Tij Iginla is a name draft. Utah is banking on selling some tickets to the uninitiated in Utah that MIGHT recognize the name. And there’s nothing wrong with that.
The name is definitely part of it, as I think they want him to be the face of the franchise like Jarome Iginla was in Calgary. But Tij was also a projected top 10 pick, so they get a very good player as well.
As a Habs fan all I have to say is that for the first time in years, the fanbase seems stoked with the pick. Add moving up from 26th to 21st to draft Hage, and it's pretty hard to not see Montreal as one of the biggest winners on the day.
I'd like to know who Hughes wanted at 21 that was worth the 2 picks, no way he thought Hage would still be there. I'm happy as hell he was. I'm just curious who he was after, or was there a trade in the works that never materialized.
Flames got the leading scorer of the ushl this year (last year celebrini) and Zayne like what a fucking draft from them. Also happy with my Montreal pics
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The only thing Davidson has proven up to this point is that he can acquire draft picks. If he knows what to do with them remains unanswered. Not happy with the Levshunov pick, after trading away a 2nd round pick to move up two spots in the first round they reach for Boisvert, passing on Eiserman, Hage and Greentree and then trading away both second round picks to reach again for Vanacker. This has been a terrible draft for the Blackhawks.
So freaking excited that we got Eiserman. He was my top guy for the whole year, even when his stock was falling. I never thought in a million years that he would fall to us.
Pretty sure most of us (if not ALL of us) aren't NHL GMs. GMs with armies of scouts and people way more qualified to parse the info of these players and make decisions about the future of their respective teams. Let it play out.
I’m shocked Buium fell that far. I had him in my top 4 & best dman in the draft. Buium and Faber are going to be filthy for the Wild. And Demidov is sick. Feels like another one of those russians who falls in the draft due to KHL scares and everyone regrets 5 years later in re-drafts. (Kucherov, Kaprizov, Michkov, Tarasenko come to mind)
i don't know why people is sleeping on Catton guy is the third best FW behind Celebrini and Demidov. Seattle with Beniers, Wright, Catton thats an insane core center for years to come. Catton could end up being a top 3-5 player in a redraft and a steal.
Hawks had a good draft Took one of the best defenseman in Levshunov and I think considering he had a torn his labrum and still put up 82 points Vanacker was a great pick. The team will still be bad next season and can always get Bedards linemate next season
@skmidc1124 yeah I would have preffered demidov but levshunov isn't a bad pick, I'm not sure about boivert, but I'm not sure why people say vanacker was a reach from some of his highlights I like what I see.
@@clawitzeristhebestpokemon8765 Same. I actually like Boisvert's game as well, though the skating he should def work on. I can see why some are disappointed, our selections this year may seem underwhelming and depending what your expectations were it could've actually been so... but I'm going to trust Davidson on this one, and I guess we'll see how it all pans out later. Still very excited :)
As a Ducks fan, I don't hate the Sennecke draft tbh. He still needs to grow, but once he gets in the League (maybe the same year as Solberg?), they could help the team in the playoffs.
If Sennecke's upside is more like the last twenty games he played, no one will complain... If that isn't the case, Verbeek better start making deep playoff runs soon. Honestly, Sennecke looked incredible at times. If he can keep growing his game there is a legit chance he is something special. The thing is, there are no guarantees and lots of question marks until we see what he does in San Diego next year and if he is able to do great things at the next level. Big risk at third overall but Verbeek has made solid picks so far. We'll see.
As a habs fan, I would have been happy to pick him at 5 (was my n-3 after Celibrini and Demidov). Very high upsides. Ducks going to have a big and super talented top 6 soon.
The forwards were flying off the board, Luchanko is not much of a reach. Hes still 17 and did well at the combine. Hes fast and has high hockey IQ. We’ll see about Helenius and Buium
For flyers at least it's a clear long term plan: Jett is still 17 (Need a Center) and picking up more picks next year (Columbus 2nd deferred and Oilers 1st) but man, Buium is nasty. Flyers have smaller DMan and that's why they didnt draft Buium, but Drysdale and York will FAs when Buium is in his prime. Will say as far as trading back, Buffalo couldn't move back from 14 so don't think flyers had much an offer. Clearly we value Buium much more than NHL teams since so many passed on him and no one 15-19 wanted to trade up for him.
