The Elite Prospects team met on March 30th to rank 96 prospects. Here’s the edited version of the meeting.
You can find the full ranking here: https://eprinkside.com/2024/04/04/elite-prospects-pre-u18-top-96-prospects-2024-nhl-draft-ranking
Time Stamps:
00:25 Macklin Celebrini
3:00 Ivan Demidov
5:35 Cayden Lindstrom
8:35 Zayne Parekh
12:25 Artyom Levshunov
15:20 Tij Iginla vs Berkly Catton
21:09 Anton Silayev
26:45 Zeev Buium
28:40 Sam Dickinson
32:05 Sam Dickinson vs Artyom Levshunov
33:41 Zeev Buium
36:20 Cole Eiserman
40:00 Trevor Connelly
40:45 Konsta Helenius
41:00 Liam Greentree
43:35 Trevor Connelly
46:15 Michael Brandsegg-Nygård
49:25 Igor Chernyshov
50:45 Andrew Basha
53:15 Carter Yakemchuk
55:45 Beckett Sennecke
58:42 Nikita Artamonov vs Miguel Marques
59:22 Nikita Artamonov
1:00:20 Teddy Stiga
1:02:05 Sacha Boisvert
1:04:55 Ryder Ritchie vs Michael Hage
1:06:30 Dean Letourneau
1:08:25 Charlie Elick
1:11:21 Letourneau vs First-Round Defencemen
1:12:05 Adam Jiricek
1:13:15 Terik Parascak
1:15:12 Alfons Freij
1:18:00 Ben Danford
1:18:25 EJ Emery
1:19:25 Cole Beaudoin
1:21:40 Marek Vanacker
1:23:12 Emil Hemming
1:24:10 Dominik Badinka
1:27:00 Leo Sahlin Wallenius
1:27:50 Lucas Pettersson
1:29:25 Justin Poirier
1:30:27 Julius Miettinen
1:31:00 Aron Kiviharju
1:31:41 Henry Mews
1:32:00 Cole Hutson
1:33:25 Adam Kleber
1:35:10 Tomas Galvas
1:36:10 Jett Luchanko
1:38:20 Lukas Fischer
1:30:05 Raoul Boilard
1:39:25 Stain Solberg
1:40:20 John Mustard
1:41:15 Brodie Ziemer
1:42:45 Maxim Massé
1:43:40 Spencer Gill
1:44:05 Will Skahan
1:44:50 Clarke Caswell
1:45:35 Eriks Mateiko
1:46:25 Simon Zether
1:48:05 Colton Roberts
1:48:35 Brodie Ziemer vs Kamil Bednarik
1:49:10 Tory Pitner
1:49:50 Félix Lacerte
1:50:10 AJ Spellacy
1:50:40 Anthony Romani
1:57:50 Linus Erikson
1:52:25 Marcus Kearsey
1:53:00 Gabriel Eliason
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34 Comments
Great work as always guys! Always love hearing the discussion leading up to rankings
Why can't Catton be a center similar to Cooley ? Both small, dynamic playmakers.
I just canceled my plans for tonight so I can watch it.
Great work! What are your takes on Lucas Marrelli?
Great video as always guys! Love the Miguel Marques love, Portuguese king. For future reference, his last name is pronounced like: Markj
I think you forgot Jesse Pulkkinnen. And this year Pulkkinen is probably Seth Fryer, 6'7'' RHD, skate like the wind, fast hands, end of june, he likes and can carry the puck coast to coast. Ridiculous 7 points with an average team, bend with the wind but all the tools and technichal are there. Also watch Lynden Lakovic for next year, he will be a top ten pick, maybe top 5, he's big, fast and have better hands, speed and better skills than Lindstrom, at least he's in the same class and one of the most exciting big boy soft hands since many years.
Watching the Habs lose again or listening to this? Easiest choice of my life.
How does Lindstrom compare to Slafkovsky and Byfield at the same age? What differences are there between their skillsets?
Celly and Bedsy 🚨🚨🚨🤞🤞🤞🤞 LETS GO HAWKS!!
How likely is it that size will keep Galvas out of the NHL? 148lbs seems very small for an NHL defenseman
love the lindstrom respect from EP compared to some other rankings
I love these conversations from the EP crew.
Always love these types of vidoes. Next time I want an uncut version only 😊
You guys were supposed to lower Iginla's ranking, not praise him! (I wanted him in Chicago with Tampa's pick lol)
please make thumbnails for each player with their ranks! thanks
Full suit and tie for the EP draft ranking boards
Do a breakdown on Collin Graf.
I like this show with all the details you provide and the top process behind it. My personal opinion: Depend of his character, Silayev is a top 5. You cant teach that size with his speed. I think being 17 in a man league make it easier too expose his weakness. I am lower on Buium bc I dont think his size and skating translate as good in the NHL but I see a good player still. Connolly is a character issue too… talent wise he is more talented than Catton imo. Keep your good work we gonna find more response with the playoff
Harrison Brunicke was mentioned but they didn't list him?
How can they missed Egor Surin? One of the most talented forwards in this draft in my opinion. And he plays better and better during season.
How Jiricek shows up at the draft combine will swing his draft position like crazy. I feel like if he shows up at an athletic 195lbs that has worked relentlessly on what he can while injured then I think the teams around 10 or the early teens that need a RD will be interested. But if he shows up as the 170lbs player he was last seen as, without any indication that he's improved any of his abilities while injured then I think he's barely a 2nd rounder.
They compare Celebrini to Towes but not as tall. Hawks bound hopefully. But Dimetov or Lindstrom would be fine. Don't want to wait 3 years for a D man to develope. Hawks are stuck with Murphy for two more seasons and Jones for 6.
I think you’re too low on yakemchuk and Hage.
Parekh being that high is laughable
Great job once again EP scouting team! Love hearing about all of your informed takes. 👌👍🙏
My ears definitely perk up when I listen to all your regional scouts talk about their respective leagues of interest. Like beat writers, they've followed the leagues and know them down pat. Ideally, we get to hear a lot more from all of them!
Will the team to do another one of these scouting YouTube meetings for your final ranking? Certainly hope so!🤞🔥👏🙌🫶
👍 job
Nathan Aspinall isn’t mentioned. 6’7” skilled forward. Nobody’s talking about him, but watch him go before a few of these guys.
You guys should start a (bi-weekly maybe?) podcast, where you have different segments, some where you give updates on the seasons of draft eligible players, and others where you kinda review prospects' NHL debuts, or give updates on already drafted players that are still outside the NHL, and maybe something on college/europe FA's that are worth keeping an eye on, I think it’d be awesome! 🙂
i guess i should have watched this before i went all in with the habs drafting parekh . it only made me want them to draft him more .
im happy to see jeoffry lupol lookalike is still on your team .
Celebrini feels a lot like a Brayden Point to me – great two-way guy who can centre a top line on a top team and be an elite producer. He isn't competing for the Hart or Ted Lindsay but I bet he is competing for the Conn Smythe any time his team goes deep.
These are great
There Is A Lot Of Talented Players In This Draft That A Team Like Calgary Could Do Well At #9 & #28 In The First Round!
There Will Be A Talented Player Available For Each Team Depending On How Well They Do Their Homework & Use Their Draft Pick!
I came for Jett Luchanko. We can only hope for a breakout Easton Cowan type season from him