Using the NHL trade value chart, I managed to calculate which picks were the biggest steal and the biggest reaches of the 2024 draft. The question is, which GMs deserve to get flamed for going off the board with their draft picks.
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Time will tell with Sennecke but he doesn't have just a handful of highlights he has a bunch of him. His moves can be ridiculous! Give him a couple of years to mature his game and fill out a bit with his new size and the kid might be considered a beast. He likes to hit too, which is good.
I disagree with you . Time will tell with Jett he will be Star ⭐️ 🛩️
Go Habs Go !!! What an awesome draft year for the Montreal Canadiens.
I don’t think Sennecke would have lasted long if the Ducks hadn’t taken him. If Demidov and Lindstrom were gone, Montreal might have taken him or Iginla at 5.
Nailed it, top 10 might be more challenging.
Well done. Thanks for the insight.
I don’t think the bruins pick was a reach I do agree that Greentree was the better pick but I don’t think letournau was a reach he’s a raw prospect with a ton of potential and I think he would have went in the first round no matter what
It feel this video going to age poorly
Sennecke has moves like Rick Nash but hasn’t filled out yet. He will be a force. I trust Pat Verbeek’s judgement and I’m not even a Ducks fan. But man I’m loving their young core and prospects. And new sweaters and colors are just ridiculous.
If Demidov was playing in Canada or US, he would have been #1. So as a Habs fan, THANK YOU!
i did not agree with these picks, but one; Luchanko. THE biggest steal of this draft was obviously Justin Poirier, who fell all the way to 156th (ranked 29-70). one of biggest steals also was Luke Misa, who for some reason fell all the way to 150th (ranked 25-65)…
Then there is Aron Kiviharju at 122nd, which was another odd drop, because he was supposed to go between 19-50…
I had all three go in the first round on my list. All three will be elite in the NHL and lots of gm's and scouts be eating some crow.
Lmao. I laugh at all the people who Underestimate Sennecke. As someone who has watched him play often throughout the last couple years, he just keeps getting better and better with consistant Highlight reels game after game.
Basha at 41 is a crazy steal and that's coming from a guy whose team got Demidov.
5 years from now, when Basha has a better career than Lindstrom, everyone will understand.
Wild did trade to 12 to get Buium. Worth the third round pick, though.
Its funny when people are talking about steals and reaches because it is based on what? The consensus rankings are just public opinions made by random people who copies other lists. It has been said MANY times about this draft that between #2 and #12 it could go in any direction. Well the draft just proved that. To me, its impossible to say who is a steal or who is a reach until we wait about 3-4 years. Because, if you look back at older drafts, lets just say last year. Everyone was saying the leafs made a HUGE reach to get Easton Cowan. After the season Cowan had, pretty sure the Leafs made an amazing pick.
yak isnt a reach, his ceiling is sky high.
Greentree's skating is such a problem. I wouldn't have been surprised if he'd fallen entirely out of the 1st round.
Wild did trade up for Zeev, gave up a 3rd rd pick in 2025. If Flyers just drafted Zeev, they could’ve had 2 straight drafts with steals with Matvei Michkov last years draft. Flyers should’ve fleeced Wild by telling them I’m taking Zeev over their pick Jett over Eiserman.
No and no. Not a steal and not a reach.
Disagree on Yakemchuk,he has size avendage with 6.3,seriously as a Defenseman, the last time Senators had size advantage was Chara, and he is great scorer, are you kidding
Minnesota had an amazing draft. In addition to Buium and Ritchie, drafting Kiviharju in the late fourth round is incredible value.
As a life long Sharks fan I absolutely loved this draft. Combine last year's draft I'm stoked
Yakemchuk filled a specific need for the Sens.
The Blackhawks desperately needed offense and forwards but instead of taking somebody who everybody thinks it's going to be a superstar they take a defenseman….. They will regret that
I’m surprised that they got Demidov, I think that Demidov could end up having a more productive career than Celebrini. I also think that if he works on his straight line skating explosiveness, his shot, he is one of the top players in the league within 4-5 years. What amazes me about these; who won the draft, no one knows for sure until about 5-7 years from now. There was a lot of drafting for need this year as the prospect pool was just a little deep this year. It’s looking deep next year too. It’s a fun time to track players coming into the NHL, talent is being developed really well at a youth level
Absolute steal Habs getting Demidov at 5th.
Make it make sense how a kid that scores 105p in the WHL… (more than Iginla that went in the top 10 and Basha who you literally said was a "mid 20" round pick) is a "reach" at 17oa. Both those players scored roughly 20+ points less that Parascak. His PNHLe rating is 5th in the draft? INSANE how little respect people have for this kid. "reach" is insane to me. i saw him at 15-20.
Don Sweeney is a total loser of a gm, constantly reaching and making horrible trades and signings.
The Habs would have taken Senneke at 5 if Demidov and Lindstrom were gone. Not a big reach at all at 3
I think Ottawa reaches sometimes because it's Ottawa and no one wants to live there. Personally, I think they shoulda took the best d-man in the draft, Zeev Buium, but would he want to stay there? would he be so demoralized by the lack of freedom in Canada and not live up to his potential? Yakemchuck seems like he's gonna be a solid player, so I'm ok with the pick.
My Senators simply do not know what draft value is or how to work the board. Cheers from Ottawa 🍁
Ron Francis said Seattle would have picked a D-man, but both their choices were gone by 8. The only two D picked at that point were Levshunov and Yakemchuk. There’s obviously a big disconnect between the amateur “scouting” community and real NHL management.
Biased Flyers fan here – I don’t hate the Luchanko pick. I’m really excited to see how he develops moving forward. I know you shouldn’t draft for need at the top of a draft but we NEED centers and Jett has the tools to become a crazy fast, play making 2C.
As a habs fan I am so happy for Demigod and some even think he couldve went 1st overall and I am so happy with what Kent Hughes did to this team, I hope we will get out of the dark age soin, and its looking great!
Listen doing this based on trade value is wild i didnt even know that was a thing we could do but imma say this we can all have our opinions on the prospects in every draft and say our top 30 and mock drafts but we dont know nhl scouts watch these guys all year its there job and even they get it wrong so we dont really know as fans unless it's a McDavid or a bedard and even a echiel but other then that we dont know maybe senecka becomes a star and demidov is a bust like we dont know good video tho entertaining