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

[Juicy Pop]

Clearly because every NHL GM is a mastermind genius and knows much better than anyone else.

I mean, the implication isn't wrong here either. Maybe we'll look back and wonder why he fell all that way when he's a legit 1D... but I'd have to think that something recently went wrong in interviews, etc.

 

[FlyerNutter]

By the way, this org has never valued draft picks. I would not be shocked if they’re acquiring picks to trade for players to tinker around they’re FA chasing they’re dying to do

They suck at drafting. Always have.

Not to piss people off, but spare me the initial hype of some of the guys taken in the last say decade.

Its TK, Sanheim, and Couturier as good consistent pieces. It ends there.

The scouting department is f***ing trash.

I'll stfu now, good night boys.

 

[Beef Invictus]

1st
2nd
3rd
No 4th

Getting 3 guys in first 3 rounds is a failure

I remember being told we would have so many picks because we would do so many sellings at the deadline and before the draft. And that I'm total scum for doubting it. I doubted it and this is still way worse than feared. I was way too positive

 

[AndHeMissedTheNet]

If you want to stick to a money analogy, imagine you are getting paid back anywhere from $100 to $200 dollars 2 years from now. But inflation is 50% a year.

It's a bad deal, man.

and again, that's a bad analogy when the draft pick value is not guaranteed to increasingly get worse.

look, i get it. we're all impatient around here. we all want something done now and we're all underwhelmed with the first round. to be completely honest, i don't really give that much of a shit about taking Luchenko over Buium when the correct move would've been to say yes to what Waddell asked for pick #4. but a potential increase in value is still a potential increase in value.

 

[Angry Hockey Dad]

Honestly it was a miracle they even picked Michkov at this point.

 

[Magua]

Sweet merciful Christ, no. The 2026 20th overall pick is not in the same universe as 32 on the clock. You usually get about a round value discount per year of deferral.

The same thing happens every year. There are always a few guys. I'd take Brindley last year over half this 1st round. Ditto Basha or Freij or Stiga. It's possible a magical player is there, but it's doubtful. It could even be worse. Or they could take the bad option. On the talent issue and the draft philosophy issue, I think they've doubly failed. The latter is not even debatable.

The funniest possible outcome is June 2025 rolls around and.......Flahr prefers 2026.

Woke up thinking we had a chance at Demidov or Catton. Going to sleep with Luchanko.

Honey Boo Boo, this is why I can't watch prospects all year. I watched in like October and June, and I'm still so so mad. Imagine watching all year religiously?

 

[freakydallas13]

and again, that's a bad analogy when the draft pick value is not guaranteed to increasingly get worse.

look, i get it. we're all impatient around here. we all want something done now and we're all underwhelmed with the first round. to be completely honest, i don't really give that much of a shit about taking Luchenko over Buium when the correct move would've been to say yes to what Waddell asked for pick #4. but a potential increase in value is still a potential increase in value.

Just because you don't like the analogy doesn't mean it's bad.

Agree to disagree.

 

[Flyerfan4life]

Honestly it was a miracle they even picked Michkov at this point.

it only happened cuz MTL brain farted

 

[Beef Invictus]

Brent Flahr who has built his draft rep based on...

Only drafting one star player in FIFTEEN years of being in charge of NHL drafts. (albeit Michkov will be #2)
3 years with Ducks as a scout where they drafted 1 legit NHL player and it was not from his area.
6 years with Florida as a scout where they missed on 5/7 first rounders and EVERY one of the 16 players they drafted from his area bar Jay Bouwmeester failed to become NHLers!

And that one star was Kaprizov who should have gone first freaking round without hindsight and they passed on for Ales Stezka (yeh, who?) and could have missed on as a result.

Like... where does this "reputation" come from.

Florida sucked in the draft when he was with them. Anaheim sucked in the draft when he was with them. Minnesota were bang average in the draft when he was with them...

And somehow he's evidently heading for Hanrahan status as a barnacle which cannot be peeled off

 

[Angry Hockey Dad]

it only happened cuz MTL brain farted

The thought of Michkov and Demidov playing for MTL makes me sick

 

[BiggE]

They are gonna be a mediocre 80-90 point team forever. I’m done.

 

[Juicy Pop]

So the Oilers 1st is top-12 protected

 

[Beef Invictus]

So the Oilers 1st is top-12 protected

What's the point then?

 

[Juicy Pop]

What's the point then?

Well, it's not as if they got to the Finals cleanly. They could very easily be run out in the 1st round.

 

[Beef Invictus]

Tired of this narrative. It comes from a Briere PC and the idiotic Flyer scouts.

This draft is weaker at the top with good depth, ask Apple. And excellent D prospects in first round, better than most.

They do not know that next year's draft (or later) will actually be better. Theyve made this assessment before and they have been dead wrong.

 

[Hollywood Cannon]

What's the point then?

In 2025. If it doesn’t convey in 2025, it’s not protected in 2026 but yes, what is the point?

 

[freakydallas13]

Hey guys I fell asleep after the Sharks took Dickinson. What a break, Buium at 12, who could have predicted that?! Can't wait to watch probably the best defenseman this team has ever drafted for the next 20 years. And they still have a pick at 32 to boot!

This is going to be an amazing draft that defines Briere's legacy.

 

[trostol]

i'm starting to get now why i enjoy other sports these days over anything here..like AFL, Cricket etc..seems there is less disappointing me to be had lol(except you New Zealand Cricket!!!)

 

[mr figgles]

That was a roller coaster of a day.

The Flyers are trying to move up for Demidov!

Demidov could fall to 7!

Demidov didn’t fall, but Buium is still there!

He’s still there and the Flyers are up next!

Trade! It’s taking a while. Must be a big one involving players!

Flyers get Joan Jett and a 3rd

 

[Juicy Pop]

That was a roller coaster of a day.

The Flyers are trying to move up for Demidov!

Demidov could fall to 7!

Demidov didn’t fall, but Buium is still there!

He’s still there and the Flyers are up next!

Trade! It’s taking a while. Must be a big one involving players!

Flyers get Joan Jett and a 3rd

I mean, if it was anyone but this team I'd probably be much happier.

They tried to get what they wanted, couldn't do so and then said f*** it I'm out.

 

[JojoTheWhale]

Are people really not understanding that the problem with the trade out isn't that they did so? It's that they didn't get enough. Sports draft pick values decay as you go into the future. That is how every sport works.

If they did this for the same pick with protections, but also got something else to make up the value they lost, it's completely fine. Pick, player, whatever.

 

[BigToe]

Honey Boo Boo, this is why I can't watch prospects all year. I watched in like October and June, and I'm still so so mad. Imagine watching all year religiously?

 

[flyers0909]

Brilliant

 

[Magua]

I think that having Michkov and putting him with slop is more painful than just having Ryan Leonard and slop. Because I want to watch Michkov, but I want to cry at the same time. I could totally check out in the latter scenario.

And somehow he's evidently heading for Hanrahan status as a barnacle which cannot be peeled off

They are over the moon with his work. This guy struck gold burrowing his way in with Fletcher.

 

[Juicy Pop]

Are people really not understanding that the problem with the trade out isn't that they did so? It's that they didn't get enough. Sports draft pick values decay as you go into the future. That is how every sport works.

If they did this for the same pick with protections, but also got something else to make up the value they lost, it's completely fine.

I get that. It was a bad net return, but it's some indication of a direction... even if we can't trust them to make use of it in the future.

I'm very unhappy and yet sorta happy. It sucks being a fan of this team.