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Originally Posted by gvitaly
22.  Devils ▾5
Spoiler!
Tier 1: Yegorov(G, 24' #49), Silayev(LD, 24' #10), Casey(RD, 22' #46)
Tier 2: Lachance(LW, 21' #86), Hämeenaho(RW, 23' #58)
Tier 3: Orlov(LD, 22' #110), Bennett(G, 25' #99), Fondrk(C, 25' #50), Melovsky(C, 24' #171), Kevan(RW, 25' #63), Vilén(LD, 21' #129), Moe(C, 25' #90), Hillstorm(C, 25' #114)
It seemed like a coin toss between the Rangers and Devils from my perspective. |
It's nice that Wheeler is including links now to his last year's rankings. Impossible to search that site, so that's helpful to see why his rankings are changing.
Graduating Nemec dropped them five spots, since they didn't have a first round pick last year (for a very good reason).
You can really see the butterfly effect playing out with that 2024 NHL draft.
If New Jersey had taken Buium instead of Silayev in 2024, and the Wild took Silayev because Buium and Dickinson were gone, Vancouver may not have traded Hughes to Minnesota, and Minnesota may have gone after Andersson or Weegar or Parayko instead changing a bunch of things.
EDIT: And even more interesting, perhaps NJ would have landed Hughes instead if they had Buium and if Vancouver was specifically targetting him.