Post your 2024 Draft List

[GermanSpitfire]

I know the 2023 draft hasn‘t even been done yet, but I think that it would be interesting to talk about the 2024 NHL draft.

This thread‘s purpose is to gather all your rankings throughout the next year, so you can see how your views on certain players changed throughout time.

I’ll start off the thread with a top-64 feel free to use it as a baseline for yours.

here are my initial thoughts for the draft. It is a clear top 4 in my opinion, all 4 guys could have a claim at the title by seasons end. Demidov is unlikely because of him being Russian but he is very talented.

if you need a defender, THIS is the class. it is one of the deepest blueline draft I can ever remember. honestly it wouldn’t surprise me if 5 of the top-10 consist of defenders when all is said and done.

I’d like to point out that Norway has never had an NHL draft pick selected higher than 42nd overall, and they have never produced a first round pick. This year the country has 2 of the best prospects the nation has ever produced in Michael Brandsegg Nygard and Stian Solberg who could both be first rounders. It’ll be an interesting storyline to follow moving forward for the nation.

1. Macklin Celebrini
2. Cole Eiserman
3. Ivan Demidov
4. Berkley Catton
5. Sam Dickinson
6. Konsta Helenius
7. Artyom Levshunov
8. Cole Hutson
9. Maxim Masse
10. Adam Jiricek
11. Sacha Boisvert
12. Henry Mews
13. Justin Poirier
14. Aron Kivijarju
15. Zayne Parekh
16. Beckett Sennecke
17. Michael Hage
18. Veeti Väisänen
19. Tomas Lavoie
20. Igor Chernyshov
21. Ryder Ritchie
22. Carter Yakemchuk
23. Will Skahan
24. Yegor Surin
25. Michael Brandsegg-Nygard
26. Alton’s Freij
27. Kamil Bednarik
28. Sebastian Soini
29. Oskar Vuollet
30. Emil Hemming
31. Liam Greentree
32. Max Plante
33. Tanner Howe
34. Edvin Nilsson
35. Stian Solberg
36. Christan Humpfreys
37. Dominik Badnika
38. Alexander Zetterberg
39. Anthony Cristoforo
40. Trevor Connelly
41. Clarke Caswell
42. Mitkja Jokinen
43. Kristan Epperson
44. Roope Vesterinen
45. Brodie Ziemer
46. Mac Swanson
47. John Whipple
48. Andrew Basha
49. Matthew Virgillio
50. Cayden Lindstrom
51. Owen Phillips
52. Frankie Marelli
53. Matvei Gridin
54. Lucas Pettersson
55. Ben Danford
56. Adam Kleber
57. AJ Spellacy
58. Bruno Idzan
59. Tij Iginla
60. Riley Patterson
61. Jack Bodin
62. Anton Olsson
63. Keith McInnis
64. Felix Lacerte

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[dr1234]

No love for Zeev?

 

[GermanSpitfire]

No love for Zeev?

not a big fan of him, I think he’ll be a great college player but I don’t see him being a contributor once he reaches the NHL. He was the guy for a stacked PP unit, but I don’t think he did enough himself to warrant a high selection, someone had to put up numbers - ya’know? Numbers look great, and had me consider him. But decided to go with my gut, he‘s a product of circumstance for me at this point.

 

[95snipes]

I've focused mostly on 2023 at this point but have seen a few U17 tournaments. Of the big dogs, I'd rank them like this, with the first 3 being close and 4 and 5 being close.

1. Eiserman
2. Demidov
3. Celebrini
4. Cattan
5. Helenius

Of the defenseman, I like Jiricek, Hutson, Dickinson, Cristoforo, and Yakemchuk. I haven't seen Levshunov play yet.

At forward I also like Sennecke, Greentree, and Humphreys.

Two of my favorite prospects coming into 2023 were Sale and Yager so if anything I've learned a lot can change in a year.

Shaping up to be a solid draft IMO.

 

[Realgud]

Not a fan of Simon Zether?

 

[GermanSpitfire]

Not a fan of Simon Zether?

Haven’t really seen him play, So can’t comment on him yet.he’s a guy I have highlighted as a guy to watch, just haven’t really followed him closely enough to provide any insight.

 

[MichaelFarrell]

Great list. It’s a shame we probably won’t see Demidov in international competition.

 

[toddkaz]

I know the 2023 draft hasn‘t even been done yet, but I think that it would be interesting to talk about the 2024 NHL draft.

This thread‘s purpose is to gather all your rankings throughout the next year, so you can see how your views on certain players changed throughout time.

