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2024 NHL Draft - Who Should the Red Wings Be Targeting at 15th Overall
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Jun 21, 2024
In this episode of The Hockey Writers Grind Line, Detroit Red Wings writers Devin Little, Evan Sabourin and Tony Wolak get together to discuss some players that the Red Wings should be targeting in the 2024 NHL Draft.
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Tony, over to you now. Who do you have your eyes on at 15th overall? And same thing with Evan
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maybe give us an idea of why you're looking at these players. Yeah, it's funny. We mentioned the variability with the Red Wings picking 15. So they're, I guess
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kind of looking at five different players that could be available here, just given
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you know, what could happen. You know, Beckett Seneke, number one, I'll come back to him
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There's a pretty decent chance that Cole Iseman falls to number 15. His offense is
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undeniable. And the Red Wings need goals, whether it's now in the NHL or their prospect pipeline
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they need goals. And Iseman can do that. It's his number one trait. He can score. He can score
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with the best of them. But obviously, there are some traits that need a little bit of work
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as with most draft prospects. There's also a couple of Steve Iseman-esque players that I
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would not be surprised if they were the number 15 pick. First is Jet Lachanko. Again, high motor
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high energy, offense. Most are expecting him to go a little later in the draft. But then again
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that hasn't stopped Iseman in the past. Another is Stian Solberg, the defenseman
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I've seen comparisons to Mort Sider and how he rocketed up the draft boards late in the year
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A very physical defenseman, has some offensive capabilities. Again, high energy, high motor
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high compete. Very much an Iseman and Chris Draper pick. The last one is Michael Hage
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Devin, you talked about him a little bit in your last article as a potential target. The last half
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of the year, when he put everything together after going through some adversity, after losing his
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father and just not being able to put together his game completely early on, which is completely
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understandable. Another potential top six player down the road, you can play wing as well
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Incredible offensive talent. Any of these players could be available for the Red Wings
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More than likely that three or four of these players will be available. If it was up to me
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it would be Beckett Senekey. I agree with Evan there. His overall skill set, the hands, the
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vision, decision making, and skating, it's something that fits in with what the Red Wings need in the
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top six. Also, obviously he has some size that he's grown into recently. He's proven that he can
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be successful in the playoffs when the games get a little tougher. What I actually like about the
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recent growth spurt that he's gone through is that you see sometimes players coming out of juniors
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who are 6'4", 6'5", power forward types, they've been much bigger than everyone else their whole
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life. They're reliant on that sort of game, just being able to be physical and just outmatch anyone
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that they're up against. NHL is different. Everyone's that size. If you're not that size
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you can play against that size effectively. Senekey grew up playing like an undersized player
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so he understands how to win battles. He understands how to approach the game as if he
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was 5'10", but he's actually 6'3". When he puts on some more muscle, he'll be able to play
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effectively as a smaller player type and as a power forward type, being a bull in a china shop
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That shows the evolution to his game, where he knows how to evolve with the changes that are
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going on with him, with the players around him. That's something he's going to need in the NHL
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level, and that's a valuable trait to have. From my perspective, at least, he's the top choice if
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he's available
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