NHL Entry Draft: GrandLarseny's 2 Round Mock Draft (2024) - 12th Annual

[GrandLarseny]

Now that the draft order has been finalized I am back again with my favorite exercise-in-futility. I try to put a little thought into each pick but we all know the real draft is full of twists and turns. Anyways, it's always fun doing these yearly!

1. San Jose Sharks - Macklin Celebrini
2. Chicago Blackhawks - Artyom Levshunov
3. Anaheim Ducks - Anton Silayev
4. Columbus Blue Jackets - Cayden Lindstrom
5. Montreal Canadiens - Ivan Demidov
6. Utah HC - Sam Dickinson
7. Ottawa Senators - Tij Iginla
8. Seattle Kraken - Zeev Buium
9. Calgary Flames - Zayne Parekh
10. New Jersey Devils - Konsta Helenius
11. Buffalo Sabres - Beckett Sennecke
12. Philadelphia Flyers - Berkly Catton
13. Minnesota Wild - Michael Brandsegg-Nygard
14. San Jose Sharks (from PIT) - Carter Yakemchuk
15. Detroit Red Wings - Igor Chernyshov
16. St. Louis Blues - Cole Eiserman
17. Washington Capitals - Jett Luchanko
18. Chicago Blackhawks (from NYI) - Michael Hage
19. Vegas Golden Knights - Sasha Boisvert
20. New York Islanders (from TBL via CHI) - Liam Greentree
21. Los Angeles Kings - Marek Vanacker
22. Nashville Predators - Adam Jiricek
23. Toronto Maple Leafs - Terik Parascak
24. Colorado Avalanche - Teddy Stiga
25. Boston Bruins (from BOS via DET/OTT) - Emil Hemming
26. Montreal Canadiens (from WPG) - Stian Solberg
27. Carolina Hurricanes - Trevor Connelly
28. Calgary Flames (from VAN) - Sam O’Reilly
29. Dallas Stars - Andrew Basha
30. New York Rangers - Dominik Badinka
31. Anaheim Ducks (from EDM) - Cole Beaudoin
32. Philadelphia Flyers (from FLA) - Leo Sahlin Wallenius

33. San Jose Sharks - Ben Danford
34. Chicago Blackhawks - Matvei Gridin
35. Anaheim Ducks - EJ Emery
36. Columbus Blue Jackets - Ryder Ritchie
37. Winnipeg Jets (from MTL) - Maxim Masse
38. Utah HC - Julius Miettinen
39. Ottawa Senators - Lukas Fischer
40. Seattle Kraken - Linus Eriksson
41. Calgary Flames - Nikita Artamonov
42. San Jose Sharks (from NJ) - Lucas Pettersson
43. Buffalo Sabres - Charlie Elick
44. Pittsburgh Penguins (from PHI) - Aron Kiviharju
45. Minnesota Wild - Tanner Howe
46. Pittsburgh Penguins - Dean Letourneau
47. Detroit Red Wings - John Mustard
48. St. Louis Blues - Spencer Gill
49. Utah HC (from WSH) - Cole Hutson
50. Chicago Blackhawks (from NYI) - Yegor Surin
51. Philadelphia Flyers - Simon Zether
52. Washington Capitals (from VGK) - Carson Wetsch
53. San Jose Sharks (from TB via NSH/DET) - Mikhail Yegorov
54. NY Islanders (from LA) - Alfons Freij
55. Nashville Predators - Brodie Ziemer
56. St. Louis Blues (from TOR) - Adam Jecho
57. Montreal Canadiens (from COL) - Kamil Bednarik
58. Anaheim Ducks (from BOS) - Melvin Fernstrom
59. Nashville Predators (from WPG) - Heikki Ruohonen
60. Carolina Hurricanes - Luke Misa
61. NY Islanders (from VAN) - Raoul Boilard
62. Calgary Flames (from DAL) - Justin Poirier
63. Seattle Kraken (from NYR) - Henry Mews
64. Edmonton Oilers - Luca Marrelli
65. Utah (from FLA) - Jesse Pulkkinen

2013: 4/60
2014: 8/60
2015: 8/61
2016: 5/61 (I'm counting Logan Brown to OTT)
2017: 9/62 (Also counting Jake Oettinger to DAL)
2018: 5/62
2019: 4/62
2020: 5/62 (s/o to Luke Evangelista going to NSH at 42 though)
2021: 4/64
2022: 1/65 (whoof, s/o to Maverick Lamoureux to ARI at 28 though)
2023: 3/64 (s/o Strbak to BUF and Molendyk to NSH though)

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[Mrfenn92]

Good list

 

[Chan790]

I would be annoyed by those Canes picks. Neither is BPA and we have a plethora of very similar very-slight forwards. We should be drafting for size and two-way skill.

I also personally have a strong preference for E.J. Emery and think pairing him with Nikishin long-term would give other Metro teams hell.

You've probably got the picks completely right though.

 

[GrandLarseny]

I would be annoyed by those Canes picks. Neither is BPA and we have a plethora of very similar very-slight forwards. We should be drafting for size and two-way skill.

I also personally have a strong preference for E.J. Emery and think pairing him with Nikishin long-term would give other Metro teams hell.

You've probably got the picks completely right though.

Fair enough, I didn't intend on giving them two small skilled forwards but I do think Connelly is BPA at that point. The Canes strike me as a talent above all else kind of drafting team so that influenced my two picks for them, with a little bit of biased hopes that Misa goes in the 2nd because I'm a fan of his.

