One Year Later: How NATE DANIELSON Went From A HUGE RED WINGS REACH To PROVING EVERYBODY WRONG

One Year Later: How NATE DANIELSON Went From A HUGE RED WINGS REACH To PROVING EVERYBODY WRONG

[Music] welcome one welcome all back to the series where we take a look at prospects drafted in the 2023 NHL entry draft and we dive into how they have performed and held up to their draft stock one year removed from that date last time I think it was on Conor Bard that we had talked about yeah we made the Connor Bard one year later and then before that we did the D reinbacher one year later we’re kind of focusing on a mixture between the top players and the guys that were taken by teams that I like and when it comes to this name he’s kind of a combination of both you know combination today we are talking about the ninth overall pick just rounding out the top 10 of the 2023 NHL draft the Detroit Red Wings selected Nate Danielson out of the Brandon weed kings in the WHL now the thing with Danielson is it’s really difficult to try to pinpoint where he was and how he got here because where Danielson was heading into the 2023 NHL draft was nowhere near the ninth overall spot you see Nate Danielson in 2022 2023 was a 78 point in 68 game Brandon weed Kings Center he was the captain of the team 62 187 right-handed guy and a lot of people projected Danielson as being this sort of two-way a capable offensively productive maybe Dependable second or third line Center is caliber guy at the NHL level that was kind of the projection that people had about this player heading into the draft and it’s why if you look at the projections I mean he was ranked to go as low as 26 by Elite prospects 27th by Future considerations Craig Button had him at 19 mckin had him at 13 and Bob Mackenzie had him at 16 but he ultimately went ninth overall which was seen on the date of the draft as a really big heads scratcher not because Danielson was a bad Prospect per se but because when you think about Steve Eisman acquiring Marco Casper in the year prior also with a top pick and you take a look at their first pick in 2023 being used on another one of these Center two-way capable guys it starts to get you wondering okay where is the ceiling going to be here what do the Red Wings think Danielson ceiling is going to be and does that align with the rest of the guys they have in the system that are developing and getting better themselves is there going to be room for a guy like Nate Danielson who was taken ninth overall to be a top six player on this team because if not then why did you take him why did you take a potential third or fourth line guy with the ninth overall pick Steve Eiserman and the thing is that sentiment continued on for a while I would say especially at the start of the 2023 2024 season Nate Danielson had 26 points in 26 games played with the Brandon weat Kings which is okay I mean it’s fine right Point per game guy but he was a top 10 pick and he’s in his draft plus one you’re expecting a lot more than just 26 points in 26 games played not to mention the fact that the Wheat Kings weren’t really all too great they finished I think third in their division that year which doesn’t sound like the worst thing in the world but when you sort it by total points you’ll see that Brandon was one of the more let’s just say bottom tier teams either way though n Danielson in this position as a Red Wings guy ended up getting traded to the Portland Winterhawks and this was a huge shift in momentum for Danielson and his career you see the Winterhawks were one of the best teams in the WHL and rounding out that season in the final 28 games of the Year Nate Danielson scored 41 gosh darn points he dominated in Portland and he added 24 points in 18 games played in the playoffs too he was an absolute beast and we started to see more of the offensive potential bring itself out too to the point that I was making videos saying hey I was wrong about this guy like he’s proving everybody wrong not even just me but you everybody else that was going out there and doubting this player at the ninth overall spot he is taking it to everybody right now and that’s awesome and slowly but surely people started to see more of the offensive Vision bring itself up to the surface not that he wasn’t a talented offensive Point producer in the past I mean he still had over a point per game in his draft eligible season that definitely accounts for something but to see Nate Danielson