The Anaheim Ducks retained the No. 3 overall pick in the 2024 NHL Draft as part of the 2024 NHL Draft Lottery held tonight in Secaucus, New Jersey. This is the fifth time in franchise history. This is the fifth time Anaheim has owned a top-three pick in the NHL Draft. Anaheim's all-time top three picks include one No. 3 pick in 2021 (Mason McTavish), plus 2023 (Leo Karlsson), 2005 (Bobby Ryan), and 1994 (Oleg Tverdovsky). ), including three second-round picks.
The results of the NHL Draft Lottery were announced live tonight by ESPN. The Ducks emerged out of 16 clubs vying for two lottery tickets. Anaheim currently has nine first-round picks in the 2024 NHL Draft, including two first-round picks (Anaheim acquired Edmonton's 2024 first-round pick on March 8) and seven picks in the first three rounds. Holds nomination rights. The 2024 NHL Draft will be held over two days in Las Vegas. The first round will be held on Friday, June 28th, followed by rounds two through seven on Saturday, June 29th.
Ducks general manager Pat Verbeek said: “While we are disappointed not to have won the lottery, we are in a position to draft one of the best players available and add a young, strong core of top young players already in the NHL.'' “It's in there,” he said.
Top prospects according to NHL Central Scouting include center Macklin Celebrini (NCAA, Boston College), defenseman Artyom Levshunov (Michigan State, NCAA), center Kaden Lindstrom (Medicine Hat, WHL), defenseman Includes Jeev Bouium (NCAA, Denver) and Zayn Parekh. (Saginaw, OHL), defenseman Anton Shilayev (Nizhny Novgorod, KHL), right winger Ivan Demidov (SKA St. Petersburg, Russia), center Konsta Helenius (Jukrit, Finland), defenseman Adam Jilicek (Plzen, Czech Republic) ), right wing Michael Brandsegg-Nygard (Mora, Sweden-2).
With the third overall pick and Edmonton's first-round pick in 2024, Anaheim will have two picks in the first round for the fourth time in the past six NHL Drafts, including 2022, 2020 and 2019. Owned. With two picks in 2024, Anaheim owns 10 picks. This is the most in the NHL in the past six drafts since 2019. Anaheim has had 36 first-round selections in franchise history, with 19 or 20 making their NHL debut with the Ducks from 2009 to 2023.
