Now that the OHL website has updated it's draft order for 2024, we can compare the actual order to what the database had. My hope is that we can collectively do some sleuthing on the inaccuracies, and in the process we might be able to improve the accuracy of the future picks in the database.
Here is the list of incorrect 2024 picks, as a starting point for sleuthing:
Pick 66 (2024 4 SAR) - database said Sarnia, actually Barrie
Pick 75 (2024 4 MIS) - database said both Niagara and Windsor, actually Flint
Pick 192 (2024 10 ERI) - database said Oshawa, actually London
Pick 202 (2024 10 LDN) - database said Ottawa, actually London
Pick 282 (2024 14 LDN) - database said Mississauga, actually London
RESOLVED:
Pick 281 (2024 14 SAG) - database said nobody, actually Kingston
- probably just an error. This pick was traded Apr 8, 2024 in a picks swap.
Pick 96 (2024 5 BFD) - database said Kingston, actually Windsor
- This pick was a conditional in the Wright trade. It went back to WSR. Believe the ERI 6 2025 also goes back to WSR.
Pick 25 (2024 2 SAR) - database said Sarnia, actually Erie
- database incorrectly had the ER 2 2024 going in the Kyrou trade to Erie.
Pick 54 (2024 3 SBY) - database said Kitchener, actually Sudbury
- returned to Sudbury when Hage didn't report. Also returned SBY 2 2026, SBY 4 2026.
Pick 76 (2024 4 BFD) - database said nobody, actually Flint
- probably just an error. Sent to Flint in Jan Jenik trade.
Pick 262 (2024 13 LDN) - database said London, actually Mississauga
- database hadn't been updated yet after April 8, 2024 trade to Miss.
Pick 114 (2024 6 SBY) - database said both Barrie and Sudbury, actually Barrie
- originally sent to Barrie in the Matej Pekar trade. Barrie then sent it conditionally to PBO in the Josh Kavanagh trade, but the pick returned to Barrie when the condition was met. The OSH 5 2024 pick went to PBO instead and was already listed as such in the database.
Pick 88 (2024 5 FLT) - database said Flint, actually Ottawa
- Sent to Ottawa in Will Cranley trade. FLNT 15 2026 should return to FLNT.
Pick 137 (2024 7 KIT) - database said Kitchener, actually Soo
- October 29, 2022 the KIT 9 2023* pick was sent from KIT to SOO in the Blair Scott trade. However at the 2023 draft Kitchener used this pick. Speculation has been the the pick was upgraded to the KIT 7 2024 through a condition. That's why the Soo has it.
Pick 290 (2024 15 KGN) - database said North Bay, actually Guelph
- The database doesn't list the pick as conditional, however the article summarizing the trade says this:
He was acquired for a conditional 15th round pick (Kingston’s) in 2024 that would become Peterborough’s third in 2024 and Barrie’s fifth in 2026 should he suit up for the Storm after his return from any NHL camp he might attend.
The Guelph Storm acquired veteran blueliner Brayden Hislop from the North Bay Battalion on Thursday.
chl.ca
Pick 107 (2024 6 BAR) - database said nobody, actually Barrie
- going to assume this was just an error. Can't find any record of this pick changing hands, and since Barrie has it I assume it never did.
Let the sleuthing begin!