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2024 Draft

GGpX said:
Ahhh, your hockey knowledge is exactly like your political trolling: Full of holes and ignorance as you diligently masturbate in front of your bathroom mirror to your swastika tattoo.

If there's one person here that follows prospects here, it's me. You couldn't be further from the truth if you tried.

Like I said in the other thread that you rambled on about, cool story bro
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I may not follow as much but I do follow prospects.
 
Simon Boisvert think Trevor Connelly is this draft's sleeper and doesn't understand why he isn't in ther conversation for the top 3.

Says he's a very skilled player, a lot of offensive aptitudes, however he's a ways away, is currently physically weak and needs to bulk up. Thinks that three years after being drafted, will be an excellent player.

www.eliteprospects.com

Trevor Connelly - Stats, Contract, Salary & More

Eliteprospects.com hockey player profile of Trevor Connelly, 2006-02-28 Tustin, CA, USA USA. Most recently in the NCAA with Providence College. Complete player biography and stats.
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Bookmarked and noted.
 
GGpX said:
Oh, I know you do. I'm not the only here.

But WeHave clearly doesn't and it's hilarious to watch him go.
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Because I don't give a shit about what players do in junior. I've seen many junior superstars who did nothing as pros. For every Phil or Tony Esposito there are many more Angelo Esposito's. For every Joe Sakic there are several Brian Sakic's. For every Brady Tkachuk there's a Daniel Tkachuk. Or a Nail Yakupov, or a Pavel Brendl, or a Nolan Patrick, or a Scott Scissons, or a Pat Falloon. The world is lousy with players who tear it up in junior hockey then have mediocre pro careers or no pro careers at all.
 
GGpX said:
cool story bro
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What a player does in junior is not relevant. WiFi didn't even get drafted and he's already a more valuable asset to this team than first overall Doug Wickenheiser ever was. We need to stop pretending that these scouts and prognosticators actually know anything. It's a crapshoot and all you need to do to find proof of that is to look at a draft class 5 or 10 years later to see that most of the predictions/guesses were wrong. As the great Mike Tyson said "Everybody's got a plan until they get punched in the mouth". The people who drafted Alexandre Daigle, Nail Yakupov, and Patrick Stefan all had a plan too.

If you watch junior hockey for the entertainment value, good for you. Enjoy it. Just don't delude yourself into thinking that you know what any of these kids will do in the pros because you don't. 99% of them never amount to jack shit as pros. And that's not just a "cool story", it's an observable fact.
 
GGpX said:
cool story bro, Redux
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You still can't prove that junior performance means anything or predicts anything. You're just one of those people who watch junior games so you can pretend to have foreknowledge of greatness. Fact is you.dont know any more than anyone else.
 
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The amount of NHL players that didn't have a great junior career is exceedingly rare. A good junior career is not a good predictor for a good NHL career but a poor one is a great predictor that the player is almost certainly not going to make it.
 
GrandWazoo said:
The amount of NHL players that didn't have a great junior career is exceedingly rare. A good junior career is not a good predictor for a good NHL career but a poor one is a great predictor that the player is almost certainly not going to make it.
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Yup. And expecting insert my team's prospect here is going to be the one to buck the trend is like saying you expect to pay your mortgage by winning the lottery.

Good luck with that.
 
It does happen albeit rarely.

I think Xhekaj, while not spectacular, is far better than expected and is found money.

That is it for our quota for awhile
 
www.tsn.ca

Craig’s List: Dominant defencemen set to take over 2024 NHL Draft | TSN

Boston University centre Macklin Celebrini is the crown jewel and favourite to go first overall in the 2024 NHL Draft but expect defence to dominate draft day.
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Top 10:
1. Macklin Celebrini - C
2. Cole Eiserman - LW
3. Anton Silayev - D
4. Artyom Levshunov - D
5. Ivan Demidov - LW
6. Konsta Helenius - C
7. Sam Dickinson - D
8. Zayne Parekh - D
9. Adam Jiricek - D
10. Cayden Lindstrom - C
 
I know there are some good D in this draft but I just can't see them taking one. I'm hoping other teams load up on the D allowing some forwards to drop.

Celebrini and Eiserman won't drop even though I'm now seeing lists with Eiserman in the 4-5 slot.
 
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