GDT: 2024 NHL first round. 7PM EST / 4PM PST

[5cotland]

Is Parakeh Nepalese?

Indian & South Korean

 

[jj cale]

Come on Calgary, take Buium. Don't let him fall to Devils .

Not sure that's smart, American players haven't seemed to want to play in Calgary lately.

And they take Pareckh........................good call.

 

[Sergei Shirokov]

They swing for upside in Parekh.

New Jersey is in a hell of a spot now

 

[TheOrganist]

What’s the knock on Silayev? Might not come over?

 

[JPeeper]

Is Parakeh Nepalese?

Edited: checked and has Indian and Korean in him.

 

[sxvnert]

Flyers are definitely taking Sam Dickenson.

 

[Kryten]

Zayn-e combo

Indian & South Korean

 

[Xirik]

They swing for upside in Parekh.

New Jersey is in a hell of a spot now

Buium or Dickinson would be a steal for the Devils but they could trade back to teams that need defense. It feels like the draft has gone perfectly for the devils.

 

[The Puckhound]

Definitely didn't expect all 3 of Silayev, Dickinson and Buium to be available at ten. Loving the unpredictability of the draft this year!

 

[Hinterland]

#2 made sense. #3 was a surprise, but there was absolutely chatter about it. His reaction speaks for itself though.

I disagree. Levshunov doesn't have the vision and hockey IQ to generate enough offense to justify a 2nd overall pick. He's a safe pick but not a good one. He's not gonna be the best defenseman of his draft class.

 

[fahad203]

Fairly sure his heritage is the Philippines

Parakeh is a common Nepalese name

Someone mention he's Indian and South Korean

 

[Felidae]

I think it's that his offense is not on the level of the other highly touted dman of the draft based on reading his prospect thread.

What’s the knock on Silayev? Might not come over?

 

[vildurson]

D

Flyers are definitely taking Sam Dickenson.

Dickinson/Buium/Silayev/Helenius should be their range. Most are available for them.

 

[HockeyVirus]

Nice pick New Jersey

 

[ORRFForever]

Marty looking OLD and slow.

 

[SuperScript29]

It’s not about Chicago getting a bad player. He’s not. You simply don’t draft a guy like that over Demidov. I just don’t feel like I’m going to be wrong here.

We were happy when Holland drafted Zadina over Hughes many years ago. Not saying Demidov is the next coming of Zadina, but scouts spend more time than us watching these kids play. Demidov was ranked by many as the 2nd best, so I'm sure Chicago did enough scouting for them to really like the dman instead.

 

[JackSlater]

Parekh seems likable in interviews, some prospect profiles made him seem unlikable.

 

[Mickey Marner]

Enterprise, we’ll pick you up

 

[5cotland]

Gone big and a defensive dman.

 

[MikeyMike01]

Having teams’ GM ramble on for a minute before picking is unbearable

 

[Hinterland]

They swing for upside in Parekh.

New Jersey is in a hell of a spot now

Agreed. Not necessarily a bad pick but definitely a wild one. Blunt to take Parekh with Dickinson and Buium still on the board. Will be interesting to see if it works out.

 

[vildurson]

Devils got kinda what they needed. I bet Devils did not expect Silayev to drop here.

 

[Lukin1978]

Go away Gary

 

[TMLeafer]

I like it for CGY (Parekh)

 

[rynryn]

gud pick nj