 

[Juxtaposer]

Yeah, I’d be pretty happy with that. Celebrini, Yakemchuk, and Yegorov are great picks and while I prefer Emery to Danford and Surin to Pettersson I wouldn’t be mad or anything if that’s how it went down.

 

[kinghock]

Now that the draft order has been finalized I am back again with my favorite exercise-in-futility. I try to put a little thought into each pick but we all know the real draft is full of twists and turns. Anyways, it's always fun doing these yearly!

1. San Jose Sharks - Macklin Celebrini
2. Chicago Blackhawks - Artyom Levshunov
3. Anaheim Ducks - Anton Silayev
4. Columbus Blue Jackets - Cayden Lindstrom
5. Montreal Canadiens - Ivan Demidov
6. Utah HC - Sam Dickinson
7. Ottawa Senators - Tij Iginla
8. Seattle Kraken - Zeev Buium
9. Calgary Flames - Zayne Parekh
10. New Jersey Devils - Konsta Helenius
11. Buffalo Sabres - Beckett Sennecke
12. Philadelphia Flyers - Berkly Catton
13. Minnesota Wild - Michael Brandsegg-Nygard
14. San Jose Sharks (from PIT) - Carter Yakemchuk
15. Detroit Red Wings - Igor Chernyshov
16. St. Louis Blues - Cole Eiserman
17. Washington Capitals - Jett Luchanko
18. Chicago Blackhawks (from NYI) - Michael Hage
19. Vegas Golden Knights - Sasha Boisvert
20. New York Islanders (from TBL via CHI) - Liam Greentree
21. Los Angeles Kings - Marek Vanacker
22. Nashville Predators - Adam Jiricek
23. Toronto Maple Leafs - Terik Parascak
24. Colorado Avalanche - Teddy Stiga
25. Boston Bruins (from BOS via DET/OTT) - Emil Hemming
26. Montreal Canadiens (from WPG) - Stian Solberg
27. Carolina Hurricanes - Trevor Connelly
28. Calgary Flames (from VAN) - Sam O’Reilly
29. Dallas Stars - Andrew Basha
30. New York Rangers - Dominik Badinka
31. Anaheim Ducks (from EDM) - Cole Beaudoin
32. Philadelphia Flyers (from FLA) - Leo Sahlin Wallenius

33. San Jose Sharks - Ben Danford
34. Chicago Blackhawks - Matvei Gridin
35. Anaheim Ducks - EJ Emery
36. Columbus Blue Jackets - Ryder Ritchie
37. Winnipeg Jets (from MTL) - Maxim Masse
38. Utah HC - Julius Miettinen
39. Ottawa Senators - Lukas Fischer
40. Seattle Kraken - Linus Eriksson
41. Calgary Flames - Nikita Artamonov
42. San Jose Sharks (from NJ) - Lucas Pettersson
43. Buffalo Sabres - Charlie Elick
44. Pittsburgh Penguins (from PHI) - Aron Kiviharju
45. Minnesota Wild - Tanner Howe
46. Pittsburgh Penguins - Dean Letourneau
47. Detroit Red Wings - John Mustard
48. St. Louis Blues - Spencer Gill
49. Utah HC (from WSH) - Cole Hutson
50. Chicago Blackhawks (from NYI) - Yegor Surin
51. Philadelphia Flyers - Simon Zether
52. Washington Capitals (from VGK) - Carson Wetsch
53. San Jose Sharks (from TB via NSH/DET) - Mikhail Yegorov
54. NY Islanders (from LA) - Alfons Freij
55. Nashville Predators - Brodie Ziemer
56. St. Louis Blues (from TOR) - Adam Jecho
57. Montreal Canadiens (from COL) - Kamil Bednarik
58. Anaheim Ducks (from BOS) - Melvin Fernstrom
59. Nashville Predators (from WPG) - Heikki Ruohonen
60. Carolina Hurricanes - Luke Misa
61. NY Islanders (from VAN) - Raoul Boilard
62. Calgary Flames (from DAL) - Justin Poirier
63. Seattle Kraken (from NYR) - Henry Mews
64. Edmonton Oilers - Luca Marrelli
65. Utah (from FLA) - Jesse Pulkkinen

2013: 4/60
2014: 8/60
2015: 8/61
2016: 5/61 (I'm counting Logan Brown to OTT)
2017: 9/62 (Also counting Jake Oettinger to DAL)
2018: 5/62
2019: 4/62
2020: 5/62 (s/o to Luke Evangelista going to NSH at 42 though)
2021: 4/64
2022: 1/65 (whoof, s/o to Maverick Lamoureux to ARI at 28 though)
2023: 3/64 (s/o Strbak to BUF and Molendyk to NSH though)

LA will not choose Marek Vanacker when Adam Jiricek, Stian Solberg, Trevor Connelly and EJ Emery are available.

 

[Benstheman]

almost perfect for Mtl.

Demidov is the kind of talent we need the most. And i love Stolberg but he is a lhd.

I think if we draft Demidov at 5, i would go for Surin or Basha at 26. Maybe Basha at 26 and move up from 57 to get Surin. Would absolutely love to get him.

 

[GrandLarseny]

LA will not choose Marek Vanacker when Adam Jiricek, Stian Solberg, Trevor Connelly and EJ Emery are available.

Noted. I understand the preference for others but I don't think Vanacker is chopped liver either. I personally think his playstyle suits the Kings well.