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

[TLEH]

I think Dickinson has a pretty high floor also.

Definitely.

 

[WarriorofTime]

33 kids play at a 100 point per 82 pace in the WHL in the current season and at a time the WHL is bleeding a lot of western Canadian kids to NCAA and getting diddly squat from western United States as well as a Russia import draft ban.

 

[bwanajamba]

NHL Draft 2024 ranking: Celebrini No. 1 on Pronman's list, Silayev and Dickinson next

The top five picks in this year's draft class all look like potential impact players in the NHL.

theathletic.com

Pronman's latest ranking:

Celebrini

Silayev
Dickinson
Yakemchuk
Levshunov

Catton
Demidov
Lindstrom

Parekh
Buium
Helenius
Jiricek
Eiserman

He says that it's a weird draft as there's good high end talent but the depth falls off earlier than usual. Not as many guys who project as top 6/top 4 contributors.

At this point I'm pretty agnostic after Celebrini. Feels like there's no consensus after #1 and this team just needs talent, period.

 

[hawksfan50]

No Lindstrom has the most potential impact for both reeg season and playoff style hockey over the smallish catton.

The Hawks woukd be nuts to take any forward after Celebrini other than Lindstrom...he checks more boxes than any other forwardand is the ever longed for Big Center who han do it All.

This is why I have a targetvlist forcthe Hawks as

1.Celebrini
2.Lindstrom

If we draft 3 orc4 KD should switch to RD (Levshunov or Parekh) ..
Demidov may rank higher than any RD man but
.The Hawks have never been a Russian shop
.Uncertaunty about how long he stays in Russia...
.Very talented but lije Catgon is another smallish pkayer ...Hawksxakready have Bedard and Nazar...we cannot get too small up front

The kastboijntviscwhy we should only draft Denidov or Catton from#5 on..but no way are Hawks goibg to draft t that late..(we had better not).

 

[HawksDub89]

He absolutely should get more love at 2 but the thing he lacks (size) isn’t really something you can change.

I would take him at 2 and never look back. Lindstrom has essentially a 30~ game sample size on a stacked roster. You really going to take him top 5 over a guy who has one of the best WHL seasons this side of the 2000s? He’s going to score 50 goals and over 100 points as a draft eligible center on a dog shit roster. He’s in on over 50% of their goals.

The Lindstrom injury is very unfortunate. I’m a huge Lindstrom fan but you’re right, you’d be putting a lot of faith in a 30 game sample to take him at #2.

His upside to me is just so hard to pass on.

 

[Larmer83]

The Lindstrom injury is very unfortunate. I’m a huge Lindstrom fan but you’re right, you’d be putting a lot of faith in a 30 game sample to take him at #2.

His upside to me is just so hard to pass on.

Is there any update or timeline for his return?

 

[Castle8130]

NHL Draft 2024 ranking: Celebrini No. 1 on Pronman's list, Silayev and Dickinson next

The top five picks in this year's draft class all look like potential impact players in the NHL.

theathletic.com

Pronman's latest ranking:

Celebrini

Silayev
Dickinson
Yakemchuk
Levshunov

Catton
Demidov
Lindstrom

Parekh
Buium
Helenius
Jiricek
Eiserman

He says that it's a weird draft as there's good high end talent but the depth falls off earlier than usual. Not as many guys who project as top 6/top 4 contributors.

At this point I'm pretty agnostic after Celebrini. Feels like there's no consensus after #1 and this team just needs talent, period.

This is one of the years my rankings differ from Pronman heavily.

To me Demidov is the clear #2 at this point. I have Lindstrom at #3, Parekh at #4, then the Yakemchuk, Levshunov, Silayev, Catton, Iginla, Buium, and Dickinson group all in one big tier. It is a weird draft. It's leaning more average than above average. The top 20 is really good.

 

[belfour30]

Berkly Catton is a really good player and all, but the Hawks need to stop drafting smurfy forwards, they have enough of those already.

 

[TLEH]

33 kids play at a 100 point per 82 pace in the WHL in the current season and at a time the WHL is bleeding a lot of western Canadian kids to NCAA and getting diddly squat from western United States as well as a Russia import draft ban.

