GDT: 2024 Blues Draft Day Thread

[PerryTurnbullfan]

I’m originally from Medicine Hat and once a Tigers season ticket holder. I don’t live there anymore but still follow the team from afar.

Mrsic, he kinda like Kyrou in some ways.

I would agree with that until the regular season ended. He just became a forechecking missile and turned it up a notch. He really went after it compared to the regular season. I didn't follow him after watching many Medicine hat games (Basha and Lindstrom and of course "the kid"). Pretty meh.... He stood out for his play in the playoffs though. His stat line doesn't show it.

 

[LetsGoBooze]

Love the emphasis on big, mobile defensemen throughout this draft. Thats definitely the way the NHL is headed, and what our pipeline was severely lacking. Still think we need a true #1 Dman, a PP QB Dman, and one more truly elite Fwd prospect to set ourselves up for the best future. Hopefully next year we chose top-10 and can fill one of those needs. Also, hoping we acquire an additional 1st in season, so it wont make the Hayes trade hurt so much still having two 1sts next year.

 

[ezcreepin]

Literally if you just hit on 4 of the 15 defenseman you've drafted these past 5 years then you're fine.

 

[MortiestOfMortys]

Of the 15 defensemen we've drafted since 2020, 10 have been over 6'2"

 

[Beauterham]

Ow wow, completely missed Gidlof was still on the board till the Islanders picked him.

 

[Bobby Orrtuzzo]

 

[Vladys Gumption]

Man what a fall for Holtz.

 

[CaliforniaBlues310]

I really wonder if Army says f**k missing the playoffs again, and signs one of Stamkos/Duchene/Lindholm to be our 2C until Dvorsky is ready for that role in a few years.

Moving out a 2nd for a cap dump doesn’t make sense unless a bigger deal is coming.

 

[Mike Liut]

I really wonder if Army says f**k missing the playoffs again, and signs one of Stamkos/Duchene/Lindholm to be our 2C until Dvorsky is ready for that role in a few years.

Moving out a 2nd for a cap dump doesn’t make sense unless a bigger deal is coming.

I doubt anybody wants to come here on a rebuilding team right now.

 

[BlueOil]

so kevin hayes is worth jake walman and both cost a second to move for nothing back

count me as confused by the current market

 

[Linkens Mastery]

I doubt anybody wants to come here on a rebuilding team right now.

Players sign with rebuilding teams all the time.

 

[ChicagoBlues]

Jiri Fischer's kid?

 

[Mike Liut]

Players sign with rebuilding teams all the time.

Stamkos would laugh at us

 

[Bobby Orrtuzzo]

Jiri Fischer's kid?

Yeah

 

[CaliforniaBlues310]

I doubt anybody wants to come here on a rebuilding team right now.

I mean, we would’ve made the playoffs if we were in the East last year. We have $14 mil to play with, and I can’t see Army not wanting to improve the team if he’s giving up assets to move Hayes.

 

[Mike Liut]

I mean, we would’ve made the playoffs if we were in the East last year. We have $14 mil to play with, and I can’t see Army not wanting to improve the team if he’s giving up assets to move Hayes.

Anything is possible

 

[CaliforniaBlues310]

Anything is possible

I agree. It’s gonna be an interesting couple of days. I’m super intrigued about what he does.

 

[ChicagoBlues]

Man what a fall for Holtz.

Sharks didn't want him, Flames didn't want him. Even his own country doesn't want him.

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Utah looking good with Sergachev and Marino.

 

[Bye Bye Blueston]

Looking at the draft, not the trades or what we could or should have done to move up, but the players we picked and how they impact our system, this has been an intriguing draft.

• We have added 4 big defensemen, 3 of which I think will clearly be in our top 5 d prospects (I am big Lindstein fan, so I rank the guys we took this weekend 2, 3, and 4 in some order). The guys we took in the 2nd are of Edmundson/Mikkola type, which we obviously could use if they are on good side of that. McIsaac is similar guy, albeit likely not as good.
• The forwards we got in 3rd are big guys who can skate who look to be potential middle 6 guys if they hit but could be nice bottom 6 guys that you want in the playoffs even if they partially hit.
• Mrsic is big swing on talent with uneven game but in 4th round not much downside.

Point being, that we are drafting for an identity and to get back to the type of team that we had when we were really good not long ago, the kinds of guys that playoff teams are built around. Now, these kids are years away from being impact NHL players, if ever, but after we got on wrong track with krug and peru and vrana, we are trending back towards the vision of the club that I think most of us would love to see. But we will need some of our kids to really hit their ceiling if we are going to be legit contender and not end up as Jets or Kings.

 

[kimzey59]

Sharks didn't want him, Flames didn't want him. Even his own country doesn't want him.

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Utah looking good with Sergachev and Marino.

Assuming Sergachev is healthy; they look better.
Don't know if I'd go so far as to say "good", but certainly much better.

Sergachev-Durzi
Valimaki-Marino

At least those are legit NHL players.

 

[Beauterham]

Update:

Interesting players still on the board for round 7:
- Daniil Ustinkov
- Daniel Nieminen
- Christian Humphreys
- Jakub Fibigr
- Tomas Galvas
- Yegor Graf
- Gabriel Frasca
- Samuel Kupec
- Jack Bodin
- Luke Mistelbacher
- Mathias Dehli
- Rhys Pederson
- Jerre Lassila
- Darels Uljanskis
- Artyom Shchuchnikov
- Anthony Cristoforo

 

[PerryTurnbullfan]

Svante Sjodin

 

[Beauterham]

Antoine Dorion... who?!

 

[SergeConstantin74]

Antoine Dorion... who?!

Son of Pierre (former Ottawa GM)

 

[PerryTurnbullfan]

I got nothing....but I love our last pick!