I’ll start off the thread with a top-64 feel free to use it as a baseline for yours.

here are my initial thoughts for the draft. It is a clear top 4 in my opinion, all 4 guys could have a claim at the title by seasons end. Demidov is unlikely because of him being Russian but he is very talented.

if you need a defender, THIS is the class. it is one of the deepest blueline draft I can ever remember. honestly it wouldn’t surprise me if 5 of the top-10 consist of defenders when all is said and done.

I’d like to point out that Norway has never had an NHL draft pick selected higher than 42nd overall, and they have never produced a first round pick. This year the country has 2 of the best prospects the nation has ever produced in Michael Brandsegg Nygard and Stian Solberg who could both be first rounders. It’ll be an interesting storyline to follow moving forward for the nation.

1. Macklin Celebrini
2. Cole Eiserman
3. Ivan Demidov
4. Berkley Catton
5. Sam Dickinson
6. Konsta Helenius
7. Artyom Levshunov
8. Cole Hutson
9. Maxim Masse
10. Adam Jiricek
11. Sacha Boisvert
12. Henry Mews
13. Justin Poirier
14. Aron Kivijarju
15. Zayne Parekh
16. Beckett Sennecke
17. Michael Hage
18. Veeti Väisänen
19. Tomas Lavoie
20. Igor Chernyshov
21. Ryder Ritchie
22. Carter Yakemchuk
23. Will Skahan
24. Yegor Surin
25. Michael Brandsegg-Nygard
26. Alton’s Freij
27. Kamil Bednarik
28. Sebastian Soini
29. Oskar Vuollet
30. Emil Hemming
31. Liam Greentree
32. Max Plante
33. Tanner Howe
34. Edvin Nilsson
35. Stian Solberg
36. Christan Humpfreys
37. Dominik Badnika
38. Alexander Zetterberg
39. Anthony Cristoforo
40. Trevor Connelly
41. Clarke Caswell
42. Mitkja Jokinen
43. Kristan Epperson
44. Roope Vesterinen
45. Brodie Ziemer
46. Mac Swanson
47. John Whipple
48. Andrew Basha
49. Matthew Virgillio
50. Cayden Lindstrom
51. Owen Phillips
52. Frankie Marelli
53. Matvei Gridin
54. Lucas Pettersson
55. Ben Danford
56. Adam Kleber
57. AJ Spellacy
58. Bruno Idzan
59. Tij Iginla
60. Riley Patterson
61. Jack Bodin
62. Anton Olsson
63. Keith McInnis
64. Felix Lacerte

Damn, you can name 64 prospects in 2024 is impressive.

 

[Postulates]

I know the 2023 draft hasn‘t even been done yet, but I think that it would be interesting to talk about the 2024 NHL draft.

This thread‘s purpose is to gather all your rankings throughout the next year, so you can see how your views on certain players changed throughout time.

I’ll start off the thread with a top-64 feel free to use it as a baseline for yours.

here are my initial thoughts for the draft. It is a clear top 4 in my opinion, all 4 guys could have a claim at the title by seasons end. Demidov is unlikely because of him being Russian but he is very talented.

if you need a defender, THIS is the class. it is one of the deepest blueline draft I can ever remember. honestly it wouldn’t surprise me if 5 of the top-10 consist of defenders when all is said and done.

I’d like to point out that Norway has never had an NHL draft pick selected higher than 42nd overall, and they have never produced a first round pick. This year the country has 2 of the best prospects the nation has ever produced in Michael Brandsegg Nygard and Stian Solberg who could both be first rounders. It’ll be an interesting storyline to follow moving forward for the nation.

1. Macklin Celebrini
2. Cole Eiserman
3. Ivan Demidov
4. Berkley Catton
5. Sam Dickinson
6. Konsta Helenius
7. Artyom Levshunov
8. Cole Hutson
9. Maxim Masse
10. Adam Jiricek
11. Sacha Boisvert
12. Henry Mews
13. Justin Poirier
14. Aron Kivijarju
15. Zayne Parekh
16. Beckett Sennecke
17. Michael Hage
18. Veeti Väisänen
19. Tomas Lavoie
20. Igor Chernyshov
21. Ryder Ritchie
22. Carter Yakemchuk
23. Will Skahan
24. Yegor Surin
25. Michael Brandsegg-Nygard
26. Alton’s Freij
27. Kamil Bednarik
28. Sebastian Soini
29. Oskar Vuollet
30. Emil Hemming
31. Liam Greentree
32. Max Plante
33. Tanner Howe
34. Edvin Nilsson
35. Stian Solberg
36. Christan Humpfreys
37. Dominik Badnika
38. Alexander Zetterberg
39. Anthony Cristoforo
40. Trevor Connelly
41. Clarke Caswell
42. Mitkja Jokinen
43. Kristan Epperson
44. Roope Vesterinen
45. Brodie Ziemer
46. Mac Swanson
47. John Whipple
48. Andrew Basha
49. Matthew Virgillio
50. Cayden Lindstrom
51. Owen Phillips
52. Frankie Marelli
53. Matvei Gridin
54. Lucas Pettersson
55. Ben Danford
56. Adam Kleber
57. AJ Spellacy
58. Bruno Idzan
59. Tij Iginla
60. Riley Patterson
61. Jack Bodin
62. Anton Olsson
63. Keith McInnis
64. Felix Lacerte

