GDT: 2024 draft

[HisIceness]

I know this shows my age but I just don't get the shoes with no socks thing. Noticed it on some dads as well as the draftees.

Yeah me either.

Also Dallas, please take Emery so the Rangers don't.

 

[Highest Boss]

Congratulations on your new avatar!

We know who runs things

 

[Chan790]

My son was still watching and complaining non stop about how long it was taking to do this.. too much time wasting…. Then it gets to our pick and he yells at the tv “why did they go to a commercial?” Then he says some bad words about how he sat there for hours and they just traded the pick?

He is HOT right now and I’m trying so hard not to laugh….

I'm with your son on this. We just need to stop doing this shit. Our system is so deep that kids are withering on the vine and we're selling them for 7ths right before their rights expire.

There is no reason to be trading down. We should have been bundling picks to move up this draft.

 

[cptjeff]

I know this shows my age but I just don't get the shoes with no socks thing. Noticed it on some dads as well as the draftees.

It's not just a kids thing. It's an old money thing.

 

[HisIceness]

Ugh. Of course the Rangers take Emery

 

[Chan790]

Ugh. Of course the Rangers take Emery

Well...we could have had him.

 

[Joe McGrath]

I heard the description of Greentree, sounded like Rod’s wet dream and told my wife, they are trading back.

 

[HisIceness]

Edmonton giving up a future first to pick #32 is quite something

 

[cptjeff]

WTF Edmonton ?

 

[whiskers]

lol i was worried there , thought Woody Allen traded 2 of our 2nd pick for #32 , i was gonna WTF

 

[HisIceness]

Well the Igor kid is still there. Nikita Armwhatever is there. Cole Hutson is there. Lucas Petterson still there. Some options for tomorrow.

There's also trading down again

 

[Brock Anton]

I’ll give Edmonton credit. At least they made an aggressive move to get someone they wanted, instead of the rest of the GM’s who are afraid of their own shadow.

 

[Highest Boss]

you never know if other GM's made aggressive moves to get someone they wanted.

 

[Highest Boss]

 

[Brock Anton]

Turning down an unprotected Chicago 1st is really, really dumb.

 

[Nikishin Go Boom]

DW should have done that. Chicago isn’t going to be good next season.

 

[HisIceness]

Geez.

The Charlotte Hornets turned down some of the Celtics picks they acquired from the Brooklyn Nets as part of that Garnett/Pierce trade. At least one of those picks was used on Jayson Tatum.

That's a bad decision by the Jackets. And honestly Chicago should be thankful they said no.

 

[TheReelChuckFletcher]

DW should have done that. Chicago isn’t going to be good next season.

Goes back to my point about NHL organizations being too risk-averse sometimes. I mean, there's a possibility that Chicago is better next season, but it's not a great chance that they go lower than 4th overall.

 

[chaz4hockey]

3 second rounders tomorrow. At least we have something to discuss team related.

 

[Francis10]

Hope no Canes fans went to the draft tonight. Man that would suck to plan a trip out to LV to see the draft at the Sphere, then we don’t even make a pick in the first round.

Looking forward to discussing some actual hockey tomorrow though.

 

[TheReelChuckFletcher]

Canes have 10 picks tomorrow. I wouldn't be shocked if the Canes trade down for even more. Remember what they did in the COVID super-unknown 2021 draft: they traded down three or four times and got themselves a total of 13 picks. They got Morrow, Heimosalmi, Koivunen, Blake, Robidas, and Nystrom as guys deemed worthy of ELCs. That's a pretty strong mix of a potential top-4 D, a key trade chip in the Guentzel deadline blockbuster, and a bunch of role player crapshoots.

 

[NotOpie]

Agree w/TRCF on this. Was coming to post, that the Canes will trade pick #60 for two 3rd rounders. Book it!

 

[bleedgreen]

I think Cbus was doing just fine keeping the prospect they wanted instead of trading for a mystery box of….another prospect. Not to mention they’re starting fresh with a new gm and high pick and they’re going to leave without a top prospect or a player? If the pick doesn’t end up being the first overall pick they’ve waited a year to get basically the same level prospect. Or less.

 

[ck26]

Hope no Canes fans went to the draft tonight. Man that would suck to plan a trip out to LV to see the draft at the Sphere, then we don’t even make a pick in the first round.

Looking forward to discussing some actual hockey tomorrow though.

I live in Las Vegas and got a free ticket (good seat too!) but it was definitely a Linus From Charlie Brown Dragging His Blanket moment when the Canes traded down. In approximately 2014, I picked up an #HCanes polo from the Hibbett Sports in Fayetteville, and today was, like, the 3rd time I've worn it.

Cool event, the Sphere is a spectacular venue. The video screen is actually thousands of little LED screens, and I found myself counting (I saw 4 total) screens that were burned out and needed to be replaced. I can only imagine the ladder / bungee cord system they use for maintenance workers to get to all the parts of the screen.

Didn't see any other #HCanes fans there, but got some sympathy high fives from the crowd after 27 was dealt.

Eiserman and Emery both had 20+ person fanclubs near me. I actually watched one Piles fan swap his blank back Islanders jersey for one of the custom Eiserman t-shirts the group was wearing. Seems like a bad deal financially, but whatever, he seemed happy. And Piles fans are bad at math.

 

[Boom Boom Apathy]

Hope no Canes fans went to the draft tonight. Man that would suck to plan a trip out to LV to see the draft at the Sphere, then we don’t even make a pick in the first round.

True, but on the other hand, any Canes fan should have anticipated that it was a strong possibility that the Canes trade back.