Prospect Info: 2024 2nd Overall - Artyom Levshunov

[Kevin Musto]

I was a broken record in the draft chats for 4 solid months. Demidov was the SAFE pick. Levshunov was the RISKY pick. At some point you have to find that 1 D. There will be a lot of funerals along the way burying hopes that guys are 1D. Vlasic, Korchinski, for example are trending to being great! This is not a bash Korchinski or Vlasic post... but they will not be 1D. Because there are like 15 1D in the NHL and like 5 of them are RHD. Just look at my troll job in the Seth Jones thread... it's like... an argument that he might be a top 10 RHD in the NHL.

Like picking a QB in RD1 of a Fantasy Football draft when you go wing... guy might throw for 5k yards but the value above replacement sucks.

Last year the 32nd best RHD (on average the worst #1RHD) by points was Cody Ceci, Will Borgen, and John Marino, 32nd best RW was Quentin Byfield.

Levshunov was never risky.

Even if he doesn't reach his ceiling, there's a decent chance he has a very long NHL career.

 

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Levshunov was never risky.

Even if he doesn't reach his ceiling, there's a decent chance he has a very long NHL career.

Totally agree with sentence 2. If you skate like that, at that size, and get shots on goal you will basically always stick. He's risky in the sense that we probably still know with more certainty that Demidov will be elite in the league than we do that Levshunov will be elite in the league. The hit rate on D are much lower, but the reward much greater.

 

[Hattrick Kane]

He’s got absolutely stupid tools. He looks like he barely accelerates and then he’s just moving at Heiskanen speed.

I still think he was that kid that kind of showed up not knowing much about hockey and started dominating everybody. Probably didn’t know why the other kids weren’t doing what he was doing too.

 

[MHO]

I remember somebody on here said taking Levshunov over Demidov was a fireable offense. I wonder where he is now

 

[Drumman44]

I remember somebody on here said taking Levshunov over Demidov was a fireable offense. I wonder where he is now

Opening Yu-Gi-Oh cards on Twitch streams?

 

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PANIC!!!!!! STAY CALM STAY CALM! Levshunov has been moved to the main roster on blackhawks.com Chicago Blackhawks 2024 - 2025 Roster | Chicago Blackhawks

 

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PANIC!!!!!! STAY CALM STAY CALM! Levshunov has been moved to the main roster on blackhawks.com Chicago Blackhawks 2024 - 2025 Roster | Chicago Blackhawks

Kid can’t stay in one place for more than one season!

 

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Kid can’t stay in one place for more than one season!

He's too good. Poor kid will never find the right level until he's in the HOF

 

[HawksDub89]

First game at Colorado would be kinda crazy.

 

[MHO]

He's still on the Icehogs page too. If he were really being called up, all the beat writers would be screaming it on Twitter.

 

[Drumman44]

He's still on the Icehogs page too. If he were really being called up, all the beat writers would be screaming it on Twitter.

Our beat writers forgot about the time change

 

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LETS GOOOOOOOOO!

 

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YOU BEAUTIFUL GOOFY BELARUSSIAN WILDCARD

 

[HawksDub89]

Excited for him. He’ll have his work cut out for him tomorrow night.

Wonder if he runs the PP?

 

[Hattrick Kane]

Who’s coming out of the lineup for him?

 

[TLEH]

Prefer not to throw him into the deep end too much. I’d love for him to be on the PP because I think it needs him but that’s a lot to ask.

 

[Section88]

I don't see the point. He isnt ready

 

[Paul Allen]

I don't see the point. He isnt ready

We can all find out tomorrow.

 

[ello]

I don’t see the harm in giving him a cup of coffee in the NHL, but unless he thrives he really needs to spend as much time in developmental leagues as he can this year

 

[CallMeShaft]

Congrats for the kid.

Give him a cup of coffee and see how it goes.

 

[Dead Meat]

I can't wait to see his hair blowing in the wind for his rookie lap!!!

 

[Larmer83]

Who’s coming out of the lineup for him?

Obviously just a guess but the braintrust will play him with a veteran. They won't play Lev on the PK. The Hawks have a tendency to not play young LH shooters on the right side.

Kaiser sits with Martinez moving to the left side and paired with Lev.

 

[Taze em]

I don't see the point. He isnt ready

He absolutely isnt ready. But he needs to learn what he needs to work on to master this level. He does it at every level he's jumped. He has a "Yikes" era at the beginning and then he dominates. He doesn't "develop" he just adjusts his game because he's talented enough already to be elite in the NHL, needs to mess up alot over the last 20 to figure it out. He will be a tank commander and this board is gonna have a freak out about it.

 

[Il Stugotz]

Excited to see him on the big stage!

 

[giza]

Just like Bedard, he needs to find out what he can get away with in the NHL.....it could be unpleasant to the eye, but its just sticking the toe in the water.....not holding a hot iron to him like poor KK last year.