Official 2024 NHL Draft Thread

[sa cyred]

Im here for the Demi dropping to 7

 

[Tarpongg]

This is the stuff that needs to happen for Catton to fall to 12

 

[FLYguy3911]

Sennecke was my ideal target for the Florida pick mid year.

 

[TheKingPin]

That would be a f***ing mistake.

That would be very good for us. That and maybe one more reach would likely allow for Catton. I actually think it could happen.

I would 100% trade Floridas 1st and Laughton to get a pick behind ours because there are going to be a few good players to pick BPA. They really should go for Eiserman

 

[BritainStix]

Any combination of Catton and a defenseman would make me thrilled.

If Briere pulls off moving Laughton and the Florida pick for anything in the top 15, I'll Hawk Tuah him.

 

[LegionOfDoom91]

If you’re taking a defensemen early to me their skill level & offensive ability have to be higher end. It just seems in that range the guys who are generally described as well rounded or whatever usually end up more times than not being underwhelming compared to guys who nobody really questions their skill/offensive abilities.

To me that seems like Buium & Parekh.

 

[volnoir]

If you’re taking a defensemen early to me their skill level & offensive ability have to be higher end. It just seems in that range the guys who are generally described as well rounded or whatever usually end up more times than not being underwhelming compared to guys who nobody really questions their skill/offensive abilities.

To me that seems like Buium & Parekh.

Go get Parekh and Catton and drop the mic.

 

[BlackandOrange]

With the 12th overall pick GM BlackandOrange is proud to select Konsta Helenius.

 

[TheKingPin]

If you’re taking a defensemen early to me their skill level & offensive ability have to be higher end. It just seems in that range the guys who are generally described as well rounded or whatever usually end up more times than not being underwhelming compared to guys who nobody really questions their skill/offensive abilities.

To me that seems like Buium & Parekh.

True but I’d also be ok with the smart players out there. Dickinson and Helenius do seem like more the type to push a team with a 1C and 1D to to the next level. But I love those players that have a high impact when on the ice. I also think Dmen can be more offensive in the right system and with the right players. Makar and those elite types for sure, but do you really want a Green that isn’t able to get it done in the end?

I want Catton or Eiserman but if not I’d be good with Dickinson and Helenius. Just going to have to hit next year for top line/top pair

 

[Magua]

The reason the Flyers-Nolan Patrick discourse makes me groan is because, with the benefit of hindsight, people say, "Why didn't they select this obviously more talented player? Why did they choose the safe player? They should have known better than consensus. Shame, shame!"

But when confronted with the next crop, the safe players -- with a sprinkle of wish fulfillment pixie dust -- are again lauded. Hands clasped together praying to take them. We do this every year. And in 5 years we'll get, "Why didn't they select this obviously more talented player?" I could easily see 5/12 of the first players taken falling into this category. Given the scuttlebutt, possibly 2nd and 3rd overall. Certainly worried about the top consensus forward and defender at #12.

 

[IronMarshal]

Anyone interested in Bryzgalov's kid, Vladislav? He is 6'1 and is a local kid from Haddonfield. LOL

 

[BiggE]

My best guess on picks 1-12

1. SJS Celebrini
2. CHI Demidov
3. ANA Levshunov
4. CLB Buium
5. MON Lindstrom
6. UTAH Iginla
7. OTT Parekh
8. SEA Dickinson
9. CAL Catton
10. NJ Sennecke
11. BUF Eiserman

So, that leaves the Flyers at 12, who do they take?

If the board breaks this way, my personal preference would be Helenius but my guess is they take Silayev or Yakemchuk. Not that I don’t like the big the Russian or Yak, but both are far from a sure thing. Now, there is a good chance they’ll be a trade or 3 and this won’t be even close to how the actual draft goes, but if all picks stay as is, it’s my best guess.

How do you guys think it will go?

 

[Gregor Samsa]

My best guess on picks 1-12

1. SJS Celebrini
2. CHI Demidov
3. ANA Levshunov
4. CLB Buium
5. MON Lindstrom
6. UTAH Iginla
7. OTT Parekh
8. SEA Dickinson
9. CAL Catton
10. NJ Sennecke
11. BUF Eiserman

So, that leaves the Flyers at 12, who do they take?

If the board breaks this way, my personal preference would be Helenius but my guess is they take Silayev or Yakemchuk. Not that I don’t like the big the Russian or Yak, but both are far from a sure thing. Now, there is a good chance they’ll be a trade or 3 and this won’t be even close to how the actual draft goes, but if all picks stay as is, it’s my best guess.

