2024 "Beat the Brass"

[DatsyukToZetterberg]

This is your chance to post what picks you would have made if you were calling the shots at the draft table. You can change as many of the picks as you'd like or as few. If you'd like to see previous years here are links to the 2023 thread, the 2022 thread, and the 2021 thread.

The Wings picked at:

15:
47:
80:
126:
144:
176:
203:
208:

If you've been doing these the last few years post your combined prospect pool to see how you've done relative to the Wings.

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[DatsyukToZetterberg]

This would have been a tough call. As much as I like MBN I think I'm going to go in a different direction.

15: Michael Hage, C
47: Nikita Artamonov, W
80: Luca Marrelli, D
126: Louka Cloutier, G
144: Anthony Romani, W
176: Jakub Fibigr, D
203: Mac Swanson, W
208: Darels Uljanskis, D

* 203 was originally Alexander Zetterberg because I had thought Mac Swanson was drafted. Updated the pick to Mac once I realized he was not selected.

My main complaint about the past Wings drafts is that they've lacked skill. I think The MBN and Plante selections were steps in the right direction, but I'd have liked to see the trend continue throughout the draft.

Spoiler: Past drafts

Here are all of my other drafts. Beginning in 2020 I moved to a model approach and in 2022 I began to use the latest version. I think the 2020 & 2023 drafts are the best of the bunch and should produce a couple of NHLers. 2021 will haunt me because I had Stankoven one spot behind Raty due to outside influence. A draft of Eklund, Wallstedt, and Stankoven would've been killer.

A strikethrough on a name is someone that I would no longer consider to have a chance at the NHL, if someone is bolded they're NHLers, and italics means they're still developing

2018

6 - Zadina (W)
30 - Veleno (C)
33 - Berggren (C/W)
36 - Addison (D)
67 - Wise (C)
81 - Barton (D)
84 - Hutsko (C/W)
98 - Demin (D)
160 - Brattstrom (G)
191 - Miftakhov (G)

2019

#6- Trevor Zegras (C/W)
#35- Samuel Fagemo (W)
#54- Pavel Dorofeyev (W)
#60- Anttoni Honka (D)
#66- Patrik Puistola (W)
#97- Ethan Keepen (W)
#128- Egor Serdyuk (W)
#159- Luka Burzan (C)
#177- Nikola Pasic (W)
#190- Justin Bergeron (D)
#191- Dustin Wolf (G)

2020

(4) Marco Rossi - C
(32) Noel Gunler - W
(51) Jeremie Poirier - D
(55) Roni Hirvonen - C
(63) Zion Nybeck - W
(70) Daniil Gushchin - W
(97) William Villeneuve - D
(107) Anton Johannesson - D
(132) Dmitry Ovchinnikov - C
(156) Samuel Johannesson - D
(187) Alexander Pashin - W
(203) Devon Levi - G

2021

(6) - William Eklund (C/W)
(15) - Jesper Wallstedt (G)
(38) - Aatu Raty (C)
(70) - Anton Olsson, (D)
(114) - Kyle Masters (D)
(134) - Jacob Guevin (D)
(155) - Ryan McCleary (D)
(166) - Eric Alarie (W)

2022

#8 - Pavel Mintyukov, LD
#40 - Seamus Casey, RD
#52 - Gleb Trikozov, W
#105 - Vladimir Grudinin, LD
#113 - Tucker Robertson, C
#129 - Jake Furlong, LD
#137 - Servac Petrovsky, C
#201 - Tyson Dyck, C
#212 - Hugo Havelid, G

2023

9 - Dalibor Dvorsky, C
17 - Gabriel Perreault, W
41 - Lukas Dragicevic, D
42 - Etienne Morin, D
47 - Jacob Fowler, G
73 - Koehn Ziemmer, W
117- Luca Cagnoni, D
137- Mazden Leslie, D
147- Timur Mukhanov, W
169 - Ben Robertson, D
201- Adam Dybal, G

 

[Realgud]

For fun and for future reference, my picks based on my list (that I've done myself by watching these players, no draft guide influence):

1 (15). Michael Hage
2 (47). Teddy Stiga
3 (80). Luca Marrelli
4 (126). Brayden Edwards
5 (144). Fyodor Avramov
6 (176). Christian Humphreys
7 (203). Mitja Jokinen
7 (208). Ryerson Leenders

As for the draft itself, I support the MBN, Plante, Whipple and Forslund picks. Becher I wasn't a big fan watching him but the production doesn't lie. Baker wasn't a USNTDP guy I liked that much but he's alright. Scott and Miller I have no clue. Overall, I prefer this draft to last year's draft.

My favourite draft is probably Carolina. I know they are the internet's answer seemingly every year, but I usually don't really buy the hype of their drafts as I think they do alright in term of value but they don't target guys I usually am crazy about, and I don't know... the results aren't necessarily overwhelmingly efficient when looking back... but this year though, oh boy... 6 players who were in my personal top 70 with names like Siryatsky and Avramov that whom I am a big fan of. Time will tell, and I'll most likely look stupid when looking back!

