>This year, I felt the most pressing debate I could get perspective on from NHL scouts was having them chop up and divide the half dozen D that define the top of the 2024 class. I settled on this: “Which of the big six D in the class (Artyom Levshunov, Zeev Buium, Zayne Parekh, Sam Dickinson, Anton Silayev and Carter Yakemchuk) do you like the best and least?” It usually came with a follow-up or two as to who the seventh-best D in the class is and whether that player is close to each scout’s “least-liked” player in the group of six.
>Levshunov received the majority of votes as the best D in the class and Yakemchuk received the majority of votes as the sixth D in the group. But it wasn’t unanimous, with Parekh and Silayev also receiving votes at No. 1, and Dickinson also receiving votes at No. 6. Buium was the only D not to garner a vote in either of the two categories, a testament to the view that while he may not be seen as the top prospect in the group, scouts are high on him.
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>**NHL scout survey**
>This year, I felt the most pressing debate I could get perspective on from NHL scouts was having them chop up and divide the half dozen D that define the top of the 2024 class. I settled on this: “Which of the big six D in the class (Artyom Levshunov, Zeev Buium, Zayne Parekh, Sam Dickinson, Anton Silayev and Carter Yakemchuk) do you like the best and least?” It usually came with a follow-up or two as to who the seventh-best D in the class is and whether that player is close to each scout’s “least-liked” player in the group of six.
>Levshunov received the majority of votes as the best D in the class and Yakemchuk received the majority of votes as the sixth D in the group. But it wasn’t unanimous, with Parekh and Silayev also receiving votes at No. 1, and Dickinson also receiving votes at No. 6. Buium was the only D not to garner a vote in either of the two categories, a testament to the view that while he may not be seen as the top prospect in the group, scouts are high on him.
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