How do you guys think it will go?

I think until it happens it’s a crapshoot. I can’t remember many drafts like this where a player could go 3rd or 12th and it wouldn’t be a complete shock

 

[Tarpongg]

My best guess on picks 1-12

1. SJS Celebrini
2. CHI Demidov
3. ANA Levshunov
4. CLB Buium
5. MON Lindstrom
6. UTAH Iginla
7. OTT Parekh
8. SEA Dickinson
9. CAL Catton
10. NJ Sennecke
11. BUF Eiserman

So, that leaves the Flyers at 12, who do they take?

If the board breaks this way, my personal preference would be Helenius but my guess is they take Silayev or Yakemchuk. Not that I don’t like the big the Russian or Yak, but both are far from a sure thing. Now, there is a good chance they’ll be a trade or 3 and this won’t be even close to how the actual draft goes, but if all picks stay as is, it’s my best guess.

How do you guys think it will go?

This is truly my worst case scenario. I would take Silayev or trade down at that point.

 

[Fight4yourRight]

I have a feeling Sennecke will go to Montreal.

 

[TheKingPin]

My best guess on picks 1-12

1. SJS Celebrini
2. CHI Demidov
3. ANA Levshunov
4. CLB Buium
5. MON Lindstrom
6. UTAH Iginla
7. OTT Parekh
8. SEA Dickinson
9. CAL Catton
10. NJ Sennecke
11. BUF Eiserman

So, that leaves the Flyers at 12, who do they take?

If the board breaks this way, my personal preference would be Helenius but my guess is they take Silayev or Yakemchuk. Not that I don’t like the big the Russian or Yak, but both are far from a sure thing. Now, there is a good chance they’ll be a trade or 3 and this won’t be even close to how the actual draft goes, but if all picks stay as is, it’s my best guess.

How do you guys think it will go?

Need Iginla to fall for Calgary to take. Utah already rumored to get a top dman so they seem in that mode. Catton could be redundant for them. In that scenario I think we get Catton.

 

[BiggE]

Need Iginla to fall for Calgary to take. Utah already rumored to get a top dman so they seem in that mode. Catton could be redundant for them. In that scenario I think we get Catton.

Would be thrilled if Catton was still on the board at 12, just hope they’d be smart enough to take him.

 

[TheKingPin]

Would be thrilled if Catton was still on the board at 12, just hope they’d be smart enough to take him.

Charlie seems to think they are high on him. Briere can draft the next Briere.

 

[IronMarshal]

I have a spreadsheet with the average rankings from 12 "Experts." They are:

Smaht

McKeens

THN

EP

Ferrari

THW Barrachinni

Horn

Pronman

Wheeler

Button

McKenzie

Peters

Here are the top 97:

