GDT: 2024 Blues Draft Day Thread

[bleedblue1223]

Can they announce anything related to Buchnevich extension before Monday? This feels like a super fluid board above where the Blues are picking, teams jockeying to move up and get a certain guy, so much simultaneous game theorying ...

They can't officially sign, but like the report on Hedman or Verhaeghe, reports of something getting close or broad agreement on a framework is something we could see.

 

[Snubbed4Vezina]

https://x.com/i/web/status/1806759350524109208

This is the spot I could see the Blues trading into if the right player is available. Devils lack a 2nd rounder. We have two.

 

[LetsGoBooze]

Late in the month pride celebration but somehow, someway i would be really happy with some Dick(inson) tonight.

 

[STL fan in MN]

Don't know if this is the correct place to post this, but following up on @Blueston, @PerryTurnbullfan and @STL fan in MN here's also my final list of this year. Wanted to post it a couple of days ago but I noticed I kept on moving certain players up and down.

001. Macklin Celebrini
002. Ivan Demidov
003. Artyom Levshunov
004. Cayden Lindstrom
005. Sam Dickinson
006. Zeev Buium
007. Anton Silayev
008. Berkly Catton
009. Zayne Parekh
010. Tij Iginla
011. Beckett Sennecke
012. Carter Yakemchuk
013. Konsta Helenius
014. Cole Eiserman
015. Michael Brandsegg-Nygård
016. Jett Luchanko
017. Michael Hage
018. Igor Chernyshov
019. Stian Solberg
020. Adam Jiricek
021. Sacha Boisvert
022. E.J. Emery
023. Alfons Freij
024. Yegor Surin
025. Liam Greentree
026. Lucas Pettersson
027. Charlie Elick
028. Cole Beaudoin
029. Nikita Artamonov
030. Leo Sahlin Wallenius
031. Dominik Badinka
032. Terik Parascak
033. Emil Hemming
034. Andrew Basha
035. Julius Miettinen
036. John Mustard
037. Sam O'Reilly
038. Matvei Gridin
039. Jesse Pulkkinen OVERAGER
040. Teddy Stiga
041. Marek Vanacker
042. Tanner Howe
043. Ryder Ritchie
044. Linus Eriksson
045. Will Skahan
046. Henry Mews
047. Dean Letourneau
048. Adam Jecho
049. Adam Kleber
050. Matvei Shuravin
051. Tarin Smith
052. Ben Danford
053. Simon Zether
054. Brodie Ziemer
055. Maxim Massé
056. Cole Hutson
057. Kamil Bednarik
058. Raoul Boilard
059. Harrison Brunicke
060. Noel Fransén
061. Luca Marrelli
062. Spencer Gill
063. Veeti Väisänen
064. Carson Wetsch
065. Colton Roberts
066. Melvin Fernström
067. Luke Misa
068. Max Plante
069. Daniil Ustinkov
070. Tomas Lavoie
071. Leon Muggli
072. Clarke Caswell
073. Lukas Fischer
074. Herman Träff
075. Daniel Nieminen
076. Jack Berglund
077. Luke Osburn
078. Kevin He
079. Christian Humphreys
080. Riley Patterson
081. Ollie Josephson
082. Eriks Mateiko
083. Timur Kol
084. Sebastian Soini
085. Kasper Pikkarainen
086. Niilopekka Muhonen
087. Jacob Battaglia
088. Maxmilian Curran
089. AJ Spellacy
090. Oskar Vuollet
091. Jakub Fibigr
092. Tomas Galvas
093. Yegor Graf
094. Ondrej Kos
095. Nathan Villeneuve
096. Heikki Ruohonen
097. Aatos Koivu
098. Fyodor Avramov
099. Austin Burnevik OVERAGER
100. Anthony Romani OVERAGER


No Goalies + Trevor Connelly is on DND-list. Very small players that aren't extremely talented are also bumped off the list (Kiviharju, Poirier, Swanson, Zetterberg).

Nice list!

Those 4 little dudes are quite talented though. Kiviharju is a touch under 5’10” but the others are 5’7” to 5’8”. That’s just…yeah, probably not going to work out for them.

