GDT: 2024 NHL Entry Draft

[SoundwaveIsCharisma]

Clearly it’s just CMac negotiating Colton for McGroarty and Nuke for Bedard

 

[expatriatedtexan]

I think I found a fix for the NHL Draft Weekend.

1. Reduce it so there is only 4 rounds. I would say 3 rounds, but with two more expansion teams likely coming in the next 5 years or so we might actually want/need more than 3 but 7 is way too many.
2. Hold it all on one day only.
3. Don't televise any of it. Lock the GMs and scouts in a room, get the shit done quickly and then release a press statement.

I know that would suck for the kids that normally get the TV interviews and national exposure and stuff, but this just does not make for good television. Not every aspect of sports is sexy.

 

[hockeyfish]

https://x.com/i/web/status/1807156109658227181

Um, ok.

 

[sethro109]

https://x.com/i/web/status/1807156109658227181

Um, ok.

What the f*** are they planning then?

 

[Mighty Makar]

What the f*** are they planning then?

Guentzel

 

[hockeyfish]

Guentzel

I thought they opened up enough space to do both.

 

[MacKaRant]

Now some guy named Ivan Yunin. Avs literally just drafting every goalie at this point

If the Avs consistently keep up this draft strategy year after year, eventually no other team in the league will have a goalie on the roster and we'll have a HUGE advantage playing against an empty net all game, every game

 

[Pierce Hawthorne]

I think I found a fix for the NHL Draft Weekend.

1. Reduce it so there is only 4 rounds. I would say 3 rounds, but with two more expansion teams likely coming in the next 5 years or so we might actually want/need more than 3 but 7 is way too many.
2. Hold it all on one day only.
3. Don't televise any of it. Lock the GMs and scouts in a room, get the shit done quickly and then release a press statement.

I know that would suck for the kids that normally get the TV interviews and national exposure and stuff, but this just does not make for good television. Not every aspect of sports is sexy.

You're definitely in a significant minority with that opinion. Plenty of people enjoy the draft.

 

[Balthazar]

I criticized BriseBois in the past but it's smart to move on from Stamkos and Sergachev.

They can still build a strong contending team around Point, Kucherov, Hedman and Vasi.

 

[Mighty Makar]

I thought they opened up enough space to do both.

Could be!

 

[Balthazar]

Could be!

no

https://x.com/i/web/status/1807156723511386569

 

[MacKaRant]

Is Maximillian Curran likely to stick at center or will the avs look to move him to Goalie?

Probably the nephew of one of the scouts or something

 

[Mighty Makar]

no

https://x.com/i/web/status/1807156723511386569

They can still get it done.

 

[BKarchitect]

Genuinely excited for Nabokov. He didn't have to be ruined...I mean...developed...by us and by all accounts he's extremely athletic and intelligent in net. It also kind of feels nice to have the first choice at a position...that is a somewhat minor thing given that goalies are goalies but picking that late and getting the #1 guy you wanted at a position...I think that's something. One more year in the KHL sounds perfect.

Rest of the draft seems like...Avs being Avs...it will be nice to watch a couple of the kids close to home and there seem to be a few nice value pulls towards the end (Pitner, Curran, Humphreys) but mostly a grab bag of low upside guys and projects and hey let's add a few more random goalies (3 goalies with our first 5 picks...really?)

At least we had a draft with more than 3-4 picks so hopefulyl we get lucky and hit on a few role players for down the road plus our goalie.

 

[McMetal]

I don't mind the strategy of trading down a couple times to score some extra picks, I just wish they had tried it in a stronger draft year.

As usual, there's some truly mystifying choices that were made, and a few others I think have solid value. Of course, the second category always turns out to be nothing but a mirage 5 years down the line, but hope springs eternal. Nice to at least get more warm bodies into the system.

 

[Bender]

3 goalies... I guess CMac wasn't joking when he said 'darts'...

 

[BobRossColton]

Did we choose a position to draft out of a fishbowl?

 

[nammerus]

It’s pretty incredible how terrible CMac is at his job. Never ceases to amaze.

 

[BobRossColton]

We drafted 12.5% of the goaltenders taken today.

 

[SoundwaveIsCharisma]

Maybe Stammer will be so bitter that he’ll sign with the Avs for cheap.

 

[S E P H]

I love the draft, probably my favourite aspect of hockey after winning the Stanley Cup. However, the 1st round is about 30 to 40 minutes too long. They must reduce the time limit from 3 minutes to 2 and if teams want to do a trade, then give them unlimited timeouts that increase the limit to 5 minutes.

Been chainsawing trees all day. Somehow seeing this draft list wore me out more

How's setting up the bear traps?

 

[Balthazar]

We drafted 12.5% of the goaltenders taken today.

Too bad that it was seen as the worst draft for goaltenders in 2 decades with no goalie projecting in the first 2 rounds

 

[BobRossColton]

Too bad that it was seen as the worst draft for goaltenders in 2 decades with no goalie projecting in the first 2 rounds

So it'll be below the norm for us.


Hopefully our pro scouts redeem the weekend a bit.

 

[Pierce Hawthorne]

It’s pretty incredible how terrible CMac is at his job. Never ceases to amaze.

This has to be Chet's burner account at this point right?

What a f***ing joke.

 

[BobRossColton]

Valimaki is getting re-signed 2x2