It's funny, every single thing I saw before the draft about Yakemchuk was like "He's a strong, nasty player who makes it really hard for the opposition, and also he scores a massive amount of goals... but he's just not as good as the others" I have a feeling the Sens made a really smart decision with him
As a hawks fan i want Rodger McQueen so much just because of the name, and hopefully we don't finish bottom 3 and land more around where McQueen is projected right now
Utah's pick makes a lot more sense seeing as they picked up their difference maker on D in sergachev. They lose Moser though who I think is really good. I wonder if they will make a play for Montour. He'd be a really solid add to that
Winner-isles for keeping their first-for once-and seeing eiserman fall into their laps. Flames winner too for grabbing parekh. utah, sens, and kraken will regret that one.
Flyers are hoping Luchanko can reach a higher level than expected because he is one of the youngest players in the draft, but you shouldn't be taking him over Helenius or Buium. Flyers will be loaded for the 2025 draft though with 3 1st's, 3 2nd's and 2 3rd's!
I think Luchanko was a late riser in this draft as more teams watched him. He probably wasn't going to last through the teens picks. Probably the reason they didn't trade back much further was they had info another couple teams before pick 20 were very high on him too.
Really hoping the Sens move Chychrun for a decent package tomorrow otherwise im going to be getting worried about the Sens losing leverage in a Chychrun trade when teams will know they need to move him in order to fit in their FA signings unless Staios has something else up his sleeve
Im super nervous with this Yakemchuk pick especially at 7 I feel like we couldve traded back to pick him. Putting that aside I think Yakemchuk has a lot of raw talent but his defending off the rush is very concerning which goes hand in hand with his skating being quite weak. Hes a very raw prospect so I hope the Sens can develop his skating (which they have a good history of) and that Yakemchuk can develop and hit his top 4 potential more risk than I think the Sens shouldve gone with and hes likely 3-4 ywars away from being an NHL regular id expect he needs at least 1 year in the AHL after 2 seasons in the WHL
Bennett Sennecke appeared to be a bit of a reach although I hadn't been very familiar with his name before he had been picked by the Ducks at third overall. Yet before the Leafs picked Ben Danford at 31st overall, I hadn't been familiar with his name either. There may very well be some busts and steals from this Draft particularly with multiple rounds still to go. Yet among past NBA and NHL drafts, there's no doubt Connor Hellebuyck, Felix Potvin, Jamie Benn and Pascal Siakam were steals despite having been picked outside the top-10 in their respective draft years. Raph Araujo (Raptors), Nail Yakupov (Oilers) and Griffin Reinhart (Isles) were picked in the top-10 of their respective NBA or NHL Draft years but turned out to be complete busts.
I know no one will do it this way but this video should be done 5 years after the draft to know who won. But I will say that anaheim 3rd pick was a head scratcher.
The guy the hawks picked at 19th I think was a good pick because they need physicality. I do think they should have picked demidov, but they do have frank nazar and a couple other strong forward prospects. They don’t have great right d and I am sure they will eventually buy out Seth jones or find a way to trade him and retain salary
wild and habs absolutely crazy good first round. The iginla pick was purely a name pick he’s a good prospect but their need was a defenseman not a very large fan of the pick
I liked Buium better than Dickenson for the sharks, but then i learned what a minute eater Dickenson is. I can't say im disappointed. Dickenson reminds me of Bouchard but it could be the coaches in london that like those long strech passes and one timers from the point. Regardless, he will be an amazing qb on the powerplay for the sharks.
@@zachhaist6426 obviously the dude was rookie of the year, and beat out Celebrini. That's why I was ticked, but Dickinson is younger and him being a go to guy on the London Knights doing 30 mins a night is crazy.
@@jordynbebus6641 Buium's a really good defender at the college level as a 17/18 year old. Just because he puts up points doesn't mean he's bad defensively.
The Devils made a great pick. As a Capitals fan, I'm not happy about Silayev coming to New Jersey to boost their defense. They have scoring, they need defense, and they got it with Silayev.
