Official 2024 NHL Draft Thread

[BigToe]

Anyone have thoughts on Teddy Stiga? Without having watched him play, his profile seems like another quintessential example of a player who doesn’t get any hype because he’s “small” but will go to college, put up gaudy numbers, make it in the NHL, and everyone will wonder how he didn’t go higher in the draft. Wondering if he’s an option with the Panthers’ pick.

Hage and Stiga seems like it could be a good haul as far as maximizing your odds of finding the underhyped talent with the two picks we have.

He's good. I've got him at 22 right now. I think he'll be a middle six guy but he'll be a steal if he goes in the 2nd/3rd round. I think we're probably gonna take a C with that Panthers pick though.

 

[FLYguy3911]

He's good. I've got him at 22 right now. I think he'll be a middle six guy but he'll be a steal if he goes in the 2nd/3rd round. I think we're probably gonna take a C with that Panthers pick though.

Idk looks like there are a lot of big D with questionable skills in this draft.

 

[BigToe]

Idk looks like there are a lot of big D with questionable skills in this draft.

Letourneau has Flyers written all over him bbgirl. I guess it does depend on how the board falls though. I'll be there to hold your hand if Parekh falls and we pass on him.

 

[FLYguy3911]

Letourneau has Flyers written all over him bbgirl. I guess it does depend on how the board falls though. I'll be there to hold your hand if Parekh falls and we pass on him.

That would be JOB and Ratcliffe rolled into one.

I feel like they would target Sennecke too. He looked decent the little I saw. You like him?

 

[BigToe]

I feel like they would target Sennecke too. He looked decent the little I saw. You like him?

Yea, I bumped him all the way up to 21. I was sleeping on his skill level.

 

[Tarpongg]

Any chance if we pick as high as 12 do we have a chance at Catton? I know a lot of people have him top 10, but man that would be sexy

There is a half decent chance of picking 11-12 if this choke job continues. Would be a lovely outcome

 

[Appleyard]

Since it seems like the Flyers will be picking top ~14 now...

 

[Fight4yourRight]

Since it seems like the Flyers will be picking top ~14 now...

Who is your top guy in the 10-15 range?

 

[Appleyard]

Who is your top guy in the 10-15 range?

I dont really have one guy tbh and depends how it falls!

Of guys I think have an actual chance to be there I would hope for Parekh or Buium...

 

[Appleyard]

It is really crazy to me watching him in MHL play-offs to see people having him as the #2 guy in this draft... odds are that he wont end up being one of the best ~5 Dmen taken in this draft in 5-10 years tbh.

Now, maybe he becomes a better passer, improves his puck-handling skills and thinks game quicker in OZ! But otherwise I dont see a pathway to him being a legit 1D... or likely even a #2.

He is more likely to end up as Jamie Oleksiak of the last ~4 years than Hedman in my eyes.

 

[Henry Miller]

Maybe the hockey gods will reward the Flyers for overachieving this season and we’ll win the lottery..either way I think they’ll be able to get someone really promising

 

[IronMarshal]

This is my composite ranking from 19 different Draft "Gurus." Players listed here are in at least 4 gurus lists (Harrison Brunicke and Anthony Cristoforo are the guys with only 4) The rest are on 7 or more lists. The top 27 are on 17 or more lists (some of the lists only ranked 32 players).

