Prospect Info: 2024 NHL Draft

[Daximus]

Thank you for your opinion- it is valued but it's your opinion.

Heinola and freij have very similar scouting reports - the boom or bust and tunnel vision makes him closer to niku if we are honest

And sure the Jets need another Tanev or more likely AJF... perfect - depth wins cups

Two picks gets you John Marino - sign me up any day.

Alright let's play a game. Name your alternate picks for this draft at each spot the Jets picked. Put it in stone and we can revisit this post in a few seasons and see how much better or worse you would have done. If you don't hit on more picks then you have to change your avatar to a picture of Hillier with a caption that says "Hillier is a better drafter than me." for an entire calender year.

 

[WolfHouse]

Alright let's play a game. Name your alternate picks for this draft at each spot the Jets picked. Put it in stone and we can revisit this post in a few seasons and see how much better or worse you would have done. If you don't hit on more picks then you have to change your avatar to a picture of Hillier with a caption that says "Hillier is a better drafter than me." for an entire calender year.

How about that's stupid. And we are not eight.

 

[Daximus]

How about that's stupid. And we are not eight.

Its okay to be scared to be wrong.

 

[Buffdog]

The one that kicks in on July 1 - same as sergachevs ...?

Capfriendly has it as already active. It has sergachev's as coming into place in 2027

How about that's stupid. And we are not eight.

I think it's a great idea, and a way of avoiding revisionist history

It's always easier to look back than forward with these things

 

[Daximus]

I think it's a great idea, and a way of avoiding revisionist history

It's always easier to look back than forward with these things

I do it for every draft for personal reasons to see if I can hit better than the Jets. Sometimes I do, sometimes I dont.

 

[WolfHouse]

Its okay to be scared to be wrong.

It's also okay not to waste time on picks that aren't making the NHL

I personally don't need to be better than Hillier- but right now jets are not even close to the best drafting team in the NHL...

Let's watch the block of three before and three after friej to see where Hillier sits

We can watch Barlow compared to the next D off the board who is Bonk and the next C that was Oliver Moore

I'd take Lian Bischel over McGroarty even without the controversy

same with every pick... who was the next couple D available and who was the next legit C

Who would have helped our team more long term - perfetti or guhle/schneider? I wanted lundell because he's a C but the D were rhe off the board picks we should have made

 

[Daximus]

It's also okay not to waste time on picks that aren't making the NHL

I personally don't need to be better than Hillier- but right now jets are not even close to the best drafting team in the NHL...

Let's watch the block of three before and three after friej to see where Hillier sits

We can watch Barlow compared to the next D off the board who is Bonk and the next C that was Oliver Moore

I'd take Lian Bischel over McGroarty even without the controversy

same with every pick... who was the next couple D available and who was the next legit C

Who would have helped our team more long term - perfetti or guhle/schneider? I wanted lundell because he's a C but the D were rhe off the board picks we should have made

So your saying we should never draft wingers no matter what?

 

[Buffdog]

W

It's also okay not to waste time on picks that aren't making the NHL

I personally don't need to be better than Hillier- but right now jets are not even close to the best drafting team in the NHL...

Let's watch the block of three before and three after friej to see where Hillier sits

We can watch Barlow compared to the next D off the board who is Bonk and the next C that was Oliver Moore

I'd take Lian Bischel over McGroarty even without the controversy

same with every pick... who was the next couple D available and who was the next legit C

Who would have helped our team more long term - perfetti or guhle/schneider? I wanted lundell because he's a C but the D were rhe off the board picks we should have made

Were you saying that at the time of the picks though?

 

[WolfHouse]

Capfriendly has it as already active. It has sergachev's as coming into place in 2027

Marino no trade clause kicks in on monday - same as sergachevs

 

[Buffdog]

Marino no trade clause kicks in on monday - same as sergachevs

I stand corrected. Seems like the Capitals are already f***ing up Capfriendly

 

[Daximus]

I stand corrected. Seems like the Capitals are already f***ing up Capfriendly

Might as well start getting used to using Puckpedia.

 

[WolfHouse]

So your saying we should never draft wingers no matter what?

Again it depends on team upcoming needs - I'm saying draft BPA with a preference to D and natural C - if you're in the top 10 of course all bets are off

A good dman plays 18-24 mins a night... look how many of those minute munchers were not top 15 picks... now look how many top six forwards are not top 15 picks

A center can be moved to wing - you needs scouts who can identify who the real centers are though... lambert looks like a hit but that's all we've had for a while

Never say never but outside the top ten - I'd really really focus on D and C

Again I think this draft year is blah... but I am watching schneider and lundell v perfetti because they were my choices

Ceulemans and lambos were my preference to lucius but injuries happen and I wasn't against the pick

I wanted lambert over mcgroarty so I'm not complaining

Last year was meh but if it's Barlow or Moore and Moore is a natural C then yeah Moore.

