Speculation: With the third pick in the 2024 NHL draft the Anaheim Ducks select...(Draft is June 28th @ 4pm PT. ESPN. ESPN+)

Who do the Ducks take at pick 3?

  • Ivan Demidov

    Votes: 37 18.3%
  • Anton Silayev

    Votes: 36 17.8%
  • Artyom Levshunov

    Votes: 81 40.1%
  • Cayden Lindstrom

    Votes: 21 10.4%
  • Sam Dickinson

    Votes: 11 5.4%
  • Zayne Parekh

    Votes: 1 0.5%
  • Zeev Buium

    Votes: 6 3.0%
  • Carter Yakemchuk

    Votes: 5 2.5%
  • Cole Eiserman

    Votes: 3 1.5%
  • Beckett Sennecke

    Votes: 1 0.5%

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Perry was Here

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Have you even wathched him play? lol You'll see he is not those things. The kid doesn't shy away from contact and not afraid to take a hit. He's constantly the first one in after pucks along the boards. Just because you have skill doesn't make you soft. He's also has a very strong base, he backchecks and does a lot little things right. If people want to actually criticize Demidov it should be his top end speed or the fact he tries to make the highlight real play (similar to Zegras) Everyone has a comment when it comes to Demidov without ever actually watching the kid play. Open your eyes people.

Lindstrom and Silayev would be great options as well but I'm so tired of the Demidov slander. It's gotten way out of hand.
I don't get the slander either. He plays hard and he weighed in at 192lbs. That's the same as when Carlsson and Gauthier were weighed in. Sure there are areas that he needs to work on but he's a much more complete player than Lindstrom or Sennecke.
 

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I thought it was at least interesting he mentioned Lindstrom by name.
He was just using him as an example to answer the question about getting looks at guys earlier in the season, but that was also the only time he mentioned a player by name.
 

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I am intrigued by Sennecke. Just as a thought experiment. What if we offered the oilers pick, + our 2025 first. Does that get us into the range to also pick Sennecke? If yes, would you do it? If not, what would we have to add and would you do that?
 

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I am intrigued by Sennecke. Just as a thought experiment. What if we offered the oilers pick, + our 2025 first. Does that get us into the range to also pick Sennecke? If yes, would you do it? If not, what would we have to add and would you do that?
Columbus and Utah are both very interested in him so its unlikely we can trade for a pick to get him. If we are improving next year then trading this years could be good but I think next years draft is stronger up top so if we suck again then our 2025 pick will be better to keep.
 

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Probably reading too much into this but the way Madden said that new information is coming in all the time...I think Demidov might be a realistic option for them now that he is officially 6.00.5 and 192#. Add to that Verbeek being at the Gold Star event this week...

I would be happy with that pick. Some speculation that the Ducks would stay away from it so the fact that they pick him because they love his skill that much would make me buy in.

Maybe try and move up with the other pick(s) to grab a defenseman
 

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I am intrigued by Sennecke. Just as a thought experiment. What if we offered the oilers pick, + our 2025 first. Does that get us into the range to also pick Sennecke? If yes, would you do it? If not, what would we have to add and would you do that?
If the Ducks are intrigued by Sennecke they should just take him at 3OA.

I would be happy with that pick. Some speculation that the Ducks would stay away from it so the fact that they pick him because they love his skill that much would make me buy in.

Maybe try and move up with the other pick(s) to grab a defenseman
If the Ducks take Demidov at 3OA I could easily see a Zegras trade to Montreal being announced less than 30 minutes later.
 

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If the Ducks are intrigued by Sennecke they should just take him at 3OA.


If the Ducks take Demidov at 3OA I could easily see a Zegras trade to Montreal being announced less than 30 minutes later.
Well I’d assume if zegras is moved to Montreal it’s for the 5, so prob a lot sooner than 30…. They’d prob announce it right after the pick.
 
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Well I’d assume if zegras is moved to Montreal it’s for the 5, so prob a lot sooner than 30…. They’d prob announce it right after the pick.
Well I did say "less than 30 minutes later". I think Montreal would wait to see if Columbus takes Lindstrom and that will take 15 minutes probably. Then the calculation for Montreal becomes: with Demidov and Lindstrom gone, is any forward they'd take at 5OA going to be better than Zegras? If they don't think so then there could be a deal. Longshot but still...
 