Rank	First	Last	Pos	Team
1	Macklin	Celebrini	C	Boston U
2	Ivan	Demidov	RW	SKA St Pete
3	Sam	Dickenson	LHD	London
4	Cole	Eiserman	LW	USNDTP
5	Cayden	Lindstrom	C	Medicine Hat
6	Artyom	Levshunov	RHD	Michigan State
7	Berkley	Catton	C	Spokane
8	Anton	Silayev	LHD	Torpedo Novogrod
9	Konsta	Helenius	C	Jukirit
10	Zayne	Parekh	RHD	Saginaw
11	Zeev	Buium	D	USNDTP
12	Adam	Jiricek	RHD	Plezn
13	Michael	Brandseeg-Nygard	RW	Mora
14	Tij	Iginlia	C	Kelowna
15	Carter	Yakemchuck	RHD	Calgary
16	Trevor	Connelly	C/LW	Tri City
17	Liam	Greentree	RW	Windsor
18	Igor	Chernyshov	LW	Dynamo Moskow
19	Emil	Hemming	RW	TPS
20	Sacha	Boisvert	C	Muskegan
21	Aron	Kiviharju	LHD	TPS
22	Ryder	Ritchie	RW	Prince Albert
23	Andrew	Basha	LW	Medicine Hat
24	Henry	Mews	RHD	Ottawa
25	Michael	Hage	RW	Chicago
26	Becket	Sennecke	RW	Oshawa
27	Nikita	Artamonov	LW/RW	Torpedo Novogrod
28	Maxim	Masse	RW	Chicoutimi
29	Charlie	Elick	RHD	Brandon
30	Terik	Parascak	RW	Prince George
31	Luke	Misa	C	Mississauga
32	Tanner	Howe	C/LW	Regina
33	Eric J	Emery	RHD	USNDTP
34	Matvei	Shuravin	LD	CSKA
35	Leo	Sahlin Wallenius	LD	Vjaxo
36	Cole	Hutson	LHD	USNDTP
37	Alfons	Freij	LHD	Vaxjo
38	Matvei	Gridin	RW	Muskegon
39	Jesse	Pulkkinen	LHD	JYP
40	Lucas	Pettersson	C	Modo
41	Jett	Luchanko	C	Guelph
42	Miguel	Marques	RW	Lethbridge
43	Veeti	Vaisanen	LHD	Kookoo
44	Dominik	Badinka	RHD	Malmo
45	John	Mustard	FWD	Waterloo
46	Adam	Jecho	RW	Taapara
47	Cole	Beaudoin	C	Barrie
48	Anthony	Cristoforo	RHD	Windsor
49	Dean	Letourneau	C	St Andrews
50	Tomas	Galvas	LHD	Liberc
51	Daniil	Ustinkov	LHD	ZSC
52	Yegor	Surin	C	Yarasloval
53	Simon	Zether	C	Rogle
54	Marek	Vanacker	LW	Brantford
55	Harrison	Brunicke	D	Kamloops
56	Will	Skahan	LHD	USNDTP
57	Leon	Muggli	D	Zug
58	Stian	Solberg	LHD	Valeranga
59	Christian	Humphries	C	USNDTP
60	Kamil	Bednarik	C	USNDTP

Might as well pay attention to the draft now that the season is cooked. We may be looking at the #12 pick at this point.

Maybe the hockey gods will reward the Flyers for overachieving this season and we’ll win the lottery..either way I think they’ll be able to get someone really promising

Getting a top 5 pick would be really nice.

 

[Tarpongg]

This is my composite ranking from 19 different Draft "Gurus." Players listed here are in at least 4 gurus lists (Harrison Brunicke and Anthony Cristoforo are the guys with only 4) The rest are on 7 or more lists. The top 27 are on 17 or more lists (some of the lists only ranked 32 players).

Rank	First	Last	Pos	Team
1	Macklin	Celebrini	C	Boston U
2	Ivan	Demidov	RW	SKA St Pete
3	Sam	Dickenson	LHD	London
4	Cole	Eiserman	LW	USNDTP
5	Cayden	Lindstrom	C	Medicine Hat
6	Artyom	Levshunov	RHD	Michigan State
7	Berkley	Catton	C	Spokane
8	Anton	Silayev	LHD	Torpedo Novogrod
9	Konsta	Helenius	C	Jukirit
10	Zayne	Parekh	RHD	Saginaw
11	Zeev	Buium	D	USNDTP
12	Adam	Jiricek	RHD	Plezn
13	Michael	Brandseeg-Nygard	RW	Mora
14	Tij	Iginlia	C	Kelowna
15	Carter	Yakemchuck	RHD	Calgary
16	Trevor	Connelly	C/LW	Tri City
17	Liam	Greentree	RW	Windsor
18	Igor	Chernyshov	LW	Dynamo Moskow
19	Emil	Hemming	RW	TPS
20	Sacha	Boisvert	C	Muskegan
21	Aron	Kiviharju	LHD	TPS
22	Ryder	Ritchie	RW	Prince Albert
23	Andrew	Basha	LW	Medicine Hat
24	Henry	Mews	RHD	Ottawa
25	Michael	Hage	RW	Chicago
26	Becket	Sennecke	RW	Oshawa
27	Nikita	Artamonov	LW/RW	Torpedo Novogrod
28	Maxim	Masse	RW	Chicoutimi
29	Charlie	Elick	RHD	Brandon
30	Terik	Parascak	RW	Prince George
31	Luke	Misa	C	Mississauga
32	Tanner	Howe	C/LW	Regina
33	Eric J	Emery	RHD	USNDTP
34	Matvei	Shuravin	LD	CSKA
35	Leo	Sahlin Wallenius	LD	Vjaxo
36	Cole	Hutson	LHD	USNDTP
37	Alfons	Freij	LHD	Vaxjo
38	Matvei	Gridin	RW	Muskegon
39	Jesse	Pulkkinen	LHD	JYP
40	Lucas	Pettersson	C	Modo
41	Jett	Luchanko	C	Guelph
42	Miguel	Marques	RW	Lethbridge
43	Veeti	Vaisanen	LHD	Kookoo
44	Dominik	Badinka	RHD	Malmo
45	John	Mustard	FWD	Waterloo
46	Adam	Jecho	RW	Taapara
47	Cole	Beaudoin	C	Barrie
48	Anthony	Cristoforo	RHD	Windsor
49	Dean	Letourneau	C	St Andrews
50	Tomas	Galvas	LHD	Liberc
51	Daniil	Ustinkov	LHD	ZSC
52	Yegor	Surin	C	Yarasloval
53	Simon	Zether	C	Rogle
54	Marek	Vanacker	LW	Brantford
55	Harrison	Brunicke	D	Kamloops
56	Will	Skahan	LHD	USNDTP
57	Leon	Muggli	D	Zug
58	Stian	Solberg	LHD	Valeranga
59	Christian	Humphries	C	USNDTP
60	Kamil	Bednarik	C	USNDTP

