2024 NHL Draft Thread - Upd: Draft Lottery is May 7th

[Beukeboom Fan]

Tonight, we find out who will be lucky enough to walk away with Celebrini

I don't expect Hawks to have luck they did last year. My only hope is that they dont fall which I fear

If they stay at #2 Demidov should be pick

If they fall to #3 then I probably listen to trade offers but ultimately take Levshunov

If they fall to #4,, Honestly a few guys could go there but none are as good as the top 3 guys

I thought the draft lottery was on 5/7?

 

[WarriorofTime]

It's Demidov/Levshunov at 2/3 for me. If the Hawks are 4 and both are gone, then I'd need to think about it.

 

[EddieTheEagle]

I thought the draft lottery was on 5/7?

Correct. Draft lottery is tomorrow night.

2024 NHL Draft Lottery to be held May 7 | NHL.com

Sharks have best odds to win No. 1 selection

www.nhl.com

 

[Blackhawkswincup]

Damn it, Had wrong date and may miss it

-- I know its in thread title which makes it even worse I had date wrong --

 

[Beukeboom Fan]

It's Demidov/Levshunov at 2/3 for me. If the Hawks are 4 and both are gone, then I'd need to think about it.

Demidov is stuck in the MHL because he didn't sign a contract extension - correct? So he's only locked up for 1 more year?

 

[TLEH]

Demidov is stuck in the MHL because he didn't sign a contract extension - correct? So he's only locked up for 1 more year?

Correct. His agent has already said he wants to be in NA after 2025.

 

[dreadpirateroberts]

Demidov is stuck in the MHL because he didn't sign a contract extension - correct? So he's only locked up for 1 more year?

Yes. He's expected to come to North America after

 

[TLEH]

Personally? I'm Demidov at 2 now. I've seen enough of the MHL playoffs and am comfortable rolling the dice on the talent.

If its 3 or 4? I'm looking at Buium/Catton.

 

[WarriorofTime]

Demidov is stuck in the MHL because he didn't sign a contract extension - correct? So he's only locked up for 1 more year?

Yeah, and hopefully they'll lend him out and he can play on a KHL team somewhere (like Sochi). SKA is run by an idiot.

 

[Larmer83]

Celebrini
Demidov
Buium
Levshunov

 

[Blackhawkswincup]

Personally? I'm Demidov at 2 now. I've seen enough of the MHL playoffs and am comfortable rolling the dice on the talent.

If its 3 or 4? I'm looking at Buium/Catton.

If Hawks are at #3 and they dont want to draft Levshunov they should look to trade down to team that wants Levshunov

Taking Buium at #3 or #4 is a reach

 

[Putt Pirate]

If Hawks are at #3 they should look to trade down to team that wants Levshunov

Taking Buium at #3 or #4 is a reach

That I agree with.

 

[TLEH]

If Hawks are at #3 and they dont want to draft Levshunov they should look to trade down to team that wants Levshunov

Taking Buium at #3 or #4 is a reach

I wouldn't quantify lots of players at 3 or 4 a reach. There is a group of like 7 players you could take at 3.

Played really well at the U20s as 18.1 month old. Won gold. Over PPG in D0 in the NCAA. Won National Title. Played extremely well in the FF. Not sure how you could call him a reach lol.

 

[Kevin Musto]

Should give an idea of where teams actually view these guys

Finally a new Bob list!

 

[TLEH]

Finally a new Bob list!

 

[TLEH]

So Top 10 is 5 D, and 5 Forwards, then the next 5 are 1 D and 4 forwards.

Top 10 is probably

Celebrini
Demidov
Eiserman
Catton
Lindstrom

Levshunov
Buium
Parekh
Silayev
Dickinson

Next 5

Iginla
Sennecke
Helenius
Hage
Yakemchuk

No order just player guessing.

 

[WarriorofTime]

Sounds about right, I don't expect any big surprises. The "lists" seem to be stabilizing at this point.

 

[monkforasia]

I'm ok with lev, then trading up to get sennecke or taking one of the other tier 2/3 wingers. I'm actually coming around to the idea of trading seth for marner.

 

[WarriorofTime]

I'm ok with lev, then trading up to get sennecke or taking one of the other tier 2/3 wingers. I'm actually coming around to the idea of trading seth for marner.

Requires both players to waive. In Marner's case, he'd be waiving to likely get flipped and then possibly signing somewhere else even later, so potentially three teams in about a year. Not happening imo. Marner's only waiving to a team giving a fat extension and I don't really want that to be the case.

 

[Northernhawk]

On the Eve if the NHL Draft here’s roughly where the Blackhawks will be drafting

1, 2, 3 or 4 depending on lottery
20(TB)
34
54(LA via PHI)
57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64 or 65 depending on how far Canucks go
67
72(OTT)
138(CGY via NAS)
163

 

[Kevin Musto]

So Top 10 is 5 D, and 5 Forwards, then the next 5 are 1 D and 4 forwards.

Top 10 is probably

Celebrini
Demidov
Eiserman
Catton
Lindstrom

Levshunov
Buium
Parekh
Silayev
Dickinson

Next 5

Iginla
Sennecke
Helenius
Hage
Yakemchuk

No order just player guessing.

No way Catton is in the top 10 imo

 

[TLEH]

No way Catton is in the top 10 imo

I like Tij too but he outscored Tij by 30+. He scored 116 points in his draft year lol. Idc how many minutes you play or how bad your team is, thats elite production.

 

[Kevin Musto]

It's up!

Bob McKenzie's NHL Draft Ranking: An 'unpredictable ride' after Macklin Celebrini | TSN

Ten out of 10 NHL club team scouts surveyed in the past week by TSN have Macklin Celebrini as the undisputed No. 1 draft prospect. Beyond Celebrini, though? Buckle up.

www.tsn.ca

1. Celebrini
2. Demidov
3. Silayev
4. Levshunov
5. Lindstrom
6. Dickinson
7. Parekh
8. Buium
9. Helenius
10. Iginla
11. Catton
12. Yakemchuk
13. Eiserman
14. Sennecke
15. Connelly

 

[ChiHawks10]

Only one more day until the lotto lands us Celebrini, and HF melts down again like it did this same time last year.

 

[WarriorofTime]

Scouts still really like Silayev. Biggest disconnect between the McKenzie List and everyone's else's list. Big mobile defenseman, but we really don't need another LD especially if not a PP QB.