Korchinsji never proved even in Juniors that he is anything special shooting g the puck for goals...SSIST guy ...yes...but washed beneficiary of Seattle's deep forward talent pool when he pkayed there?
To me the jury is still out...Not a physical shutdown D...not a greater goal scoring g D...so the best we can hope for is that his decisuon-makibg and reads and Focus improve.. that he skatesxweel is not the issue...what he does with that skating is the question...can he dominate and "direct" the attack ...if he cannot lead transitions...get pucksvoutceasiky..and create passes to open gugs,then he probably will not meet original expectations.
Let us see if he gets nit "back on track" I Rockford...but gets 1 Reliable defensively.. 2 Move pucksvout of deserving the d-zone to "direct " cpubner-atrtacks with his speed..if he cannot do tgese things,he will be pretty ordinary and maybe useless.
I think the Fans hawe has swung to Levshunov being the 1D of the future.. not .KK ...not sure Kk can "difference-make" either offensively or defensively...notcsaying 7th overall bust,but how significant an impact he will have /ceiling is very debatelable
I do not see highlight reel puck control and danger creation on attack ..not do I see shut the door defense..
So what is he?
Give me eitger a puck control magician,a D with a real goal scorong pint shot ,or a defensivexshutdown dman...A n alk-roubd two-way reliable dman who doesz average or just above average is pk..if that is all he gets to be,but is hardly essential and certainly not so special as to be hard to replace.
At #7overalk you expect sone much better than average impact ,can he get to tgatcexpectation level?
Ok...show me.
Otherwise ...I justxwilk not get enthusiastic about just anotger guy ceiling pitentual...
Show me ,KK that tge Hawks did not draft just anotger average dman...if you even stick i the Show after "donibatibg" I the AHL...IF you can even do that.