The Dallas Stars not take EJ Emory. Or trading back is kind of disappointing to me... We do this every time it comes to RHD... Lundkvist is NOT an answer. Unless the put him on the medieval rack and stretch him, plus put him with Barry Bonds as a personal trainer. MAN... Elick, Mews and others.. And we have no picks Better not do to Eiserman what has been done to O Wahl
I know and the way he skates pairing him with Michkov would of been fun to watch. I don't know enough about Jett on what his offensive potential is or if he would be a good center on the Michkov line.
@brianawilk285 from what I've seen they thought he would pair really well with him. Lots of people praise his high hockey IQ, passing, and speed. He is also the youngest of the class so he has time to grow which also played into the pick
So Montreal after having the worst first round or one of the worst in 2023 has had the best in 2024? Man im excited for the future of my Habs. I was always excited. But now im VERY excited with possibly a Kucherov esk franchise player.
Nothing wrong with Reinbacher's pick imo. Big right handed mobile dman go early in every draft. We see it every year. Just look at Levshunov, if he's lefty, he doesn't go 2nd overall, i can guarantee that
@@maxpatenaude2115people are sleeping on him. He's gonna be a good player in the NHL, a good contrast to Hutson and with their draft picks this year, it's looking bright in the future
Idiot all the picks made sense considering who they already have in their prospect pool and with a top pick next year they can add a top forward to pair with Bedard
Mike is the winner of the draft
HAHAHAAHAHAH thanks king!
Agreed!
Tij Iginla is a name draft. Utah is banking on selling some tickets to the uninitiated in Utah that MIGHT recognize the name. And there’s nothing wrong with that.
Good timing, Iginla is a good pick at that rank lol
The name is definitely part of it, as I think they want him to be the face of the franchise like Jarome Iginla was in Calgary. But Tij was also a projected top 10 pick, so they get a very good player as well.
You really think the Iginla name is so famous that non-hockey fans in Utah recognize it and will buy tickets?
We’re not talking Gretzky here.
There is lots wrong with it if it's true, but it's not. Good pick name or not.
tij Is a great prospect...he deserves his drank spot.
San Jose and Montreal won this draft. Some surprises and steals for sure
I think Mn is in there
@@italian1ist yeah getting Zeev where they did was huge. Him and Faber could be awesome together
As a Habs fan all I have to say is that for the first time in years, the fanbase seems stoked with the pick. Add moving up from 26th to 21st to draft Hage, and it's pretty hard to not see Montreal as one of the biggest winners on the day.
I'd like to know who Hughes wanted at 21 that was worth the 2 picks, no way he thought Hage would still be there. I'm happy as hell he was.
I'm just curious who he was after, or was there a trade in the works that never materialized.
Flames got the leading scorer of the ushl this year (last year celebrini) and Zayne like what a fucking draft from them. Also happy with my Montreal pics
I am so happy right now
Surprised Buium and Dickinson fell that much.
Agreed
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Bet against Chicago's draft at your own peril
Every pick made perfect sense for their pool
Nah GMKD is a fraud, should’ve picked Demidov
@@jyynarpalisenniemi6242I wanted Demidov to but your overreacting KD has done a great job with this team
Hope it works out. Right now I'm a bit down knowing it could've been Demidov+Eiserman/Hage.
The only thing Davidson has proven up to this point is that he can acquire draft picks. If he knows what to do with them remains unanswered.
Not happy with the Levshunov pick, after trading away a 2nd round pick to move up two spots in the first round they reach for Boisvert, passing on Eiserman, Hage and Greentree and then trading away both second round picks to reach again for Vanacker.
This has been a terrible draft for the Blackhawks.
@@dparis2172 it’s far from terrible tho I agree we could have just drafted Greentree
So freaking excited that we got Eiserman. He was my top guy for the whole year, even when his stock was falling. I never thought in a million years that he would fall to us.
Pretty interesting draft this year lmao
Yup lived up to the hype
definitely one of the more interesting ones in the last few years😂
It felt all over the place lol
Actually, Utahs #1 defencemen is Shea Webber because hes the ionly one under contract
Pretty sure most of us (if not ALL of us) aren't NHL GMs. GMs with armies of scouts and people way more qualified to parse the info of these players and make decisions about the future of their respective teams.
Let it play out.
I’m shocked Buium fell that far. I had him in my top 4 & best dman in the draft. Buium and Faber are going to be filthy for the Wild.