Agree with Bednarik being the best non promoted forward on the team

 

[rt]

I've focused mostly on 2023 at this point but have seen a few U17 tournaments. Of the big dogs, I'd rank them like this, with the first 3 being close and 4 and 5 being close.

1. Eiserman
2. Demidov
3. Celebrini
4. Cattan
5. Helenius

Of the defenseman, I like Jiricek, Hutson, Dickinson, Cristoforo, and Yakemchuk. I haven't seen Levshunov play yet.

At forward I also like Sennecke, Greentree, and Humphreys.

Two of my favorite prospects coming into 2023 were Sale and Yager so if anything I've learned a lot can change in a year.

Shaping up to be a solid draft IMO.

I’m a big Sennecke fan. Very impressed with him when I watched Oshawa this year to check out Ritchie (who I also like a lot).

 

[Garl]

Zether will be the fist swede taken next year unless we see some unreal progress from one of the 06 defensmen Freij/Olsson or from Sterner/Pettersson/Fernstrom

Kiviharju is laughably underrated now. He outscored Helenius as a defenseman JFYI. Yes, he seems a bit like Tavares(or Michkov) on D, where his tools would limit him, but the IQ is there definitely,

 

[aqsw]

Hodnett?

 

[Joe Hallenback]

Elick and Hodnett from the WHL should be up there I bet both go top 30 in the draft next year

 

[Lavar Ball]

Kiviharju is laughably underrated now. He outscored Helenius as a defenseman JFYI. Yes, he seems a bit like Tavares(or Michkov) on D, where his tools would limit him, but the IQ is there definitely,

I tend to agree. He went from overrated to underrated quick

 

[WayneGretzky]

Here’s my top 32 as of now, looks to be an above average class, not this years quality by any means, but stronger than most!

I’d say also that at least 4 of these dmen would be considered the best available in this years draft. We will likely go from a draft with maybe 1-2 D in the top 15, to one with potentially 7 in the top 15.

1 Macklin Celebrini
2 Cole Eiserman
3 Ivan Demidov

4 Berkley Catton
5 Artyom Levshunov
6 Sam Dickinson
7 Cole Hutson
8 Konsta Helenius
9 Aron Kiviharju

10 Maxim Masse
11 Henry Mews
12 Michael Hage
13 Beckett Sennecke
14 Zayne Parekh
15 Adam Jiricek
16 Sacha Boisvert
17 Tanner Howe

18 Justin Poirier
19 Will Skahan
20 Liam Greentree
21 Michael Brandsegg-Nygard
22 Christan Humphreys
23 Max Plante
24 Anthony Cristoforo
25 John Whipple
26 Mac Swanson
27 Veeti Väisänen
28 Carter Yakemchuk

29 Alexei Donstov
30 Tomas Lavoie
31 Alexander Zetterberg
32 Clarke Caswell

 

[Dallasman]

Great list but can I make a suggestion for those of us who want to know more.

Can you post position and what team they are playing with please. It's a quick reference for us.

 

[GermanSpitfire]

Great list but can I make a suggestion for those of us who want to know more.

Can you post position and what team they are playing with please. It's a quick reference for us.

Of course.

