Oliver Bonk, Gabe Perreault, Tanner Molendyk, Otto Stenberg, Quentin Musty, Calum Ritchie, Easton Cowan, Theo Lindstein, Bradley Nadeau, Mikhail Gulyayev, & David Edstrom
Blackwood Mackenzie
Clara Damian
Comesso Drew
Daccord Joey
Daws Nico
Dostal Lukas
Fowler Jacob
Gajan Adam
Gardner Evan
Greaves Jet
Gustavsson Filip
Hildeby Dennis
Hofer Joel
Hrabal Michael
Ingram Connor
Kahkonen Kaapo
Kokko Niklas
Lankinen Kevin
Merzlikins Elvis
Montembault Samuel
Mrazek Petr
Portillo Erik
Primeau Cayden
Saarinen Kim
Samsonov Ilya
Schmid Akira
Stolarz Anthony
Tarasov Daniil
Vejmelka Karel
Vinni Eemil
Wallstedt Jesper
Woll Joseph
F
Bedard Connor
Beniers Matty
Bjorkstrand Oliver
Bratt Jesper
But Daniil
Catton Berkly
Celebrini Macklin
Chinakhov Yegor
Cowan Easton
Crouse Lawson
Dach Kirby
Doan Josh
Domi Max
Dufour William
Dvorsky Dalibor
Edstrom David
Evangelista Luke
Fisker Molgaard Oscar
Garland Conor
Gaucher Nathan
Gauthier Cutter
Gauthier Ethan
Goyette David
Greene Ryan
Hage Michael
Hagel Brandon
Holmstrom Simon
Howard Isaac
Kaliyev Arthur
Kartye Tye
Knies Matthew
Lucius Chaz
Mangiapane Andrew
McCann Jared
Mercer Dawson
Miettinen Julius
Minten Fraser
Musty Quentin
Novak Tommy
Nyman Jani
Raty Aatu
Rehkopf Carson
Reichel Lukas
Robertson Nick
Roy Nicolas
Sale Edouard
Sherangovich Yegor
Stenberg Otto
Stramel Charlie
Strome Dylan
Tolvanen Eeli
Tomasino Philip
Villeneuve Nathan
Voronkov Dmitry
Wood Matthew
Wright Shane
D
Bertucci Tristan
Casey Seamus
Ceulemans Corson
Chychrun Jakob
Cormier Lukas
Dunn Vince
Durzi Sean
Evans Ryker
Faber Brock
Freij Alfons
Gavrikov Vladislav
Harley Thomas
Heinola Ville
Hughes Luke
Kesselring Michael
Kiviharju Aron
Korczak Keadan
LaCombe Jackson
Liljegren Timothy
Lundkvist Nils
Luneau Tristan
Mateychuk Denton
Matheson Mike
Mews Henry
Miromanov Daniil
Molendyk Tanner
Moser Janis
Mukhamadullin Shakir
Niemela Topi
Pickering Owen
Rinzel Sam
Romanov Alex
Simashev Dmitri
Thompson Jack
Vlasic Alex
Willander Tom
Yakemchuk Carter
I would welcome ur thoughts on the draft if you want to share...
where do I start??
i almost missed the draft haha. I managed to mooch off of walmart's wifi and watched a stream of someone else's stream of the draft for three hours. I actually watched sportsnet's yt stream for most of it and saw some player interviews but they ran right through the actual draft and I missed half of the picks and then they just stopped streaming half way through the first round. I'm trying to catch up on all the content and find a good quality stream to make gifs of. i'd love to know what everyone else thinks about any of this or anything else!
putting this in point form because i have a lot of random thoughts here and i'm sure i'll be annoying about draft stuff all weekend
Prefacing this by saying that i don鈥檛 know much about most of the teams that these players went to so i can鈥檛 give a good estimate to how they鈥檒l work out in the organization.聽i know i'm not the only person who thinks this draft has more talent than the average draft. the top five projected picks could have easily been first overalls in any other year and the first two rounds are full of players that i think will have decent careers. i'm mostly in it for the fun friendships!
