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

[BackToTheBrierePatch]

I’m gonna need the Caps to send a team over there to present him with a jersey, do a photo op like he just got drafted.

This is like being traded on your bobble head night.

 

[BigToe]

Don’t get the Zellers hype

 

[BillDineen]

All those 5 to 7 rounders are for Flahr not to miss on the next Rempe.

 

[BiggE]

Fletcher
AV
Yeo
Torts
Danny H
Jonesy
Danny B

We really are cursed

 

[Random Forest]

I know everyone doesn't follow football, but one of the big takeaways from the avalanche of data that we have gotten in the last decade or so is that while no one is great at drafting, the ones who are worse at it than everyone else are those that are overconfident in their personal board.

That's the Flyers in a nutshell. And it's so much worse to do it in a sport where projections are for significantly younger players.

Really think teams would make smarter picks by cutting their scouting departments by 80%. These people fall in love with players. Their whole job is to tell you to disbelief what the hard evidence suggests.

 

[BigToe]

Ducks adding another nice Dman

 

[FLYguy3911]

Ducks adding another nice Dman

They are so weird. Sometimes they take Zellweger and Smith. Sometimes they take Solberg and Warren.

 

[Appleyard]

Kurt Overhardt vs the Flyers man.

2-0 aha.

(this is conjecture)

 

[BigToe]

Kurt Overhardt vs the Flyers man.

2-0 aha.

(this is conjecture)

Do you like Berglund? Wasn’t even on my radar.

 

[Adam Warlock]

A middle 6 center. A 4th line center. A bottom pair dman.

but I was told to buckle up.

 

[Danko]

A middle 6 center. A 4th line center. A bottom pair dman.

but I was told to buckle up.

Ya gotta just stay buckled at all times until told not to

 

[JojoTheWhale]

Really think teams would make smarter picks by cutting their scouting departments by 80%. These people fall in love with players. Their whole job is to tell you to disbelief what the hard evidence suggests.

I understand the philosophy here completely. What I don't personally know is how the NHL sets up their departments. I can speak to the NFL.

Generally, A prospects are those given a Grade of Round 1-3. At least five people do indpendent evaluations -- the local area Scout (Southeast, etc), the regional Scout (East), a national Scout, the head of College Scouting, and then the AGM or whoever is ultimately in charge of the amateur wing. That's 4 independent instances of cross-checking designed to filter out outliers.

Then of course it's up to the decision makers to synthesize the info well.

 

[LegionOfDoom91]

I still cannot believe they passed up on Buium. I don’t care about needs. Nothing is guaranteed but he probably had the best profile of reaching star status.

 

[FLYguy3911]

@BigToe Stiga and Marques. Who are these Predators?

 

[Kelmitchell2]

Do you like Berglund? Wasn’t even on my radar.

Not even a little bit

 

[GKJ]

A middle 6 center. A 4th line center. A bottom pair dman.

but I was told to buckle up.

Stay tuned

 

[Appleyard]

Do you like Berglund? Wasn’t even on my radar.

Would have been fine in the 3rd... not the 2nd.

I dont see more than a 3rd liner.

 

[Beef Invictus]

Flyers out here minimizing assets

 

[LegionOfDoom91]

A middle 6 center. A 4th line center. A bottom pair dman.

but I was told to buckle up.

Does Luchanko own a yacht?

 

[ellja3]

Ēriks Mateiko (LW from Latvia) #90 to Caps. Was predicted to go 2nd-3rd round, so expected and - nice. The particular franchise he was drafted tho, ugh. But can't have it all.

 

[BritainStix]

I always enjoy the absolute certainty in people's convictions about 17 year old kids. You would swear that the draft is dead easy and you just follow the consensus.

 

[Appleyard]

Misa still being there is crazy.

He is a pretty similar archetype to Luchanko... not quite as good, and almost a year older, and more likely to kick out to wing.

BUT ridiculous he has fell so far.

 

[Kelmitchell2]

Would have been fine in the 3rd... not the 2nd.

I dont see more than a 3rd liner.

That's where I was at when we took him, 2nd we needed more upside even if it doesn't pan out

 

[JojoTheWhale]

I understand the philosophy here completely. What I don't personally know is how the NHL sets up their departments. I can speak to the NFL.

Generally, A prospects are those given a Grade of Round 1-3. At least five people do indpendent evaluations -- the local area Scout (Southeast, etc), the regional Scout (East), a national Scout, the head of College Scouting, and then the AGM or whoever is ultimately in charge of the amateur wing. That's 4 independent instances of cross-checking designed to filter out outliers.

Then of course it's up to the decision makers to synthesize the info well.

@Appleyard You would probably know. Is there a similar level of cross-checking in the NHL? That’s often 100+ players per class with that kind of independent detail down to the studs.

 

[BigToe]

Misa still being there is crazy.

He is a pretty similar archetype to Luchanko... not quite as good, and almost a year older, and more likely to kick out to wing.

BUT ridiculous he has fell so far.

Seems like this years version of Cagnoni.
Sliding way too far.