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

[ndgt10]

Can we still get a beast if we land at #4 or should we trade down?

 

[Kevin Musto]

Can we still get a beast if we land at #4 or should we trade down?

Definitely wouldn't trade down

 

[Ace Card Bedard]

So basically guaranteed a top 4 pick.

1. Celebrini
2. ??
3. ??
4. ??

Demidov, Levshunov, Silayev, Eiserman, Catton?
I have no idea what order they go in after #1.

And then we need TBL to lose in the 1st Round to have their pick around #20.
No guarantee. Tampa can beat anybody if their big guys are playing well.

 

[DisgruntledHawkFan]

Worst case scenario we finish third and win the lottery and move up to two. There's a whole mess of guys I could see taking at two.

Catton is my pick.

 

[dj Mahoney]

This loss pretty much ensures we pick in the top 4 . And that's a good thing .
#1 Celebrini
#2 Catton
#3 Lindstrom
#4 Levshunov

 

[ChicagoHockeyFan]

would like to see Buium get a little more love he’s had a great year offensively, his moves at the blue line are great. I think he has the most scoring potential of all the D in this class either than maybe Parekh but defends better than him

 

[Giovi]

would like to see Buium get a little more love he’s had a great year offensively, his moves at the blue line are great. I think he has the most scoring potential of all the D in this class either than maybe Parekh but defends better than him

I think Davidson would much prefer a right-shooting D, unless Buium is clearly ahead of the next guys on their draft list.

 

[DisgruntledHawkFan]

would like to see Buium get a little more love he’s had a great year offensively, his moves at the blue line are great. I think he has the most scoring potential of all the D in this class either than maybe Parekh but defends better than him

Parekh's ceiling is world's higher than Buium's.

 

[hawksrule]

Parekh's ceiling is world's higher than Buium's.

Isn’t the former going 7-10? Buium we could realistically get combining the Tampa pick and Toronto pick.

 

[BHawk21]

My Draft Order

1- Celebrini
2- Levshunov
3. Demidov
4. Eiserman

 

[Castle8130]

Any of these 4 and I'm really happy;

Celebrini
Demidov
Parekh
Lindstrom

Catton, Levshunov, Dickinson, Yakemchuk, and Buium would all be fine, but not preferred

 

[Cubs2024wildcard]

Behind Cole Eiserman, the 2024 NHL Draft's complicated top scorer

As a person and as a player, Eiserman — a projected top pick in this year’s NHL Draft — has often been often misunderstood and miscast.

theathletic.com

Sorry, the best player in this draft not named Celebrini is Eiserman.

If the kids coach, who says he loves Celebrini, says he's a better scorer then Celebrini, you take that kid ten times outta ten.

 

[Crow]

Behind Cole Eiserman, the 2024 NHL Draft's complicated top scorer

As a person and as a player, Eiserman — a projected top pick in this year’s NHL Draft — has often been often misunderstood and miscast.

theathletic.com

Sorry, the best player in this draft not named Celebrini is Eiserman.

If the kids coach, who says he loves Celebrini, says he's a better scorer then Celebrini, you take that kid ten times outta ten.

Yeah f*** scouting let’s just go with what the kids coach says

 

[jls24]

Nice 10 min discussion starting with Alfons Freij. Top rated defenseman for Scouching currently. Decent size, shoots left but plays the right side.

 

[Cubs2024wildcard]

Yeah f*** scouting let’s just go with what the kids coach says

Yeah cuz scouts don't talk to his coach(es) or anything.......

 

[hawksfan50]

Nowvtgat wecare into the Dirty Dozen(last 22 Hawks games remainingg),I will run Tankayhon Draft Simulalator before each remaining game. just to see if the hockey gods are going to be kind to us or not).

So I just ran the first of 12 just before I posted this..

Results: #1 Seattle
#2 Columbus
#3 San Jose
#4 Chicago

So far it looks like uncle Gary needs to FIX it for us to get Celebrini...

Tankathon has Cayden Lindstrom going to us at #4.

 

[TLEH]

I have a really hard time wanting to invest in Lindstrom on a ~30 game WHL sample size and an injury. He never really drove his line either. I like his combination of size, skating and nasty. Pretty good shot too.

 

[jls24]

 

[TLEH]

Wow. I realize thats J20 but the smoothness of that acceleration was beautiful.

 

[x Tame Impala]

I have a really hard time wanting to invest in Lindstrom on a ~30 game WHL sample size and an injury. He never really drove his line either. I like his combination of size, skating and nasty. Pretty good shot too.

Any chance he falls to our late-teens TBL 1st rounder? Would you take him then?

 

[TLEH]

Any chance he falls to our late-teens TBL 1st rounder? Would you take him then?

I would say zero chance he falls there. But I would definitely take him there.

He'll be a top 10 pick, draft is too weak not to.

 

[hawksfan50]

Watching the St.Clod St vs. Denver game tonight...Zeev Buuim scored a highlight reel jaw dripping goal ...BTW, he is playing his off side D...so there is no doubt he can play the RD even though a left shot..


Thevother Z...Zayn Parekh scored another goal so far tonight for Saginaw.. (#32)..
Have not seen the play but Parekh is an amazing g goal scorer for a dman..

 

[clydesdale line]

Behind Cole Eiserman, the 2024 NHL Draft's complicated top scorer

As a person and as a player, Eiserman — a projected top pick in this year’s NHL Draft — has often been often misunderstood and miscast.

theathletic.com

Sorry, the best player in this draft not named Celebrini is Eiserman.

If the kids coach, who says he loves Celebrini, says he's a better scorer then Celebrini, you take that kid ten times outta ten.

I might be the only one here as high on Eiserman as you are but I'm not taking him over Silayev (who I remember you ranking ABOVE Eiserman just a few weeks ago) or Lindstrom (even with his injury). Probably not even Levshunov or Catton either (but it's close). I'd definitely entertain Eiserman if Hawks slip to 5 but it looks like that Ducks lost might've secured 2nd overall so they can only drop to #4.

 

[Larmer83]

Buim tonight.

 

[hawksfan50]

And Zeev Buuim of course scores the OT GWG to win tge game 5- 4 for Denver..