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RememberTheRoar said:
See, this is more what I was thinking. Isn’t it still pretty early to be giving young guys away? Until the young players actually start breaking out and establishing themselves as long term stars, there’s really no reason to move clear a perceived surplus.
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I mean the idea wouldn’t be to give him away, a lateral move to add a forward with similar potential as him would be ideal and makes a lot of sense. Even if Korch hits he’s likely not supplanting Rinzel on the pp or maybe even Levshunov and he’s never going to defend as well as Del Mastro.
 
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ello said:
I mean the idea wouldn’t be to give him away, a lateral move to add a forward with similar potential as him would be ideal and makes a lot of sense. Even if Korch hits he’s likely not supplanting Rinzel on the pp or maybe even Levshunov and he’s never going to defend as well as Del Mastro.
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Yeah I don't see him getting any PP time here. Rinzel and Lev have that locked up.
 
belfour30 said:
I'm going to be rooting hard for the Leafs opponent in the first round. could move the Hawks up 5 spots
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That’s not how it works. That pick is likely going to go into the postseason at 28. That’s where it stays unless Toronto makes the conference final, at which point it goes to 29-32 (depending on how far they go and which other teams make it that far). The only way the pick moves up is if Toronto is out before the conference final and teams below them in the standings make the conference final.

Pick is almost guaranteed to be in the very late stages of the first at this point
 
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ello said:
I mean the idea wouldn’t be to give him away, a lateral move to add a forward with similar potential as him would be ideal and makes a lot of sense. Even if Korch hits he’s likely not supplanting Rinzel on the pp or maybe even Levshunov and he’s never going to defend as well as Del Mastro.
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You don’t know that though. They’re all so young and inexperienced.
Nobody really has anything locked up on the defensive side beside Vlasic being a top-four shutdown guy.

Lots can change quickly with all these guys being 19-20. Defensemen take a long time to develop and I think it would be dumb to dump any of them.

Trade anything but Levshunov, Rinzel, Korchinski, and Vlasic on defense. Package them with the tor and/or fla 1sts if you need to.

Also, three defensemen can get PP time, you’re not limited to only using two.
 
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We have reached Game 82 tonight against Ottawa...So for the 10th and last spin of the Tankathon NHL 2025 Draft Simukltor in my Final Countdown of the 10 last games of tge season,spin 10/10 produced the amazing g resukt of staying in 2nd place though SJ dropped to 3rd(they will not like that if it happens).

So resukts of this 10 looto draw tries gave the following results for the Blackhawls::

#1 only 1 time.
#2 2 tines
#3 5 times
#4 2 times

Combining the chances of getting either the #1orthe #2 it is likely only 30% happening
..Getying #3or#4 isca 70% chance based on this small sample size..if I expanded the tries it might closer approximate the actual statistical probalities for each of the 4 placings after lotto and this would produce a bit higher than 30% chance of getting the #1or the #2...but in any case chances of not dropping a soit or two ate much much less likely than staying in place at #2 or gitying the#1jackpot.
 
Will be interesting to see who's still available with Toronto's pick (if KD doesn't trade it away.)

Ryabkin?
Moore?
Behm?
 
central scouting came out with rankings,
NA
scafaer
misa
hagens
obrien
mrtka
martone
desoyners
Mscueen

int:
Frondell
eklund

kind of confirms what I have been thinking. IE misa, hagens frondell are pretty much 2-4 in most everyone's mind. there are a few guys in the 5-8 range that are interesting but Im glad it feels like the worst we can do is tier 2
 
hawksfan50 said:
if I expanded the tries it might closer approximate the actual statistical probalities for each of the 4 placings after lotto and this would produce a bit higher than 30% chance of getting the #1or the #2...
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Doubtful. A random guy spinning the wheel ten times for sure has more bearing on the outcome than the literal actual probabilities themselves.
 
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u2wojo said:
For me, Korchinski only becomes a trade chip if we land #1OA and Schaefer. Korchinski was rushed to the NHL (based on the CHL/AHL rules) and has had a really good D+2 year in the AHL and an NHL callup. We are still a couple years away from the age 22/23 point where most D break into the NHL full time and despite being tossed into the deepend of the NHL as a 19 year old and the struggles of that season, nothing in this past season indicates he won;t end up a good NHL D.
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No, Korchinski has not had a really good D+2 season. He’s scored at a decent rate but he has a horrible plus minus (26 worse than EDM) and has been pretty bad while playing in the NHL (he was decent in his first call up). The guy can’t play defense and he’s like a 6ft2 feather in front of the net.

I would want to trade him but I don’t even think his value is that high so that it’s worth it. He’s a D that can’t play defense. That’s not worth a whole lot, despite the fact that he was picked 7th.
 
eklund2chicago said:
No, Korchinski has not had a really good D+2 season. He’s scored at a decent rate but he has a horrible plus minus (26 worse than EDM) and has been pretty bad while playing in the NHL (he was decent in his first call up). The guy can’t play defense and he’s like a 6ft2 feather in front of the net.

I would want to trade him but I don’t even think his value is that high so that it’s worth it. He’s a D that can’t play defense. That’s not worth a whole lot, despite the fact that he was picked 7th.
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+/- is not a great metric to begin with, much less trying to draw a conclusion from it comparing to EDM when they were often in opposite places at the same time in the Rockford/Chicago shuffle. Korchinski has played well in the AHL earning an All Star berth and doing well there. I think it is more than reasonable to project Korchinski will put on some signiciant man muscle over the next couple of seasons (most 20 year olds do, even if they are not getting professional sports level training and nutrition guidance) and some of his "softness" will diminish as he can actually compete physically with older/stronger grown men.
 
With how Korchinski (Davidson pick) is progressing vs how Nazar and Rinzel (Doneghey picks) are progressing, you have to imaging Kyle will concede and let Doneghey take full control of the draft going forward
 
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