 

[Daximus]

Again it depends on team upcoming needs - I'm saying draft BPA with a preference to D and natural C - if you're in the top 10 of course all bets are off

A good dman plays 18-24 mins a night... look how many of those minute munchers were not top 15 picks... now look how many top six forwards are not top 15 picks

A center can be moved to wing - you needs scouts who can identify who the real centers are though... lambert looks like a hit but that's all we've had for a while

Never say never but outside the top ten - I'd really really focus on D and C

Again I think this draft year is blah... but I am watching schneider and lundell v perfetti because they were my choices

Ceulemans and lambos were my preference to lucius but injuries happen and I wasn't against the pick

I wanted lambert over mcgroarty so I'm not complaining

Last year was meh but if it's Barlow or Moore and Moore is a natural C then yeah Moore.

Your needs now won't necessarily be your needs in the future. That's why you take the player you think has the highest chance of making it in the NHL regardless of position. Back in 2018 we had one of the best D cores in the league fast forward a couple years and all that remained was Morrissey.

You just never know how things will look even a year out. Guys want out, decline or chase money elsewhere and quickly a position of strength turns into a position of weakness.

On the flip side if things are close between a center and a winger on my list I may defer to the center.

 

[gojetsgo]

Your needs now won't necessarily be your needs in the future. That's why you take the player you think has the highest chance of making it in the NHL regardless of position. Back in 2018 we had one of the best D cores in the league fast forward a couple years and all that remained was Morrissey.

You just never know how things will look even a year out. Guys want out, decline or chase money elsewhere and quickly a position of strength turns into a position of weakness.

On the flip side if things are close between a center and a winger on my list I may defer to the center.

imagine if we didn't draft rhd because we had buff trouba myers...

 

[KingBogo]

Reading up on each player and comparing where various sites had them ranked it looks like Chevy got good value in the draft considering we didn’t have a 1st. As best I can tell anyways out at the lake sitting on the deck drinking margaritas with company that are pretty casual hockey fans. Though they were excited by the rumours of Laine possibly coming back.

 

[WolfHouse]

Your needs now won't necessarily be your needs in the future. That's why you take the player you think has the highest chance of making it in the NHL regardless of position. Back in 2018 we had one of the best D cores in the league fast forward a couple years and all that remained was Morrissey.

You just never know how things will look even a year out. Guys want out, decline or chase money elsewhere and quickly a position of strength turns into a position of weakness.

On the flip side if things are close between a center and a winger on my list I may defer to the center.

The argument is that your needs will ALWAYS be defencemen.

 

[WolfHouse]

imagine if we didn't draft rhd because we had buff trouba myers...

Sorry... we drafted RHD at some point during the buff Trouba Myers years...?? I remember Kovacevic but everyone now says he was just a hack because he's not our prospect... was there someone else?

 

[SUX2BU]

Reading up on each player and comparing where various sites had them ranked it looks like Chevy got good value in the draft considering we didn’t have a 1st. As best I can tell anyways out at the lake sitting on the deck drinking margaritas with company that are pretty casual hockey fans. Though they were excited by the rumours of Laine possibly coming back.

Are they of Finnish decent?

 

[Daximus]

The argument is that your needs will ALWAYS be defencemen.

You'll always need every type of prospect. Focusing on one type of player always will lead you to having holes somewhere.

 

[WolfHouse]

Were you saying that at the time of the picks though?

I mean... if you think I'm lying to impress you guys haha.. I have issues but not that deep

 

[paul-laus]

Kevin Chevyldayoff….never failing to disappoint. Hey but hopefully we can count on Chipman rewarding Chevy’s continued incompetence with a 15 year contract extension…

 

[puck stoppa]

Kevin Chevyldayoff….never failing to disappoint. Hey but hopefully we can count on Chipman rewarding Chevy’s continued incompetence with a 15 year contract extension…

What are we disappointed about?

Reading up on each player and comparing where various sites had them ranked it looks like Chevy got good value in the draft considering we didn’t have a 1st. As best I can tell anyways out at the lake sitting on the deck drinking margaritas with company that are pretty casual hockey fans. Though they were excited by the rumours of Laine possibly coming back.

Thanks for the invite!
I got all sorts of hot takes I could fill your ears with
Chevy did alright.
Enjoy the lake, at least post a pic of the sunset!

 

[Buffdog]

I mean... if you think I'm lying to impress you guys haha.. I have issues but not that deep

I don't think you're lying, I just wasn't sure if you were just looking back in hindsight and saying "we should have picked so and so"

 

[robertocarlos]

Take BPA always. You never know what the future holds.

No kidding. Imagine you take a big D-man in the 3rd round because you need D-men but the BPA is a 5'8" F who goes on to score 30 goals a year. Mind you he'd be useless in the playoffs.

 

[Daximus]

No kidding. Imagine you take a big D-man in the 3rd round because you need D-men but the BPA is a 5'8" F who goes on to score 30 goals a year. Mind you he'd be useless in the playoffs.

Or he becomes Jonathan Marchessault and leads your team in scoring en route to a Cup and a Symthe. Bigger isn't always better.