With the fourth overall pick in the 2024 NHL Draft, the CBJ select Cayden Lindstrom.


With the fourth overall pick in the 2024 NHL Draft, the CBJ select Cayden Lindstrom.

38 comments
  1. For fucks sake

    Two years in a row you get handed a steal on a silver platter, except this year you go nah gimme the kid who won’t be able to move by their mid 20s

    Not a confidence inspiring first major move

  2. As a player, I like Lindstrom. I have two concerns though:

    1) is he actually a center in the NHL?

    2) his back

  3. Love this. Center has been such a perpetual weakness and now we’ve got Fantilli-Lindstrom-Sillinger as a long term outlook.

    Having big physical centermen is such savvy roster construction when we have smaller guys like Johnny and KJ on the wing and guys like Dumais on the horizon.

    I’m not going to disregard the back issues but I doubt anyone here is the team doctor so if Don and co. were comfortable making the pick I’m not going to lose sleep over the medicals (unless he decides to wear 27).

  4. Not sure about this one. On one hand they know infinitely more about his medical issues than me. On the other hand back issues at that age in this game? That would scare the shit out of me, especially with someone like Demidov right there. Guess we’ll see.

  5. We have center depth for the first time ever. Fantilli-Lindstrom-Sillinger sounds nice. Hope his back issues were just overblown

  6. There has to be something wrong with Demidov for him to drop this much. I thought he was going 2.

  7. Wanted a defenseman. Hopefully I am wrong and this guy can play. Go jackets!

  8. Jeez people. The team has obviously done their due diligence when it comes to his injury history. They have doctors look at these things prior to the draft to see if there is any concern. Clearly there is little to no concern since they picked him.

  9. We’ll see if he’s a center. I think this makes center core have similar weaknesses between Lindstrom and fantilli. If things go well we’ll hopefully have center depth for once

  10. Jesus fuckin Christ the pessimism about his back. Outside the number one pick, it’s usually a crap shoot. So if they think he’s best pick available fuck it we ball. It’s soo early to be so damn sad about his back. He’s 18, not 35 with 15 years of NHL on his body.

  11. When you have the opportunity to get a star player better to draft someone with back injures

  12. Im not a draft/prospect person can someone give me an ETA window on being on the team?

  13. I️ choose to not care about back injuries on draft night! Hooray a good player!!

  14. Yeeeah it’s hard not to feel a little skeptical about a guy with injury concerns being added to a team that has had severe injury issues. Also that we have to question if he will even end up playing center. Guess it’s back to praying to the hockey gods for mercy.

  15. Jesus Christ people are being assholes to this kid. He’s huge, his vibes are good, seems like a great locker room type aura — but all over social media everyone is bitching about what a failure this is and why he is a disaster.

    Welcome to Columbus Cayden, you seem awesome already.

  16. Very happy with the Lindstrom pick. Couldn’t go wrong between him and Demidov. Stacked at center now. We have so many guys to slot into Center, we could play a very fluid form of hockey going forward

  17. Lindstrom had one good season. Where he was injured. Not only that it was kind if injury that is one of the worst type you can have. All you had to do was to pick Demidov and thats it. But no we pick guy who has back of 70 year old grandpa. Very dissapointed. Ill gladly eat crow if it isnt true…

    Edit: i would have rather taken catton if Demidov wasnt available. But he was.. 

  18. Well, I wanted Demidov but let’s go!

    Building out a bigger, stronger team is a good thing. Kid is 6-4 216 at 18, with a rocket of a shot and a physical streak.

    Nobody here knows shit about his injuries, so you know what, all you gotta do is hope he stays healthy.

    He’s gonna be good.

  19. I’ll be first in line for a big plate of crow, and I’ll chow that shit down so hard without a drink and get seconds.

    But I don’t think this is gonna work out for us.

  20. The user Maccas_Apples blocked me earlier today for telling him to calm down in the main hockey sub. It’s just effing hilarious to see him flipping out so much in our sub now too.

    Dude needs therapy.

  21. Why did we pass on demidov? Id get this pick if a guy like him wasnt sitting there

  22. been out fishing all afternoon, somebody help me out please….what is the return on the Tex trade?

  23. Welp, let’s hope those back issues really are resolved, or this might got down as one of the worst 1st round picks the Jackets have ever made

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