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Who do you want at #5?

  • Tij Iginla

    Votes: 209 49.5%

  • Cole Eiserman

    Votes: 14 3.3%

  • Berkly Catton

    Votes: 92 21.8%

  • Konsta Helenius

    Votes: 13 3.1%

  • Beckett Sennecke

    Votes: 75 17.8%

  • Zayne Parekh

    Votes: 19 4.5%
  • Total voters
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Goldenhands

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WeThreeKings said:
About as much as Caufield
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Yeah watched him the other day and wasnt impressed. Skating wasnt there, game away from the puck very flawed, didnt compete much outside when the puck was on his stick. Only 1 viewing though, pretty small sample.

On another note, Iginla looks pretty legit.
 
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Pompeius Magnus said:
hockeyprospect.com

2024 NHL Draft Ranking Top 32 – November - HockeyProspect.com

HockeyProspect.com is pleased to release our first 2024 NHL Draft Ranking of the season. This list is a top 64 ranking with the top 32 available free and the
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Speaking of Lindstrom, holy cow :skeptic:
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Speaking of HockeyProspect.com, here's what Mark Edwards had to say about the 2024 class

As of today it's the worst group I've ever seen in the OHL and probably the QMJHL as well (HP will turn 20 in 2024) - WHL is easily the strongest league in the CHL this year. Down year for the NTDP and Sweden to name a couple more.

I like the Top 10 overall and some people tend to just rate a draft on the top 10. It falls off reasonably quickly after that IMO.

In general I go league by league compared to what I've seen in years past. It's a down year based on that.

FWIW, I've never heard this many NHL scouts rip a draft class as much as I've heard it this year.
 
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FrankMTL said:
Speaking of HockeyProspect.com, here's what Mark Edwards had to say about the 2024 class

As of today it's the worst group I've ever seen in the OHL and probably the QMJHL as well (HP will turn 20 in 2024) - WHL is easily the strongest league in the CHL this year. Down year for the NTDP and Sweden to name a couple more.

I like the Top 10 overall and some people tend to just rate a draft on the top 10. It falls off reasonably quickly after that IMO.

In general I go league by league compared to what I've seen in years past. It's a down year based on that.

FWIW, I've never heard this many NHL scouts rip a draft class as much as I've heard it this year.
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It's not deep at all.. there's about 50 players I like, after that I'm really not sure what is out there.
 
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FrankMTL said:
Speaking of HockeyProspect.com, here's what Mark Edwards had to say about the 2024 class

As of today it's the worst group I've ever seen in the OHL and probably the QMJHL as well (HP will turn 20 in 2024) - WHL is easily the strongest league in the CHL this year. Down year for the NTDP and Sweden to name a couple more.

I like the Top 10 overall and some people tend to just rate a draft on the top 10. It falls off reasonably quickly after that IMO.

In general I go league by league compared to what I've seen in years past. It's a down year based on that.

FWIW, I've never heard this many NHL scouts rip a draft class as much as I've heard it this year.
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It's the back end of the age group of kids that had their development heavily impacted by covid at a critical time, some losing an entire season because of it. I wouldn't be surprised if quite a few of the 21-22-23-24 drafted prospect have a bit of a late curve thanks to that. Makes scouting and pro development all that more important I guess, you need to predict that stuff.
 
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Pompeius Magnus said:
It's the back end of the age group of kids that had their development heavily impacted by covid at a critical time, some losing an entire season because of it. I wouldn't be surprised if quite a few of the 21-22-23-24 drafted prospect has a bit of a late curve thanks to that. Makes scouting and pro development all that more important I guess, you need to predict that stuff.
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Covid also caused many kids to look at other things than hockey and some of them just aren't into it as much as before.
 
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Lukas Fischer is a f***ing LHD but skating is impressive and he is picking my curiosity. Obviously late 1st
 
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I had a dream that the Habs drafted Konsta Helenius at #8. I haven’t watched video on pretty much anyone from the upcoming class, so weird dream. But great name.
 
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The top 10 looks very good. I want Habs draft Celebrini, Eiserman, Lindstrom, Helenius, Catton or Demidov.

That would be very very good for the future!
 
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