GDT: 2024 NHL Entry Draft

[Cypher]

I don't get why Edmonton makes this trade.

If your in it to win it now, you keep that 1st for a deadline acquisition. Now you don't have a 1st, 2nd, 4th, or 5th next year.

 

[BobRossColton]

How about Colton+38th for Sturm+33

 

[Colorado Avalanche]

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[GirardSpinorama]

How about Colton+38th for Sturm+33

I dont think we need to give him away yet. Sturm is nice if he wasnt being paid like a third liner and more like a 4th liner.

 

[chet1926]

I don't get why Edmonton makes this trade.

If your in it to win it now, you keep that 1st for a deadline acquisition. Now you don't have a 1st, 2nd, 4th, or 5th next year.

Yeah terrible move by Edmonton. Makes no sense to move up, give up valuable trade deadline assets, for a guy 2-3 years out when you are in win now mode. Strange at best.

 

[The Abusement Park]

As the trade thread is closer, I'll post this here:

JBB offered Stamkos 3M x 8yrs. That's.. low. Stammer looks for 4-5M per annually. Doesn't sound too bad of an ask.

JBB just gave him the same total amount of money as Stammer was asking for. Guessing Stammer was asking for a deal that gave him ~20mil but JBB just spread it out over 8 years instead of 3-5 years.

 

[henchman21]

As the trade thread is closer, I'll post this here:

JBB offered Stamkos 3M x 8yrs. That's.. low. Stammer looks for 4-5M per annually. Doesn't sound too bad of an ask.

Stammer wanted 5x7 or 4x8. The shorter term options were more of an ask and Tampa can’t get Sergachev moved.

 

[BobRossColton]

Julius miettenen

 

[BobRossColton]

Who is left according to the rankings?

 

[McMetal]

Late to the party, had to work, but I'm quite happy with this trade. All the guys I really wanted were already gone, might as well get a two-for-one in the top 75 this year plus some trade deadline ammo for next year.

And hey, Freij is still on the board, maybe we can snag him early in the 2nd for a steal.

EDIT: Also, holy shit Edmonton ended up with pick #32? Delicious.

 

[NOTENOUGHRYJOTHINGS]

This doesn't really make any sense. Instead of drafting one bust you draft three smaller busts.

The amount of paperwork involved is too damn high.

Hopefully they trade those picks for some actual NHL players.

Two second rounders could be anything. They could even get you a Toews.

 

[Alienblood]

Late to the party, had to work, but I'm quite happy with this trade. All the guys I really wanted were already gone, might as well get a two-for-one in the top 75 this year plus some trade deadline ammo for next year.

And hey, Freij is still on the board, maybe we can snag him early in the 2nd for a steal.

EDIT: Also, holy shit Edmonton ended up with pick #32? Delicious.

Freij is who initially was hoping for and also interested in Stiga

 

[avalanche_country]

Two second rounders could be anything. They could even get you a Toews.

Could be a boat

 

[Freudian]

Trade feels very underwhelming because they moved down so far. But no matter who they pick tomorrow they will of course claim they got their guy, but we have seen the quality of their guys in the past.

 

[S E P H]

So I guess that Hage or Solberg were their picks and did not have the assets to trade up due to trading them for TDL players, so they traded back. I would bet it was Hage, seems like a perfect Avs player.



Also, mega LOL to the Oilers hiring Pracey as Head Scout. Yikes.

 

[BrickNHL]

f***ing hate the oilers taking O’Reilly

 

[RockLobster]

So I guess that Hage or Solberg were their picks and did not have the assets to trade up due to trading them for TDL players, so they traded back. I would bet it was Hage, seems like a perfect Avs player.



Also, mega LOL to the Oilers hiring Pracey as Head Scout. Yikes.

I’ve heard both Eiserman and TMV here said Surin. I can believe both were high on their list and once they both went they decided the rest of their list maybe wasn’t “1st round grade” [shrug]

 

[Alienblood]

So I guess that Hage or Solberg were their picks and did not have the assets to trade up due to trading them for TDL players, so they traded back. I would bet it was Hage, seems like a perfect Avs player.



Also, mega LOL to the Oilers hiring Pracey as Head Scout. Yikes.

Surin according to Mars

 

[S E P H]

I’ve heard both Eiserman and TMV here said Surin. I can believe both were high on their list and once they both went they decided the rest of their list maybe wasn’t “1st round grade” [shrug]

That would be really interesting if it was Surin, I haven't watched any of the Russian prospects so it is a bit shocking for me if Avs considers a Russian with their first-round pick. Obviously, they saw something because Nashville is a smooth drafting team.

Do we know if Wade is in charge of this draft? It seems a young stud has been next to MacFarland.

 

[chet1926]

So I guess that Hage or Solberg were their picks and did not have the assets to trade up due to trading them for TDL players, so they traded back. I would bet it was Hage, seems like a perfect Avs player.



Also, mega LOL to the Oilers hiring Pracey as Head Scout. Yikes.

Seriously Pracey is f***ing atrocious. Complete lol.

 

[Pierce Hawthorne]

CMacs presser tonight makes me significantly less confident we actually keep Drouin.

What we have is what we've got most likely. Fill out the rest of the lineup with $1M or less deals and try and load up again at the deadline I'd guess.

 

[S E P H]

significantly less confident we actually keep Drouin.

Just look at who his agent is, Mr. Scumbag. Drouin would be idiotic to take as much money as possible, he can easily play himself out of the NHL if he goes to another organisation.

 

[hockeyfish]

CMacs presser tonight makes me significantly less confident we actually keep Drouin.

What we have is what we've got most likely. Fill out the rest of the lineup with $1M or less deals and try and load up again at the deadline I'd guess.

Opposite for me. CMac specifically mentioned NMC and NTC and how they restrict what can be done. I think that was a snot too subtle nod to moving Colton in the next two days. And that will be done to get Drouin signed.

 

[NorthernAvsFan]

Will be interesting to see what happens in the next few days.

They have 8 picks in the draft, I’m not sure they make all of those. Combined with the smoke around Colton, it feels like a deal may be brewing.

I also think it’s really hard to make plans without knowing what they’re doing with Nichushkin. I assume they are planning on having Landeskog back, but do they know what they’re doing with Nichushkin?

 

[dahrougem2]

Obviously have to take things at face value but I'm not confident in a Drouin contract anymore after that press conference.

Feels like perhaps CMac was thinking he could move Colton and it'd be easier, but it probably hasn't been as easy to move Colton as he thought.