NHL Entry Draft 2024 NHL Draft Talk

[aragorn]

If Ottawa makes a deal for Oliver Bonk RD will there still be a need to take a defenceman in the draft? Maybe this is how they get a player like Beckette Sennecke RW?

BTW who would be the better defenceman for Ott Dickinson LD, Parekh RD or Bonk RD?

 

[Sens of Anarchy]

https://x.com/i/web/status/1805602219628097798

Some more lists to get in before Bob'

TSLH Espoirs - Top 32 des meilleurs espoirs pour le repêchage 2024 (Listes finales)

TSLH Espoirs - Top 32 des meilleurs espoirs pour le repêchage 2024 (Listes finales) - TSLH -

www.toutsurlehockey.com

 

[DJB]

At this point I’ll be shocked if we aren’t picking Iginla or Dickinson.

I’m really thinking it’s Iginla

 

[CallSaul]

Now that Michkov is coming to the NHL way sooner than people were led to believe, the pressure on MTL to select Demidov if he's there at 5 will be immense.

That fanbase will meltdown if they pass on him.

 

[Sens of Anarchy]

Now that Michkov is coming to the NHL way sooner than people were led to believe, the pressure on MTL to select Demidov if he's there at 5 will be immense.

That fanbase will meltdown if they pass on him.

Michkov aside I think they take him there. Lindstrom being available could change that

 

[Agent Zub]

Demidov could be deadly on the habs.

Their own Stutzle.

 

[Senscore]

I doubt he gets that far down

 

[GCK]

I’m thinking 4 forwards in the top 5.

 

[Sens of Anarchy]

I’m thinking 4 forwards in the top 5.

5D in the top 8...BM

 

[GCK]

5D in the top 8...BM

I mean actual draft day. I think Celebrini, Demidov and Lindstrom go top 4 and then Montreal reaches a bit for a forward.

 

[Sens of Anarchy]

Top 10
1. Celebrini
2. Demidov
3. Levshunov
4. Silayev
5. Lindstrom
6. Dickinson
7. Buium
8. Parekh
9. Helenius
10. Iginla

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I mean actual draft day. I think Celebrini, Demidov and Lindstrom go top 4 and then Montreal reaches a bit for a forward.

lol jk

 

[Sens of Anarchy]

Bob McKenzie's Final NHL Draft Ranking: Many attractive and diverse options after Macklin Celebrini | TSN

This year’s final ranking, from No. 2 on, is much more challenging to assemble because of two factors - many more divergent opinions and variance on even the top 10 picks and two Russians forcing their way into the conversation in the upper echelon.

www.tsn.ca

No. 6 is 6-foot-3, 203-pound London Knight defenceman Sam Dickinson. A marvelous skater and puck mover, Dickinson was ranked as high as No. 5 and as low as No. 16, but eight of 10 scouts had him in their Top 10.

No. 7 is Denver University’s Zeev Buium. The highly skilled 6-foot, 186-pound Pioneer rearguard was ranked as high as No. 6 and no lower than No. 11, with nine of 10 scouts slotting him in their Top 10.

No. 8 is Parekh, the Spirit’s dynamic offensive defenceman who was ranked as high as No. 3 and as low as No. 13, with seven of 10 scouts placing him in their Top 10; two of them putting him in their Top 5.

By the time you distill all those numbers, the differences between the trio of Dickinson, Buium and Parekh are minimal. Levshunov and Silayev appear to be in a consensus tier just above the other three, but there are varying degrees of crossover with that group of five blue-chippers.

There’s actually a sixth consideration, too. That would be TSN’s No. 13-ranked Carter Yakemchuk, the big 6-foot-3, 30-goal man from the Calgary Hitmen. He warrants inclusion in the same universe as the others. He was ranked as high as No. 4 on one list and as low as No. 20 on another, with four scouts having him in their Top 10.

“Of all the top defencemen this year, [Dickinson] is probably the least risky pick,” said one scout. “He has great size, great mobility. Compared to some of the others [Levshunov, Buium and Parekh, in particular], his offensive ceiling might be more limited, but this kid is going to play in your top four for 15 years.”

“Dickinson is a complete package,” added another. “He’s not the most physical guy; he’s not the most offensive; he doesn’t have the best shot, but he still gives you a LOT of everything. He’s such an easy guy to project as a complementary player on your top pair or the lead guy on your second pair.”

"Buium is a solid 6-footer, and all the American did was win in the last 13 months — the 2023 U-18 World Championship; the 2024 World Junior Championship; and the 2024 NCAA Frozen Four title.


“He controls the game with his skating and offensive ability,” a scout said. “He doesn’t just walk the offensive blueline, he dives right in and creates offence. He’s going to be on your No. 1 power play.”

