defencemen at the NHL level.

“The first thing that applies when you’re going to project somebody as top pair, they’ve got to be able to handle the responsibilities and playing big minutes against the other team’s top players,” said Button. “Every single [one] of those defencemen, they all skate, think and compete and they can all play the big, responsible, demanding minutes.”

“One of the things that impresses me about all seven of them is how calm, composed, and settled they are playing the game at this age.”

Jiricek and Buium both skated at the World Juniors but had vastly different experiences.

Jiricek got injured early in the tournament for Czechia and will miss the remainder of the season with a knee injury as the Czechs earned bronze with a stunning comeback win over Finland.

In comparison, Buium had three goals and five points in seven games as he helped the United States win gold as the lone draft-eligible player on the American roster.

Buium also leads the NCAA in scoring among defencemen as a freshman with five goals and 25 points in 18 games.

While other players from this draft class also skated at the World Juniors in Finland’s Konsta Helenius (No. 6) and Emil Hemming (No. 17) as well as Norway’s Michael Brandsegg-Nygard (No. 27), it was Celebrini who once again stole the show.

 

[Maplebeasts]

Gimme Henry Mews.

 

[TheMadHatTrick]

Craig’s List: Dominant defencemen set to take over 2024 NHL Draft | TSN

Boston University centre Macklin Celebrini is the crown jewel and favourite to go first overall in the 2024 NHL Draft but expect defence to dominate draft day.

www.tsn.ca

Boston University centre Macklin Celebrini is the crown jewel and favourite to go first overall in the 2024 NHL Draft but expect defence to dominate draft day.

TSN Director of Scouting Craig Button has seven defencemen in his top 12, starting with Torpedo’s Anton Silayev at No. 3, followed by Michigan State’s Artyom Levshunov (No. 4), London’s Sam Dickinson (No. 7), Saginaw’s Zayne Parekh (No. 8), HC Plzen’s Adam Jiricek (No. 9), Denver’s Zeev Buium (No. 11) and Calgary’s Carter Yakemchuk (No. 12).

While each player brings their own unique skill set to the table, Button believes all seven have potential to be top-pairing defencemen at the NHL level.

“The first thing that applies when you’re going to project somebody as top pair, they’ve got to be able to handle the responsibilities and playing big minutes against the other team’s top players,” said Button. “Every single [one] of those defencemen, they all skate, think and compete and they can all play the big, responsible, demanding minutes.”

“One of the things that impresses me about all seven of them is how calm, composed, and settled they are playing the game at this age.”

Jiricek and Buium both skated at the World Juniors but had vastly different experiences.

Jiricek got injured early in the tournament for Czechia and will miss the remainder of the season with a knee injury as the Czechs earned bronze with a stunning comeback win over Finland.

In comparison, Buium had three goals and five points in seven games as he helped the United States win gold as the lone draft-eligible player on the American roster.

Buium also leads the NCAA in scoring among defencemen as a freshman with five goals and 25 points in 18 games.

While other players from this draft class also skated at the World Juniors in Finland’s Konsta Helenius (No. 6) and Emil Hemming (No. 17) as well as Norway’s Michael Brandsegg-Nygard (No. 27), it was Celebrini who once again stole the show.

This is our chance to add a blue chip defenseman given the strength of this draft. There's a ton of defensemen ranked in our range who are very intriguing.

 

[Stephen]

Silayev sounds really interesting.

 

[Leaf Lander]

There are a few dman available in the draft which is deep

Artyom Levshunov RD 6'3
Sam Dickinson 6'3 LD
Aron Kiviharju, D, 5'10 Fin
Henry Mews RD 6'0 Can
Cole Hutson, D, 5'10 USA
John Whipple D 6'0 USA
Veeti Vaisanen LD 5'11 Fin
Zayne Parekh, D 6'0 Can
Adam Jiricek RD 6'1 Cze
Jakub Chromiak, D 5'11 Can
Carter Yakemchuk RD 6'3 Can
Will Skahan LD 6'4 USA
Charlie Elick D, 6'3 Can
Zeev Buium, D 6'0 USA
Anthony Cristoforo, D 5'11Can
Tomas Lavoie D 6'4 Can
Owen Phillips D 6'0 Can
Anton Silayev, D, 6'7 Rus
Matvei Shuravin D, 6'3 Rus
EJ Emery D 6'3 USA
Alfons Freij D 6'1 Swe
Jesse Pulkkinen D 6'6 Fin
Leo Sahlin Wallenius D 5'11 Swe
Gabriel Eliasson D 6'6 Swe
Lucas Fischer D 6'4 USA
Spencer Gill 6'4 D Can
Ben Danford 6'2 D Can
Daniil Ustinkov 6'1 D Swi
Harrison Brunicke D 6'3 Can
Sebastian Soini D 6'2 Fin
Niilopekka Muhonen 6'4 D Fin

