Realgud's Realgud draft simulator (2024 edition)

[Realgud]

Latest update: Post #106

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Hello again,

Missed me? Doesn't matter because, like it or not, the draft simulator is now officially back for the 2024 NHL draft!

Link to the simulator

The simulator is up-to-date with the central scouting's midterm rankings for the 2024 draft. The simulator itself is pretty much the same right now, I haven't worked on it since last year. I received many good suggestions in last year's thread (and in private messages) so I'll see what I can do about some of those this season but, realistically, some of those suggestions would require a major overhaul and probably would require a lot more time to put in place.

Here are the things I'd like to work on for this year's edition:
- The ability to trade picks (using the trade picks value chart as reference). That was suggested by a few people and I don't think it would take toooooo much time to implement (hopefully).
- Logos for each team to aid the visuals a little because it looks quite bland right now.
- The top of the draft seems be less clear than last year's so I will probably adjust the randomness to allow players near the top to drop more often, especially on higher settings.

Enjoy!

Link to the 2023 thread

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[Frk It]

Selecting Detroit has me picking 28th.... what do you know that we all don't know?

 

[norrisnick]

Selecting Detroit has me picking 28th.... what do you know that we all don't know?

Our pick belongs to Ottawa and that's Boston's spot.

 

[Frk It]

Our pick belongs to Ottawa and that's Boston's spot.

Tankathon has us at #14, I am assuming that's where we should be with this too then

 

[Realgud]

Tankathon has us at #14, I am assuming that's where we should be with this too then

I don't mind changing it. It's all over the place right now (depending on the website) but a late pick seemed to be the most common result based on this.

I can try tankathon if you think it's more accurate!

Edit: Actually, I did this without reading the trade conditions (that I forgot), and I think you're right. I'll adjust it in a bit.

 

[norrisnick]

Tankathon has us at #14, I am assuming that's where we should be with this too then.

Is Tankathon not taking into account traded picks? Oh right, in my head I traded the wrong pick.

Yeah, Ottawa should get Boston's pick (unless we dumb luck our way into the Conference Finals anyway) and we keep ours.

 

[Frk It]

Is Tankathon not taking into account traded picks? Oh right, in my head I traded the wrong pick.

Yeah, Ottawa should get Boston's pick (unless we dumb luck our way into the Conference Finals anyway) and we keep ours.

We still have our own pick.. We should have the 14th slot with where we are in the standings, unless I'm missing something.

 

[Holden Caufield]

Another season of the Realgud simulator! #Blessed

Thanks for all the work you put in!
They need a super like button.

 

[RRhoads]

This is great

Why are we picking 8th in the remaining round with our own picks?

 

[Realgud]

The draft picks are from puckpedia. Both puckpedia and capfriendly have us low in the first round (28th and 30th), but based on the trade details, I think @Frk It is correct and we should be higher. The issue is that tankathon only has the first 2 rounds... I'm not sure what to do with that for now. I'll keep looking for the best solution.

Feel free to suggest a website if you think they have the best draft order (with the full 7 rounds).

 

[Realgud]

2 updates:

- I don’t have any words and I know you don’t want to hear them. I understand your anger, your frustration, your sadness. Everything you’re feeling – I get it. This isn’t the draft slot we imagined, and certainly not the one we wanted. Thank you for being there the entire way.
(I just took capfriendly's and swapped ottawa and detroit's picks in the first, 14 and 30. Seems fine to me now.)

- I ran the names from the central scouting list into some code to lowercase the names so that it doesn't feel like the simulator is screaming at you like "AHHHHHH YOUVE DRAFTED EISERMAN, COLE - 6' 0" - 197 - LEFT WING AND PROCYSZYN, ETHAN - 6' 2" - 189 - CENTER AND BERNIER, ALEXIS - 6' 1" - 189 - DEFENSEMAN AND..."

 

[Michael Brand Eggs]

You're the best!

 

[Voodoo Glow Skulls]

This is real good(spelling?)

 

[gritdash60]

I love this, thanks for the work you put in.

 

[Frk It]

Take 1
14 (1). Iginla, Tij - 6' 0" - 186 - Center
46 (2). Hage, Michael - 6' 0" - 190 - Center
79 (3). Villeneuve, Nathan - 6' 0" - 199 - Center
123 (4). Hutson, Cole - 5' 10" - 165 - Defenseman

Take 2
14 (1). Catton, Berkly - 5' 11" - 170 - Center
46 (2). Roberts, Colton - 6' 4" - 198 - Defenseman
79 (3). Koivu, Aatos - 6' 0" - 170 - Center
123 (4). Kol, Timur - 6' 3" - 198 - Defenseman

 

[RRhoads]

14 (1). Brandsegg-Nygard, Michael - 6' 1" - 198 - Right Wing
Homer pick. I think he might be available around where we're going to pick. Looked realgud at WJC.