1	Macklin Celebrini (F)	Boston Univ.
2	Cole Eiserman (F)	USNTDP Juniors
3	Ivan Demidov (F)	SKA-1946 St. Petersburg
4	Berkly Catton (F)	Spokane Chiefs
5	Sam Dickinson (D)	London Knights
6	Konsta Helenius (F)	Jukurit
7	Artyom Levshunov (D)	Green Bay Gamblers
8	Cole Hutson (D)	U.S. National U18 Team
9	Maxim Massé (F)	Chicoutimi Saguenéens
10	Adam Jiricek (D)	HC Plzen
11	Sacha Boisvert (F)	Muskegon Lumberjacks
12	Henry Mews (D)	Ottawa 67's
13	Justin Poirier (F)	Baie-Comeau Drakkar
14	Aron Kiviharju (D)	TPS
15	Zayne Parekh (D)	Saginaw Spirit
16	Beckett Sennecke (F)	Oshawa Generals
17	Michael Hage (F)	Chicago Steel
18	Veeti Väisänen (D)	KooKoo
19	Tomas Lavoie (D)	Cape Breton Eagles
20	Igor Chernyshov (F)	MHK Dynamo Moskva
21	Ryder Ritchie (F)	Prince Albert Raiders
22	Carter Yakemchuk (D)	Calgary Hitmen
23	Will Skahan (D)	U.S. National U17 Team
24	Yegor Surin (F)	Loko-76 Yaroslavl
25	Michael Brandsegg-Nygård (F)	Mora IK J20
26	Alfons Freij (D)	Växjö Lakers HC J20
27	Kamil Bednarik (F)	U.S. National U17 Team
28	Sebastian Soini (D)	Ilves
29	Oskar Vuollet (F)	Skellefteå AIK J20
30	Emil Hemming (F)	TPS U18
31	Liam Greentree (F)	Windsor Spitfires
32	Max Plante (F)	U.S. National U17 Team
33	Tanner Howe (F)	Regina Pats
34	Edvin Nilsson (D)	HV71 J20
35	Stian Solberg (D)	Vålerenga
36	Christian Humphreys (F)	U.S. National U17 Team
37	Dominik Badinka (D)	Jokerit U20
38	Alexander Zetterberg (F)	Örebro HK J20
39	Anthony Cristoforo (D)	Windsor Spitfires
40	Trevor Connelly (F)	Tri-City Storm
41	Clarke Caswell (F)	Swift Current Broncos
42	Mitja Jokinen (D)	TPS U20
43	Kristian Epperson (F)	U.S. National U17 Team
44	Roope Vesterinen (F)	HPK
45	Brodie Ziemer (F)	U.S. National U17 Team
46	Mac Swanson (F)	Fargo Force
47	John Whipple (D)	U.S. National U17 Team
48	Andrew Basha (F)	Medicine Hat Tigers
49	Matthew Virgilio (D)	Soo Greyhounds
50	Cayden Lindstrom (F)	Medicine Hat Tigers
51	Owen Phillips (D)	Halifax Mooseheads
52	Luca Marrelli (D)	Oshawa Generals
53	Matvei Gridin (F)	Muskegon Lumberjacks
54	Lucas Pettersson (F)	MoDo Hockey J20
55	Ben Danford (D)	Oshawa Generals
56	Adam Kleber (D)	Lincoln Stars
57	AJ Spellacy (F)	Windsor Spitfires
58	Bruno Idzan (F)	HV71 J20
59	Tij Iginla (F)	Seattle Thunderbirds
60	Riley Patterson (F)	North York Rangers
61	Jack Bodin (D)	Örebro HK J18
62	Anton Olsson (D)	Mora IK J20
63	Keith McInnis (D)	Waterloo Black Hawks
64	Félix Lacerte (F)	Shawinigan Cataracte

 

[Dirtyf1ghter]

1 M.Celebrini
2 C.Eiserman
3 A.Kiviharju
4 I.Demidov
5 B.Catton
6 M.Massé
7 B.Sennecke
8 C.Hutson
9 K.Helenius
10 R.Ritchie
11 A.Levshunov
12 C.Lindstrom
13 Z.Parekh
14 C.Yakemchuk
15 C.Humphreys
16 D.Badinka
17 S.Boisvert
18 A.Jiricek
19 H.Mews
20 T.Howe
21 S.Dickinson
22 E.Hemming
23 A.Shen
24 T.Lavoie
25 Y.Surin
26 J.Parsons
27 W.Skahan
28 L.Greentree
29 A.Cristoforo
30 K.Bednarik
31 E.Emery
32 K.Sterner

 

[LeProspector]

Not too high on Howe?

 

[GermanSpitfire]

Not too high on Howe?

I’ll revisit it next year - as of now I think he’s a product of Bedard.

