2024 Draft Discussion

[ShanahanMan]

"when he was sent back down".

Enuff said. I want an NHL player that helps the team win, not a WHL shrimp that can't stay in the AHL trajectory.

PPG in AHL and 71 points in 31 games in WHL = wimp. Okay man, I guess we’ll see.

 

[Frk It]

Ended up feeling pretty ok with our draft class.

Hopefully MBN continues his momentum from the end of last year and some of these kids develop well at their NCAA programs.

 

[Dotter]

PPG in AHL and 71 points in 31 games in WHL = wimp. Okay man, I guess we’ll see.

One is a "massive bust" while putting up almost a PPG in the AHL playoffs and taking over games. The other is a itty-bitty shrimp that can't make the AHL but is tearing up the WHL amature league = stud.

Got it.

 

[HoweFan]

Not one player past Nygard in the Hockey News top 100 list. Whipple and Beacher get an HM tag I guess. I’m a little underwhelmed but a lot of people smarter than me seem to be happy so I’ll go with that

 

[HoweFan]

Anyone seen a list of the top undrafted guys

 

[ShanahanMan]

Anyone seen a list of the top undrafted guys

Zetterberg is easy #1

 

[Frk It]

Not one player past Nygard in the Hockey News top 100 list. Whipple and Beacher get an HM tag I guess. I’m a little underwhelmed but a lot of people smarter than me seem to be happy so I’ll go with that

Interestingly, Craig Button was high on some of these guys. (He was also very high on ASP last year)

He had Plante ranked #33
He had Becher ranked #56
He had Baker ranked #95

 

[HoweFan]

Interestingly, Craig Button was high on some of these guys. (He was also very high on ASP last year)

He had Plante ranked #33
He had Becher ranked #56
He had Baker ranked #95

Thanks I needed that. Nice to hear

 

[abj]

Flop.

 

[Winger98]

Ended up feeling pretty ok with our draft class.

Hopefully MBN continues his momentum from the end of last year and some of these kids develop well at their NCAA programs.

same. The only pick I was meh on was the goalie but it's not like we burned a high pick on it. Everyone else, you can see why we would gamble on them.

 

[OgeeOgelthorpe]

Galvas and Ustinkov about to go undrafted, thats shocking

Ustinkov wasn’t drafted because hestinkov.

Not one player past Nygard in the Hockey News top 100 list. Whipple and Beacher get an HM tag I guess. I’m a little underwhelmed but a lot of people smarter than me seem to be happy so I’ll go with that

THN draft lists are dog dirt now. Try EP draft guide or the black book. Both are terrific.

 

[Dotter]

Interestingly, Craig Button was high on some of these guys. (He was also very high on ASP last year)

He had Plante ranked #33
He had Becher ranked #56
He had Baker ranked #95

It's easy for me to get excited about this draft as I learn more info on these kids. I just know how every draft players look like they could be future NHLers only to fizzle out. Not just in the DRWs org, but collectively players from the draft. How rare is it to find good talent past the 1st round that make it? Low likelihood.

 

[odin1981]

same. The only pick I was meh on was the goalie but it's not like we burned a high pick on it. Everyone else, you can see why we would gamble on them.

I forget if we did, but DRW's seem for the past 10 years or so pick a goalie every other year pretty reliably?

 

[Winger98]

I forget if we did, but DRW's seem for the past 10 years or so pick a goalie every other year pretty reliably?

We've picked a goalie nearly every year and have failed so hard

Hoping Cossa and Augustine make up for so many of those picks that became nothing.

 

[HoweFan]

Ustinkov wasn’t drafted because hestinkov.




THN draft lists are dog dirt now. Try EP draft guide or the black book. Both are terrific.

Where were Plante and Beacher ranked on those lists

 

[Unfriendly Ghost]

Where were Plante and Beacher ranked on those lists

Plante was #85 in EP, Becher was 132.

EP thought Plante wasn't skilled enough for being small (had him at 5'10, the broadcast listed him as 5'11 today), and Becher they didn't think he had enough separation speed. Personally, I don't think either are problems. Plante is clearly still growing (guy looks 12, tops), and other sources think Becher has excellent speed.

Sometimes I think, for better or worse, EP is off in their own little world.

 

[BigBuck]

Yzerman played with russians and success drafting a stud dman in Tampa. Why doesn't he draft russians in Detroit?

Hedman is Swedish….If you’re talking about Sergachev, He traded his troubled 3rd overall draft pick Drouin for him…

 

[Dotter]

Hedman is Swedish….If you’re talking about Sergachev, He traded his troubled 3rd overall draft pick Drouin for him…

Actually I meant forward Kucherov. Not dman. My bad.

 

[heyfolks]

I am surprised the Wings didn't take a flyer on a Russian. With them not being allowed to play in some of these tournaments, I just have to imagine they have a few gems that were there for the taking.

 

[HoweFan]

Why didn’t we draft Mustapha Lemieux. 5:04 337 pounds. Go to Elite Prospects and read about him in the heaviest/shortest column. Haha

 

[Astyanax]

Lidström is my all-time favourite defenceman, and I remember his career clearly, but when they called him as 4-time Stanley Cup winner and 7-time Norris Trophy winner, I was like, what a f***, is this for real.

I didn't remember he won that much.

Really? I think he won his first at 31? Finished second the four previous years in row before he started winning. One of the last ones really wasn't really deserved, but that makes up for being egregiously overlooked 4x in a row. And maybe a little bit for the one or 2 Konstantinov deserved as well.