And Demidov is sick. Feels like another one of those russians who falls in the draft due to KHL scares and everyone regrets 5 years later in re-drafts. (Kucherov, Kaprizov, Michkov, Tarasenko come to mind)
i don't know why people is sleeping on Catton guy is the third best FW behind Celebrini and Demidov. Seattle with Beniers, Wright, Catton thats an insane core center for years to come. Catton could end up being a top 3-5 player in a redraft and a steal.
Hawks had a good draft Took one of the best defenseman in Levshunov and I think considering he had a torn his labrum and still put up 82 points Vanacker was a great pick. The team will still be bad next season and can always get Bedards linemate next season
agreed. also next year's draft lacks d, felt like this was their year to draft that top pair dman
@skmidc1124 yeah I would have preffered demidov but levshunov isn't a bad pick, I'm not sure about boivert, but I'm not sure why people say vanacker was a reach from some of his highlights I like what I see.
@@clawitzeristhebestpokemon8765 Same. I actually like Boisvert's game as well, though the skating he should def work on. I can see why some are disappointed, our selections this year may seem underwhelming and depending what your expectations were it could've actually been so... but I'm going to trust Davidson on this one, and I guess we'll see how it all pans out later. Still very excited :)
As a Ducks fan, I don't hate the Sennecke draft tbh. He still needs to grow, but once he gets in the League (maybe the same year as Solberg?), they could help the team in the playoffs.
If Sennecke's upside is more like the last twenty games he played, no one will complain... If that isn't the case, Verbeek better start making deep playoff runs soon. Honestly, Sennecke looked incredible at times. If he can keep growing his game there is a legit chance he is something special. The thing is, there are no guarantees and lots of question marks until we see what he does in San Diego next year and if he is able to do great things at the next level. Big risk at third overall but Verbeek has made solid picks so far. We'll see.
As a habs fan, I would have been happy to pick him at 5 (was my n-3 after Celibrini and Demidov). Very high upsides. Ducks going to have a big and super talented top 6 soon.
The forwards were flying off the board, Luchanko is not much of a reach. Hes still 17 and did well at the combine. Hes fast and has high hockey IQ. We’ll see about Helenius and Buium
He is also one of the youngest kids in the draft so he has time to grow
The thought of a Brock Faber and Zeev Buium blue line should scare the rest of the league.
Yea ok 😂😂
Good day to be a sharks fan🦈
Sharks are trash
@@shanemckibbon2837sure bud
Teams suck before they are good. Ask Florida and Edmonton about the last 20 years and they will tell you.
@@shanemckibbon2837Bro pipe down. Sharks were at the top of the pacific for like over a decade. All teams go through rebuilds.
For flyers at least it's a clear long term plan: Jett is still 17 (Need a Center) and picking up more picks next year (Columbus 2nd deferred and Oilers 1st) but man, Buium is nasty. Flyers have smaller DMan and that's why they didnt draft Buium, but Drysdale and York will FAs when Buium is in his prime.
Will say as far as trading back, Buffalo couldn't move back from 14 so don't think flyers had much an offer. Clearly we value Buium much more than NHL teams since so many passed on him and no one 15-19 wanted to trade up for him.
It's funny, every single thing I saw before the draft about Yakemchuk was like "He's a strong, nasty player who makes it really hard for the opposition, and also he scores a massive amount of goals... but he's just not as good as the others" I have a feeling the Sens made a really smart decision with him
i shouted you out on stream last night mbon when the isles took cole i blew up just because of you
I’m one HAPPY shark😏😈🦈🔥‼️
I know for a fact if Demidov isn't there at #5 they would take Sennecke !
As a hawks fan i want Rodger McQueen so much just because of the name, and hopefully we don't finish bottom 3 and land more around where McQueen is projected right now
Utah's pick makes a lot more sense seeing as they picked up their difference maker on D in sergachev. They lose Moser though who I think is really good. I wonder if they will make a play for Montour. He'd be a really solid add to that
Winner-isles for keeping their first-for once-and seeing eiserman fall into their laps. Flames winner too for grabbing parekh. utah, sens, and kraken will regret that one.
