In Hischier’s Draft Year, only Elias Pettersson could be remotely called a star forward from the Top 10, but it did have some superstar defenders (Makar, Heiskanen). In 2013, after the Top 3 (MacKinnon, Barkov, Drouin) you saw a bunch of blueliners go: Seth Jones, Nurse, Risto, Zadorov, Morin, Morrissey, Pulock, Mueller, and Theodore. A couple of top forwards go 1-2-3, then a bunch of defenders follow. It’s starting to remind me of a combination of the MacKinnon and Hischier Drafts. We’ll see if it can continue, but a lot of guys who were fringy 1 st rounders are playing really well thus far to my eyes. There’s some good talent at the top, but no one who’s a surefire franchise player, so that kind of lowers the overall expectations for this class. Some players I was skeptical of have really shown out so far. This is a good draft, one that is growing on me. Every league of note is playing already some standouts are making their presence known. Hello, my fellow DBTB’ers! We are well and truly underway for the 2024 Draft Year. This is a FanPost written by Die By The Blade reader T.