 

[Holden Caufield]

15: Cole Eiserman
47: Henry Mews
80: Melvin Fernstrom
126: Simon Zether
144: Anthony Romani
176: Charlie Forslund
203: Mac Swanson
208. ; D aniil Ustnikov

 

[lidstromiscool]

I don't know enough about the 2024 class to do a whole draft, but it's alarming to look at the 2023 thread and see a lot of drafts better than Draper's

 

[Martinez]

15: Michael Hage
47: Linus Eriksson
80: Ondrej Becher
126: Simon Zether
144: Marcus Gidlof
176: Charlie Forslund
203: Christian Humphreys
208: Daniil Ustinkov

 

[RRhoads]

I don't know enough about the 2024 class to do a whole draft, but it's alarming to look at the 2023 thread and see a lot of drafts better than Draper's

I think that is way too early to conclude. I see some picks I would rather have, but the whole draft. I don't see it.

 

[heyfolks]

15: Cole Eiserman
47: Nikita Artamonov

My depth of review of the picks goes no further. I liked Greentree but Eiserman was consistently ranked ahead of MBN.

Artamonov appears to be the steal of the draft. I don't have a huge issue with MBN but I dislike the Plante pick.

 

[Rzombo4 prez]

15 Surin
47 Stiga
80 Becher
126 Burrows
144 Misa
176 Forslund
203 Humphreys
208 Lenders

I don't know enough about the 2024 class to do a whole draft, but it's alarming to look at the 2023 thread and see a lot of drafts better than Draper's

Seriously, this is not the place for that debate. Also, 2023 is all of a year old. Call back in three more.

 

[HisNoodliness]

15. Eiserman
47. John Mustard
80. Fernstrom (honestly I think I prefer Becher now that I've looked into him, but I didn't know pre-draft).
126. Zetterberg (I realize that I could grab him with a 7th, but I wouldn't have known that on the floor)
144. Misa
Don't know anything beyond that.

 

[Frk It]

15. Hage
47. Artamonov
80. Kiviharju
126. Zether
144. Gidlof
176. Forslund
203. Baker
208. Humphreys

 

[GMR]

Since I never heard of any of these players (except for that Celebrini kid) this is a real challenge.

 

[Frk It]

This is your chance to post what picks you would have made if you were calling the shots at the draft table. You can change as many of the picks as you'd like or as few. If you'd like to see previous years here are links to the 2023 thread, the 2022 thread, and the 2021 thread.

The Wings picked at:

15:
47:
80:
126:
144:
176:
203:
208:

If you've been doing these the last few years post your combined prospect pool to see how you've done relative to the Wings.

I was going to create a separate thread to do an "alternative universe" scenario where you compile all the picks from our past threads, but if you want to just do that here we can do that too.

I'll have to go through and try to consolidate all mine, I think we actually have threads going back to like 2016 or so.

 

[heyfolks]

15. Eiserman
47. John Mustard
80. Fernstrom (honestly I think I prefer Becher now that I've looked into him, but I didn't know pre-draft).
126. Zetterberg (I realize that I could grab him with a 7th, but I wouldn't have known that on the floor)
144. Misa
Don't know anything beyond that.

Unless I am missing something, he went undrafted.

Wheeler's top 14 undrafted players following the 2024 NHL Draft

These 14 players are worth teams considering for development camp invites/contracts or keeping a close eye on next season.

www.nytimes.com

 

[simonedvinsson]

1.015 - RW Michael Brandsegg-Nygård
2.047 - LD Jesse Pulkkinen
3.080 - GT Kirill Zarubin
4.126 - RD Colton Roberts
5.144 - LD Jared Woolley
6.176 - LW Charlie Forslund
7.203 - LC Miroslav Šatan
7.208 - RC Christian Humphreys

 

[Voodoo Glow Skulls]

15: Michael Brandsegg-Nygard
47: Lukas Fischer
80: Carson Wetsch
126: Oskar Vuollet
144: Markus Loponen
176: Austin Burnevik
203: Mac Swanson
208: Christian Humphreys

That's my list.

 

[lilidk]

2024
#15 Hage
#47 Artamonov
2023
#9 Dvorsky
#17 ASP
2022
#8 Kasper
2021
#6 Eklund
#15 Cossa
2020
#4 Raymond
#32 Peterka
2019
Zegras
2018
Liked our first 3 picks

 

[Hockeyville USA]

I will take part since I love the draft and enjoying commenting on the Wings board from time to time. My very amateur personal rankings is just a top 100, and my weak spot of knowledge is European leagues, especially depth (where Hakan cleans up):

15: Cole Eiserman (W)
47: Nikita Artamonov (W)
80: Christian Humphreys (C)
126: Alexander Zetterberg (C)
144: Luke Misa (C)
176: Mac Swanson (W)
203: Tomas Galvas (D)
208: Jan Kavan (G)

 

[Realgud]

Seven of us have Humphreys... has there ever been a more consensus post-1st round pick than that?