Rank	First	Last	Pos	Team	League	Ht	Wt
1	Macklin	Celebrini	C	Boston U	Heast	6	185
2	Ivan	Demidov	RW	SKA St Pete	MHL	5'11	158
3	Artyom	Levshunov	RHD	Michigan State	B1G	6'2	198
4	Cayden	Lindstrom	C	Medicine Hat	WHL	6'5	190
5	Zeev	Buium	LHD	USNDTP	USHL	6	183
6	Sam	Dickenson	LHD	London	OHL	6'3	194
7	Berkly	Catton	C	Spokane	WHL	5'11	163
8	Zayne	Parekh	RHD	Saginaw	OHL	6	183
9	Tij	Iginlia	C	Kelowna	WHL	6	186
10	Anton	Silayev	LHD	Torpedo Novogrod	KHL	6'7	200
11	Cole	Eiserman	LW	USNDTP	USHL	6	194
12	Konsta	Helenius	C	Jukirit	Fin Jr	5'11	168
13	Beckett	Sennecke	RW	Oshawa	OHL	6'1	187
14	Carter	Yakemchuck	RHD	Calgary	WHL	6'2	183
15	Michael	Brandseeg-Nygard	RW	Mora	SEL	6'1	194
16	Liam	Greentree	RW	Windsor	OHL	6'2	188
17	Adam	Jiricek	RHD	Plezn	Chech Jr	6'2	168
18	Michael	Hage	C	Chicago	USHL	6	161
19	Trevor	Connelly	C/LW	Tri City	USHL	6'1	185
20	Igor	Chernyshov	LW	Dynamo Moskow	MHL	6'2	192
21	Sacha	Boisvert	C	Muskegan	USHL	6'2	170
22	Jett	Luchanko	C	Guelph	OHL	5'11	185
23	Stian	Solberg	LHD	Valeranga	Norway	6'2	196
24	Emil	Hemming	RW	TPS	Fin Jr	6'2	196
25	Ryder	Ritchie	RW	Prince Albert	WHL	6	173
26	Eric J	Emery	RHD	USNDTP	USHL	6'3	181
27	Nikita	Artamonov	LW/RW	Torpedo Novogrod	KHL	5'11	180
28	Cole	Beaudoin	C	Barrie	OHL	6'2	201
29	Andrew	Basha	LW	Medicine Hat	WHL	5'11	185
30	Terik	Parascak	RW	Prince George	WHL	5'11	174
31	Alfons	Freij	LHD	Vaxjo	J20	6'1	192
32	Teddy	Stiga	LW	USNDTP	USHL	5'9	155
33	Marek	Vanacker	LW	Brantford	OHL	6'1	185
34	Lucas	Pettersson	C	Modo	J20	5'11	170
35	Leo	Sahlin Wallenius	LD	Vjaxo	Swed jr	5'11.5	176
36	Dominik	Badinka	RHD	Malmo	Swed Jr	6'3	183
37	Charlie	Elick	RHD	Brandon	WHL	6'3	191
38	Dean	Letourneau	C	St Andrews	CHS	6'6	210
39	Linus	Eriksson	C	Djurgardens	SEL	6	170
40	Yegor	Surin	C	Yarasloval	MHL	6'1	174
41	Cole	Hutson	LHD	USNDTP	USHL	5'10	157
42	Henry	Mews	RHD	Ottawa	OHL	6	183
43	Maxim	Masse	RW	Chicoutimi	QMJHL	6'1	180
44	Julius	Miettinen	C/W	Everett	WHL	6'3	209
45	Aron	Kiviharju	LHD	TPS	Fin Jr	5'10	157
46	Sam	O'Reilly	RW	London	OHL	6'1	186
47	Matvei	Gridin	RW	Muskegon	USHL	6'1	185
49	John	Mustard	FWD	Waterloo	USHL	6	180
50	Luke	Misa	C	Mississauga	OHL	5'10	165
51	Adam	Kleber	D	Lincoln	USHL	6'5	201
52	Adam	Jecho	RW	Taapara	Fin Jr	6'5	200
53	Tanner	Howe	C/LW	Regina	WHL	5'10	178
54	Matvei	Shuravin	LD	CSKA	Rus Jr	6'3	195
55	Harrison	Brunicke	RHD	Kamloops	WHL	6'2	184
56	Ben	Danford	RHD	Oshawa	OHL	6'1	194
58	Jesse	Pulkkinen	LHD	JYP	Fin Jr	6'6	203
59	Marcus	Gildof	G	Leksand	SEL	6'6	212
60	Justin	Poirier	RW	Baie-Comeau	QMJHL	5'7	185
61	Tomas	Galvas	LHD	Liberc	Czech	5'11	148
62	Anthony	Cristoforo	RHD	Windsor	OHL	5'11	180
63	Leon	Muggli	D	Zug	Sui NL	6	165
65	Will	Skahan	LHD	USNDTP	USHL	6'4	205
65	Topias	Hynninen	RW	Jukirit	Liiga	5'10	164
66	Miguel	Marques	RW	Lethbridge	WHL	5'10.5	173
67	Carter	George	G	Owen Sound	OHL	6'1	190
68	Kamil	Bednarik	C	USNDTP	USHL	6	186
69	Mikhail	Yegorov	G	Omaha	USHL	6'4.5	179
70	Spencer	Gill	D	Rimouski	QMJHL	6'4	185
71	Luca	Marrelli	D	Oshawa	OHL	6'1	185
72	Noel	Fransen	Farjestads	Farjestads	Swed J20	6	180
73	AJ	Spellacy	C	Windsor	OHL	6'3	190
74	Ryerson	Leenders	G	Mississauga	OHL	6'1	185
75	Brodie	Ziemer	RW	USNDTP	USHL	5'11	190
76	Daniil	Ustinkov	LHD	ZSC	Swiss Jr	6	198
77	Owen	Allard	C	SSM	WHL	6'1.75	199
78	Tarin	Smith	D	Everett	WHL	6'1	175
79	Lukas	Fischer	LHD	Sarnia	OHL	6'2	180
80	Jacob	Battaglia	LW	Kingston	OHL	6'1	196
81	Matvei	Korotky	C	SKA St Pete	VHL	6'1	198
82	Ilya	Nabokov	G	Magnitogorsk	MHL	6	179
83	Carson	Wetsch	R Fwd	Calgary	WHL	6'2	185
84	Veeti	Vaisanen	LHD	Kookoo	Fin Jr	6	174
85	Simon	Zether	C	Rogle	SEL	6'2	185
86	Raul	Boilard	C	Baie-Comeau	QMJHL	6'1	185
87	Jakub	Fibigr	D	Mississauga	OHL	6	170
88	Eriks	Matieko	LW	St John	QMJHL	6'4	201
89	Timur	Kol	LHD	Omsk Jr	VHL	6'3	198
90	Heikki	Rouhonen	C	Kieko Espoo	U20Elite	6'1	205
91	Melvin	Fernstrom	RW	Orebro	SHL	6'1	185
92	Herman	Traff	RW	HV71	J20	6'3	200
94	Jack	Berglund	LW	Farjestads	SHL	6'3	209
95	Clarke	Caswell	LW	Swift Current	WHL	5'11	176
96	Fyodor	Avramov	LW	Stupino	VHL	6'3	190
97	Colin	Ralph	D	Shattuck	USHS	6'4	227

