GDT: The 2023 NHL Entry Draft, June 28 - 29, 2023

[SoupNazi]

Here it is: The 2023 NHL Draft GDT.

Our list of picks is for reference below. I will update the OP if we make any deals with some of these picks throughout the day.

Will also try to update the OP as picks are made, and link to each prospect's discussion thread.

Round	Pick	#OA	Conditions	Pick Made/Disposition
1st	DET	9	N/A	9OA: Nate Danielson
1st	NYI	17	From Vancouver (1 Mar 2023). Hronek Trade.	17OA: Axel Sandin Pellikka
2nd	DET	41
2nd	STL	42	From St. Louis (21 Mar 2022). Leddy Trade
2nd	Van	43	From Vancouver (1 Mar 2023). Hronek Trade.
3rd	DET	73
4th	MIN	117	From Minnesota (3 Mar 2023). Sundqvist Trade.
5th	DET	137
6th	DET	169
7th	DET	201

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[PullHard]

Buffalo has so many good young players, it is wild

 

[Zetterberg4Captain]

Buffalo is like Carolina...
Nobody drafts better of late

 

[ZDH]

Wood still might be there

Don't.

 

[Chad Smiley]

Take notes Yzerman that's how you draft.

 

[TheOctopusKid]

Wood, ASP, Moore, Yaeger, Perrault, Musty, Stenberg, etc. - lots of good dudes still left

 

[ZDH]

Barlow or Perreault

 

[RedHawkDown]

We are going to regret this. I am actually really sad. Aw man.

 

[AlwaysSunnyInDetroit]

I'll be happy as long as Yzerman doesn't trade 17 for ADB

 

[Winged Wheel Willy]

The ‘no help’ and ‘team sucked’ narrative is just an excuse.

Cristall, Honzek and Barlow all played with nobody and still out produced Danielson and are younger. Danielson projects as a defensive centre more so than a two way Center. This is his last season of sleigh I kitty in the WHL because he is a 2004 birth.

The kid failed to produce and that is the bottom line. It’s junior hockey Only 4 kids in the last 10 years have been taken top 15 with such a poor offensive production profile in his aged 18 year season in CHL. Every single one of them has failed to score at the NHL level.
He would be breaking historical norms if he actually does score.

This 100%

 

[Redwing66]

I’m hoping for Perreault

 

[WaW]

Wasn't my first choice but he was my second highest center remaining. Woulda preferred Dvorsky but I'll take Yzerman's word for it.

 

[Lazlo Hollyfeld]

I love how people here are still sooo super confident in how these picks will turn out in spite of endless evidence to the contrary year after year.

I can understand being bummed the guy you wanted was picked by someone else, but people are acting like Yzerman passed on Bedard.

 

[Realgud]

Perreault or Honzek at 17 for me

 

[Petes2424]

If Wood is there, he should be the pick. He’s the closest things we’ve seen to Mark Stone in years.

 

[GMR]

Benson is a midget and plays left wing. Why is he a better fit than a big center?

Are you guys building an AEW roster or a hockey team?

 

[HoweFan]

Prepare yourselves. It’s gonna be Honsek.

 

[Winged Wheel Willy]

Yeager, phew.

 

[ZDH]

Good. Perreault and Barlow still there.

Someone draft Honzek and ASP.

 

[Shaman464]

I hope Moore is still on the board.

 

[Ulysses31]

disappointed in 9th pick but 17 looks promising

 

[GMR]

Double post.

 

[Pavels Dog]

Benson is a midget and plays left wing. Why is he a better fit than a big center?

Are you guys building an AEW roster or a hockey team?

People desperately want us to become a skilled 1st round exit team.

 

[Chad Smiley]

It's almost to the point where I don't care anymore. Drafting guys almost every draft you could've gotten 10 picks later. They reach almost every draft. There isn't one other team that would've taken Danielson over Dvorsky.

 

[Axel Sandy Pelikan]

Buffalo has so many good young players, it is wild

And yet they're still not making the playoffs. Sorry. Buffalo has to actually do something.

 

[Barry Amsterdam]

kinda like i thought. Danielson earlier and Perrault would slide. SLIDE TO USSS