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Prospect Info: 2024 NHL Entry Draft Discussion

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Freddy Sjostrom said:
Brock has spoken. Watching Canada vs Czechia on YouTube and Dickinson has the size and skating. He plays physical and can skate it into the OZ.
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I've never seen Dickinson play. I trust Brock that he's the top D. But I'll flush my phone down the toilet if we use our top pick on a LD two years in a row.

I don't advocate for drafting positional need. I advocate for drafting premium positions. LD is maybe the easiest position to fill on a roster (see Valimaki).
 
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Freddy Sjostrom said:
Brock has spoken. Watching Canada vs Czechia on YouTube and Dickinson has the size and skating. He plays physical and can skate it into the OZ.
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Dickinson is legit. He’s LD though. Not a deal breaker by any means but all else being equal, I’d rather draft a RD.

lanky said:
I've never seen Dickinson play. I trust Brock that he's the top D. But I'll flush my phone down the toilet if we use our top pick on a LD two years in a row.

I don't advocate for drafting positional need. I advocate for drafting premium positions. LD is maybe the easiest position to fill on a roster (see Valimaki).
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He just said top D from the OHL. That doesn’t take Levshunov, Jiricek, Kiviharju, Elick, Yakemchuk, etc into consideration.

It’s VERY early but I expect most people have either Dickinson or Levshunov as their top rated blueliner.

SuzukiSZN said:
Catton could start making noise too.
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I added some deets for my own reference.

rt said:
Blueliners on Wheeler’s pre-season ranking.

3-Levshunov RD NCAA 6'2
5-Kiviharju LD Liiga 5'10
8-Mews RD OHL 6'0
9-Dickinson LD OHL 6'3
13-Hutson LD NTDP 5'8
16-Parekh RD OHL 6'0
17-Buium LD NTDP 5'11
18-Jiricek RD Czech 6'2
19-Yakemchuk RD WHL 6'2
22-Elick RD WHL 6'3
23-Vaisanen LD Liiga 6'0
26-Cristoforo RD OHL 5'11
27-Ustinkov LD SwissNL 6'0
28-Freij LD SweJ20 6'1
29-Skahan LD NTDP 6'4
30-Felicio LD USHL 5'10

Scott Wheeler's preseason 2024 NHL Draft ranking
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Yep...he's likely to rise, but there is still lots of guys he'll have to pass and it would be great if all the top 10 had great years and Jiricek is still sitting in the teens on draft day
 
I think Bill likes risers. Cooley rose from the mid teens to top 5, Simashev rose from the late teens/early 20s to around 10. I'm guessing Buium will be our riser selected. He fits the size profile, and I think we'll see a lot of lists with him in the 20s. I'll need to see if I can find some good video on his skating, that could make my prediction doodoo.
 
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YotesFan47 said:
I think Bill likes risers. Cooley rose from the mid teens to top 5, Simashev rose from the late teens/early 20s to around 10. I'm guessing Buium will be our riser selected. He fits the size profile, and I think we'll see a lot of lists with him in the 20s. I'll need to see if I can find some good video on his skating, that could make my prediction doodoo.
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Not sure about a LD with below average size being the top pick. Could happen, doesn’t match the profile as well as some others, though.
 
rt said:
Maybe his older brother? He’s that size.

If you’re interested in little brothers, Adam Jiricek fits the profile. Large, RD, excellent skater. Could be a riser.

Chris Peters: #12
Daily Faceoff: #15
Scott Wheeler: #18
Cory Pronman: #24
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Wow wonder why Pronman has him so low. I thought he was a big fan of the other Jiricek, or at least became one
 
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