2024 NHL Draft prospects

[czech]

Sweden:
Jonathan Özdemir
Max Gustafsson
Viggo Wiklund
Melvin Fernström
Erik Söderman

Finland:
Aron Kiviharju
Luukas Sahlstedt
Topias Hynninen
Markus Loponen
Elias Vatne

Czech:
Adam Titlbach
Adam Jecho
Vojtěch Steklý
Jiří Klíma
Jiří Matějka
Vojtěch Vochvest

Slovak:
Aleš Zielinski
Theo Kiss
Jakub Chromiak

Russia:
Matvey Gridin
Leonid Kolodiy
Ivan Demidov
Maxim Tarasov
Nikita Onishko

Germany:
Max Reisnecker

Swiss:
Janis Dick

Latvia:
Ingus Ločmelis

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[Peeps]

Stop

 

[Riggins]

Really gotta scout those sixth graders now.

 

[czech]

Stop

No 2025?
O.k!

 

[Babula]

No 2025?
O.k!

go ahead, why not?

 

[MasterMatt25]

go ahead, why not?

Good luck finding anyone

 

[ijuka]

Kiviharju's looked really good in the preseason games for the C2 AAA(u15) level to me. Clearly better than he was for most of last season, I'd say. If that would carry into the regular season, this could be a remarkable season. Very few players have been able to even play at this level 2 years above their age group. Even scoring a point per game would be a historical season... for a forward.

 

[Outofbodyinhungary]

Zielinski and Kiss are both czech not slovak

 

[Canada4Gold]

Saw a Timbits game not that long ago, and man I tell you that 2031 NHL draft is gonna be SICK

 

[Joel Ward]

"20294? That's not a real year."

 

[93LEAFS]

Let's avoid hyping up kids in grade 6 on this site. They aren't even old enough to sign up here and post. Unless its a cool highlight story like Wahlstrom, I don't think its healthy to place outside expectation on kids this young on a message board that is regularly frequented. Plus, then we also get the crazy parents who come here to hype up their little "prodigies."

 

[mirec04]

Zielinski and Kiss are both czech not slovak

At least Kiss is Slovak. When someone is playing for Czech selects it doesn't mean he is Czech as well
Theo is playing for Kosice in Slovak league.

 

[Killerjas]

What's next, 2030 NHL draft prospects?

 

[Marcobruin]

What's next, 2030 NHL draft prospects?

Any names???

 

[MasterMatt25]

Any names???

My left toe

 

[Marcobruin]

My left toe

Mi lefto...has a ring to it. I'll be looking out for him .there's another kid maybe their from the same country.....MI rightto ..

 

[tony d]

To early for this, these kids are just 12, let them be, maybe talk about the 2024 draft in 2021 at the earliest.

 

[De Montreal]

 

[ijuka]

Let's avoid hyping up kids in grade 6 on this site. They aren't even old enough to sign up here and post. Unless its a cool highlight story like Wahlstrom, I don't think its healthy to place outside expectation on kids this young on a message board that is regularly frequented. Plus, then we also get the crazy parents who come here to hype up their little "prodigies."

By the way, why would it be OK to talk about some random highlights but not be OK to talk about extremely good hockey players, for this age?

I honestly don't get this. What happened to "if you don't like the thread, don't post in it"? After all, in figure skating, skaters are already in limelights at the age of 13.

 

[LamorielloAndSon]

By the way, why would it be OK to talk about some random highlights but not be OK to talk about extremely good hockey players, for this age?

I honestly don't get this. What happened to "if you don't like the thread, don't post in it"? After all, in figure skating, skaters are already in limelights at the age of 13.

The thing is that there are too many freaks of nature that dominate sports when they are 13, it’s why you don’t see the kids playing in the little league World Series making the mlb a few years later

 

[93LEAFS]

By the way, why would it be OK to talk about some random highlights but not be OK to talk about extremely good hockey players, for this age?

I honestly don't get this. What happened to "if you don't like the thread, don't post in it"? After all, in figure skating, skaters are already in limelights at the age of 13.

Because so many of these kids fail. If I don't like a thread, I have more than a right to think its stupid and point that out. Wahlstrom is alright to talk about because it was a cool story. This is to hype up kids who are so far from making it to the NHL it is ridiculous. These kids aren't old enough to post here, why should someone be promoting them.

You are talking about kids in sports where they peak early. But, fine, hype up the next Finnish tiger tyke who looks good.

 

[kabidjan18]

By the way, why would it be OK to talk about some random highlights but not be OK to talk about extremely good hockey players, for this age?

I honestly don't get this. What happened to "if you don't like the thread, don't post in it"? After all, in figure skating, skaters are already in limelights at the age of 13.

There's a difference between "look at this cool SC play from a kid" and "this kid is going to be the next big thing."

 

[Skinnyjimmy08]

There was a kid in PeeWee years back in 2010ish named Jaeger White. He was being hyped up as the next big thing cause he broke records in PeeWee in Alberta. Then things changed when he got rid of the cage and put on the visor and played against older kids in junior.

I dont mind discussing players once they are drafted into junior hockey(14- 15ish) but before that is just crazy.

I usually dont post in threads of prospects this far in advance but out of curiousity i clicked on it thinking it may just be a joking around thread seeing that these kids just finished elementary school(depending on area of the world) But it isnt.

Anyways, just my 2 cents... But everyone can discuss what they want!

 

[93LEAFS]

There was a kid in PeeWee years back in 2010ish named Jaeger White. He was being hyped up as the next big thing cause he broke records in PeeWee in Alberta. Then things changed when he got rid of the cage and put on the visor and played against older kids in junior.

I dont mind discussing players once they are drafted into junior hockey(14- 15ish) but before that is just crazy.

I usually dont post in threads of prospects this far in advance but out of curiousity i clicked on it thinking it may just be a joking around thread seeing that these kids just finished elementary school(depending on area of the world) But it isnt.

Anyways, just my 2 cents... But everyone can discuss what they want!

I just think its a bad thing overall. I recommend anyone read the book Play Their Hearts Out by George Dohrmann. It focuses on AAU basketball, and more specifically, a kid who was ranked as the #1 13-year old in the nation named Demetrius Williams, and his AAU coach. It follows him through high-school, to college recruiting to his very disappointing college career. Hockey is nowhere as extreme. But, read that book and think it is a good idea to put rankings on kids this young. Just let them play a kids game, work hard, develop and see where they end up when they enter the junior draft, and maybe start looking at NHL chances then. Not only do I think threads like this are stupid, I think they are morally wrong to an extent.

 

[ProspectsFanatic]

Is this a list about which kids who happened to play hockey hit puberty first?