“I started the year thinking he was a one-dimensional offensive guy,” said another scout, “but as the year progressed, so did his defensive game. He’s a capable defender and he’s only going to get better.”

“This is a mature kid,” added a third scout. “He has a real pro mentality.”

"Parekh is a flashy and dynamic presence with the offensive numbers — 33 goals and 96 points in 66 games for Saginaw — to prove it.

He is widely regarded as having the highest offensive ceiling of any defenceman in the draft, but that carries with it an element of risk, too, because he’s not quite as physically developed as the others and he’s more of a damn-the-torpedoes, riverboat-gambler type.

“He doesn’t have a [defensive] conscience,” one scout said. “If he gets scored on because he was out of position or made a big mistake, he comes right back and it’s like he’s thinking, ‘That’s okay, I’ll just go get a couple of goals to make up for it.’”

Some scouts think he’s a little better defensively than he gets credit for — he’s adept at breaking up plays with heady anticipation and an active stick — but his projection is as a No. 1 offensive defenceman.

“If he hits, that’s what he is,” a scout said. “If not…”

One of the scouts who ranked him in the top four of the entire draft said this about him: “He has unique offensive ability, No. 1 power play potential and it’s hard to find that level of offence from a defenceman. He’s a special type of player.”

No. 13 Yakemchuk gets some mixed reviews, but at 6-foot-3, plus a big shot that produced 30 goals for the Hitmen and more than 100 penalty minutes, there’s a lot to like, too.

“He’s big and long,” said a scout who believes Yakemchuk is a Top 5 overall prospect. “He boxes guys out pretty well and he does have some bite. He has great offensive instincts. His skating is a little funky, but he gets there.”

Some have compared Yakemchuk’s game to Edmonton Oiler offensive defenceman Evan Bouchard. They both shoot the puck from the blueline with authority, especially on the PP. Bouchard’s defensive game started to mature this season, but the scouts say Yakemchuk has a lot of room for improvement in that area. Bouchard is an elite NHL passer — and he was in his draft year — but Yakemchuk is a work in progress.

“His skating needs some work and so does his ability to defend, but he’s obviously got some tools,” another scout said. “He’s more of a scorer than a passer. He can be physical but it’s inconsistent.”

 

[Emerica]

Not surprised seeing Silayev still high

 

[Sens of Anarchy]

Not surprised seeing Silayev still high

Russian LSD

 

[HSF]

Seeing Bob's list I wouldn't mind moving down to 12 if the return is significant from Philly

If not we are likely getting an excellent prospect

 

[Micklebot]

Hoping we can get another first trading Chychrun, I'd really like a shot at Solberg or Emery

 

[Sens in Process]

https://x.com/i/web/status/1805629928727060554

We are going CHL according Lalime's Martian.

 

[Micklebot]

https://x.com/i/web/status/1805629928727060554

We are going CHL according Lalime's Martian.

That's pretty much everybody in our range except Buium who some expect to be gone by 7 anyways.

 

[BondraTime]

That's pretty much everybody in our range except Buium who some expect to be gone by 7 anyways.

Yeah, it's 7/9 of they guys ranked from 5-13, so pretty safe way to hedge

And you can throw out Eiserman and Connolly, they won't be drafted by the Sens

 

[Joeyjoejoe]

Keeps insinuating that we will move the pick or trade down.

https://x.com/i/web/status/1805616235587289261

https://x.com/i/web/status/1805388478366290401

 

[Senscore]

We'll see, but you can only sell if someone's buying.

 

[Senator Stanley]

Keeps insinuating that we will move the pick or trade down.

https://x.com/i/web/status/1805616235587289261

https://x.com/i/web/status/1805388478366290401

I don't get what's meaningful about the Sens trading 25, as it relates to 7.

Because they traded 25 they're more likely to trade 7? There's no logic to that.

 

[Sens in Process]

Yeah, it's 7/9 of they guys ranked from 5-13, so pretty safe way to hedge

And you can throw out Eiserman and Connolly, they won't be drafted by the Sens

I was just letting all the Konsta Hellenius lovers know they shouldn't get excited on draft night.

 

[BondraTime]

I don't get what's meaningful about the Sens trading 25, as it relates to 7.

Because they traded 25 they're more likely to trade 7? There's no logic to that.

I'm assuming that he's insinuating the Sens want to pick ~25 where they have been scouting all year, and that coincides with him saying the Sens are going to move back with the Flyers who own the 12th and 32nd pick

 

[PlayOn]

Keeps insinuating that we will move the pick or trade down.

https://x.com/i/web/status/1805616235587289261

https://x.com/i/web/status/1805388478366290401

Friedman said he does think the Flyers had something going on with us but due to the Michkov signing he’s not so sure it’s going to happen anymore. The context was that Michkov signing is gonna change their plans as far as to what they want to try and do next year.

This was today on 32 thoughts podcast.