He's 7th in the league in PPG. #1 for D0. He also was healthy the entire year. A guy having a good PPG and playing 20 games doesn't matter to this conversation. Also not sure what 100 per 82 matters when they don't play 82 games.

Who else has scored over 100 as a D0 in the WHL in the past 10-12 years? Reinhart, Bedard, Draisaitl? This is also just pure numbers doesn't even go into the eye test.

 

[bwanajamba]

Berkly Catton is a really good player and all, but the Hawks need to stop drafting smurfy forwards, they have enough of those already.

They really don't have enough talent to be thinking this way. If you think it's a concern for him translating to the NHL that's one thing but there is currently exactly one forward on the team that's a guarantee to be part of the long term picture.

 

[DisgruntledHawkFan]

Berkly Catton is a really good player and all, but the Hawks need to stop drafting smurfy forwards, they have enough of those already.

They need really good players more than anything.

 

[TLEH]

5'11 isn't really smurfy. He can put on weight. He also isn't soft.

 

[CallMeShaft]

Yeah, biggest question regarding Catton is how much weight he could add? 5ft11 isn't tall, but if he was over 180, he'd handle the league just fine. At his current expected weight of 165, however, he'd get tossed around.

The organization has guys who get paid to predict how much muscle a player can add during their development, so if those guys feel Catton can bulk up enough, his currrent size becomes a moot point.

And for a quick example, Colin Blackwell is 5ft9 and about 190; short, but doesn't play small.

 

[WarriorofTime]

The forward not to sleep on if you want skill is Demidov imo

 

[clydesdale line]

Catton plays in the WHL.. most of those kids in that league are far from soft. That's why I was adamant about Davidson and company drafting more kids from the WHL. Those kids have grit.

 

[WarriorofTime]

Catton plays in the WHL.. most of those kids in that league are far from soft. That's why I was adamant about Davidson and company drafting more kids from the WHL. Those kids have grit.

The WHL is very high scoring these days. It's probably the best of the Major Junior leagues these days because the Academies give the kids professional training for a few years before juniors. The one issue is they bleed a lot of kids to NCAA route.

 

[Chuck Testa]

I’m convinced that Catton will make for a great NHLer.

Personally, I think Demidov could be a bust.

I feel like Catton will end up being better at the NHL level than Demidov.

Lindstrom is big, but what if that’s all that he ends up being at the next level? Like a Jordan Greenway 2.0

 

[WarriorofTime]

I’m convinced that Catton will make for a great NHLer.

Personally, I think Demidov could be a bust.

I feel like Catton will end up being better at the NHL level than Demidov.

Lindstrom is big, but what if that’s all that he ends up being at the next level? Like a Jordan Greenway 2.0

Some good defensemen this Draft as well. Let's hope they make the right pick. Or to make it really easy, they get the first pick.

 

[Malaka]

If the Tampa pick is at 17 and Iginla Or Connelly is on the board, who is the BPA?

 

[WarriorofTime]

If the Tampa pick is at 17 and Iginla Or Connelly is on the board, who is the BPA?

Probably Connelly but he has baggage

 

[DisgruntledHawkFan]

If the Tampa pick is at 17 and Iginla Or Connelly is on the board, who is the BPA?

Iginla is my pick by a mile but I've liked his game for awhile.

 

[Kevin Musto]

If the Tampa pick is at 17 and Iginla Or Connelly is on the board, who is the BPA?

I've caught up on some Connelly games, and I prefer Iginla by a fair margin

 

[x Tame Impala]

Sounds like it's either get lucky and draft Celebrini or draft a huge question mark with picks 2-4. Crazy that there's so much uncertainty in the top 4

 

[Northernhawk]

As of today this where Chicago picks

1
19(via TB) Hagel trade
33
54(via PHI via LA) draft pick trade
64(via VAN) Dickinson trade
66
70(via OTT) DeBrincat trade
*151(via NAS) Beauvillier trade
162

Brandon Hagel with TB
168gp 57g 75a 122pts +22 127pim

Kenny Connors

For

Taylor Raddysh with CHI
159gp 31g 27a 58pts 46- 36pim

Boris Katchouk with CHI
117gp 11g 15a 26pts 22- 53pim

Oliver Moore and Sasha Boisvert maybe?

 

[belfour30]

Anyone think they can catch the Ducks with the soft schedule coming up?