Trevliving built teams prefers big moblie dman
Head scout Wes Clark has drafted every small player he can find. Let's hope that changes

We have a 1st rnd pick
No second rnd pick
3rd rnd pick from NYI
4th rnd pick
5th rnd pick
5th rnd pick from chic
5th rnd pick from Vancouver
6th r d pick
7th rnd pick
7th rnd pick from Ottawa

 

[horner]

There are a few dman available in the draft which is deep

Artyom Levshunov RD 6'3
Sam Dickinson 6'3 LD
Aron Kiviharju, D, 5'10 Fin
Henry Mews RD 6'0 Can
Cole Hutson, D, 5'10 USA
John Whipple D 6'0 USA
Veeti Vaisanen LD 5'11 Fin
Zayne Parekh, D 6'0 Can
Adam Jiricek RD 6'1 Cze
Jakub Chromiak, D 5'11 Can
Carter Yakemchuk RD 6'3 Can
Will Skahan LD 6'4 USA
Charlie Elick D, 6'3 Can
Zeev Buium, D 6'0 USA
Anthony Cristoforo, D 5'11Can
Tomas Lavoie D 6'4 Can
Owen Phillips D 6'0 Can
Anton Silayev, D, 6'7 Rus
Matvei Shuravin D, 6'3 Rus
EJ Emery D 6'3 USA
Alfons Freij D 6'1 Swe
Jesse Pulkkinen D 6'6 Fin
Leo Sahlin Wallenius D 5'11 Swe
Gabriel Eliasson D 6'6 Swe
Lucas Fischer D 6'4 USA
Spencer Gill 6'4 D Can
Ben Danford 6'2 D Can
Daniil Ustinkov 6'1 D Swi
Harrison Brunicke D 6'3 Can
Sebastian Soini D 6'2 Fin
Niilopekka Muhonen 6'4 D Fin

Trevliving built teams prefers big moblie dman
Head scout Wes Clark has drafted every small player he can find. Let's hope that changes

We have a 1st rnd pick
No second rnd pick
3rd rnd pick from NYI
4th rnd pick
5th rnd pick
5th rnd pick from chic
5th rnd pick from Vancouver
6th r d pick
7th rnd pick
7th rnd pick from Ottawa

Chadwick is a big dman

 

[LeafSteel]

C’mon Charlie Elick!

 

[TMLife17]

Probably out of our range but Iginla would be a nice grab.

 

[Sypher04]

Obviously no harm in having this discussion. But I will personally be shocked if we don’t see our 1st traded either by the deadline or at the draft.

 

[arso40]

C’mon Charlie Elick!

No chance he falls to us

Obviously no harm in having this discussion. But I will personally be shocked if we don’t see our 1st traded either by the deadline or at the draft.

I hope your shocced

 

[PROUD PAPA]

Obviously no harm in having this discussion. But I will personally be shocked if we don’t see our 1st traded either by the deadline or at the draft.

I'm worried they'll do something stupid like that but for now i'm enjoying the hope we'll land 1 of the better 1st rd D.

 

[Leaf Lander]

Chadwick is a big dman

Noah Chadwick 6'4 2005 birthday? He is already drafted by the leafs . Hope the kid makes it!

 

[horner]

Obviously no harm in having this discussion. But I will personally be shocked if we don’t see our 1st traded either by the deadline or at the draft.

I don't mind trading a 1st at the draft but not at the TDL.

Once you know where you are picking you can trade down get an extra pick then trade the 1st

Anything can happen after thr TDL injury to your goaltender or our top Dman going down .

