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  • DetoxTent
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    Button's Mock Draft - NHL 2024

    For the first time since 2010, the NHL Draft order went unchanged at the lottery and the San Jose Sharks are the beneficiaries, winning the right to choose first overall at the 2024 NHL Draft in June. In his post lottery mock draft, TSN Director of Scouting Craig Button has the Sharks selecting Boston University centre Macklin Celebrini with the No. 1 pick.
  • DetoxTent
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    • Sep 2023
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    #2
    Re: Button's Mock Draft - NHL 2024

    Yakemchuk or Eiserman?

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    • JATMtheJATM
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      • Aug 2012
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      #3
      Re: Button's Mock Draft - NHL 2024

      Originally posted by DetoxTent View Post
      Yakemchuk or Eiserman?
      Eiserman is a net filler. Dude can score. But I find it very troubling he is falling down the board as much as he did. He was originally going to go top 3 if I recall correctly. I wouldn't hate it. But I also don't want Alex Nylander 2.0
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      • ckg927
        Not quite Best in the World....
        • Aug 2012
        • 21103

        #4
        Re: Button's Mock Draft - NHL 2024

        The Hockey News' Draft edition should be out shortly,so I'll reserve my opinion until then.

        Save to say that we SORELY need a player who plays like he always has a chip on his shoulder. We've got skill players. Now we need a skilled player who plays the game with an edge...one who can rattle the opposition.
        John Hemingway(facing certain death): I want to see Buffalo win the Super Bowl.
        David Coltrane(threatening John): Nobody's going to live that long, pal.


        -The John Larroquette Show, "A Dark and Stormy Night", 4/12/94

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        • JATMtheJATM
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          #5
          Re: Button's Mock Draft - NHL 2024

          I want to see a top 4 RHD (potential, not someone that can step in right away. that kind of pick isnt going to be available at 11 if it exists at all)

          Or someone who can play offense while playing edge.

          I'm a firm believer in taking the BPA. That's how Benson somehow fell to them. If the BPA is a LHD, so be it.
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          • mightysimi
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            #6
            Re: Button's Mock Draft - NHL 2024

            Originally posted by JATMtheJATM View Post
            Eiserman is a net filler. Dude can score. But I find it very troubling he is falling down the board as much as he did. He was originally going to go top 3 if I recall correctly. I wouldn't hate it. But I also don't want Alex Nylander 2.0
            I wonder if people are seeing the Caufield comparisons due to him passing Cole on the goal list. Or maybe starting to realize that a national all-star team playing college hockey doesn't always provide the best competition which can inflate stats.

            That is something the Jets haven't learned though as we love those guys.

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            • JATMtheJATM
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              • Aug 2012
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              Re: Button's Mock Draft - NHL 2024

              Originally posted by mightysimi View Post
              I wonder if people are seeing the Caufield comparisons due to him passing Cole on the goal list. Or maybe starting to realize that a national all-star team playing college hockey doesn't always provide the best competition which can inflate stats.

              That is something the Jets haven't learned though as we love those guys.
              The national development team creates some scary talent. And I don't think eiserman is a bad prospect. But I think teams are trying to get away from one dimensional players with high picks.

              So I think better rounded players will go above him, even if he does have 40 goal potential.
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              • DetoxTent
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                #8
                Re: Button's Mock Draft - NHL 2024

                Originally posted by JATMtheJATM View Post
                I want to see a top 4 RHD (potential, not someone that can step in right away. that kind of pick isnt going to be available at 11 if it exists at all)
                THAT is Yakemchuk. Read the article. Big rightie.

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                • JATMtheJATM
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                  #9
                  Re: Button's Mock Draft - NHL 2024

                  Originally posted by DetoxTent View Post
                  THAT is Yakemchuk. Read the article. Big rightie.

