GDT: 2024 NHL Draft - (1st Round - 6/28 at 7PM ET and Remainder of Draft - 6/29 at 11:30AM ET)

[BigToe]

Nothing has changed

 

[bennysflyers16]

We need to add skill , we added zero.

This team is a dumpster fire

 

[GKJ]

I wonder if the Danny thinks they're getting the Columbus pick this year

 

[Magua]

Flahr prefers the 2025 and 2026 drafts.

 

[MayonnaiseOreo]

Only thing frustrating is could this pick have been used to move up.

No doubt. We heard how aggressively Briere tried to move up but it sounds like nobody was interested in just 12 + 32 and maybe someone like Laughton. Not sure Briere could've done much more to move up without doing something stupid.

Instead he did something stupid by trading back from 12 to 13 and skipping out on Buium for another "cute" pick.

 

[Strawberry Fields]

"The Panthers won't win the Cup in two years. It'll be a mid-first."

 

[Curufinwe]

Even if this is like 19th in 2026 you’re not gaining that much value.

 

[FlyerNutter]

They made that deal because they figure they can use the pick when its time to move forward more aggressively.

They will never pick a player at the draft with it.

If thats not the rationale then I have no idea

 

[phil162888]

I don't get why the Oilers do this.

Agree completely for a team contending for a cup you'd think they'd want their first to trade in 2025 at the deadline... weird

 

[GKJ]

They'll be perfectly positioned to trade the pick at whichever deadline

 

[BackToTheBrierePatch]

I think Oilers fans are confused about this trade.

 

[JABEE]

One of the worst First Rounds in recent memory. Probably since Sam Morin.

 

[Magua]

This is the same team that refuses to have a fire sale. But their timeline makes no f***ing sense. They routinely push back picks (at bad value). Michkov is halfway through his RFA before that could even pay dividends. So, why keep Laughton? Konecny? They talk out both sides.

 

[FatTugboatFlahr]

Nothing ever happens. EVER

Not even our own 1st rounders.

 

[VladDrag]

Any conditions yet?

 

[Juicy Pop]

Hey, even more of a reason to dislike the Oilers.

I'm okay with this.

 

[Chinatown88]

Just need that extra first to secure a generational talent. What a move.

 

[Angry Hockey Dad]

Again these f***ing idiots think they are the smartest people in the room and they humiliate themselves twice in one night. Sorry, twice in one round

 

[MayonnaiseOreo]

You think, you think Edm will be bad for next 2-3 years? we have to wait another year or two just to draft someone...? We traded Giroux 2 years ago and still did not draft a player for him.


the f*** is he doing.

I just don't think it's worth losing your minds over. We have no control over the team so I don't get why everyone goes into all caps mode and frothing at the mouth over this team. The Flyers should get a better player in the future than whatever they'd have taken at 32. Hopefully it's a pick in 2025 but honestly it's dumb to be worked up over this trade.

Be mad about trading back from 12 to 13 because that was stupid based on taking Luchanko.

 

[JojoTheWhale]

I don't mind this trade. Whatever the pick is in 2025 or 2026 will be a higher pick than 32. Don't think it's worth shitting your pants over, even though that's the usual around here.

I am begging people to understand that the break-even line of value for a future pick is not 1 spot higher if it’s 1-2 years down the line. It’s just not. It’s one of the craziest things ever said on this board.

 

[Kelmitchell2]

We absolutely shit the bed tonight boys, and girls, completely unacceptable

 

[Hollywood Cannon]

Lulz.

 

[GKJ]

I think Oilers fans are confused about this trade.

I would be too, if you're in it to win it, they should be trading that pick for players. Picks usually move easier than actual prospects

 

[Appleyard]

 

[MayonnaiseOreo]

I am begging people to understand that the break-even line of value for a future pick is not 1 spot higher if it’s 1-2 years down the line. It’s just not. It’s one of the craziest things ever said on this board.

So if the Edmonton pick is 20th overall in 2025/6 you don't think that's better than the crapshoot at 32 this year?