GDT: 2024 NHL Entry Draft, at The Sphere in Vegas, Friday, June 28, 7 p.m. edt | SN, TVA Sports, ESPN, NHLN

[Doublechin]

I wrote a month ago that there is zéro chance that Chicago pass on a talent like Demidov..even for a great d like Levshunov..I still believe that.

Demidov is a Hawks for me unfortunately.

I don't have Lindstrom in my top 5 so for Montreal my 3 choices are Catton, Buium and Sennecke.

Catton will not be the Mtl pick but Sennecke and Buim could be.

I would trade Matheson for a top 11 thought to pick Berkly later in a heartbeat!!

Bedard, Nazar, Moore, Rychel, Kusharev, Demidov

The biggest guy in this top 6 will be Demidov, everyone else but Kusharev is under 6 feet and 5/6 are known to play a softish game

If that's your forward core going into the future, you've already failed

 

[Whitesnake]

Make me an argument so that Eiserman is a better pick at 5 than Iginla.

 

[DramaticGloveSave]

Demidov looks like a hab, I can’t ignore it.

 

[HabsWhiteKnightLOL]

Make me an argument so that Eiserman is a better pick at 5 than Iginla.

there is none Iginla much better

 

[Schooner Guy]

Either way can we please fast forward 34-35 hours?

Don't wish your life away! Or at least don't wish summer away.

Also prepare for this place to be extremely toxic in 36 hours if we get anyone but Demidov. The "sexy forward no matter what" crowd often reminds me of the January 6th Capitol insurrection crowd.

 

[Pompeius Magnus]

Make me an argument so that Eiserman is a better pick at 5 than Iginla.

His name sorta sounds like Yzerman

 

[Colezuki]

His name sorta sounds like Yzerman

Im sold!

 

[Bourdon101]

Make me an argument so that Eiserman is a better pick at 5 than Iginla.

His father is a dentist

 

[waitin425]

I have a feeling we're taking Silayev if he's there (which I'm totally at peace with due to his long-term upside of impacting a game) and @KevSkillz4 spends the entire Canada Day weekend playing mailbox baseball.

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AS soon as I saw the term mailbox baseball...I started singing "You shake my nerves and you rattle my brain" IYKYK

 

[crosbyshow]

Bedard, Nazar, Moore, Rychel, Kusharev, Demidov

The biggest guy in this top 6 will be Demidov, everyone else but Kusharev is under 6 feet and 5/6 are known to play a softish game

If that's your forward core going into the future, you've already failed

You draft the best talent and you trade a guy like Nazar or another after.



Not drafting an elite talent like Demidov because you have small forwards is crazy.

Demidov is a Hawk.

Elite talent is 10x more important than size. Tampa understood that with forwards long time ago

 

[Tyson]

Only way we're drafting Eiserman is if we're moving up....

You can't teach goal scoring. Joshua Roy went from being the top pick in the QMJHL draft to being an afterthought because of immaturity and so called laziness. Once drafted he did a complete 180. Eiserman has been saying all the right things and will be under the tutelage of Jay Pandolfo for the next year or two. I would be careful to write off a 17 year old who at this time last year was considered neck and neck with Macklin Celebrini as the possible top pick.

Like I said he has the ability to score, the rest can be taught.

 

[waitin425]

Yup, and I smell that too. I hope we can somehow get the 9th and 10th pick from the Flames and Devils. Will be some very good talent at those two spots.

* 5th
for
* 9th and 28th

* 26th, 28th, Anderson (50% retention), and Kapanen
for
* 10th

Before you try, don't tell me Anderson has negative value. Already disagree and I do think the Devils would love to add him. Adding two late 1st and close to NHL ready Kapanen will be something they consider. Flames trade up to get Iggy.

We could walk away with
* Sennecke and Eiserman
* Catton and Eiserman
* Could be a F and a D.

Sennecke and Eiserman

instead of.....

Demidov/Lindstrom/Levshunov/Silyayev/Dickinson, Surin/Basha/Boisvert, Kapenen and Anderson.

No thanks.

 

[Tyson]

Do we really need two unidimensional goal scorer in Caufield and Eiserman tho?

Since when is Cole Caufield unidimensional? His two way game has vastly improved.

 

[jaffy27]

Make me an argument so that Eiserman is a better pick at 5 than Iginla.

There isn’t one, Iginla is clearly the better looking prospect

 

[That Habs Fan]

Caufield-Suzuki-Slafkovsky
Newhook-Dach-Demidov

 

[McGees]

Cole Eiserman is thankful to hang with Mr Hughes again for some ice cream. Cole Eiserman loves ice cream. Cole Eiserman likes getting 2 scoops Mr Hughes. Does Mr Hughes want to play some slots with Cole Eiserman? Cole Eiserman only likes 3 things in life. Winning money. Scoring goals. And eating ice cream.

 

[HuGo Burner Acc]

Tkachuk and Barkov are both 90 points player. The former has had 100+ and is a shit-disturber and the latter is also the best defensive forward in the league right now. We have nothing even close, and I didnt even bring up Reinhart yet who is also better than anything we have.

And yet Tkachuk did nothing in the finals that a depth player couldn't do. Barkov since getting into the league has been one of my favourite players. He's the heir apparent to Patrice Bergeron. But he's only been a 90 point player once. He's a bit over PPG. He controls a game for you but doesn't take over a game like others do. I'm talking more like McDavid, Draisaitl, Kucherov, MacKinnon, Matthews, prime Crosby and Ovi, etc. Bergeron was the same. They never took over games but could still be considered the best complete player on the ice

 

[Milhouse40]

Less than 36 hours from the draft, here's where the money goes:

 

[WeThreeKings]

https://x.com/i/web/status/1806123853376057489

Should mean good news if we were worried someone might jump up and disturb the order we are projecting.

 

[Tyson]

This board will implode if the Habs draft a D or Cole Eiserman.

 

[Jaynki]

Do we really need two unidimensional goal scorer in Caufield and Eiserman tho?

We should not draft a D because we did not have a PPG player in almost a century.

We have this dire need for offensive prowess.

Our last PPG player is Naslund and our last 40 goals scorer is Richer ffs!

But, but, but,

Just make sure that we really need those two 40 goalscorer and that they are defensively responsible enough!

 

[David Suzuki]

Less than 36 hours from the draft, here's where the money goes:

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For people doomposting about Demidov at two, there is a lot of money to be made so congrats!

 

[waitin425]

Caufield-Suzuki-Slafkovsky
Newhook-Dach-Demidov

Even better.....

Caufield - Suzuki - Slafkovsky
Stamkos - Dach - Demidov
Newhook - Beck - Roy

 

[HabsWhiteKnightLOL]

This board will implode if the Habs draft a D or Cole Eiserman.

Eiserman at 5 is puke mode

 

[GrandmaCookie]

We should not draft a D because we did not have a PPG player in almost a century.

We have this dire need for offensive prowess.

Our last PPG player is Naslund and our last 40 goals scorer is Richer ffs!

But, but, but,

Just make sure that we really need those two 40 goalscorer and that they are defensively responsible enough!

I taught you were pro-defenseman draft team? Silayev?