                  I'd be fine with that, if he's the BPA
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                  • DetoxTent
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                    • Sep 2023
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                    #10
                    Re: Button's Mock Draft - NHL 2024

                    Seeing some mock drafts that are just clueless about the Sabres, regarding what they already have on their roster and needs. One has the Sabres taking ANOTHER lefthanded defenseman in the first (). LOL. They don't need that. Eiserman, Yakemchuk, Tij Ignila, and Konsta Helenius are the most common names being seen attached to the Sabres if they stay at #11. Very different players by position, size and skill.


                    Here is another mock draft: https://www.eliteprospects.com/page/nhl-mock-draft-2024

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                    • JATMtheJATM
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                      • Aug 2012
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                      #11
                      Re: Button's Mock Draft - NHL 2024

                      Originally posted by DetoxTent View Post
                      Seeing some mock drafts that are just clueless about the Sabres, regarding what they already have on their roster and needs. One has the Sabres taking ANOTHER lefthanded defenseman in the first (). LOL. They don't need that. Eiserman, Yakemchuk, Tij Ignila, and Konsta Helenius are the most common names being seen attached to the Sabres if they stay at #11. Very different players by position, size and skill.


                      Here is another mock draft: https://www.eliteprospects.com/page/nhl-mock-draft-2024
                      It is very likely that the Sabres move a LHD this summer. Samuelson has been getting interest and Johnson would fetch a good return as well.

                      Let's also not forget that anyone they draft at 11 won't be NHL ready for at least 2 years, and a lot can happen by then.
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                      • ckg927
                        Not quite Best in the World....
                        • Aug 2012
                        • 21103

                        #12
                        Re: Button's Mock Draft - NHL 2024

                        Well, I finally got the Draft Preview issue.

                        Insofar as Eiserman goes: IF Buffalo drafts him(he's listed at #13 by THN)he won't be with the Sabres right away; he's committed to Boston U, so he has time to refine his game. As for Yakemchuk, the main beef with him is that he doesn't use his size effectively. Here's one that might be of interest for the Sabres: Windsor RW Liam Greentree. Big, deceptively quick, has size & reach and uses those well, plus he doesn't waste time with the puck. AND he has leadership in him(he got the C with the Spitfires days after he turned 18).
                        John Hemingway(facing certain death): I want to see Buffalo win the Super Bowl.
                        David Coltrane(threatening John): Nobody's going to live that long, pal.


                        -The John Larroquette Show, "A Dark and Stormy Night", 4/12/94

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                        • DetoxTent
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                          #13
                          Re: Button's Mock Draft - NHL 2024

                          Originally posted by JATMtheJATM View Post
                          It is very likely that the Sabres move a LHD this summer. Samuelson has been getting interest and Johnson would fetch a good return as well.
                          Let's also not forget that anyone they draft at 11 won't be NHL ready for at least 2 years, and a lot can happen by then.
                          WTF are you even talking about??? Benson was drafted at #13 and played all season in the NHL.

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                          • DetoxTent
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                            #14
                            Re: Button's Mock Draft - NHL 2024

                            Originally posted by ckg927 View Post
                            Well, I finally got the Draft Preview issue.
                            Insofar as Eiserman goes: IF Buffalo drafts him(he's listed at #13 by THN)he won't be with the Sabres right away; he's committed to Boston U, so he has time to refine his game. As for Yakemchuk, the main beef with him is that he doesn't use his size effectively. Here's one that might be of interest for the Sabres: Windsor RW Liam Greentree. Big, deceptively quick, has size & reach and uses those well, plus he doesn't waste time with the puck. AND he has leadership in him(he got the C with the Spitfires days after he turned 18).
                            IDK. I see one mock draft that has Eiserman going to the Canadians with the 5th pick. Makes some sense as he sounds a little like Martin St. Louis #2.

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                            • JATMtheJATM
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                              • Aug 2012
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                              #15
                              Re: Button's Mock Draft - NHL 2024

                              Originally posted by DetoxTent View Post
                              WTF are you even talking about??? Benson was drafted at #13 and played all season in the NHL.
                              Benson was an exception to the rule. It's not common outside the top 5 and even then it's a crapshoot
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