2024 NHL Entry Draft Discussion, June 28-29th

[Mosby]

Mikhail Yegorov with Omaha is interesting. Big Russian goalie. Going to Boston U next year.

 

[Matias Maccete]

Bummer, I was holding out hope Buium would fall a bit. He absolutely shouldn't, but I was hoping.

 

[Prestigeworldwide]

Bummer, I was holding out hope Buium would fall a bit. He absolutely shouldn't, but I was hoping.

I agree, Buium is a stud. But whomever we get GMBA and crew won't let us down. I just hope someone in the top 5 takes Silayev. IMO, the Sennecke rumors are just a smoke screen.
Kind of hoping for some UT draft day moves.

 

[Llewzaher]

https://x.com/i/web/status/1806568819164635290

Heh always, I the real talented offensive players are gone just before we pick … oh well

Does anyone know who BA took to lunch ?

 

[rt]

Heh always, I the real talented offensive players are gone just before we pick … oh well

Does anyone know who BA took to lunch ?

Sennecke, Iginla and Parekh qualify as super talented offensive players!

 

[kickback256]

Crowd is starting to build around the delta center. If you’re in town, I’m in a powder blue Carhartt shirt at the front, come hang and we’ll pretend you’re family lol

 

[TheLegend]

BA carrying the matching suit tradition…. In Utah colors this time around.

https://x.com/i/web/status/1806796715535798593

 

[TheLegend]

https://x.com/i/web/status/1806800346507046939

 

[TheLegend]

https://x.com/i/web/status/1806809194265448513

 

[kickback256]

Josh and Dylan doing meet-and-greet duty.

 

[kickback256]

From the meet and greet: Josh and Dylan took the scenic route and drove up through Zion a few days back. Excited to get into the canyons. Both of them were tight lipped about who they hope gets drafted.

 

[TheLegend]

https://x.com/i/web/status/1806817545535566232

 

[TheLegend]

Draft thread is moving to a live GDT

 

[Mosby]

8 first-round picks in 4 years under BA is pretty wild.

Dylan Guenther
Logan Cooley
Conor Geekie
Maveric Lamoureux
Dmitry Shimashev
Daniil But
Tig Iginla
Cole Beaudoin

 

[lanky]

That's
1 LW
3 Cs
2 RWs
1 LD
1 RD

Pretty good balance IMO. I hope to see some more RD targeted today.

 

[Dog]

That's
1 LW
3 Cs
2 RWs
1 LD
1 RD

Pretty good balance IMO. I hope to see some more RD targeted today.

Im hoping they draft at least 1 goalie!

 

[FinnishCoyote]

 

[Prarievarg]

Sergachyev! Wow..

 

[Prestigeworldwide]

Ekblad or Trouba?

 

[TheLegend]

Use the GDT thread please.....

 

[TheLegend]

Now that the draft is over…. Feel free to use either thread.

https://x.com/i/web/status/1807217049598677353

 

[UpsideHockey]

Our Chief Scout E-Mac recently submitted and we've just now published:

Spoiler: Grade A for Utah HC
*so much worth checking out in our mammoth spreadsheet which also links up again to our prospect profiles, upwards of a 1000 video links, tons of different tabs to go through
*Note: the "E-Mac" column is our final ranking of the prospect

Upside Hockey 2024 NHL Draft Results And Team Grades With Final Rankings:
UPSIDE - 2024 NHL Draft Results

 

[lanky]

 

[lanky]

I liked the draft haul in general.
Scouch questions if we're missing out on potential skill when we target BIG guys.
I like the strategy but I wish Bill would calm down on picking so many left-shooting D. There's only 3 LD slots on the roster and only one of those is up for grabs over the next several years.

Skahan, Biber, Cech and Lafton all have a similar profile from this draft. They get piled on top of Szuber, Goldsmith and Morden from prior drafts. And all of those are competing with Kolyachonok, Duda, Kipkie and Vaisanen (who fit a slightly different profile). That's 11 names fighting for one future 3LD slot. A slot that can be filled quite easily on the UFA or trade market.

I wish this draft focus was instead placed on RD because of the persistent shortage of those players in the league.

 

[Vinny Boombatz]

I liked the draft haul in general.
Scouch questions if we're missing out on potential skill when we target BIG guys.
I like the strategy but I wish Bill would calm down on picking so many left-shooting D. There's only 3 LD slots on the roster and only one of those is up for grabs over the next several years.

Skahan, Biber, Cech and Lafton all have a similar profile from this draft. They get piled on top of Szuber, Goldsmith and Morden from prior drafts. And all of those are competing with Kolyachonok, Duda, Kipkie and Vaisanen (who fit a slightly different profile). That's 11 names fighting for one future 3LD slot. A slot that can be filled quite easily on the UFA or trade market.

I wish this draft focus was instead placed on RD because of the persistent shortage of those players in the league.

I agree...but I'm not that overly concerned because we have Durzi & Lamoureux, so we're only looking for 1 spot on the RHD in future years as well.