GDT: NHL Draft R1 (6/28): 6pm CT (ESPN/ESPN+), R2-7 (6/29): 10:30am CT (NHLN/ESPN+)

[Wabit]

The 2024 Upper Deck NHL Draft will be held on Friday, June 28, and Saturday, June 29, at Sphere in Las Vegas, NV. The first round begins at 6 p.m. (CT) on June 28 on ESPN and ESPN+ and rounds 2-7 will take place on June 29 starting at 10:30 a.m. (CT) on ESPN+ and NHL Network.

Wild Draft guide

Wild picks:
Round 1:
12: Zeev Buium (U. Denver)
Zeev Buium - EP page
13: Traded (+2025 3rd) for 12oa

Round 2:
45: Ryder Ritchie
Ryder Ritchie -EP page

Round 3:
78: (MarJo trade)
Aatos Koivu - Stats, Contract, Salary & More (just FYI so if he turns into something we can all cry, MTL made the pick)

Round 4:
110: (Letteri +110 for 122 + Lauko, draft floor trade)
Elliott Groenewold - Stats, Contract, Salary & More (FYI again, BOS pick)

122 (above trade): Aron Kiviharju
Aron Kiviharju - EP page

Round 5:
140 (Greenway trade): Sebastion Soino
Sebastion Soino - EP page

142: Chase Wutzke
Chase Wutzke - EP page

Round 6:
174: Stevie Leskovar
Stevie Leskovar -EP page

Round 7:
206: (Maroon trade)
Harrison Meneghin - Stats, Contract, Salary & More (FYI again TB made pick)

Lets Go Wild

Putting this up a little early. I will try and update this top post as things happen.

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[Lapa]

My predictions:

-Helenius will fall to late 1st round
-We draft a defenseman in the first round
-Billy makes a trade

 

[Sweetnut]

Please do well.
Love from Sweden

 

[Waiver Draft]

Draft Guide - Russo

Final Mock Draft - Pronman

Live Blog - TSN

 

[MuckOG]

How soon after the draft begins will this site crash?

 

[Dr Jan Itor]

I wish we had 11 first round picks.

 

[Minnewildsota]

I wish we had 11 first round picks.

I wish we had 12!

 

[Dr Jan Itor]

I wish we had 12!

That’s excessive.

 

[Dickie Dunn]

Iginla would be interesting.

 

[keppel146]

Iginla would be interesting.

Id prob jump for joy

 

[Obvious Fabertism]

How soon after the draft begins will this site crash?

Ooh, you must be feeling optimistic, I bet it crashes before the draft even starts.

 

[57special]

Draft Guide - Russo

Final Mock Draft - Pronman

Live Blog - TSN

Draft Hub - Daily Faceoff

Some of these guys are so lazy. The Daily FaceOff guy, in his final 6/27 rankings, says,

36. Jett Luchanko, C (Guelph, OHL)​

I was initially concerned about his size – 5-foot-11, 170 pounds. I would like to see more muscle on him. "

This was from the NHL Combine 3 weeks earlier;

• Jett Luchanko: 5-foot-11, 187 pounds."

I don't see how I can take their opinion seriously if they don't take their jobs seriously. Does he not know about the Combine, or was he too lazy to check the results before spouting off(and wrongly)?

 

[Waiver Draft]

Jett Luchanko refuses to get caught up in his own NHL draft buzz

 

[Dr Jan Itor]

Based on the SJ/Buf trade, I'd say the cost of getting to #10 would be #13 + #45 + maybe one of our 5ths.

Would essentially guarantee us one of: the top 5 D or Lindstrom/Catton/Iginla/Demidov.

NJ doesn't have a 2nd round pick, which is why there's a chance they might be interested.

 

[thestonedkoala]

Anyone else afraid Big Balls Billy will do something insane like trade Rossi and Yurov for Rempe.

 

[57special]

Probably just an error, he's listed at 180 elsewhere. There's reportedly some buzz around him.

Masters: Jett Luchanko refuses to get caught up in his own NHL draft buzz | TSN

I literally just posted the Combine weight of 187 lb.

Anyone else afraid Big Balls Billy will do something insane like trade Rossi and Yurov for Rempe.

No.

 

[Dr Jan Itor]

Anyone else afraid Big Balls Billy will do something insane like trade Rossi and Yurov for Rempe.

No

 

[keppel146]

Based on the SJ/Buf trade, I'd say the cost of getting to #10 would be #13 + #45 + maybe one of our 5ths.

Would essentially guarantee us one of: the top 5 D or Lindstrom/Catton/Iginla/Demidov.

NJ doesn't have a 2nd round pick, which is why there's a chance they might be interested.

I’d be down to do this. We can afford to part ways with a couple picks.

 

[BagHead]

How soon after the draft begins will this site crash?

5th overall.

 

[AKL]

Fingers crossed our 1st round pick is McGroarty. I would be okay with giving up to 13+45 to get it done, though I'm curious if it could be done for something like 13+Lorenz/O'Rourke/Healey/Spacek. Basically a prospect that doesn't have the value of a 2nd but Winnipeg may wanna take a chance on.

I'd also be good with moving up using those same assets. If Iginla is gone by 8, would Calgary want 13+45+prospect for 9? Would Seattle want a similar deal due to their relative lack of prospect depth?

I wouldn't even know where to begin speculating on who we might be able to draft with the 1st until after pick 7 if the plan is to just keep that pick.

 

[Digitalbooya]

Pronman’s final mock has us taking Iginla at 13. That would be a dream

 

[AKL]

Pronman’s final mock has us taking Iginla at 13. That would be a dream

I would be shocked if he drops below 9th, and I would be shocked and appalled if he gets to 13. The name and bloodline alone should be enough for CGY to take him, especially after seeing how Josh Doan was treated in Arizona.

 

[Waiver Draft]

I literally just posted the Combine weight of 187 lb.


No.

Sorry for upsetting you, I removed the Daily Faceoff link.

 

[57special]

Sorry for upsetting you, I removed the Daily Faceoff link.

Mr. Passive Agressive, eh?

 

[Webster]

Two Norwegians could get picked in the 1st round before the first Swede. Norwegian tabloids love it.."only hockey is where Sweden has been better, maybe not anymore"