absolutely explode Point production wise I’m not saying it vindicates the pck m at Ninth overall but it sure as hell makes it a lot better in fact when Danielson was taken ninth overall there were a lot of people saying hey if you swap the two Red Wings first- round picks Nate Danielson at 9 and axel sandine pel who was taken at 17 who will have another video about him and the onee later series as well don’t you worry if you think about it like what if Axel sandin pel was taken n9th overall and Nate Danielson was taken 17th then it makes a lot more sense and it feels a lot better although you can’t really just go out there and do that because circumstantially at the time of the draft you could debate that things could have gone way differently had these players just been swapped around in the draft order either way Nate Danielson showing off that he has this offensive gear that we did not see last season has put him near the top of Detroit Red Wings Prospect pyramids and projections by fans and media alike Nate Danielson proved everybody wrong and he was so good that he got a quick cup of coffee with the Grand Rapids Griffins in the AHL once his Portland Winterhawk season came to a close there he had scored zero points in two playoff games but the fact that he was still able to suit up and actually have that experience at only 18 19 years old that’s a pretty good thing not to mention the point production he had had at the world junior he had three points in five games over there for Team Canada was utilized a decent amount not the most I mean he was an underage player compared to some of the older guys so you could definitely understand that but then Nate Danielson took it a step even further because we recently had ourselves the Detroit Red Wings development Camp wrap up within the past few days or so and during all of the videos all the scrimmages and the practices that we had seen on the ice oh my goodness Nate Danielson is an absolute monster in these clips of scrimmages and other footage of him going out there on breakaways and isolating himself from other players Nate Danielson my gosh this guy absolutely torqued his Prospect teammates in Detroit with Nifty dangles and Nifty goals coming in on face forcing the puck to open areas coming in on breakaways and sniping it Nate Danielson is looking like a completely changed player today than he was when he was a 2023 draft eligible and not producing this amount of points and not having this much Swagger in his game all of a sudden we’re looking at a guy who if you wanted to talk about best case scenario sure he still has that two-way Center projectability he’s still has the Gap control he still has the defensive mindedness to allow him to be effective on penalty killing r Etc but if Nate Danielson becomes the team’s second line Center one day I don’t think that’s that out of this world to think about if you think about it like Lin maybe you do have that Nate Danielson afterwards and then Marco Casper as your third line guy that’s a really solid Center core by the time 2026 rolls around who knows what’s happening with JT Comer who knows what happens with Andrew cop a lot of these guys are not going to be here for the long term but if you wanted to project middle six two-way a defensively minded centers who can produce a heck of a lot of offense if you give them the opportunity to do so Nate Danielson and Marco Casper could very well be those guys to round out the middle six of this Red Wings team and the crazy part is I don’t know if a lot of wings fans would have projected that a year ago so in this one year later let’s just say sentiment I think it’s fair to say that for Nate Danielson he went from a huge surprise a reach of a pick at Ninth overall to somebody who’s proving everybody wrong from the folks who are watching him in the WHL to the Red Wings fans that were upset with the pick to now folks in Grand Rapids who were debating whether or not he’d actually be able to play he was okay I know he had zero points but still he was fine and now everybody watching development Camp Nate Danielson everybody he’s a good player my goodness let me know your thoughts in the comments section below about this one year later video in Nate Danielson if you’re a Red Wings fan what are your thoughts on the way he has progressed from a year before until now let me know your thoughts in the comment section below I hope you enjoyed this vsh as99 and bye [Music] [Music]