not much to be said about the top five. I think carlsson will fit better in anaheim and fantilli will be better in columbus. and he wanted to go there. will smith looks good in teal. He鈥檚 got that golden retriever thing that thomas bordeleau is going to hate. Reinbacher doesn鈥檛 deserve all the hate he鈥檚 getting. I鈥檓 excited to see how he does with the habs. I鈥檓 really surprised michkov fell so low. With picks like reinbahcer and simashev, i figure the teams that drafted them have a plan. It鈥檚 interesting to see what teams decide based on what they think their organization will benefit from.聽
lots of whl players that went undrafted in previous years i think deserved to get drafted and i hope some will sign as free agents but i was happy to see milic and hanzel drafted.
notable draft buddies: lukas dragicevic and caden price to seattle. I鈥檝e never cared about seattle but these two have been two of my favourite dmen to watch in the dub and on the u18 team.
nashville gets tanner molendyk and kalan lind. i wasn鈥檛 expecting molendyk to go so high but i personally think he鈥檚 one of the best dmen in the draft. His skating is a big strength. lind is a mitch marner type. Great until he opens his mouth. i got a little bit of dylan mackinnon (qmjhl) at the prospect game and i feel like he and lind will get along. and of course samuel honzek and jaden lipinski from the giants got drafted to calgary together!! i really wish they did all the rounds on the same day just so we could get pictures of players together in their jerseys. and for literally no reason i鈥檓 excited about leonard/cristall/allen in washington together.
the flyers have some good picks. I think in a few years, after michkov joins the team and the other prospects develop more, the future of the team will be really exciting. I like hart but i鈥檓 excited to see bjarnason.聽
I personally think some players from the whl went way too low, cristall and heidt are definitely steals. I think a lot of teams will regret passing on them. wild fans seem to like heidt already. but that being said, i think danielson at 9, benson at 12, and yager at 19 was really good.聽i think every single player was jealous after yager got that call from crosby haha.
Heidt and ziemmer: these are my guys. Was 1000% not expecting minnesota and la but could be worse.聽
The jets org is looking interesting with barlow, milic, and levis but i don鈥檛 know if i can go jets. Apparently milic is going pro this next season which will be interesting and i want to see ratzlaff as the starting goalie in seattle this year. it鈥檚 always complicated with goalies because you want to love them all and you also want them to play but that鈥檚 not always possible. i鈥檓 worried about hart/bjarnason but i figure that bjarnason will slowly transfer to the flyers when he鈥檚 ready and by then hart will have been pushed out or have moved on. I do like him but i can give him up in a few years. sorry. and now we finally have levi on the sabres and i know it鈥檒l be a while until ratzlaff is ready for the pros but i鈥檓 not liking that situation either.聽
I think myatovic absolutely deserved to go so high. He鈥檒l need more development like everybody else but he鈥檚 a big guy and i think he鈥檒l be notable in the future. With most of the core thunderbirds players moving on, i think myatovic will really step up.
in conclusion, i think i've accepted the draft order haha and not to use the word "exciting" for the thousandth time but i think this will be an exciting upcoming season and i can't wait to see how this draft class turns out over the next few years.
Blackwood Mackenzie
Clara Damian
Comesso Drew
Daccord Joey
Daws Nico
Dostal Lukas
Fowler Jacob
Gajan Adam
Gardner Evan
Greaves Jet
Gustavsson Filip
Hildeby Dennis
Hofer Joel
Hrabal Michael
Ingram Connor