I really wanted to talk about Swanson more as dare I say it, he may have the highest hockey sense in the draft. USHL regular season MVP, playoff MVP and league champ. 3rd in league scoring, going to NoDak in the fall. But at 5’7”…such an uphill battle. Small chance he’s the next Johnny Hockey but much more likely he’s the next Rocco Grimaldi unfortunately.

 

[bleedblue1223]

Probably a typo, but...



Alrighty then.

 

[MissouriMook]

Seeing how expensive it has been to move up just a couple of spots in the first round, I am less convinced we will see Army make a move from 16 to get higher in the first round of the draft. In fact, I'm more inclined to think that we move back and pick up an additional 2nd rounder or just stay put. These move-ups are only going to get more expensive, especially once the draft starts.

 

[Blueston]

Probably a typo, but...



Alrighty then.

I don't think it is a typo- we apparently made a trade!

 

[bleedblue1223]

https://x.com/i/web/status/1806774438903341171

I don't think it is a typo- we apparently made a trade!

Yep. Crazy that an extension was announced before the trade.

And that's why you should take every Blues rumor with a grain of salt. Info is only selectively released from our org.

 

[Blueston]

I'm not sure Texier is really a center, as he is awful on faceoffs, but a 4th for a soon to be 25yo former (edit) 2nd round pick isn't bad value.

 

[bleedblue1223]

That really feels like a move to allow Saad to be traded. That's my initial impression.

 

[bleedblue1223]

My other immediate reaction, it's good to start getting those mid-20 aged players in, so we can get rid of vets, but still have some experience while the prospects come up.

 

[tfriede2]

nice.

That really feels like a move to allow Saad to be traded. That's my initial impression.

I think it’s just a Kapanen replacement, but we’ll see.

 

[Itsnotatrap]

I liked Texier as a prospect his draft year, but haven’t kept tabs in recent years. Obviously, his stock is down, but do you folks see any reason to hope for hidden upside potential left in him, or is he mostly just what he is at this point?

 

[mk80]

Seeing how expensive it has been to move up just a couple of spots in the first round, I am less convinced we will see Army make a move from 16 to get higher in the first round of the draft. In fact, I'm more inclined to think that we move back and pick up an additional 2nd rounder or just stay put. These move-ups are only going to get more expensive, especially once the draft starts.

I agree, I think 16 is the highest we pick this year.

Probably a typo, but...



Alrighty then.

For what we paid to acquire him it seems like a good value, for a relatively young player and former 2nd round pick

 

[bleedblue1223]

From CBJ board.

Excellent acceleration, forchecking. He is skill, can pass good. One is ideal with grinders/power forwards, prefers vertical hockey, played his best hockey with Robinson and Kuraly, but looked very good in the Jenner -Texier - Foligno line. Has ideal transition. I am afraid his shoot was not so good here also hockey IQ is average.
Ideal bottom six player, plays good in PK.

 

[stl76]

Love picking up Texier for a 4th. He’s a good player, just had some personal/family issues derail his career a bit. When he’s been on the ice he’s been a good middle 6 winger IMO.

 

[Linkens Mastery]

Woo

 

[LGB]

From CBJ board.

Interesting. Maybe a good fit on Dean’s wing?

 

[PerryTurnbullfan]

Good depth pick up versatile forward

 

[BuLLeT1291]

From main board.

""st louis fans are gonna love this kid.

he missed a lot of time here (injuries + spent a year back in france after multiple deaths in his family) and never really stuck in the top six but there's a really useful (and fun) player in there.

extremely fun player on breakaways/shootouts, plays with some jam, skates well and has great hands. just hasn't really put it all together yet, but if he gets a chance in the top six with st. louis i bet he sticks there.""

 

[Linkens Mastery]

Can't be worse than Kapanen

 

[Blanick]

Like the Texier move, very low risk, potentially high reward. We would have been lucky if any player we would have drafted with the traded pick ever played a single NHL game.

 

[Thallis]

What is going on that it's so active pre draft? All these gms are moving picks before they know who's on or off the board

 

[Kylester]

More on the new guy I assume we'll call "Tex":
Tex

 

[LetsGoBooze]

And its a 2025 4th, wow seems like a great gamble. Perfect re-tool type move, that has some good upside considering the cheap cost.