Prospect Info: The 2024 NHL Entry Draft Thread

[henchman21]

Rule of thumb… in NA development, 99.9% of the time if a player is a winger when drafted and didn’t play center. They’re going to stay a winger. You get oddities like Giroux that happen, but they are very rare. Well over half the centers get moved as they move up ranks.

With European development, there’s a small chance players move from wing to center (talking single digit percents). Most of those guys who move are typically at high level pro spots early in their career where they are playing legit pro at 16/17 prior to being drafted. They just moved up early and didn’t get center spots early. It is still pretty rare. Many of the center prospects, still end up at wing in NA. Probably a higher rate for the top guys for Europe vs NA.

Realistically if they are listed and wing or defense. That’s what they’ll play. Centers, many of them get moved over to wing. More than stick at center.

There’s very few 17 and 18 year olds who are true centers and the ones that are go high in the draft. Drafting for position is pretty worthless.

Plenty of true centers are drafted beyond the top picks.

 

[lionsDen]

Is Henry mews in this list worth trading down and selecting and picking up some compensation

 

[henchman21]

Is Henry mews in this list worth trading down and selecting and picking up some compensation

Mews is another preference guy. If you like his style and skill set, you’ll shoot him up. If you can stand average frame guys who make mistakes and have some issues defensively, you won’t touch him until late in the 2nd. He’s rather polarizing. Which presents risk in the trade down strategy, but he could fall far if the board falls just right. I doubt there are more than 5-10 teams that have him high on their list. By high I mean would draft in the first.

 

[dahrougem2]

Just give me one f***ing player worth a damn out of our picks. Is that too much to ask? Idgaf if he plays 4th line. If he's a really good 4th liner, it's a home run in my books.

That's how little I think of our scouts. They honestly should be given pay cuts for their awful performance the last 15+ years.

 

[expatriatedtexan]

Just give me one f***ing player worth a damn out of our picks. Is that too much to ask? Idgaf if he plays 4th line. If he's a really good 4th liner, it's a home run in my books.

That's how little I think of our scouts. They honestly should be given pay cuts for their awful performance the last 15+ years.

From what I hear they are probably not among the leagues better paid scouts to begin with.

 

[TruePowerSlave]

From what I hear they are probably not among the leagues better paid scouts to begin with.

Pay them in food coupons + free coffee

 

[expatriatedtexan]

Pay them in food coupons + free coffee

Toss in some Mentos and we might be able to get Forsberg to give us a call when he sees a great kid we should look at.

 

[Hasbro]

https://thehockeywriters.com/2024-nhl-draft-do-not-draft-list/

You're gambling he doesn't turn into the next Tony D or Mitch Miller and with a 1st.

I'm convinced Marc Bergevin drafted Malliox in the 1st out of spite. He's with the Kings now. Woner if he'll pound the table.

He's at Providence so Isles fans think Lou might take a run at him.

 

[Vaslof]

My guess is Connelly goes to the Blues at pick #16. He's gonna get along well with Binnington.

 

[Chiarelli]

Zero reason they should even be drafting a player in the first round. Trade for a cost controlled value contract or a goalie upgrade.

 

[henchman21]

Seems like a lot of momentum for Jesse Pulkkinen being drafted late in the first round.

 

[Alienblood]

So we are drafting Stiga ? I'm down with that

 

[95snipes]

I like Stiga, but he would be a target for me around ~50.

 

[Hasbro]

My guess is Connelly goes to the Blues at pick #16. He's gonna get along well with Binnington.

Only a confirmed antisemite would be ok with what that city does to bagels.

 

[henchman21]

 

[Vaslof]

Seems like a lot of momentum for Jesse Pulkkinen being drafted late in the first round.

6'6''. Checks out.

I just hope we draft some Liiga/SHL/NLA players so I get to watch our prospects.

 

[Balthazar]

My guess is Connelly goes to the Blues at pick #16.

Button has him at #16 indeed in his final mock draft

Avs get Cole Beaudoin

https://www.tsn.ca/nhl/craig-button...ly-certainty-in-unpredictable-class-1.2140574

 

[BobRossColton]

Delete

 

[RockLobster]

Delete

No, you delete.

 

[BobRossColton]

No, you delete.

They used an older video saying Ottawa takes beaudoin at 25 and now buttons final has us taking him at 24. Changes from chernyshov to beaudoin.

 

[RockLobster]

They used an older video saying Ottawa takes beaudoin at 25 and now buttons final has us taking him at 24. Changes from chernyshov to beaudoin.

I just decided this is my "thing" now whenever I see "delete", I'll respond with "No, you delete", and then we all have a nice chuckle while no real work gets done, and that way we all win,.

 

[BobRossColton]

I just decided this is my "thing" now whenever I see "delete", I'll respond with "No, you delete", and then we all have a nice chuckle while no real work gets done, and that way we all win,.

That's also why I deleted, the whole article, and tsn just posting the video on YT an hour ago. Seemed like a lot to fix.

 

[henchman21]

The tisms are strong.

 

[S E P H]

Button has him at #16 indeed in his final mock draft

Avs get Cole Beaudoin

https://www.tsn.ca/nhl/craig-button...ly-certainty-in-unpredictable-class-1.2140574

Button had very high praise of Beaudoin, called him the best of the best in terms of playoff performers.

 

[Balthazar]