UNREAL draft for san jose and montreal!!! they are the 2 biggest winners for sure
Flyers are hoping Luchanko can reach a higher level than expected because he is one of the youngest players in the draft, but you shouldn't be taking him over Helenius or Buium. Flyers will be loaded for the 2025 draft though with 3 1st's, 3 2nd's and 2 3rd's!
I think Luchanko was a late riser in this draft as more teams watched him. He probably wasn't going to last through the teens picks. Probably the reason they didn't trade back much further was they had info another couple teams before pick 20 were very high on him too.
@@theamaeve8175I would of rather had Helenius than Jett. Those 2 will be measured against each other by Flyers fans.
Shirt looks good
Happy for you Isles fans 👊
I see someone got his equipment working!
HAHAHAHHAH thankfully yes
First time I have seen you not shit on the flames
LMFAAAAOOOO yup
Ottawa will love Yakemchuk, he's a beast. You just wait
Really hoping the Sens move Chychrun for a decent package tomorrow otherwise im going to be getting worried about the Sens losing leverage in a Chychrun trade when teams will know they need to move him in order to fit in their FA signings unless Staios has something else up his sleeve
Yeah I did not see it coming 😮
I agree Mike great vid. Calgary def stole this draft. Congrats with cole
Flames and Isles killed it
Mike needs to grow that beauty of a mullet back.
Let’s goooo Flames are cooking
Im super nervous with this Yakemchuk pick especially at 7 I feel like we couldve traded back to pick him. Putting that aside I think Yakemchuk has a lot of raw talent but his defending off the rush is very concerning which goes hand in hand with his skating being quite weak. Hes a very raw prospect so I hope the Sens can develop his skating (which they have a good history of) and that Yakemchuk can develop and hit his top 4 potential more risk than I think the Sens shouldve gone with and hes likely 3-4 ywars away from being an NHL regular id expect he needs at least 1 year in the AHL after 2 seasons in the WHL
Bennett Sennecke appeared to be a bit of a reach although I hadn't been very familiar with his name before he had been picked by the Ducks at third overall. Yet before the Leafs picked Ben Danford at 31st overall, I hadn't been familiar with his name either.
There may very well be some busts and steals from this Draft particularly with multiple rounds still to go. Yet among past NBA and NHL drafts, there's no doubt Connor Hellebuyck, Felix Potvin, Jamie Benn and Pascal Siakam were steals despite having been picked outside the top-10 in their respective draft years. Raph Araujo (Raptors), Nail Yakupov (Oilers) and Griffin Reinhart (Isles) were picked in the top-10 of their respective NBA or NHL Draft years but turned out to be complete busts.
I know no one will do it this way but this video should be done 5 years after the draft to know who won. But I will say that anaheim 3rd pick was a head scratcher.
The guy the hawks picked at 19th I think was a good pick because they need physicality. I do think they should have picked demidov, but they do have frank nazar and a couple other strong forward prospects. They don’t have great right d and I am sure they will eventually buy out Seth jones or find a way to trade him and retain salary
Bro got the best buy employee fit on
Cgy Flames did amazing
wild and habs absolutely crazy good first round. The iginla pick was purely a name pick he’s a good prospect but their need was a defenseman not a very large fan of the pick
Hawks had a solid draft
Go Sharks!
I liked Buium better than Dickenson for the sharks, but then i learned what a minute eater Dickenson is. I can't say im disappointed. Dickenson reminds me of Bouchard but it could be the coaches in london that like those long strech passes and one timers from the point. Regardless, he will be an amazing qb on the powerplay for the sharks.
Dickenson is like a Charlie McAvoy with a higher offensive ceiling. It's a great pick for the Sharks
Buium is good too though
@@zachhaist6426 obviously the dude was rookie of the year, and beat out Celebrini. That's why I was ticked, but Dickinson is younger and him being a go to guy on the London Knights doing 30 mins a night is crazy.
@@keatonjones4252Celebrini won rookie of the year lol.. it’s the “Tim Taylor Award”
@@TylrVncnt my bad I am a bit retarded haha
As a Flyers fan felt like we got fleece last night. I don’t know what Danny was thinking.
How so?
Sharks can end up with Celebrini, Dickinson, and Chernysov in the first 33 picks, crazy potential haul
Even if you take out Celebrini, many Sharks fans would be happy with our day 1 and 2 hual.
