GDT: 2024 NHL Entry Draft

[missionAvs]

Yeah that press conference sounded like Drouin is a goner.

 

[The Kingslayer]

Drouin is gone and I dont blame him for chasing the bag

 

[NorthernAvsFan]

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.

I think it’s about finding the right deal.

It’s not like Colton is a bum. He’s only 27 and is coming off a 40-point season. They’re not going to give him away.

If they don’t get a decent offer, they’ll just keep Colton.

 

[MacKaRant]

I'm glad it's 5 AM now, and we didn't make a pick.

Look at it this way though, our scouting team did an excellent job on Day 1 of the draft this year--0 busts taken!

 

[JoeSakic13]

Could be a boat

 

[Cypher]

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

Oilers will have fun with him at least

Had to remind myself of his "track record" when he was Avs director of amateur scouting
40 picks
- 6 NHLers (3 of them lottery picks though)
- 12 who played some games (11 under 113 games played) and aren't in the league anymore (except Martin)
- 22 never weres

 

[JoeSakic13]

Oilers will have fun with him at least

Had to remind myself of his "track record" when he was Avs director of amateur scouting
40 picks
- 6 NHLers (3 of them lottery picks though)
- 12 who played some games (11 under 113 games played) and aren't in the league anymore (except Martin)
- 22 never weres

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All 20 of Siemen’s games were re-confirmation we blew it in that draft pick.

 

[JoeSakic13]

Drouin is gone and I dont blame him for chasing the bag

I don’t either, but I feel like it’s a poor choice. I feel like this could be his last contract in the NHL if it’s not playing alongside an MVP.

 

[Pacman33]

Id root against him more than any former av in recent memory. Will take over grubauers spot. Yes i am petty

 

[LOFIN]

Id root against him more than any former av in recent memory. Will take over grubauers spot. Yes i am petty

I mean you do you, but I'm not blaming the player if he's leaving over significant money.

 

[Bensch88]

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.

What did he say?

 

[Deadsy]

Kind of feel Carolina got better value for #27 (#34 ja #50) than we did for #24.

 

[Richard88]

Any Colton trade hinges on the ability to find an adequate replacement 3C, which is probably where the sticking point is.

If rumours are true that there's interest in Colton then simply trading Colton for picks wouldn't be very difficult. But finding a 3C at a low enough caphit where signing Drouin becomes realistic is much harder, and without that part of the puzzle lined up there's simply no way you can trade Colton.

 

[LOFIN]

What did he say?

“It’s a challenging one, right? Because Jonathan Drouin had a very, very good season last year,” MacFarland said on Friday. “We are cap-challenged, so there’s those competing factors. Both parties want to get it done, but finding that sweet spot is the challenge.”

“You really can’t go over $88 (million),” MacFarland said, before talking more about the two players in question that are limiting what they can do.

“Last year, we knew (Landeskog) was out for the year. This year, thankfully, we don’t know that,” he said. “We know Val’s going to be reinstated at some point, assuming everything goes good, which obviously that’s what we’re hoping for for him and for us. At some point in November, it’s not like we can go and spend $6 million and then go, ‘Okay, we got to get rid of $6 million’ three weeks into the season. That’s not how it works.”

“Can it get across the finish line? I don’t know,” MacFarland said of a potential contract. “I do think that Jonathan was great for us, but I also think the Avalanche were great for Jonathan as well. We’ll certainly stay in touch with Allan Walsh through the weekend, and we’ll what happens.”

 

[Bensch88]

Yeah that doesnt Sound good at all

 

[Richard88]

Sounds like CMac is hinting at the fact that he's exploring trades to open up capspace for Drouin, without saying that that's what he's doing. Otherwise there would be no point in staying in touch with his agent over the weekend.

I predict they either trade Colton for picks today (before his NTC starts), or move Nichushkin+ before free agency to open up capspace to sign Drouin before he hits the market.

 

[Richard88]

Trading down in the draft could also be a way to buy some time to not burn that prime asset before the Colton/Drouin situation is resolved.

Had they used pick #24 it would have left them with very little ammo to get something done on a potential 3C trade in the next 24 hours. But now with #38, NYR 2025 2nd, and #71 they've got a few pieces they can still use in a trade, either as one package or in smaller parts.

Maybe the #24 pick was also too valuable on its own to trade for a 3C in isolation, but splitting that value into three picks gives them options value-wise when setting up a trade.

 

[Richard88]

How about

Colton for Marino + Lazar

Manson+ for a good 3C (with enough retained to re-sign Drouin)

Manson probably has some decent value right now, and interest as per Friedman, so you could probably get a decent 3C for him in combination with #38, NYR 2025 2nd, #71.

Drouin - Mackinnon - Rantanen
Landeskog - Mittelstadt - Nichushkin
Lehkonen - 3C (~$1.5m) - O'Connor
Wood - Lazar - Kovalenko
Wagner

Toews - Makar
Girard - Marino
3LD - Malinski
7D

 

[UncleRisto]

So Stiga tomorrow?

I'm down.

 

[Bone Breaker]

so far I like the Avs selections in this draft more than on most previous years.

Spoiler

 

[Alienblood]

Drouin is gone and I dont blame him for chasing the bag

Pittsburgh

 

[the_fan]

Told ya Val’s gonna be back with the Avs if he doesn’t scorew up in the program

 

[Richard88]

At least the Avs didn't do something stupid like the Oilers lmao

 

[LOFIN]

Told ya Val’s gonna be back with the Avs if he doesn’t scorew up in the program

I still wouldn't draw any conclusions from that. If there is no interest from other teams at this point (and why would there be before he completes the program), what else is there to say? They are stuck with him.

 

[Hasbro]

Disappointed on missing out on Solberg, Just my dumbass obsession with player from outside the Big 7.

But what are you gonna do? Anaheim made the jump for that reason.

I like the trade back. 2nd will be useful at the TDL next year.