D Nolan Allan - Chicago Blackhawks (2021, 32nd, CHI)

[Hattrick Kane]

Curious as an outsider since I've seen little from the Blackhawks preseason, but is Allan likely to carve out a big role or is he filling a roster spot until the likes of Kaiser, Levshunov and Korchinski are NHL-ready?

I always thought he’d have a nice career as a #5. Defensively sound physical, not a ton there offensively.

I don’t know when Kaiser will be ready, so they’ll like see how he’s doing until then. It might be Brodie in the press box a bunch, because my god is he terrible.

 

[WarriorofTime]

Curious as an outsider since I've seen little from the Blackhawks preseason, but is Allan likely to carve out a big role or is he filling a roster spot until the likes of Kaiser, Levshunov and Korchinski are NHL-ready?

He was a late first round pick, so they certainly hope he will be able to carve out a "big" (relatively speaking, I think even optimistically he's probably just a Middle 3 guy) role moving forward.

 

[Blackhawkswincup]

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