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For the 5th OA pick? Nah. Maybe the 26th OA but no way are they offering up the 5th OA for Zegras.
Been through this on the main board. Montreal has been calling about Zegras off and on since at least January. At this point, they must know PV's price and it isn't cheap. Montreal wants another high-end forward. Zegras is worth 5OA in this draft if Demidov and Lindstrom both go in the top 4. If they aren't willing to pay that price then Zegras stays in Anaheim. 26OA is not going to get Zegras.
 
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The 5th overall pick is not enough for Zegras. I do not understand the rational of trading a player who was scored over 60 points multiple times on historically bad teams for a mystery box that is a draft pick.

Pronman, in an article today, said he believes Zegras has multiple 80-100 points seasons in him and so do may people including myself. Any player the Ducks draft is a mystery box. That player could be better than Zegras but we won't know for years and if the player ends up being not as good, what a giant mistake. There is no good argument for trading Zegras for picks unless it is 1st overall.
 

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Been through this on the main board. Montreal has been calling about Zegras off and on since at least January. At this point, they must know PV's price and it isn't cheap. Montreal wants another high-end forward. Zegras is worth 5OA in this draft if Demidov and Lindstrom both go in the top 4. If they aren't willing to pay that price then Zegras stays in Anaheim. 26OA is not going to get Zegras.
I'm surprised that Montreal hasn't been linked to Bedard. If Verbeek is serious about making a playoff push this up coming season, why trade a top 6 forward for a future? Montreal isn't going to offer up the 5th OA because they want to get Zegras for as cheap as possible.
 

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The 5th overall pick is not enough for Zegras. I do not understand the rational of trading a player who was scored over 60 points multiple times on historically bad teams for a mystery box that is a draft pick.

Pronman, in an article today, said he believes Zegras has multiple 80-100 points seasons in him and so do may people including myself. Any player the Ducks draft is a mystery box. That player could be better than Zegras but we won't know for years and if the player ends up being not as good, what a giant mistake. There is no good argument for trading Zegras for picks unless it is 1st overall.
After reading this board for a while, there seems to be a certain subset of people that would probably get more enjoyment from hanging out at a casino than watching an actual good hockey team.
 
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The 5th overall pick is not enough for Zegras. I do not understand the rational of trading a player who was scored over 60 points multiple times on historically bad teams for a mystery box that is a draft pick.

Pronman, in an article today, said he believes Zegras has multiple 80-100 points seasons in him and so do may people including myself. Any player the Ducks draft is a mystery box. That player could be better than Zegras but we won't know for years and if the player ends up being not as good, what a giant mistake. There is no good argument for trading Zegras for picks unless it is 1st overall.
Yup. IMO there are only 2 reasons to trade him at this point:

#1 It's a clear overpayment

#2 He's demanded a trade
 

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For the 5th OA pick? Nah. Maybe the 26th OA but no way are they offering up the 5th OA for Zegras.
This is such a bad take, I can't take it seriously. Picks outside of the top 2 to 3 are crap shoots. Especially in a year where there is no consensus on who the top 5 picks should be.
 
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This is such a bad take, I can't take it seriously. Picks outside of the top 2 to 3 are crap shoots. Especially in a year where there is no consensus on who the top 5 picks should be.
Montreal isn't going to offer up the 5th OA for Zegras. Sorry. If the balked at Reinbacher as a return for Zegras then they'll say no with the 5th. If the 5th was on the table I would expect to see Necas in a Habs jersey before Zegras.
 
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For the 5th OA pick? Nah. Maybe the 26th OA but no way are they offering up the 5th OA for Zegras.
What?? You think they’d offer the 26oa? For a kid who scored 60 in his first two seasons? That would be a massive slap in the face offer. Frankly the only way I’d trade zegras for the 5th is if we didn’t think his style was how we wanted to play and was conducive to winning in the playoffs.
 
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