Chicago screwed up royally!

[DarthMaster09]

Chicago could of drafted Ivan Demidov second, Cole Eiserman 18th and Cole Hutson 27th in the 2024 NHL Draft! They could of had a future top line with Bedard, Demidov and Eiserman along with an elite offensive defenseman in Hutson instead of Levshunov. This bad draft will really slow down their rebuild. What do you think?

EDIT: Chicago could of also drafted Gabriel Perreault 19th and Andrew Cristall 35th in the 2023 NHL Draft! As a Montreal Canadiens fan, I'm upset that they traded their 31st and 37th picks for Alex Newhook when they could of drafted Andrew Cristall with one of these picks instead.

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[theVladiator]

So, in this hypothetical scenario, is only Chicago armed with a crystal ball at the draft? Or are the other teams also allowed to use this magical device?

 

[Mjul Qvist]

Way too early to tell. Let´s revisit this topic in 2027 at earliest.

 

[landy92mack29]

Chicago's big mistake was passing on Cristall(among others) and taking Gajan. Eiserman and Hutson have a long way to go before being trusted by a nhl coach

 

[SI90]

The draft was 7 months ago. This is way premature. Im ecstatic the isles got Eiserman but these guys are all Still just prospects who haven’t accomplished anything yet. You may be right but it’s way too early to declare this.

 

[Ezekial]

Could have or could've.

 

[Jumptheshark]

Chicago could of drafted Ivan Demidov second, Cole Eiserman 18th and Cole Hutson 27th in the 2024 NHL Draft! They could of had a future top line with Bedard, Demidov and Eiserman along with an elite offensive defenseman in Hutson instead of Levshunov. This bad draft will really slow down their rebuild. What do you think?

These threads are funny. SO, in this alternate reality, Hutson still falls that far down? Same with Cole Eiserman? Can I have the name of your favourite team so I can make up the same list?

 

[CallMeShaft]

Nah, we're good.

Thanks for your concern though.

 

[Kaners PPGs]

At the times of their picks I perferred Perreault over Moore, Demidov/Stolberg over Levshunov/Boisvert, and Hage over Boisvert.

 

[HockeyVirus]

Is this one of those threads that gets bumped in 10 years and we all laugh at how preposterous it was due to how it turned out?

 

[Skinnyjimmy08]

So many people on this site would be hall of famer scouts/GM's... its crazy how much talent is going to waste!

 

[Mrfenn92]

Silly thread

 

[Zarzh]

So many people on this site would be hall of famer scouts/GM's... its crazy how much talent is going to waste!

To be fair you could be a hall of fame scout just by using a slightly modified NHLe.

 

[Mr. Met]

Boston could've had Barzal, Chabot and Connor in 2015

 

[malcb33]

So many people on this site would be hall of famer scouts/GM's... its crazy how much talent is going to waste!

Yup, the Hall of "The Benefit of Hindsight".

 

[WarriorofTime]

Dang. Can you tell our gm who to pick next time so they don’t screw up

 

[Tanknation]

Is this one of those threads that gets bumped in 10 years and we all laugh at how preposterous it was due to how it turned out?

Or we do and see how right the OP was.

 

[Bounces R Way]

what a bunch of idiots

 

[DarthMaster09]

At the times of their picks I perferred Perreault over Moore, Demidov/Stolberg over Levshunov/Boisvert, and Hage over Boisvert.

Do you think that Michael Hage is a good pick by Montreal? They missed Cole Eiserman by only 1 pick. Who do you think will have the better NHL career?

 

[Kaners PPGs]

Do you think that Michael Hage is a good pick by Montreal? They missed Cole Eiserman by only 1 pick. Who do you think will have the better NHL career?

I liked Hage more at the draft and he's looked very good at Michigan this season. lol- But all I do is read what the analysts say so I wouldn't put too much stock in my opinion.

 

[kp61c]

Levshunov doesn't set the world on fire in the ahl indeed. Still too young to make conclusions, although he is going bald already.

 

[MoneyManny]

Levshunov doesn't set the world on fire in the ahl indeed. Still too young to make conclusions, although he is going bald already.

Being bald is clearly indicative of hockey greatness.

 

[Kryten]

Yup, the Hall of "The Benefit of Hindsight".

Hall have or hall’ve

 

[SannywithoutCompy]

To be fair you could be a hall of fame scout just by using a slightly modified NHLe.

Yeah, like that guy who dummies Vancouver's draft record in the 2000s by taking the highest CHL PPG player available at each pick

 

[Zarzh]

Yeah, like that guy who dummies Vancouver's draft record in the 2000s by taking the highest CHL PPG player available at each pick

Teams have caught on to an extent but you have some silly drafts like 2014 where Vancouver taking the best statistical player with a bias towards professional leagues would result in Nylander, Pastrnak, Demko, Point, and had they kept their 4th Shesterkin(Or Arvidsson if they didn't want to draft multiple goalies), you might pick Olofsson and/or Kase too.