I have a feeling Sennecke will go to Montreal.

I saw a report awhile ago that said he was high on Montreal's list and they were contemplating taking him at 5.

 

[ponder719]

My best guess on picks 1-12

1. SJS Celebrini
2. CHI Demidov
3. ANA Levshunov
4. CLB Buium
5. MON Lindstrom
6. UTAH Iginla
7. OTT Parekh
8. SEA Dickinson
9. CAL Catton
10. NJ Sennecke
11. BUF Eiserman

So, that leaves the Flyers at 12, who do they take?

If the board breaks this way, my personal preference would be Helenius but my guess is they take Silayev or Yakemchuk. Not that I don’t like the big the Russian or Yak, but both are far from a sure thing. Now, there is a good chance they’ll be a trade or 3 and this won’t be even close to how the actual draft goes, but if all picks stay as is, it’s my best guess.

How do you guys think it will go?

I don't know how it goes, but in that scenario, yeah, give me Helenius. If they absolutely must take Yakemchuk, I'm begging for a trade with Minny to also get 13, so we just take both.

 

[Sizzle Chest]

If we are picking between one of Eiserman, Helenius or Yakemchuk what do we do? Helenius seems like the safe pick. For those that have seen Eiserman play, could the uncertainty about him be related to a lack maturity: both mental (confidence, awareness & patience) and physical (strength & cardio) due to his young age? As Magua points out, he is 2/12 weeks away from not being eligible for this draft. If he had a September 16th vs August 29th birthday, he falls into the 2025 draft where he’d be a consensus top 3 pick. Tempting if there and Catton and other favorites are off the board.

 

[Nabrules]

Would be surprised if one of Catton, Helenius or Yakemchuk isn’t our picks assuming we draft at 12. Top 6 C or top pair D potential.

 

[sa cyred]

Didnt see it posted, but for Button's mock draft he has us taking Helenius a 12 and Letourneau at 32.

Yes the 6'7 center Letourneau.

 

[Rebels57]

Didnt see it posted, but for Button's mock draft he has us taking Helenius a 12 and Letourneau at 32.

Yes the 6'7 center Letourneau.

And i'm sure his entire logic behind that was "Something, something, Bullies, Torts, something, something."

 

[Beef Invictus]

The reason the Flyers-Nolan Patrick discourse makes me groan is because, with the benefit of hindsight, people say, "Why didn't they select this obviously more talented player? Why did they choose the safe player? They should have known better than consensus. Shame, shame!"

But when confronted with the next crop, the safe players -- with a sprinkle of wish fulfillment pixie dust -- are again lauded. Hands clasped together praying to take them. We do this every year. And in 5 years we'll get, "Why didn't they select this obviously more talented player?" I could easily see 5/12 of the first players taken falling into this category. Given the scuttlebutt, possibly 2nd and 3rd overall. Certainly worried about the top consensus forward and defender at #12.

Hage.