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Smallish to average-size defensemen are back out of vogue unless they are of Quinn Hughes or Adam Fox type caliber offensively. Scouts do like Buium but they don’t think of that caliber offensively nor is he viewed as a great defender(decent enough not to hurt you, though). They see him more as a Number 3/4 type in the current league: still an NHLer by any measure but not a star. That’s why he was “only” the sixth defenseman drafted.
But…
1) It was a very blueliner heavy 1st round last year (whereas 2025 was center-heavy up top)
2) He’s still viewed as a good future NHL
3) The scouts aren’t always right, and the pundits aren’t always wrongBut if he was 6’4″ (instead of 6′) do they think he’d be a #1 dman? Recency bias i guess with FLA winning.
2 year sample size for each in college.
Quinn in Mich .. 32 games, 5 goals, 28 assists and 37 games 5 goals, 24 assists
Zeev in Denver .. 42 games, 11 goals, 39 assists and 41 games, 13 goals, 35 assists.
Makar in UMass .. 32 games, 5 goals, 16 assists and 41 games, 16 goals, 33 assists.I know it’s not your personal opinion but I would like to know what the scouts see that i do not? We shall see over the next few seasons who is right but it’s not like anyone is going to call out unnamed scouts if they are wrong.
I would love to know where the scouts, who have concerns, would put him in a redraft.
The pundits, on the whole, have been a bit higher on Buium than NHL scouts. DOesn’t make the pundits wrong. It’s just something to track.
Any insight on what those differences may be? I would be interested to know where the scouts and pundits diverge on what kind of player he will be.
Smallish to average-size defensemen are back out of vogue unless they are of Quinn Hughes or Adam Fox type caliber offensively. Scouts do like Buium but they don’t think of that caliber offensively nor is he viewed as a great defender(decent enough not to hurt you, though). They see him more as a Number 3/4 type in the current league: still an NHLer by any measure but not a star. That’s why he was “only” the sixth defenseman drafted.
But…
1) It was a very blueliner heavy 1st round last year (whereas 2025 was center-heavy up top)
2) He’s still viewed as a good future NHL
3) The scouts aren’t always right, and the pundits aren’t always wrongThe pundits, on the whole, have been a bit higher on Buium than NHL scouts. DOesn’t make the pundits wrong. It’s just something to track.
Any insight on what those differences may be? I would be interested to know where the scouts and pundits diverge on what kind of player he will be.
The pundits, on the whole, have been a bit higher on Buium than NHL scouts. DOesn’t make the pundits wrong. It’s just something to track.
Zeev Buium drafted #2 in the Athletic 2024 NHL redraft. Luchanko drafted at 30. Berglund 31
Looks like Lappy headed to the Icelanders as a scout
He joins Rocky, who after he did such a masterful job coaching up the Flyers PP, was named the Islanders AHL head coach. It’s a crazy world we live in.
What is the better core:
– CC, Jake, Schenn, Ivan, ex selke, Ghost, Sanheim, and Simmonds. Maybe I am missing someone.
– Flyers current team/systemI saw this and, although it’s not hockey, it made me think of the Flyers because it’s the same damn defense of the team the flyers use.
Predicted to have one of the worst if not the worst defense in the league this year but man, they have the championship culture that nobody else has.
That’s when you know you are rock bottom.
They need to cut about 40 goals against, or roughly half a goal a game. The goalies combining for a .900 save pct. should about get that done. It’s possible with the two Russian catastrophes gone and an upgrade, however slight, in Vladar. There are some things they just can’t do any worse on. Puck support needs to get a lot better. They have some pieces on defense. They need at least one pleasant surprise back there.
