[GT] 2024 NHL Draft - Round 1 - 5pm MT - SN, ESPN

[PepsiFree]

Originally Posted by Enoch Root

is Bedard not a prospect?

I think it should be about age, not number of games

Nobody who has made the big club full time is a prospect.

Age is probably only a factor if you’re trying to figure which guys who haven’t made the team are still considered prospects.

[RedHot25]

This is starting to get into Treliving territory...

[Tbull8]

Would be amazing if they’re somehow terrible next year and lose their lottery pick in the McKenna draft. I doubt it but one major injury could ruin their whole season

[dissentowner]

I was pretty surprised Chernyshov did not go in rnd 1.

[howard_the_duck]

Originally Posted by Tbull8

Would be amazing if they’re somehow terrible next year and lose their lottery pick in the McKenna draft. I doubt it but one major injury could ruin their whole season

They could stand to get a bit unlucky with the lottery.

[Enoch Root]

Originally Posted by PepsiFree

Nobody who has made the big club full time is a prospect.

Age is probably only a factor if you’re trying to figure which guys who haven’t made the team are still considered prospects.

You state this like a fact, but it is an opinion.

I consider all young players to be prospects, even while they start playing in the NHL.

[Zary's-Mustache]

Originally Posted by Enoch Root

You state this like a fact, but it is an opinion.

I consider all young players to be prospects, even while they start playing in the NHL.

That's literally not what a prospect is. If they're playing full time, they're not a prospect.

[Enoch Root]

Originally Posted by Zary's-Mustache

That's literally not what a prospect is. If they're playing full time, they're not a prospect.

Again, according to your definition of prospect.

Do you consider Bedard a prospect? If not, your definition of a prospect is flawed.

[Zary's-Mustache]

Originally Posted by Enoch Root

Again, according to your definition of prospect.

Do you consider Bedard a prospect? If not, your definition of a prospect is flawed.

Of course not. He played in the nhl all year.

According to everyone's definition. A prospect is a player playing In a development league. If he comes up to the nhl then goes back to a development league then he can be considered a prospect still but once they make the nhl full time they aren't a prospect anymore.

[Street Pharmacist]

Originally Posted by TrentCrimmIndependent

Quebec high school league is where they found him right?



And he ended up being an NHLer playing for multiple teams.



That's a better outcome than a good percentage of late 1st rounders.

He's was the 21st pick and out of all the first round players he's 19th in games played. Ok pick in an awful draft imo.

The Nieuwendyk/best player of the draft was just Feaster Feastering

[Caged Great]

Had a lot of fun co-hosting a live draft show at bow river brewery tonight. Really love the Flames picks. Getting high upside guys with both picks. Home run.

Parekh, if he hits his potential, could be an impact player #1 D-man for this team. That is incredibly needed especially after the trades that happened this year. Need two potential top pairing guys, and we have one now. Just need to get another in the next year or two. Probably targetting D with the extra first we have next year.

[PepsiFree]

Originally Posted by Enoch Root

You state this like a fact, but it is an opinion.

I consider all young players to be prospects, even while they start playing in the NHL.

Well, no. A player that has made the NHL full time is, by any definition, no longer a prospect.

You can argue what constitutes “full time,” (it has less to do with players that start playing in the NHL and more to do with the likelihood of them going back to the AHL for development, in my opinion) but once they’re in the NHL full time they’re not a prospect. And that includes Bedard, regardless of how you define “full time.” He’s already a star in the NHL, and you’re suggesting he’s still a prospect lol.

[bigrangy]

Originally Posted by Enoch Root

Again, according to your definition of prospect.

Do you consider Bedard a prospect? If not, your definition of a prospect is flawed.

Bedard is absolutely 100% not a prospect

[Enoch Root]

Of course Bedard is still a prospect - he is no where near his potential yet. Nor do we even know if he is finished growing.

[FlamesAddiction]

Seeing Becket Sennecke's reaction was awesome. It is so rare these days to see a prospect genuinely shocked when they are drafted.

[SixtySix]

Originally Posted by Enoch Root

Of course Bedard is still a prospect - he is no where near his potential yet. Nor do we even know if he is finished growing.

okay so literally everyone's a prospect then lol

you're never going to know when bedard is "finished growing". there's not going to be like a download complete pop up letting you know he's maxed out his potential

[Enoch Root]

Originally Posted by SixtySix

okay so literally everyone's a prospect then lol

you're never going to know when bedard is "finished growing". there's not going to be like a download complete pop up letting you know he's maxed out his potential

that's why you put an age cap on it

[Delthefunky]

Originally Posted by dino7c

What a dumb trade! There pick will be better in those years...also they will not have deadline ammunition

Lol, I can only imagine they made this trade so they could slot him into the #1pp next year

[sureLoss]

The Athletic's Scott Wheeler lists the Flames among his "winners" for round 1.

His other winners are Montreal, Minnesota, Sharks, Blackhawks, Islanders, and Dallas

https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/558...shared_article

Winners: Teams I believe won out over their competition with consistent, sleuth, home-run-level selections relative to where they picked.

[PepsiFree]

Originally Posted by Enoch Root

Of course Bedard is still a prospect - he is no where near his potential yet. Nor do we even know if he is finished growing.

That’s not what a prospect is. That’s a player who is still developing, which includes guys into their 30s. The amount players develop is just higher when they’re younger.

A prospect is a “prospective NHLer.” That’s all it means. That’s why some guys stop being prospects before they make the NHL, because at a certain point they’re no longer prospective NHLers.

I know this is going to be a weird thing you get hung up on, but you’re just wrong. It’s not a difference of opinion, you are just literally wrong, and that’s OK.