Kahkonen Kaapo
Kokko Niklas
Lankinen Kevin
Merzlikins Elvis
Montembault Samuel
Mrazek Petr
Portillo Erik
Primeau Cayden
Saarinen Kim
Samsonov Ilya
Schmid Akira
Stolarz Anthony
Tarasov Daniil
Vejmelka Karel
Vinni Eemil
Wallstedt Jesper
Woll Joseph
F
Bedard Connor
Beniers Matty
Bjorkstrand Oliver
Bratt Jesper
But Daniil
Celebrini Macklin
Chinakhov Yegor
Cowan Easton
Crouse Lawson
Dach Kirby
Doan Josh
Domi Max
Dufour William
Dvorsky Dalibor
Edstrom David
Evangelista Luke
Fisker Molgaard Oscar
Garland Conor
Gaucher Nathan
Gauthier Cutter
Gauthier Ethan
Goyette David
Greene Ryan
Hage Michael
Hagel Brandon
Holmstrom Simon
Howard Isaac
Kaliyev Arthur
Kartye Tye
Knies Matthew
Lindstrom Cayden
Lucius Chaz
Mangiapane Andrew
McCann Jared
Mercer Dawson
Miettinen Julius
Minten Fraser
Musty Quentin
Novak Tommy
Nyman Jani
Raty Aatu
Rehkopf Carson
Reichel Lukas
Robertson Nick
Roy Nicolas
Sale Edouard
Sherangovich Yegor
Stenberg Otto
Stramel Charlie
Strome Dylan
Tolvanen Eeli
Tomasino Philip
Villeneuve Nathan
Voronkov Dmitry
Wood Matthew
Wright Shane
D
Bertucci Tristan
Casey Seamus
Ceulemans Corson
Chychrun Jakob
Cormier Lukas
Dunn Vince
Durzi Sean
Evans Ryker
Faber Brock
Freij Alfons
Gavrikov Vladislav
Harley Thomas
Heinola Ville
Hughes Luke
Kesselring Michael
Kiviharju Aron
Korczak Keadan
LaCombe Jackson
Liljegren Timothy
Lundkvist Nils
Luneau Tristan
Mateychuk Denton
Matheson Mike
Mews Henry
Miromanov Daniil
Molendyk Tanner
Moser Janis
Mukhamadullin Shakir
Niemela Topi
Pickering Owen
Rinzel Sam
Romanov Alex
Simashev Dmitri
Thompson Jack
Vlasic Alex
Willander Tom
Yakemchuk Carter
March 13 Buffalo signs Gustav Nyquist F NSH and waives Jack McBain F ARZ.
March 11 Quebec acquires Linus Ullmark G BOS, David Rittich G LAK and the New York 1st 2024 in exchange for Bowen Byram D BUF, Jake Neighbours F STL and Hunter Brzustewicz D CAL.
March 11 Winged Wheel acquire the New York 2nd 2024 in exchange for Jake Guentzel W CAR.
March 3 Seattle signs Michael Kesselring D ARZ and waives Benjamin Gaudreau G SJ.
March 1 Seattle signs Tanner Molendyk D NSH and releases Oliver Wahlstrom F NYI.
March 1 Seattle acquires Carson Rehkopf F SEA, Matthew Knies F TOR, Matthew Wood F NSH, Daniil But F ARZ and Cutter Gauthier F ANA from New York in exchange for Travis Konecny F PHI, Mike Matheson D MTL and Simon Nemec D NJ.
February 28 Seattle signs Corson Ceulemans D CBJ and waives Ryan Chesley D WSH.
February 28 New York signs Brandon Bussi G BOS and waives Jonathan Drouin C COL.
February 25 Seattle signs Oscar Fisker Molgaard F SEA and waives Michael Carcone F ARZ.
February 24 Buffalo acquires Samuel Ersson G PHI and Filip Forsberg F NSH from Seattle in exchange for Daniil Tarasov G CBJ and Edouard Sale F SEA.
February 24 Winged Wheel sign Juraj Pekarcik F STL and waive Adam Ruzicka F F/A.
February 10 Seattle signs David Goyette C SEA Eetu Makiniemi G CAR.
February 10 Seattle signs Ryan Greene C CHC and waives Drew Helleson D ANA.
February 10 New York signs Nick Lardis F CHC and waives Nikita Zadorov D VAN.
February 10 Seattle acquires 4 New York waivers in exchange for Philip Broberg D EDM and Nikita Zadorov D VAN.
February 1 New York signs Clay Stevenson G WSH and waives Braden Schneider D NYR.
January 21 New York signs David Rittich G LAK and waives Carl Lindbom G VEG.
January 14 New York signs Blake Coleman F CAL and waives Jordan Dumais F CBJ.
January 10 Seattle signs Philip Tomasino F NSH and waives Raphael Lavoie F EDM.
January 7 New York signs Jonathan Drouin F COL and waives Philip Tomasino F NSH.
January 7 New York signs Jonathan Quick G NYR and waives Josh Doan F ARZ.
January 7 Seattle acquires Michael Hrabal G ARZ, Cayden Primeau G MTL, Jacob Fowler G MTL, and Erik Portillo G LAK from New York in exchange for Pyotr Kochetkov G CAR and Arturs Silovs G VAN.
