Chicago screwed up royally!

[ohcomeonref]

Man I hope Demidov busts

 

[thrillhous]

So, in this hypothetical scenario, is only Chicago armed with a crystal ball at the draft? Or are the other teams also allowed to use this magical device?

This one is known as the Cristall ball…

 

[Frank Drebin]

Man I hope Demidov busts

I hope whats his name is a great player for you guys

 

[wetcoast]

Chicago could of drafted Ivan Demidov second, Cole Eiserman 18th and Cole Hutson 27th in the 2024 NHL Draft! They could of had a future top line with Bedard, Demidov and Eiserman along with an elite offensive defenseman in Hutson instead of Levshunov. This bad draft will really slow down their rebuild. What do you think?

EDIT: Chicago could of also drafted Gabriel Perreault 19th and Andrew Cristall 35th in the 2023 NHL Draft! As a Montreal Canadiens fan, I'm upset that they traded their 31st and 37th picks for Alex Newhook when they could of drafted Andrew Cristall with one of these picks instead.

Well 2 things.

1. It would be one thing if you had stated this on draft day.

2. Send out your resume and let us us know how that turns out.

 

[Hanji]

Just the thought of Bedard and Demidov together.

They had the potential to be this generation’s Sakic/Forsberg or Fedorov/Yzerman.

 

[Hattrick Kane]

Everyone losing their minds that Chicago didn’t pick the Russian.

Meanwhile, they have a different Russian just destroying the KHL (Kantserov). They’ll be just fine but thanks for the concern.

 

[Hockeyville USA]

Chicago's big mistake was passing on Cristall(among others) and taking Gajan. Eiserman and Hutson have a long way to go before being trusted by a nhl coach

Taking Gajan ahead of Augustine and Fowler is the big mistake if they were so laser focused on a goalie

 

[Gaylord Q Tinkledink]

Waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay toooooooooooooooooooooooooooo early to say this.

 

[Ezpz]

It's ok no one can compare to the massive franchise destroying 2015 draft the bruins had. How many cups could they have won with even just Connor added?

 

[lakeshirts37]

Nah, we're good.

Thanks for your concern though.

Not sure the hawks are good but this thread is dumb

 

[Scintillating10]

Chicago could of drafted Ivan Demidov second, Cole Eiserman 18th and Cole Hutson 27th in the 2024 NHL Draft! They could of had a future top line with Bedard, Demidov and Eiserman along with an elite offensive defenseman in Hutson instead of Levshunov. This bad draft will really slow down their rebuild. What do you think?

EDIT: Chicago could of also drafted Gabriel Perreault 19th and Andrew Cristall 35th in the 2023 NHL Draft! As a Montreal Canadiens fan, I'm upset that they traded their 31st and 37th picks for Alex Newhook when they could of drafted Andrew Cristall with one of these picks instead.

That's good though

 

[SirKillalot]

Obviously the worst thing the Chicago franchise have done ever...
Must be rage worthy.

 

[wetcoast]

Just the thought of Bedard and Demidov together.

They had the potential to be this generation’s Sakic/Forsberg or Fedorov/Yzerman.

I like both of the recent guys but doubt that either of them top these 4 guys in terms of 2 way play and it's not even really close.

 

[LeonDraisaitl]

God is that stupidly early, a lot of their picks I like mainly Levshunov

 

[De Montreal]

Actually they should've drafted Demidov, Hutson and MICHAEL HAGE but fair enough.

 

[Blackhawkswincup]

I wasn't very high on his selection but Boisvert at age 18 leads North Dakota in scoring (9 goals + 9 assists in 23 games) so its not like his draft stock has gone down if anything Boisvert would be drafted earlier

 

[BLNY]

Chicago could have drafted Ivan Demidov second, Cole Eiserman 18th and Cole Hutson 27th in the 2024 NHL Draft! They could of had a future top line with Bedard, Demidov and Eiserman along with an elite offensive defenseman in Hutson instead of Levshunov. This bad draft will really slow down their rebuild. What do you think?

EDIT: Chicago could of also drafted Gabriel Perreault 19th and Andrew Cristall 35th in the 2023 NHL Draft! As a Montreal Canadiens fan, I'm upset that they traded their 31st and 37th picks for Alex Newhook when they could of drafted Andrew Cristall with one of these picks instead.

If you're going to troll, at least do it well.

 

[frederixx]

Everyone losing their minds that Chicago didn’t pick the Russian.

Meanwhile, they have a different Russian just destroying the KHL (Kantserov). They’ll be just fine but thanks for the concern.

He's having a good season, but at 5'9, on an already smallish projected top 6 (Bedard, Nazar, Tera), it might be a concern. But yeah, he's an offensive threat

 

[Sasha Orlov]

Just a brutal thread all around

 

[DudeWhereIsMakar]

Maybe they didn't because they're trying to project the cap around Bedard before spending the rest. But also, I always say let's see what they can do in the NHL. But not just that the Hawks are gonna need defense so they took the best defenseman available.

 

[EXTRAS]

EDIT: Chicago could of also drafted Gabriel Perreault 19th and Andrew Cristall 35th in the 2023 NHL Draft!

I'm a fan of cristall but i have a difficult time automatically projecting him to be better than kantserov. Who as a 20 year old in the KHL is by far the best scorer on his team, which has a pretty good record.

 

[Doc5]

Everyone losing their minds that Chicago didn’t pick the Russian.

Meanwhile, they have a different Russian just destroying the KHL (Kantserov). They’ll be just fine but thanks for the concern.

I’ve been stat watching but haven’t actually watched Kantserov play, he does have insane numbers. Any idea how his numbers improved drastically compared to last year? Is it usage?

 

[Mrfenn92]

Chicago could of drafted Ivan Demidov second, Cole Eiserman 18th and Cole Hutson 27th in the 2024 NHL Draft! They could of had a future top line with Bedard, Demidov and Eiserman along with an elite offensive defenseman in Hutson instead of Levshunov. This bad draft will really slow down their rebuild. What do you think?

EDIT: Chicago could have also drafted Gabriel Perreault 19th and Andrew Cristall 35th in the 2023 NHL Draft! As a Montreal Canadiens fan, I'm upset that they traded their 31st and 37th picks for Alex Newhook when they could have drafted Andrew Cristall with one of these picks instead.

Now do other teams lol

 

[shelbysdad]

The NHL is going to do a redraft every 3 years. That way every team who should have chosen someone else now has the ability to know what each player has become before they choose them...

Wonder if that would work with significant others..

 

[sbhnur]

So, in this hypothetical scenario, is only Chicago armed with a crystal ball at the draft? Or are the other teams also allowed to use this magical device?

You can close the thread after this beautiful response - thanx the Vladiator!