I think people are out to lunch if they think this year is a below average year, and it's certainly not worse than next year. In comparison to recent drafts, this year seems better than 2022, 2021, and 2020. The 2025 draft looks a little weaker than this year, in my opinion. Hagens is a same tier of prospect as Celebrini, so as far as the best prospect is concerned, they are similar. Misa is a high level prospect, but I would be hesitant to call him much better than Demidov. McQueen, and Mortone are interesting, but they are both almost eligible for this draft, and neither are putting up numbers far superior to Lindstrom, or Greentree. Moore and Frondell are also high level athletes, but again, neither are far superior to anyone in this draft. There are several dmen who are interesting, in Smith, Schaefer, Huang, Boumdienne, Hensler, Tretheway, Kotajarvi, and Radivojevic, but again, I don't think any of them are in a clear tier ahead of this years top dmen.