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Draft Preview 2024
In this year's edition of The Hockey News' Draft Preview, we give you the lowdown on the top 100 prospects available in the 2024 NHL draft. As we count them down from No. 1 to 100, we have in-depth scouting reports, bio info and stats for each youngster. Also, we have NHL Team Reports on all 32 clubs (including Utah!), which look at the short- and long-term needs of each team. And finally, you'll find feature stories on top-prospect Macklin Celebrini, as well as Taj Iginla, Cole Eiserman, Artyom Levshunov, Sam Dickinson, Michael Hage and more.
PUBLISHER PECKER
DONALD TRUMP APPARENTLY HAD a close relationship with David Pecker, who was the chairman, CEO and president of American Media Inc. (AMI), from March 1999 through August 2020 and publisher of the National Enquirer when Trump ran for and then became president of the United States. We all learned details of this relationship when Pecker testified as a witness for the prosecution of Trump in New York State court in Manhattan beginning April 22, 2024. As a publisher myself, the part of the trial that caught my attention was how I believe Pecker cast a shadow over all publishers in a psychopathic way and was a gleeful participant behind the whole idea behind “chequebook journalism,” which I had never heard of before. Per the transcript, when asked by the prosecutor under…
COMPLETE COMPETE
THE PROSPECT world loves a phenom, particularly if that player is given exceptional status to join major junior a year early. But getting there is just the beginning. Once you’ve suited up, the real work begins. Left winger Michael Misa put his name on the map at the 2022 OHL Cup, when he broke Connor McDavid’s tournament scoring record as a member of the champion U-16 Mississauga Senators. That’s when the hype train really started chugging, and not long after, Misa was granted exceptional status to enter the OHL a year early. The Saginaw Spirit had the No. 1 pick in the draft and happily snapped up the young talent. While Misa made hockey look easy in the OHL Cup, the OHL itself was obviously going to be a bigger challenge. Luckily,…
1984 DRAFT REVISIONIST HISTORY
THERE HAVE BEEN FEW sights in the NHL’s past decade stranger than that of Martin Brodeur as a St. Louis Blue. Even though Brodeur was a Blue for just seven games, his Hall of Fame career is so obviously inextricable from his two decades as a New Jersey Devil that it makes the brain itch to envision him in any other sweater. Yet, there’s every reason to believe that had New Jersey been offered a draft mulligan in 1984 – six years before picking Brodeur 20th overall in 1990 – he wouldn’t have been a Devil at all, as New Jersey would’ve leapt at the opportunity to have Patrick Roy between the pipes. This isn’t a slight, either, against Kirk Muller, who provided an instant impact for the Devils and was…
TOP 100 PROSPECTS: 21-24
>21. MATVEI GRIDIN BORN March 1, 2006, Kurgan, Rus. 2023-24 Muskegon (USHL) HT 6-1 WT 182 SHOOTS L POS RW CENTRAL SCOUTING No. 21 (NA skaters) THERE ARE DEFINITELY some divisive opinions on Gridin, though the fact he can put up points in bunches is undisputed. He exploded for 18 points in his first 10 games this season and ended the campaign with the league scoring crown. The fly in the ointment? His play away from the puck. “He’s the same as Cole Eiserman,” said one scout. “Good skill, talented kid, but he doesn’t know who his defensemen are either. He has to play with good players, because I don’t think he can drive a line. He’s a complementary guy at best.” But those who believe in the NCAA Michigan commit are more optimistic. “He is really…
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