HockeyProspect.com - 2024 Draft Rankings- June 10th 2024

Raistlin

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No Hage, no Connelly and Sennecke being so high is unusual. But your scout's rep speaks loudly.
 

Mark Edwards

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Best rankings I've seen yet
We'll take that. Thanks
No Hage, no Connelly and Sennecke being so high is unusual. But your scout's rep speaks loudly.
Not so different from lists of some scouts I spoke to. I know plenty who didn't have either player in their top 32 and obviously some who do.
Black Book is a reputable source. Maybe clean up the spelling error on your #2 prospect's family name. 2024 NHL Draft Rankings - HockeyProspect.com
Yes, brutal typo. Worst part was it was a typo in our final excel and I blindly used it elsewhere because usually the excel sheet is perfect. We all missed it last night, It's fixed.

Do you have hfboards discount code this year?
BBHF10
 

Kearns

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We'll take that. Thanks

Not so different from lists of some scouts I spoke to. I know plenty who didn't have either player in their top 32 and obviously some who do.

Yes, brutal typo. Worst part was it was a typo in our final excel and I blindly used it elsewhere because usually the excel sheet is perfect. We all missed it last night, It's fixed.


BBHF10
Typos happen. Overall, great work again this year.
 
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FlyguyOX

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Anyone got an update on Lindstrom’s back?

Any sort of core injury is crippling in hockey.

After living through Ryan Ellis and Nolan Patrick I’m extremely weary of any injury issues
 
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Interesting list. Surprised that neither Emery or Elick made the list, and that there are only ten D in the top 32. I would imagine that will make for the quite the run on D early on in the 2nd round.
 

Mark Edwards

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Anyone got an update on Lindstrom’s back?

Any sort of core injury is crippling in hockey.

After living through Ryan Ellis and Nolan Patrick I’m extremely weary of any injury issues
I asked several scouts and nobody was concerned. They were hearing medical reports were clean. I investigated that the best I could before keeping him at #2.
Interesting list. Surprised that neither Emery or Elick made the list, and that there are only ten D in the top 32. I would imagine that will make for the quite the run on D early on in the 2nd round.
A lot of scouts don't even have Emery ahead of Skahan.
Question for Mark, you said in the fall might be one of the worst years for the OHL. Do you still feel that way?
lol

I had planned to talk about this prior to the draft. My answer is a big NO!

It stayed weak in the QMJHL and it was the weakest NTDP for draft prospects in years but the OHL prospects made huge strides since I said that last fall.

I didn't expect players like Luchanko, Beaudoin, Vanacker and O'Reilly to climb as much as they did. We have a bunch more as our list continues on outside of our top 32.

I can't remember a season where so many OHL players improved so much. It was a big talking point with NHL scouts this year. OHL based scouts were a bit down in the dumps in the fall...it's a long season for the NHL team scouts who don't leave Ontario when it's a weak class in their area. I was a happy camper and so were the NHL area guys.

Some teams allowed the QMJHL scouts to come to Ontario this year because the Q was so weak.
 

WTFMAN99

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I asked several scouts and nobody was concerned. They were hearing medical reports were clean. I investigated that the best I could before keeping him at #2.

A lot of scouts don't even have Emery ahead of Skahan.

lol

I had planned to talk about this prior to the draft. My answer is a big NO!

It stayed weak in the QMJHL and it was the weakest NTDP for draft prospects in years but the OHL prospects made huge strides since I said that last fall.

I didn't expect players like Luchanko, Beaudoin, Vanacker and O'Reilly to climb as much as they did. We have a bunch more as our list continues on outside of our top 32.

I can't remember a season where so many OHL players improved so much. It was a big talking point with NHL scouts this year. OHL based scouts were a bit down in the dumps in the fall...it's a long season for the NHL team scouts who don't leave Ontario when it's a weak class in their area. I was a happy camper and so were the NHL area guys.

Some teams allowed the QMJHL scouts to come to Ontario this year because the Q was so weak.

This will be a no brainer purchase once again, I'll buy tonight after work :)
 

Hockeyville USA

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I asked several scouts and nobody was concerned. They were hearing medical reports were clean. I investigated that the best I could before keeping him at #2.

A lot of scouts don't even have Emery ahead of Skahan.

lol

I had planned to talk about this prior to the draft. My answer is a big NO!

It stayed weak in the QMJHL and it was the weakest NTDP for draft prospects in years but the OHL prospects made huge strides since I said that last fall.

I didn't expect players like Luchanko, Beaudoin, Vanacker and O'Reilly to climb as much as they did. We have a bunch more as our list continues on outside of our top 32.

I can't remember a season where so many OHL players improved so much. It was a big talking point with NHL scouts this year. OHL based scouts were a bit down in the dumps in the fall...it's a long season for the NHL team scouts who don't leave Ontario when it's a weak class in their area. I was a happy camper and so were the NHL area guys.

Some teams allowed the QMJHL scouts to come to Ontario this year because the Q was so weak.
Thoughts on Spellacy? 3rd or 4th round target, or will someone reach for him in the mid to late 2nd?
 

King'sPawn

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Btw, for those of you trying to read on mobile, please try to check other pdf viewers.

On one viewer, it only went down to Catton. But on another, it worked just fine.

Support was awesome too while I tried to figure it out.
 
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Mark Edwards

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any reason why EP doesn't list your rankings anymore on player pages?
100% my choice, the original owner Johan is a friend. We had a conversation a few years back.
This will be a no brainer purchase once again, I'll buy tonight after work :)
Thanks
Thoughts on Spellacy? 3rd or 4th round target, or will someone reach for him in the mid to late 2nd?
I only know one team scout who has any real time for him. He liked him early (like the 2nd ) but who knows.

All the other scouts I spoke to saw him like me. Athlete on skates with no hockey sense. I will say he played a bit better late in the year.
Got my copy, thanks for the hf discount. What do you plan on doing next year instead of the black book?
Thanks for supporting us.

Not many solid details yet but what I can tell you is writeups will be much shorter and the price will reflect that.
Btw, for those of you trying to read on mobile, please try to check other pdf viewers.

On one viewer, it only went down to Catton. But on another, it worked just fine.

Support was awesome too while I tried to figure it out.
Glad you got it sorted out.
The best as always
Appreciate it.
I get that this isn't a mock draft, but I can totally see Hawks taking Lindstrom.
We like that fit, seems everywhere I turn guys are telling me Levshunov or Demidov though.
Mark,

Will the Black Book be available as a print copy also or PDF only?
Woked on the print this morning. Amazon is a disaster, they are accepting the cover but they make u preview it. I gave up after 45 minutes of the "please wait updating" message. I'll dig in again now.

Actual book file accepted no problem. If i get the cover disaster figured out it should be available in a few days.
 
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