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Kraken select F Nathan Villeneuve with the 63rd overall pick in the 2024 NHL Draft



Villeneuve is a 5'11" center who put up 23 goals and 27 assists for 50 points in 56 games for the OHL's Sudbury Wolves.

Note: Villeneuve was suspended by the OHL in March for comments about another player – https://chl.ca/ohl/article/ohl-concludes-investigation-into-sudbury-wolves-hockey-club/, https://www.sportsnet.ca/juniors/article/two-sudbury-wolves-players-suspended-for-inappropriate-group-chat-comments/

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Corey Pronman, The Athletic, https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/5595355/2024/06/28/kraken-draft-picks-grades-2024/

Analysis: Villeneuve had a solid season on a deep Sudbury team, although he was suspended as part of the OHL’s investigation into a bounty program. The No. 3 pick in his OHL Draft is a well-rounded forward prospect. He’s a strong skater with a lot of pace to his game. He competes hard, and with his powerful stride is often buzzing around the ice. He plays fast and has a good skill level which should allow him to score as a pro. Whether he’s going to score at a major level is a question. He sees the ice well, but I wouldn’t call his pure skill or vision standout traits, so it remains to be seen what role he slots into at the higher levels.

Patrick Bacon, Top Down Hockey, 51st overall

https://x.com/TopDownHockey/status/1807089390839283717

by SiccSemperTyrannis

14 Comments

  1. Picklepucks

    Look I know it’s another centre but this one’s a rat which we could use in the bottom six for sure

  2. tonytanti

    Another one! At least he is out of the OHL

  4. TheAtomicMonkey

    #THE CENTERS SHALL CONTINUE TO BE DRAFTED UNTIL MORALE IMPROVES

  5. Winter-Outside-4365

    ahhhhhh not a bad pick but i wanted Mews

  6. Icy-Book2999

    I mean, I guess he’s fixing the scoring problems 3-4 years from now by drafting so many centers?

  7. SiccSemperTyrannis

    Ron Francis and CHL centers

    ![gif](giphy|kQmr2OwBTD2L5Hzo1T|downsized)

  8. surfingeagles

    Man, Francis saw how bad the offense was and said “no defense until the offense get better!!!”

  9. ThrownAwayintoLF

    I don’t know what they’re Dune but I trust they’ve got a Part II to this plan.

  10. Olbaidon

    Gonna copy and paste this to every forward pick:

    I think another thing that is important for people to know is how quickly hockey draft picks drop off after the first round.

    Nearly all first round picks since 2014 played in at-least some NHL games, 85% of them playing in a 100 or more games.

    Since 2014 33% of second round picks never even saw the NHL, and only around 50% saw over 100 games.

    Hit the 3rd round and half of all picks never made the NHL with only 15% playing more than 100 games.

    Weirdly enough more 4th round picks since 2014 have played in the NHL that 3rd, not by much but still

    Because of all this best pick is usually the beats strategy especially after round one.

    https://soundofhockey.com/2024/06/27/seattle-kraken-2024-nhl-draft-preview/

    More info here

  12. seataccrunch

    Honestly this is fucking stupid at this point

  13. Thirsty-Octopus

    Calm down about the Centers. Taking who they view as the best available player is never a bad option. Whatever the team needs are doesn’t matter, these kids are all most likely years away from making a difference, who knows what the needs are then.

    If you have a surplus you can always trade & you can never have enough Centers. Forwards typically develop faster than other positions & Centers can more easily transition to the wings.

  14. Kindly_League9913

    5 picks 3 centers 1 defenders 1 goalies. I almost fell down when he actually drafted a defenseman something that we actually are in short supply in our pipeline

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