How did the Wild get Buium?! lol
I think the Devils and Flyers messed up
Devils already have Hughes and Nemec so going defensive defender makes so much sense
@@jordynbebus6641 Buium's a really good defender at the college level as a 17/18 year old. Just because he puts up points doesn't mean he's bad defensively.
The Devils made a great pick. As a Capitals fan, I'm not happy about Silayev coming to New Jersey to boost their defense. They have scoring, they need defense, and they got it with Silayev.
@@seancosgrove1they have enough offensive defensemen
@@seancosgrove1 Devils need a complete shut down defender bad
Bingo on the isles Yes yes yes
I think Utah should just look at Seattle for Dunn or Montreals Matheson for maybe a Nick Schmaltz because honestly i think they have a good top 6.
Dunn has a full NTC and just signed a contract.. he’s not leaving Seattle
Chicago won. Kyle D knows you need a mid 4 dman, and 2 3rd liners when youre early in a rebuild. Demidovs come and go every year...
GMBA taking a dman at 6 last year and a forward at 6 this year is so funny to me
Did Lou just cook? 👀
YESSSIIRRRR
Montreal baby!
The Dallas Stars not take EJ Emory. Or trading back is kind of disappointing to me... We do this every time it comes to RHD... Lundkvist is NOT an answer. Unless the put him on the medieval rack and stretch him, plus put him with Barry Bonds as a personal trainer. MAN... Elick, Mews and others.. And we have no picks
Better not do to Eiserman what has been done to O Wahl
Kinda weird, seems like Utah could need Parekh where as Flames could really need Iginla…
I was expecting Helenius to Flyers... I thought his 2-way game as a C would have been a great fit
Buffalo fans weren't too happy about the pick.
I know and the way he skates pairing him with Michkov would of been fun to watch. I don't know enough about Jett on what his offensive potential is or if he would be a good center on the Michkov line.
@brianawilk285 from what I've seen they thought he would pair really well with him. Lots of people praise his high hockey IQ, passing, and speed. He is also the youngest of the class so he has time to grow which also played into the pick
I can’t in good faith go against Verbeek until he gives me a reason too. Could have definitely traded down but it’s trust verbeek till we die so 🤷
Not 1 American in the top 10 and only 1 in the top 16. Do we need to have a talk about American hockey development?
Patty Kane is gonna beat up taxi (if you watched interview you know)
Isles nation has never been more back
So Montreal after having the worst first round or one of the worst in 2023 has had the best in 2024? Man im excited for the future of my Habs. I was always excited. But now im VERY excited with possibly a Kucherov esk franchise player.
Nothing wrong with Reinbacher's pick imo. Big right handed mobile dman go early in every draft. We see it every year. Just look at Levshunov, if he's lefty, he doesn't go 2nd overall, i can guarantee that
As a Bruins fan, they made out like bandits. They should go for a goalie as that's all their prospect pool is missing now.
@@maxpatenaude2115people are sleeping on him. He's gonna be a good player in the NHL, a good contrast to Hutson and with their draft picks this year, it's looking bright in the future
Hard to say they had a bad 2023 draft, reinbacher is a big mobile dman, he’s already shown offensive potential too
@WillieSama Okay. But is he REALLY better then Michkov or Benson?
Sacha Boisvert (Bwa-Vare) sorry I hate when people butcher his name 😅
Dude I saw a post that said demidov will go five and sennecke is gonna be a duck… whoever made that must be screaming rn
Letorneau boutta be the steal of the draft
I hope
The hawks got vanacker too so how tf could they lose? Lol bad take 3 picks in the first is almost always going to be a win
Don't want to burst anyone's bubble but I think Anaheim will still be at the bottom next year.
I don't know if you can really say the winners and loser of the draft. These are pro scouts and they're choosing who the think is best.
Thought the flyers were finally turning the corner then they do this. Sigh.
I have very mixed feelings on the Luchanko pick but ngl trading our other pick to Edmonton was a great move
Slept on the wild.
Agreed. Chicago missed
Idiot all the picks made sense considering who they already have in their prospect pool and with a top pick next year they can add a top forward to pair with Bedard
Philly blew it
Detroit’s draft - yawn!
Chicago is a BIG loser
this guy doesn't know hockey, i went 32 for 32 on my mock draft