 

[horner]

No chance he falls to us


I hope your shocced

He's rated to 25 to 30 in the draft

Lucas Fischer 2nd rd we need to get
a 2nd rd pk
He likes to hit
Already has a good defensive game
Juri Fischers son

 

[MarMarSab3]

Don't believe Treliving will trade the 1st in his first year @ post

 

[horner]

Noah Chadwick 6'4 2005 birthday? He is already drafted by the leafs . Hope the kid makes it!

I know we already drafted him.
Someone mentioned that our scouting director only only drafts small dman.

 

[arso40]

He's rated to 25 to 30 in the draft

Lucas Fischer 2nd rd we need to get
a 2nd rd pk
He likes to hit
Already has a good defensive game
Juri Fischers son

So do you think we’re the only ones that saw how well he did on the test?

 

[Leaf Lander]

I know we already drafted him.
Someone mentioned that our scouting director only only drafts small dman.

Well I'm talking in the 1st rnd. The rnd where most players get selected and make their nhl club

Picking bigger kid is fine in the late rnd but the odds of them making it isn't likely

So if you are always drafting small players amongst the highly touted players your really making sure your team is small

A small player or 2 is fine as long as most of your lineup is 6'2 and above

That said this is about the 2024 draft

 

[PROUD PAPA]

Probably out of our range but Iginla would be a nice grab.

If he stays around middle of the first we might have a shot at him.
Yakemchuk if he's still around would be my choice or Lindstrom if he somehow dropped far enough.

 

[Thornbury]

There are a few dman available in the draft which is deep

Artyom Levshunov RD 6'3
Sam Dickinson 6'3 LD
Aron Kiviharju, D, 5'10 Fin
Henry Mews RD 6'0 Can
Cole Hutson, D, 5'10 USA
John Whipple D 6'0 USA
Veeti Vaisanen LD 5'11 Fin
Zayne Parekh, D 6'0 Can
Adam Jiricek RD 6'1 Cze
Jakub Chromiak, D 5'11 Can
Carter Yakemchuk RD 6'3 Can
Will Skahan LD 6'4 USA
Charlie Elick D, 6'3 Can
Zeev Buium, D 6'0 USA
Anthony Cristoforo, D 5'11Can
Tomas Lavoie D 6'4 Can
Owen Phillips D 6'0 Can
Anton Silayev, D, 6'7 Rus
Matvei Shuravin D, 6'3 Rus
EJ Emery D 6'3 USA
Alfons Freij D 6'1 Swe
Jesse Pulkkinen D 6'6 Fin
Leo Sahlin Wallenius D 5'11 Swe
Gabriel Eliasson D 6'6 Swe
Lucas Fischer D 6'4 USA
Spencer Gill 6'4 D Can
Ben Danford 6'2 D Can
Daniil Ustinkov 6'1 D Swi
Harrison Brunicke D 6'3 Can
Sebastian Soini D 6'2 Fin
Niilopekka Muhonen 6'4 D Fin

Trevliving built teams prefers big moblie dman
Head scout Wes Clark has drafted every small player he can find. Let's hope that changes

We have a 1st rnd pick
No second rnd pick
3rd rnd pick from NYI
4th rnd pick
5th rnd pick
5th rnd pick from chic
5th rnd pick from Vancouver
6th r d pick
7th rnd pick
7th rnd pick from Ottawa

It would be a welcome change if we go into the draft with all or most of these picks, including of course our first.

 

[PROUD PAPA]

It would be a welcome change if we go into the draft with all or most of these picks, including of course our first.

Especially considering how skinny next years picks are. 1(a 3rd rounder ) in the first 4 rounds. We could keep our 1st next season as it's top 10 protected but I can't see a bottom 10 finish.

 

[horner]

OHL Overage undrafted prospect Ottawa
Samuel Mayer D 6' 3" 200 lbs
17 g 37 pts 84 pim 43 gamed
Has a physical edge to his game
Booming shot from the point

 

[thewave]

Could be top 10 the way they are trending.

They should make some trades for more picks and replenish the cupboards. This season is a lost cause. Good year for a mini tank, just find it funny how NBA teams understand tanking and treadmill teams better than the NHL.