January 3 Buffalo signs Theo Lindstein D STL and waives Conor Timmins D TOR.
January 3 New York signs Vinny Trocheck F NYR and waives Zac Jones D NYR.
January 3 Buffalo signs Maxim Strbak D BUF and waives Ondrej Palat F NJ.
January 3 Buffalo signs Felix Unger- Sorum F CAR and waives Ryan Hartman F MIN.
December 13 Squid sign Michael Carcone F ARZ and releases Conor Garland F VAN.
December 9 Squid sign Jet Greaves G CBJ and waives Alekski Heimosalmi D CAR.
December 8 New York signs Carson Rehkopf C SEA and waives Gracyn Sawcyhn F FLA.
December 8 Squid sign Tye Kartye F SEA and waives Ville Koivunen F CAR.
December 8 Squid sign Martin Jones G TOR and waives Zach Dean C STL.
December 1 Winged Wheel acquire Alex Lyon G DET, Joonas Korpisalo G OTT, Anton Forsberg G OTT and Levi Merilainen G OTT from the Seattle Squid in exchange for the Wheel 2nd rd pick 2024.
December 1 Seattle signs Alex Lyon G DET and waives Ty Nelson D SEA.
November 28 Winged Wheel acquire Patrick Kane RW DET from New York in exchange for Cutter Gauthier RW PHI.
November 26 Seattle signs Samuel Ersson G PHI and waives Semyon Voyzavoi G SEA.
November 22 Seattle signs Chris Driedger G SEA and waives Arber Xhekaj D MTL.
November 18 New York signs Isaac Poulter G NJ and waives Matvei Petrov W EDM.
November 16 Squid sign Charlie Strammel F MIN and waives Carson Soucy D VAN
November 16 Squid sign Dmitri Simashev D ARZ and waives David Goyette C SEA.
November 15 Winged Wheel sign Yegor Sidorov W ANA and releases Trey Fix-Wolansky F CBJ.
November 15 Winged Wheel sign Kasper Halttunen F SJ and releases Alex Kerfoot F ARZ.
November 15 Winged Wheel sign Maxence Guenette D OTT and releases Jakub Skarek G NYI.
November 15 Winged Wheel sign Arttu Karki D VEG and releases Martin Jones G TOR.
November 9 Squid sign Mathieu Joseph F OTT and release Jack Studnicka C VAN.
November 8 Winged Wheel signs Jaroslav Halak G CAR and waives Kevin Labanc F SJ.
November 5 Squid sign Dmitry Voronkov F CBJ and releases Alexander Romanov D NYI.
October 28 New York signs Frank Vatrano F ANA and waives Nick Lardis F CHC.
October 28 Squid sign Jonas Johansson G TB and waives Adam Beckman F MIN.
October 25 Squid sign Tommy Novak F NSH and release Erik Kallgren G NJ.
October 25 New York signs Joshua Roy RW MTL and waives Vincent Trocheck F NYR.
October 25 Squid sign Kaeden Korczak D VEG and waive Nolan Foote F NJ.
October 25 Squid sign Tristan Luneau D ANA and waive Klim Kostin F DET.
October 25 Squid sign Jackson LaCombe D ANA and waives Zach Whitecloud D VEG.
October 23 Quebec acquires Ross Colton F COL and Ivan Prosvetov G COL from the Squid in exchange for one 2023-24 Quebec waiver.
August 24 Quebec acquires Robert Thomas C STL from New York in exchange for Logan Cooley C ARZ.
August 14 Winged Wheel acquires Daniel Sprong F DET from Seattle in exchange for the Wheel 6th 2023 (#27).
August 13 Winged Wheel acquire Alex Debrincat F DET and Alex Tuch F BUF from New York in exchange for the Winged Wheel 2023 1st (pick 2), Winged Wheel 3rd 2023 (pick 12), and Winged Wheel 5th 2023 (pick 22).
August 9 Seattle acquires Adam Boqvist D CBJ, Nils Lundkvist D DAL, New York rd 5 2023 (pick 25) and New York Rd 7 2023 (pick 35) from New York in exchange for the Seattle 5th 2023 (pick 21), Seattle 7th 2023 (pick 31).