Might as well pay attention to the draft now that the season is cooked. We may be looking at the #12 pick at this point.


Getting a top 5 pick would be really nice.

Listening to Wheeler on the Athletic podcast, he was gushing over Parekh- chance to be special, among the best offensive Dmen he’s seen, etc..

Parekh or Buium followed by Hage or Sennecke with the Panthers pick would be dream scenario for me

 

[Random Forest]

Well, I have a lot more confidence that there will be an elite talent available at 12 than I did at 18 or whatever.

Chances are that at least one of Parekh, Buium, Eiserman, maybe even Lindstrom with his injury concerns will fall. Someone always does.

 

[Appleyard]

Spring 2024 NHL Draft Rankings - Smaht Scouting

Check out Smaht Scouting's Spring 2024 NHL Draft Rankings. The team ranked their top 64 prospects and honorable mentions.

smahtscouting.com

Naturally, not "my" rankings as there are about 6 people who have a say... but does have a top 64 with short write-ups on each player.

 

[SolidSnakeUS]

Spring 2024 NHL Draft Rankings - Smaht Scouting

Check out Smaht Scouting's Spring 2024 NHL Draft Rankings. The team ranked their top 64 prospects and honorable mentions.

smahtscouting.com

Naturally, not "my" rankings as there are about 6 people who have a say... but does have a top 64 with short write-ups on each player.

Eiserman is going to be the new Sale isn't he?

 

[Appleyard]

Eiserman is going to be the new Sale isn't he?

He should not fall that far!

 

[SolidSnakeUS]

He should not fall that far!

I think it's more than Sale, after this whole year, still seems to be pretty middling and that's what I'm afraid of with Eiserman. At some point, he needs to trend up or else things might not look so good (more post draft than anything).

Also, if Parekh or Jiricek are there, that's pretty good. I think one of the possible saving graces might be Iginla falling somehow and that would be outstanding.

 

[Appleyard]

I think it's more than Sale, after this whole year, still seems to be pretty middling and that's what I'm afraid of with Eiserman. At some point, he needs to trend up or else things might not look so good (more post draft than anything).

Also, if Parekh or Jiricek are there, that's pretty good. I think one of the possible saving graces might be Iginla falling somehow and that would be outstanding.

With it looking like the Flyers are most likely to pick 12th right now (2-2-0, 1-3-0 and 0-4-0 will all likely mean they pick 9-12th)...

I think there will be some excellent prospects available when the Flyers pick.

IF they pick 12-13th?

Celebrini, Catton, Lindstrom, Helenius
Demidov,
Dickinson, Levshunov, Silayev

will all very likely be gone... that is 8 guys.

Eiserman, Iginla, Greentree, MBN, Connelly
Parekh, Buium, Yakemchuk, Jiricek

is another 9 guys who I think a lot of teams inside pick 12 will "think" about. Only 3/9 will be gone before #12.

I just hope one of Parekh or Buium make it tbh... I guess a 50:50 chance one does.

 

[Chinatown88]

Just win the lottery and get the 2nd overall pick

 

[SolidSnakeUS]

Just win the lottery and get the 2nd overall pick

I am so f***ing glad the Sharks ended up with the worst record. I really want them to take Celebrini over f***ing Chicago. f*** Chicago.

 

[Rebels57]

I am so f***ing glad the Sharks ended up with the worst record. I really want them to take Celebrini over f***ing Chicago. f*** Chicago.

He's definitely joining Bedard in Chicago.

 

[FLYguy3911]

This team would def be one of the ones to pass on Parekh.

 

[SolidSnakeUS]

This team would def be one of the ones to pass on Parekh.

If a Bonk facsimile is on the board, they sure as f*** will.

 

[JojoTheWhale]

I have taken even a cursory look at a grand total of like 4 players, but the idea of Parekh and Buium being 10 and 11 on a consensus board does not exactly align with the idea of a weak draft.

(I know weak/strong is about the top handful of players and essentially holds no meaningful value as a term. It's just mind-bending from the outside.)