2008 Born for the 2024 OHL Draft

[OHL4Life]

You responded to yourself?

Brand new account made a few days ago talking about one specific player like an insider.... The armchair HF community finds this a little weird...

i was going to say something but good for you

 

[BigDevs93]

I thought I might as well give it a go. More of a ranking, ranther than a mock draft.

Top 30 OHL Draft Prospects 2024
*excluding all players on American teams

1. Adam Valentini
2. Ethan Belchetz
3. Braidy Wassilyn
4. Alessandro Di Iorio
5. Zach Nyman
6. Colin Fitzgerald
7. Parker Vaughan
8. Callum Croskery
9. Brady Smith
10. Logan Hawery
11. Cole Zurawski
12. Caleb Malhotra
13. Alex Mclean
14. Pierce Mbuyi
15. Nathan Amidovski
16. Jacob Xu
17. Weston Cameron
18. Alexander Hage
19. Jet Kwajah
20. Cole Emerton
21. Tyler Challenger
22. Maximus Crete
23. Carter Hicks
24. Gage Brandon
25. Kent Greer
26. Ryder Carey
27. Ben Bowen
28. Michael D'Alessio
29. Jack Yates
30. Ryder Cali

Notes:
- I do still believe Belchetz will go #1 overall, but in my view, I think Valentini is still the better player.
- After Amidovski, things are really tight and I have switched them up many times.
- And yes, I quite like Colin Fitz game.
- Feel free to comment on this ranking as I always appreciate all of your views, Thanks.

I like this list, personally, the big difference in opinion I have is Malhotra should be higher, Amidovski higher, Challenger higher

names that are being mentioned in the top 5-10, not in any order

mclean
mbuyi
belchetz
wassilyn
vaughan
dilorio
zurawski
fitzgerald
smith
malhotra

No Hawery or Amidovski?

 

[OHL4Life]

I like this list, personally, the big difference in opinion I have is Malhotra should be higher, Amidovski higher, Challenger higher


No Hawery or Amidovski?

maybe amidovski but not a lot of noise around him.

hawery is like stark last year. thought he’d be a top guy in the draft and once it looked like he wound fall to the late first based on his play, he made noise about the bchl. who knows but he’s not earned a top 10 pick so far

 

[BigDevs93]

maybe amidovski but not a lot of noise around him.

hawery is like stark last year. thought he’d be a top guy in the draft and once it looked like he wound fall to the late first based on his play, he made noise about the bchl. who knows but he’s not earned a top 10 pick so far

hmmm interesting perspective, I think he goes 8-12

 

[leafs4life94]

When is the window open for pick-only trades? Last year it looks like there were trades on the Monday-Wednesday of draft week

 

[the dog]

I thought I might as well give it a go. More of a ranking, ranther than a mock draft.

Top 30 OHL Draft Prospects 2024
*excluding all players on American teams

1. Adam Valentini
2. Ethan Belchetz
3. Braidy Wassilyn
4. Alessandro Di Iorio
5. Zach Nyman
6. Colin Fitzgerald
7. Parker Vaughan
8. Callum Croskery
9. Brady Smith
10. Logan Hawery
11. Cole Zurawski
12. Caleb Malhotra
13. Alex Mclean
14. Pierce Mbuyi
15. Nathan Amidovski
16. Jacob Xu
17. Weston Cameron
18. Alexander Hage
19. Jet Kwajah
20. Cole Emerton
21. Tyler Challenger
22. Maximus Crete
23. Carter Hicks
24. Gage Brandon
25. Kent Greer
26. Ryder Carey
27. Ben Bowen
28. Michael D'Alessio
29. Jack Yates
30. Ryder Cali

Notes:
- I do still believe Belchetz will go #1 overall, but in my view, I think Valentini is still the better player.
- After Amidovski, things are really tight and I have switched them up many times.
- And yes, I quite like Colin Fitz game.
- Feel free to comment on this ranking as I always appreciate all of your views, Thanks.

Having our head scout involved with north York rangers still thinking about Niagara icedogs drafting Brady Smith at #4

 

[OHL4Life]

hmmm interesting perspective, I think he goes 8-12

who is that?

 

[the dog]

Icedogs got Kevin he in 2nd round from north York rangers excellent pick

 

[Bardown99]

I thought I might as well give it a go. More of a ranking, ranther than a mock draft.

Top 30 OHL Draft Prospects 2024
*excluding all players on American teams

1. Adam Valentini
2. Ethan Belchetz
3. Braidy Wassilyn
4. Alessandro Di Iorio
5. Zach Nyman
6. Colin Fitzgerald
7. Parker Vaughan
8. Callum Croskery
9. Brady Smith
10. Logan Hawery
11. Cole Zurawski
12. Caleb Malhotra
13. Alex Mclean
14. Pierce Mbuyi
15. Nathan Amidovski
16. Jacob Xu
17. Weston Cameron
18. Alexander Hage
19. Jet Kwajah
20. Cole Emerton
21. Tyler Challenger
22. Maximus Crete
23. Carter Hicks
24. Gage Brandon
25. Kent Greer
26. Ryder Carey
27. Ben Bowen
28. Michael D'Alessio
29. Jack Yates
30. Ryder Cali

Notes:
- I do still believe Belchetz will go #1 overall, but in my view, I think Valentini is still the better player.
- After Amidovski, things are really tight and I have switched them up many times.
- And yes, I quite like Colin Fitz game.
- Feel free to comment on this ranking as I always appreciate all of your views, Thanks.

