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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[Umingmak]

So far I give this draft a B- for Detroit. They got a better Kasper and a Hronek replacement. Which is fine.

It's a C- for me. I like the ASP pick, but the Danielson pick is atrocious.

 

[lhsgolf19]

Fire Stevie Y?

 

[ricky0034]

feels so weird that there hasn't been even a single trade yet tonight

 

[SuperScript29]

Great pick by the Rangers.

 

[Winged Wheel Willy]

C+. ASP good, Danielson meh. I just can’t get over the fact that we left high end skill like Benson go buh-bye

 

[Go Wings]

Philly is having a great draft with Michkov and now Bonk.

 

[Ulysses31]

would say kasper is more nhl rdy he was drafted but think danielson has better tools. kasper has some aspects danielson might lack, like being a puck hound and willing to scrap for space and pucks.

 

[Bench]

feels so weird that there hasn't been even a single trade yet tonight

NHL GMs are easily the most conservative in pro sports.

And Yzerman was fairly transparent he was more likely to move the 2nd round picks this year. I guess we'll have to see if anything gets cooking in the next day here. If DeBrincat is on his way to Detroit, it seems we'll know sooner than later.

 

[Ezekial]

He's going to gain 2 inches in height between the age of 18 and 22? Wow that's odd.

OK. And he's Cale Makar too. Yep.

I mean, I get it. I want to support the team too. And I will. I wish this wee tiny soft offensive defenseman who shoots from the same side as most of our defenseman prospects all the best. I really do.

And I hope Danielson ends up better than Dvorsky and Moore and all of these apparently much more promising prospects.

And I'll root for both of these two guys. Of course.

But right now, tonight: I am so disappointed in these two picks, in the waste of draft capital...I know a trade takes someone else willing to make one, but would Buffalo have traded 13 plus a later pick for 9? I'm thinking yes. Would Danielson have been available at 13? I'm thinking definitely yes.

Allow me to be disappointed, and to vent. ARRRAGGGGGAAApukeOHSHITTHATHURTIVOMITEDWHILEIWASSCREAMINGAARRRGGHHH

He's 5'11 180 at the combine which is 1 inch and 10 pounds off of a 25 year old Hronek.

You're mad at false information.

 

[Ulysses31]

NHL GMs are easily the most conservative in pro sports.

And Yzerman was fairly transparent he was more likely to move the 2nd round picks this year. I guess we'll have to see if anything gets cooking in the next day here. If DeBrincat is on his way to Detroit, it seems we'll know sooner than later.

2 2nds for debrincat and zadina

 

[Barry Amsterdam]

A grade draft for me

 

[Michael Brand Eggs]

I'm really holding out for Fisker Molgaard tomorrow. If the Wings get him, I'm going to do a whole new username thing.

 

[HisNoodliness]

Okay. I can totally live with a Danielson/ASP draft.

I never tried to get hyped for ASP because he's a 5'11 D that takes a lot of risks and Yzerman usually doesn't target those. I think that there's a really solid chance at a star offensive D here. We're sad that we missed out on Cale Makar and Quinn Hughes. Here's our chance at that guy. Maybe he's Tyson Barrie if he doesn't reach true star heights. Even if he tops out as a 2nd pair, puck rusher type, I'm happy with that. Anyone can bust of course, and there is risk with ASP. I think that there's a lot of upside here though and personally, I'm really happy to see Hakan take that swing on him. It gives me a solid reason to believe that he can live up to that potential.

Danielson makes me excited for only one reason. The Karate Kid is a top tier nickname. I think he has more offensive upside than he gets credit for, and I think that he'll be a solid player for us. I also worry that maybe he's nothing more than a 3C, and we really didn't need the "defensively responsible, all around C" model after we took Kasper last year. So I have at best Henkka's lack of emotion there. Besides that nickname. All aboard the Karate Kid train!

 

[raymond23]

I remember when we gave the wings an A+ grade for the Zadina and Veleno draft

 

[Holden Caufield]

Somebody needs to hurry up and draft Stenberg.
Got the under 28.5 !!

 

[TCNorthstars]

2 2nds for debrincat and zadina

Boom, scoring!

 

[Michael Brand Eggs]

When a female mole loves another female mole, and also their profession involves leather based products

 

[Winged Wheel Willy]

Somebody needs to hurry up and draft Stenberg.
Got the under 28.5 !!

What’s the payout?

 

[Ulysses31]

stenberg, musty among few must have names left

 

[Holden Caufield]

What’s the payout?

-110

Boom! Also can we trade for the Blues draft class !

 

[TheOctopusKid]

Okay, coming hot out of the gates in the 2nd Rd - it's time - #theHeidtstuff

 

[Henkka]

After Leo Carlsson, 2 best European centers will both go to St. Louis.

You can't miss with those guys.

Dvorsky and Stenberg.

 

[GarlicbreadTB]

Will we go through the whole 1st round without a trade?

 

[ricky0034]

Will we go through the whole 1st round without a trade?

gotta think there's at least someone trading up a few spots soon

when's the last time there's been a full first round without even that? has that even ever happened? it's gotta at least be real rare

 

[Axel Sandy Pelikan]

I'm really holding out for Fisker Molgaard tomorrow. If the Wings get him, I'm going to do a whole new username thing.

Hell yeah. Fisker Molgaard is an A++ name.