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We’re reviewing the Detroit Red Wings Nate Danielson pick one year after the fact.

This video is taking place after the 2024 NHL Entry Draft, and after the 2024 Stanley Cup Playoffs.

The 2024 NHL Draft 1st Round went as follows:

1st) San Jose Sharks, Macklin Celebrini
2nd) Chicago Blackhawks, Artyom Levshunov
3rd) Anaheim Ducks, Beckett Sennecke
4th) Columbus Blue Jackets, Cayden Lindstrom,
5th) Montreal Canadiens, Ivan Demidov
6th) Utah Hockey Club, Tij Iginla
7th) Ottawa Senators, Carter Yakemchuk
8th) Seattle Kraken, Berkly Catton
9th) Calgary Flames, Zayne Parekh
10th) New Jersey Devils, Anton Silayev
11th) San Jose Sharks (from Buffalo Sabres), Sam Dickinson
12th) Minnesota Wild (from Philadelphia Flyers), Zeev Buium
13th) Philadelphia Flyers (from Minnesota Wild), Jett Luchanko
14th) Buffalo Sabres (from Pittsburgh Penguins via San Jose Sharks), Konsta Helenius
15th) Detroit Red Wings, Michael Brandsegg-Nygard
16th) St. Louis Blues, Adam Jiricek
17th) Washington Capitals, Terik Parascak
18th) Chicago Blackhawks (from New York Islanders), Sacha Boisvert
19th) Vegas Golden Knights, Trevor Connelly
20th) New York Islanders (from Tampa Bay Lightning via Chicago Blackhawks), Cole Eiserman
21st) Montreal Canadiens (from Los Angeles Kings), Michael Hage
22nd) Nashville Predators, Yegor Surin
23rd) Anaheim Ducks (from Toronto Maple Leafs), Stian Solberg
24th) Utah Hockey Club (from Colorado Avalanche), Cole Beaudoin
25th) Boston Bruins (from Boston Bruins via Detroit Red Wings and Ottawa Senators), Dean Letourneau
26th) Los Angeles Kings (from Winnipeg Jets via Montreal Canadiens), Liam Greentree
27th) Chicago Blackhawks (from Carolina Hurricanes), Marek Vanacker
28th) Calgary Flames (from Vancouver Canucks), Matvei Gridin
29th) Dallas Stars, Emil Hemming
30th) New York Rangers, EJ Emery
31st) Toronto Maple Leafs (from Edmonton Oilers via Anaheim Ducks), Ben Danford
32nd) Edmonton Oilers (from Florida Panthers via Philadelphia Flyers), Sam O’Reilly

This video is also taking place after 2024 NHL Season, and after the 2024 Stanley Cup Playoffs, where the Florida Panthers defeated the Edmonton Oilers in the Finals.

Nate Danielson was one of the top NHL prospects at the 2023 NHL Entry Draft.

The 2023 NHL Entry Draft saw many top NHL prospects get selected by a variety of teams. The first round of the draft went as follows:

1st) Chicago Blackhawks, Connor Bedard
2nd) Anaheim Ducks, Leo Carlsson
3rd) Columbus Blue Jackets, Adam Fantilli
4th) San Jose Sharks, Will Smith
5th) Montreal Canadiens, David Reinbacher
6th) Arizona Coyotes, Dmitri Simashev
7th) Philadelphia Flyers, Matvei Michkov
8th) Washington Capitals, Ryan Leonard
9th) Detroit Red Wings, Nate Danielson
10th) St. Louis Blues, Dalibor Dvorsky
11th) Vancouver Canucks, Tom Willander
12th) Arizona Coyotes (from Ottawa Senators), Daniil But
13th) Buffalo Sabres, Zach Benson
14th) Pittsburgh Penguins, Brayden Yager
15th) Nashville Predators, Matthew Wood
16th) Calgary Flames, Samuel Honzek
17th) Detroit Red Wings (from New York Islanders via Vancouver Canucks), Axel Sandin Pellikka
18th) Winnipeg Jets, Colby Barlow
19th) Chicago Blackhawks (from Tampa Bay Lightning), Oliver Moore
20th) Seattle Kraken, Eduard Sale
21st) Minnesota Wild, Charlie Stramel
22nd) Philadelphia Flyers (from Los Angeles Kings via Columbus Blue Jackets), Oliver Bonk
23rd) New York Rangers, Gabe Perreault
24th) Nashville Predators (from Edmonton Oilers), Tanner Molendyk
25th) St. Louis Blues (from Toronto Maple Leafs), Otto Stenberg
26th) San Jose Sharks (from New Jersey Devils), Quentin Musty
27th) Colorado Avalanche, Calum Ritchie
28th) Toronto Maple Leafs (from Boston Bruins via Washington Capitals), Easton Cowan
29th) St. Louis Blues (from Dallas Stars via New York Rangers), Theo Lindstein
30th) Carolina Hurricanes, Bradley Nadeau
31st) Colorado Avalanche (from Florida Panthers via Montreal Canadiens), Mikhail Gulyayev
32nd) Vegas Golden Knights, David Edstrom

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