I think Parker is way too high. After seeing him go scoreless in OHLCup and then scoreless in the Alliance finals, he's more of a steal near the 16-20 ranked range now imo. Also, Edwards will go inside that top 30 pick somewhere. I believe Rossetto and Dube also make a top 30-ish pick, their commitment is unclear, so we may see many "flyers" this season.

 

[BigDevs93]

who is that?

Sorry, Hawery*

 

[OHL4Life]

Sorry, Hawery*

I don’t think so, if he was locked into a top 10 pick he wouldn’t br playing the bchl card

 

[Petes]

names that are being mentioned in the top 5-10, not in any order

mclean
mbuyi
belchetz
wassilyn
vaughan
dilorio
zurawski
fitzgerald
smith
malhotra

Valentini ?

 

[OHL4Life]

Valentini ?

missed him, yes, but also playing games

 

[Sam14]

Having our head scout involved with north York rangers still thinking about Niagara icedogs drafting Brady Smith at #4

Absolutely not a top 8 pick. So that would only indicate recruitment issues. Not a 4th overall best player pick.

Pointless and counterproductive for a franchise to have a top 4 pick and NOT use it that way.

 

[the dog]

Absolutely not a top 8 pick. So that would only indicate recruitment issues. Not a 4th overall best player pick.

Pointless and counterproductive for a franchise to have a top 4 pick and NOT use it that way.

We picked pano Fimis at #2 was supposed to be franchise player didn't pan out . Got Kevin he second round
Sometimes ratings don't mean much.

 

[Sam14]

We picked pano Fimis at #2 was supposed to be franchise player didn't pan out . Got Kevin he second round
Sometimes ratings don't mean much.

This has nothing to do with rating. It has everything to do with picking the BPA when you have a chance at an elite franchise changing talent. If you have to reach at pick #4, the franchise has some serious recruitment issues.

 

[Mcnotloilersfan]

This has nothing to do with rating. It has everything to do with picking the BPA when you have a chance at an elite franchise changing talent. If you have to reach at pick #4, the franchise has some serious recruitment issues.

This isn't really news. Why do you think Niagara took Czata 5th overall?

 

[Sam14]

This isn't really news. Why do you think Niagara took Czata 5th overall?

Yep. Exactly what happened there. Jake O’Brien coming of an OHL MVP Cup performance was the clear choice at #5 but he had no interest in Niagara and he wasn’t the only one at the top of the board who told Niagara no.

 

[Mcnotloilersfan]

Yep. Exactly what happened there. Jake O’Brien coming of an OHL MVP Cup performance was the clear choice at #5 but he had no interest in Niagara and he wasn’t the only one at the top of the board who told Niagara no.

My understanding was that it wasn't so much a case of several no's, but there were a lot of cases of uncertainty and Czata was a guarantee.

Part of the problem was that it was a compensation pick. If whoever they took didn't report, they wouldn't get another.

They can be more risky this year. Just can't draft anyone who gives a firm no.

Edit: I'm sure Niagara is still hoping Wassilyn falls to 4 as he is a guarantee to report.

 

[Sam14]

My understanding was that it wasn't so much a case of several no's, but there were a lot of cases of uncertainty and Czata was a guarantee.

Part of the problem was that it was a compensation pick. If whoever they took didn't report, they wouldn't get another.

They can be more risky this year. Just can't draft anyone who gives a firm no.

Edit: I'm sure Niagara is still hoping Wassilyn falls to 4 as he is a guarantee to report.There were 4 significant players that inf

 

[Sam14]

My understanding was that it wasn't so much a case of several no's, but there were a lot of cases of uncertainty and Czata was a guarantee.

Part of the problem was that it was a compensation pick. If whoever they took didn't report, they wouldn't get another.

They can be more risky this year. Just can't draft anyone who gives a firm no.

Edit: I'm sure Niagara is still hoping Wassilyn falls to 4 as he is a guarantee to report.

Last year, there were 4 significant names that told them no to go along with the lack of pre-draft work to assure some other players would report at 5.
This year, Wassilyn will sign in Niagara. The owner and Wassilyn’s agent, who has stuck the IceDogs with some questionable picks, obviously are close. He owes the IceDogs one

 

[the dog]

This isn't really news. Why do you think Niagara took Czata 5th overall?

He got more points than # 4 pick Tyler Hopkins or # 6 pick owen Griffin

 

[leafs4life94]

When is the window open for pick-only trades? Last year it looks like there were trades on the Monday-Wednesday of draft week

Looks like it must've opened up at noon today - a couple trades so far

 

[Sam14]

He got more points than # 4 pick Tyler Hopkins or # 6 pick owen Griffin

Also got 2-3x more ice time as those players

 

[dirty12]

Yep. Exactly what happened there. Jake O’Brien coming of an OHL MVP Cup performance was the clear choice at #5 but he had no interest in Niagara and he wasn’t the only one at the top of the board who told Niagara no.

don't remember a top 5 rank for O'Brien, more like 12, 13, even 20