GDT: 2024 NHL Draft (June 28 - June 29, Las Vegas Sphere)

[bacchist]

In a couple years we're going to be much younger and just as slow

 

[Calicaps]

Sure hope our scouts turn out to be right about this. Yikes.

 

[twabby]

Going to memorialize this because I am confident enough in my opinions: they would have been much better off with Benson and Eiserman instead of Leonard and Parascak. Ugh

 

[Marshall]

This feels like the Eric Fehr pick.

 

[JayBeagleFanAccount]

Sami wrote in her Q&A he wasnt even on the team board nor was trading 17 or CMM

passing on a top 5 talent because of a few mistakes he made at 16 is pathetic

 

[Calicaps]

This feels like the Eric Fehr pick.

 

[EYEuhFRAYtee]

We coulda had Getzlaf!

 

[MileHighCapsFan]

Tier: Middle of the lineup player

Skating: Below NHL average
Puck skills: Above NHL average
Hockey sense: Above NHL average
Compete: NHL average

Player comparable: Fabian Zetterlund

Analysis: Parascak had a monster first WHL season as a top scorer in the league after playing U18 hockey the season prior. He has a ton of skill and offensive sense. He beats defenders often with his puckhandling and makes a lot of plays to teammates. He’s not very big, but Parascak works hard. He makes high-end skilled plays at the net, can kill penalties and gives a good effort every night. The big issue in his NHL projection is his skating. He has a heavy stride that lacks any kind of NHL footspeed. He’s overperformed a lot to date and while he doesn’t fit the athletic profile, his hockey sense is so good he could potentially be a middle-six wing.

Pick grade: C+

 

[Ovechkins Wodka]

We have a good history drafting Wings. Lets trust our scouts over internet bloggers and ESPN

 

[Hivemind]

passing on a top 5 talent because of a few mistakes he made at 16 is pathetic

Connelly isn't a top 5 talent, and it's more than a few mistakes. There's a reason he's bounced around from so many teams, sometimes in just a matter of days. There's a reason old teams didn't accept him back. There's a reason a number of NCAA programs chose not to recruit him. Connelly is a turd.

 

[Cush]

Just can't help themselves, absolutely Pavlonian when it comes to the WHL

 

[Langway]

Parascak does kind of remind me a bit of Oshie, albeit not as physical. Super handsy. Should definitely work in the bumper spot. Cleaning up the skating and putting on mass generally will be the big tasks.

 

[usiel]

 

[JayBeagleFanAccount]

parascak is nothing like oshie at all; tj oshie is notorious for being lazy and disengaged while on the ice

 

[um]

He won't even get to Hershey until Ovechkin retires.

That's how the NHL draft works.

These are 17 and 18 year olds.

 

[Langway]

parascak is nothing like oshie at all

The hand eye / stickhandling / craft.

 

[JayBeagleFanAccount]

ross mahoney needs to go

 

[Todd Lazarchick]

Off-season gets worse by the day

 

[SecretaryofDefense5]

Pronman wasn’t a fan of the pick. Says his foot speed is nowhere near NHL level and it was a reach.

 

[Block]

i dont know why anyone is making predictions or looking at insiders lol how often are those ever correct?

After the top 5? Rarely.

Pronman wasn’t a fan of the pick. Says his foot speed is nowhere near NHL level and it was a reach.

That was true of Filip Forsberg too and he turned out okay.

 

[ChaosLord]

I hate the pick. They could’ve easily moved back.

I mean shit, what do I know? But this is so far off the radar.

I am over it

What a brutal year for this declining organization. Everything from missing the tank and now this.

Screw the Caps. They are not the future. Time to hop on that Wizards bandwagon.

 

[Block]

What a brutal year for this declining organization. Everything from missing the tank and now this.

Screw the Caps. They are not the future. Time to hop on that Wizards bandwagon.

The Wizards? That's a good joke.

 

[Langway]

In hindsight maybe Jiricek was not so bad.

 

[SecretaryofDefense5]

After the top 5? Rarely.


That was true of Filip Forsberg too and he turned out okay.

Forsberg was a highly rated prospect his draft year. This pick is way off the board.

I don’t know shit but relying on the dudes who do.

 

[pman25]

17 was a weird spot anyway, draft was lost when we missed on Parekh and Buium. Maybe they get some insane faller at 52 and it doesn’t matter much.

Kinda like how Twabby feels better pretending we took Cristall at 8 and Leonard at 40