Really depends on which player is NHL ready and which needs a little more development time
czar_kazem
And the one writer who said Levshunov is Corey Pronman, who says Demidov is “more of a luxury than what the Blackhawks need to build a winner,” which… just doesn’t make sense to me lmao. I don’t know how he looks at our forward prospects and decides that the player he literally calls “the most skilled player in the draft” who will “score a lot in the NHL” is just a luxury.
Obviously we’re all hoping that our forward prospects will hit and thrive in the NHL. But who exactly is so promising from an offensive skill point of view as to make the most skilled player in the draft redundant?
user_nameisinvalid
Demidov.
JJWat
I’m available ¯_(ツ)_/¯
sbrooksc77
Levshunov legit has #1 RD potential. If you want to be contenders at some point you will need that. You can find scorers alot easier than #1 Right shot franchise dmen.
dangshnizzle
> It is so, so hard to find first-line forwards with point-per-game potential.
This is a weird sentiment to me because the true #1 D is objectively harder to find in every way: drafting, developing, trading, free agency – The 1st line point/game winger is simply easier to come by.
tubercu1osis
Neither
Virtual_me01
The domino-effect issue with taking Levshunov that I haven’t seen anyone raise is — what role does Korchinski then have long term? The pick affects his value. His primary contribution is offense. If you take him off of PP1, how do you then justify his next (long term) contract? And is the team then hesitant to give him term?
Squabbles123456789
Demidov 100%, good/great D-men can be found in the 2nd round, get a solid forward to grow with Bedard.
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Demidov has chance to be elite scorer
Really depends on which player is NHL ready and which needs a little more development time
And the one writer who said Levshunov is Corey Pronman, who says Demidov is “more of a luxury than what the Blackhawks need to build a winner,” which… just doesn’t make sense to me lmao. I don’t know how he looks at our forward prospects and decides that the player he literally calls “the most skilled player in the draft” who will “score a lot in the NHL” is just a luxury.
Obviously we’re all hoping that our forward prospects will hit and thrive in the NHL. But who exactly is so promising from an offensive skill point of view as to make the most skilled player in the draft redundant?
Demidov.
I’m available ¯_(ツ)_/¯
Levshunov legit has #1 RD potential. If you want to be contenders at some point you will need that. You can find scorers alot easier than #1 Right shot franchise dmen.
> It is so, so hard to find first-line forwards with point-per-game potential.
This is a weird sentiment to me because the true #1 D is objectively harder to find in every way: drafting, developing, trading, free agency – The 1st line point/game winger is simply easier to come by.
Neither
The domino-effect issue with taking Levshunov that I haven’t seen anyone raise is — what role does Korchinski then have long term? The pick affects his value. His primary contribution is offense. If you take him off of PP1, how do you then justify his next (long term) contract? And is the team then hesitant to give him term?
Demidov 100%, good/great D-men can be found in the 2nd round, get a solid forward to grow with Bedard.