Prospect Info: 2024-25 Ducks Prospects

[nbducksfan19]

Ducks missed out on a lot of draft gems.

Andrew Cristal in 2023 at 40th overall.

Top 5 in WHL scoring.

24 points in 9 games.

Luca Pinella. 4th round pick in 2023.

23 points in 15 games.

Jacob Fowler. Canadians stud G prospect. Best goalie in NCAA. 3rd round 2023.

We suck at drafting F outside of the top 10 and that's a major problem.

You need 12 F.

You only need 6 D.

I will feel bad when those guys produce at the NHL level.

 

[Hockey Duckie]

Ducks missed out on a lot of draft gems.

Andrew Cristal in 2023 at 40th overall.

Top 5 in WHL scoring.

24 points in 9 games.

Luca Pinella. 4th round pick in 2023.

23 points in 15 games.

Jacob Fowler. Canadians stud G prospect. Best goalie in NCAA. 3rd round 2023.

We suck at drafting F outside of the top 10 and that's a major problem.

You need 12 F.

You only need 6 D.

A lot of teams miss on draft gems b/c draft gems are scarce by nature. Surprisingly, Anaheim does boast plenty of late gems with Martin Madden at the scouting helm. Anaheim with Madden hasn't drafted a goalie in the first round, but we've always have had successful NHL starting goalies to star goalies (Andersen, Gibson, Dostal) and it seems like the trend is continuing (Suchanek, Clara). Out of our current top-4 youth defensemen, only one was drafted in the first round in Minty. LaCombe, Zell (2x def player of the year, DPoY, in WHL and CHL DPoY), and Luneau (DPoY in QMJHL) are all second round draft picks. Other notable defensemen are Hinds (rd 3), Dionicio (rd 5), Tarin Smith (rd 3).

As for recent forwards that are not first rounders that have looked very promising in juniors or college: RW Colangelo (rd2), RW Pastujov (rd 3), RW Sidorov (rd 3), C Procyszyn, C Blais (rd4), and RW Burnevik (rd 6). The problem with looking good in juniors or college is more often that game translates to the pro levels. Colangelo's offense has translated to the AHL level, but still an unknown at the NHL level. Troy Terry was a 5th round pick in 2015 and didn't break out into the NHL until his D+7 season. He's our current best forward on the team.

Do you know how many top-10 picks the Ducks have in their org today?

2019: Zegras at 9th overall
2021: Mac at 3rd overall
2022: Cutter at 5th overall
2023: Carlsson at 2nd overall
2024: Sennecke at 3rd overall

Add in Terry and that should be a potential top-6 grouping of the future. Four of the top-10 forward picks are in the NHL today. Guess it is a great thing the Ducks are hitting at drafting defensemen and goalies beyond the top-10 so they can afford to draft forwards several times in the top-10. I'm more worried that our current coaching staff is derailing our top-10 forward picks than trying to hit on scarce gems.

@Gliff shared above, the Ducks are average at drafting forwards. I think the metric is playing a minimum of 200 NHL games for the study. We're spoiled as Duck fans due to the success of drafting d-men and goalies that we think that should also spill into the forward group.

 

[AngelDuck]

The Gaucher pick doesn’t look good either. There’s been some attempts to try to pat ourselves on the backs with that one, but at the end of the day, he’s an extremely underwhelming offensive player at the AHL. There is a very low chance he even becomes a 3rd line center IMO

The good news is that Colangelo looks like he can take some of the sting out of the Gaucher/Myatovic problem.

 

[Hockey Duckie]

The Gaucher pick doesn’t look good either. There’s been some attempts to try to pat ourselves on the backs with that one, but at the end of the day, he’s an extremely underwhelming offensive player at the AHL. There is a very low chance he even becomes a 3rd line center IMO

The good news is that Colangelo looks like he can take some of the sting out of the Gaucher/Myatovic problem.

When we drafted him, I thought he was a bigger and faster straight-forward skating BO Groulx. Groulx might be the better scorer in the AHL. I still hope for Gaucher to improve.

 

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Port finished with an assist.

 

[Gliff]

The Gaucher pick doesn’t look good either. There’s been some attempts to try to pat ourselves on the backs with that one, but at the end of the day, he’s an extremely underwhelming offensive player at the AHL. There is a very low chance he even becomes a 3rd line center IMO

The good news is that Colangelo looks like he can take some of the sting out of the Gaucher/Myatovic problem.

Didn't love the pick then, and the fact that Yurov and Snuggy went the 2 picks after makes it worse.
But, getting Luneau in the 2nd more then makes up for it IMO.

Drafting isn't an exact science. I think it's a little tedious to go through every miss and act like it is some indictment on the team. Also it's really easy to say "people called it as a bad pick as soon as it was made" as proof the team made a bad pick, but plenty of "bad picks" have made fans look like idiots when they panned out.

 

[Hockey Duckie]

Didn't love the pick then, and the fact that Yurov and Snuggy went the 2 picks after makes it worse.
But, getting Luneau in the 2nd more then makes up for it IMO.

Drafting isn't an exact science. I think it's a little tedious to go through every miss and act like it is some indictment on the team. Also it's really easy to say "people called it as a bad pick as soon as it was made" as proof the team made a bad pick, but plenty of "bad picks" have made fans look like idiots when they panned out.

I dunno about getting Luneau in the 2nd makes up for it since we're proficient at drafting d-men beyond the top-10.

Drafting Gaucher was a change in draft philosophy from swinging for scoring forwards to defensive forwards. Verbeek drafted Myatovic as a defensive forward who scored 30 goals out of nowhere in juniors. The odd part was Verbeek complaining he needed more scorers while both Snug and Kulich were still available. We all should be used to Verbeek doing the opposite of what he says.

 

[AngelDuck]

Didn't love the pick then, and the fact that Yurov and Snuggy went the 2 picks after makes it worse.
But, getting Luneau in the 2nd more then makes up for it IMO.

Drafting isn't an exact science. I think it's a little tedious to go through every miss and act like it is some indictment on the team. Also it's really easy to say "people called it as a bad pick as soon as it was made" as proof the team made a bad pick, but plenty of "bad picks" have made fans look like idiots when they panned out.

I’m not obsessing over every miss, but it’s certainly fair to point the ones that didn’t work just like I ALWAYS point out the ones that did work

I don’t need you parroting off of every single one of my critical posts with the same line about drafting not being an exact science. We know.

 

[Gliff]

I’m not obsessing over every miss, but it’s certainly fair to point the ones that didn’t work just like I ALWAYS point out the ones that did work

I don’t need you parroting off of every single one of my critical posts with the same line about drafting not being an exact science. We know.

Have I been doing that? My bad if I have. Carry on.

 

[Webster]

SHL playing again after the international break. Färjestad won 5-4 in OT @ Modo today.

Clara was the backup. Solberg in the press box...uff da Stian, I think you're too tough for this coach