2024 NHL Draft Picks 14, 42, 43, 76, 108, 109, 161, 172, 204 (Draft on 6/28 and 6/29)
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Emptying the 2024 NHL Combine Notebook - The Hockey Writers NHL Entry Draft Latest News, Analysis & More
The 2024 NHL Combine had some memorable moments. We empty out the notebook and discuss the biggest takeaways from the weekend.
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2024 NHL Draft Combine Notebook: What we learned
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Feels like no EJ Emery at 43 after he demolished the combine. Freak athlete 6'3 RHD don't last long.
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Throw a black and red Goathead helmet on him and I'm ready to go back to 1997. The third wave of ska is it its peak, Rob Ray is still pummeling heads instead of trying to form sentences, and Lindy is just joining the team as coach...
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I think Adams/Forton have already come out and said that one of the things they do is that if there's a player with one elite talent on the board, they'll take him.
Boldy is extremely smart, and very skilled both as a puck handler, and passer. Also a vg shooter. Good skater...not fast, but has vg edges and is elusive. I didn't like him that much as a young prospect because he looked kind of sleepy, and was underwhelmed in his D+1 year(when BC tried to turn him into a C), and only slightly more impressed in the next year. Just saw a tall gawky guy who you could blow over, and often didn't need to as he would just fall down when playing against AHL'ers.
2-3 years later he has filled out, maybe even grown a bit more, and is, if not a power forward, then a big, skilled guy with great skill who can fend off checkers when he has the puck and win board battles due to the extra muscle he has put on. He is very, very, good. Still fiddles around with the puck a little bit, but that's what you get with creative players. The payoff is that he makes great seeing eye passes, has excellent handles, an is hard to contain due to his creative skating, and extendo arms. There are some similarities to Thompson.
I'm thrilled with his development, as a Wild fan. I don't know that he will be elite like Kaprizov, but he is a no doubt 1st liner, and likely will be for years, as he is just entering his prime(just turned 23 yo). Food for thought, though, Kaprizov wasn't even in the NHL at Boldy's age.
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2024 NHL Draft: 25 top prospects scout each other
What happens when you ask top young talents to break down each other’s games?
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I bet Montreal will take him because of the backlash they got last year. Which would make 5 his floor. I know that sounds silly…but man…has their pick been blasted for 11 and a half months and counting. If people see another skilled Russian perceived to be falling and they do it again?
I hope it happens
I hope it happens
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I'd bet on Columbus if Lindstrom wasn't there. Although Waddell likes to draft Russian guys.
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NHL mock draft: Marquee D-men rise after Memorial Cup
Following the Memorial Cup and scouting combine, theScore's Kyle Cushman, Nick Faris, John Matisz, and Josh Wegman united to project the first round of the 2024 NHL Draft. A final mock will be published closer to the June 28-29 event.!function(){"use...
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NHL Draft Combine high on intriguing players, but light on sure things
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Hard to believeNHL mock draft: Marquee D-men rise after Memorial Cup
Following the Memorial Cup and scouting combine, theScore's Kyle Cushman, Nick Faris, John Matisz, and Josh Wegman united to project the first round of the 2024 NHL Draft. A final mock will be published closer to the June 28-29 event.!function(){"use...
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2024 NHL Draft Prospect Profile: Carter Yakemchuk
Carter Yakemchuk’s dance card at the 2024 NHL Scouting Combine was nearly full, as the 18-year-old defenseman met with 23 teams last week in Buffalo ahead of the 2024 NHL Draft. As expected…
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Anyone want to throw out odds on Solberg going before one of Parekh, Yak, Buium, and Dickinson? Feels like something that could be happening.
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Don't know if it's this group of prospects or if I just haven't studied them as much while finishing school this year but there's like a half dozen or more players I'd be fine with and relatively few that will make me want to break something in my near vicinity.
Or maybe I'm just getting old.
Or maybe I'm just getting old.
Yes, it is because you are old.
Seriously, though, there are plenty of solid players in and around that tier. They should be able to select someone who adds to their overall talent pool quality.
I would hate that for the kid. He is a throwback though, and violence seems like it is in demand now.
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Why hate it for him? I don't think the difference in expectations between going 10 and 15 are so different.
Violence is in demand for sure. Mobile violence that can fluidly get to where that violence is called for...has me thinking about him at 11 tbh. He's getting mocked top 15 pretty consistently now.
Just trying to figure out who the surprise top 10 guy will be. Not sure if Sennecke qualifies anymore.
There are going to be folks who are upset he isn’t the point producer they expect (not the reality of draft picks, just the flak from people who aren’t aware enough of how players develop and produce).
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