I know less to nothing about these picks, so my only metric for picking them is their names.
46 (2). Howe, Tanner - 5' 10" - 182 - Left Wing
Self explanatory

79 (3). Mustard, John - 6' 0" - 184 - Center
Sounds like he has a good shot


123 (4). Burrows, Hagen - 6' 2" - 174 - Right Wing
Should be able to get the puck down deep.

143 (5). Jokinen, Mitja - 5' 10" - 163 - Defenseman
Only kidding

175 (6). Satan, Miroslav - 6' 7" - 190 - Center
Let's summon dark forces

207 (7). Krutov, Andrey - 5' 11" - 174 - Left Wing
Great name

 

[The Real Pastafarian]

Take 1
14 (1). Iginla, Tij - 6' 0" - 186 - Center
46 (2). Hage, Michael - 6' 0" - 190 - Center
79 (3). Villeneuve, Nathan - 6' 0" - 199 - Center
123 (4). Hutson, Cole - 5' 10" - 165 - Defenseman

Take 2
14 (1). Catton, Berkly - 5' 11" - 170 - Center
46 (2). Roberts, Colton - 6' 4" - 198 - Defenseman
79 (3). Koivu, Aatos - 6' 0" - 170 - Center
123 (4). Kol, Timur - 6' 3" - 198 - Defenseman

we finally get Iginla! I remember him as much bigger though, when I pined for him to fill that power-forward-shaped hole in Detroit's lineup for many, many years

 

[Barry Amsterdam]

first one got eiserman at 14 no need for another one

 

[SantosHalper]

#14 Michael Brandsegg-Nygård (RW)
#46 Nikita Artamonov (LW)
#79 Alfons Frei (D)
#123 Lukas Fischer (D)
#143 Teddy Stiga (C)
#175 Kevin He (LW)
#207 Owen Allard (C)

 

[Holden Caufield]

14 (1). Catton, Berkly - 5' 11" - 170 - Center
46 (2). Mews, Henry - 6' 0" - 183 - Defenseman
79 (3). O'reilly, Sam - 6' 1" - 186 - Right Wing
123 (4). Miettinen, Julius - 6' 3" - 205 - Center
143 (5). Fernstrom, Melvin - 6' 0" - 185 - Right Wing
175 (6). Van Vliet, Lucas - 6' 1" - 181 - Center
207 (7). Woolley, Jared - 6' 4" - 214 - Defenseman

 

[HoweFan]

Thanks Realgud. I live for these mock drafts

 

[HoweFan]

I took Nygard, Pulkinnen, Fischer, Walton, Satan, Sikora, and Hilton. My favs are the 6:07 Satan who must be a psycho and Charlie Hilton cause I’m still in love with Paris

 

[Run the Jewels]

I set it to max randomness because I couldn't find much on any of these prospects at this point. Tried to go skill early and the fill out the draft card with size / goaltending and a d-man late.

14 (1). Brandsegg-Nygard, Michael - 6' 1" - 198 - Right Wing
46 (2). Bednarik, Kamil - 6' 0" - 186 - Center
79 (3). Zetterberg, Alexander - 5' 7" - 158 - Center
123 (4). Babenko, Matvey - 6' 3" - 201 - Right Wing
143 (5). Walton, Kieron - 6' 6" - 211 - Center
175 (6). Parsons, John - 6' 3" - 184 - Goalie
207 (7). Kol, Timur - 6' 3" - 198 - Defenseman

 

[Run the Jewels]

Take 1
14 (1). Iginla, Tij - 6' 0" - 186 - Center
46 (2). Hage, Michael - 6' 0" - 190 - Center
79 (3). Villeneuve, Nathan - 6' 0" - 199 - Center
123 (4). Hutson, Cole - 5' 10" - 165 - Defenseman

Take 2
14 (1). Catton, Berkly - 5' 11" - 170 - Center
46 (2). Roberts, Colton - 6' 4" - 198 - Defenseman
79 (3). Koivu, Aatos - 6' 0" - 170 - Center
123 (4). Kol, Timur - 6' 3" - 198 - Defenseman

Did you trade our 5th, 6th and 7th round picks?

 

[lilidk]

14 (1). Iginla, Tij - 6' 0" - 186 - Center
46 (2). Beaudoin, Cole - 6' 2" - 209 - Center
79 (3). Zetterberg, Alexander - 5' 7" - 158 - Center
123 (4). Crosby, Logan - 6' 2" - 195 - Right Wing
143 (5). Muhonen, Niilopekka - 6' 4" - 195 - Defenseman
175 (6). Van Vliet, Lucas - 6' 1" - 181 - Center
207 (7). Pautov, Ilya - 5' 11" - 167 - Right Wing