 

[landy92mack29]

WHL is kinda wide open next year so will have to wait until fall to see how they progress over the offseason and see if there are any high end imports like Honzek who come over in the import draft. As of now early top 10 would go:
1-Catton
2-Ritchie
3-Yakemchuk
4-Howe
5-Basha
6-Elick
7-Caswell
8-Josephson
9-Lindstrom
10-Marques

 

[Dominance]

WHL is kinda wide open next year so will have to wait until fall to see how they progress over the offseason and see if there are any high end imports like Honzek who come over in the import draft. As of now early top 10 would go:
1-Catton
2-Ritchie
3-Yakemchuk
4-Howe
5-Basha
6-Elick
7-Caswell
8-Josephson
9-Lindstrom
10-Marques

I’d have Elick third but I’m really high on him.

 

[AlexanderSemin21]

Where is Igor Chernyshov?

 

[simonedvinsson]

Take this with a boulder of salt. I've seen a handful of these guys quite a few times, but there are just as many takes based a little too heavily on Twitter highlights and opinions I've read or heard from various sources around the internet. Players lumped in tiers are basically on the same level for me. You could push me in any direction on those guys. Also note that this is a personal ranking and not a mock draft.

1. LC Macklin Celebrini
   ---
2. LW Ivan Demidov
3. LD Zeev Buium
4. LC Cayden Lindstrom
5. LD Anton Silayev
   ---
6. LD Sam Dickinson
7. LW Tij Iginla
8. RW Beckett Sennecke
   ---
9. RD Zayne Parekh
10. RC Konsta Helenius
11. RC Jett Luchanko
12. RD Artyom Levshunov
13. LW Berkly Catton
14. RD Carter Yakemchuk
15. LW Igor Chernyshov
16. RW Michael Brandsegg-Nygård
    ---
17. RW Liam Greentree
18. RD Adam Jiříček
19. LC Yegor Surin
20. LD Stian Solberg
21. LW Matvei Gridin
22. LW Cole Eiserman
23. LD Jesse Pulkkinen
24. RW Terik Parascak
25. RC Michael Hage
26. LW Marek Vanacker
27. LC Cole Beaudoin
28. RD Harrison Brunicke
29. RD Dominik Badinka
    ---
30. RC Dean Letourneau
31. LC Sacha Boisvert
32. LD Leon Muggli
33. LW Kevin He
34. RW Emil Hemming
35. RW Nikita Artamonov
36. LD Alfons Freij
37. LC Nathan Villeneauve
38. LW Andrew Basha
39. LC Julius Miettinen
40. LC Tanner Howe
41. LD Leo Sahlin Wallenius
42. LC Teddy Stiga
43. RW Maxim Masse
44. RW Jacob Battaglia
45. LC Kieron Walton
46. RD Colton Roberts
47. LC Linus Eriksson
48. LD Jared Woolley
49. RD Spencer Gill
50. LD Cole Hutson
51. RW Sam O'Reilly
    ---
52. GT Kirill Zarubin
53. GT Mikhail Yegorov
54. GT Pavel Moysevich
55. GT Marcus Gidlof

*updated: 2023.05.14 - Brandsegg-Nygård ↑, Hage ↑, Connelly ↓
**updated: 2023.05.31 - Elick ↑, Solberg ↑, Demidov ↓
***updated: 2023.06.06 - Demidov ↑, Dickinson ↑, Stiga ↑
***updated: 2023.06.12 - Freij ↑, Parascak ↑, Gidlof ↑
****updated: 2023.06.24 - Jiříček ↑, Greentree ↑, Zarubin ↑​

 

[Ovechkin962]

Preliminary list:
1. Macklin Celebrini (C)
2. Cole Eiserman (LW)
3. Ivan Demidov (RW)
4. Artyom Levshunov (RD)
5. Sam Dickinson (LD)
6. Aron Kiviharju (LD)
7. Berkly Catton (C)
8. Konsta Helenius (RW)
9. Adam Jiricek (RD)
10. Henry Mews (RD)
11. Cole Hutson (LD)
12. Maxim Massé (RW)
13. Beckett Sennecke (RW)
14. Michael Hage (C)
15. Veeti Vaisanen (LD)
16. Carter Yakemchuk (RD)
17. Will Skahan (LD)
18. Alexander Zetterberg (RW)
19. Igor Chernyshov (LW)
20. Tanner Howe (LW)
21. Charlie Elick (RD)
22. Michael Brandsegg-Nygard (RW)
23. Zayne Parekh (RD)
24. Emil Hemming (RW)
25. Liam Greentree (RW)
26. Christian Humphreys (C)
27. Sacha Boisvert (C)
28. Justin Poirier (RW)
29. Zeev Buium (LD)
30. Anthony Cristoforo (RD)
31. Yegor Surin (C)
32. Ryder Ritchie (LW)