Prospect Info: Kevin Korchinski, 7th Overall, 2022 NHL Draft

[statswatcher]

I don’t even care about the typos. I start to read the vast majority of the posts but when it’s obsessively negative and repetitive I move on. I find myself moving on a lot.

the typos are the surface level puzzle that you solve, and every once in a while you are rewarded with as close to direct access to the inner monologue of the guy in town who rides around on the bus all day as you are ever likely to get.

 

[dougd]

Those are usually the guys in the news for something terrible, with a part of the story saying "co-workers said he was acting strangly"....

Does that mean he was choking people?

 

[WarriorofTime]

So uh I hope Korchinski plays well tonight

 

[TLEH]

I think he's got a long way to go.

 

[Hattrick Kane]

I think he's got a long way to go.

May be sacrilege to say, but I could see him being moved for a big ticket forward IF the other defensive prospects continue to trend nicely. Left side is pretty full since Kaiser and Allan are on the team with Vlasic this year and EDM down in Rockford as well.

 

[Kevin Musto]

May be sacrilege to say, but I could see him being moved for a big ticket forward IF the other defensive prospects continue to trend nicely. Left side is pretty full since Kaiser and Allan are on the team with Vlasic this year and EDM down in Rockford as well.

I've brought that up in the past as a possibility.

At a certain point you do have to start dealing from a position of strength in order shore up elsewhere.

Probably at least a couple more years before Kyle starts to look at that.

 

[TLEH]

I just think Rinzel is probably our PP guy so I'm just not sure where he fits for me. I also just think he's way too timid on the ice and I personally wonder if he'll ever get there.

He's 20. So much time. But just what I've seen.

 

[Kevin Musto]

I just think Rinzel is probably our PP guy so I'm just not sure where he fits for me. I also just think he's way too timid on the ice and I personally wonder if he'll ever get there.

He's 20. So much time. But just what I've seen.

Yeah I don't think Korchinski is the future PPQB.

Kaiser, Allan, and EDM all still have to prove themselves too.

But it's true that Korchinski doesn't play that bottom pairing shutdown style. And Vlasic has very clearly won the top pairing role on the left side.

So Korchinski is fighting for the 2nd pairing spot. Which he still could get. Allan and EDM strike me more as bottom pairing guys. Kaiser... I don't really know what he is yet. He might be Korchinski's most direct competition.

 

[BobbyJet]

Yeah I don't think Korchinski is the future PPQB.

Kaiser, Allan, and EDM all still have to prove themselves too.

But it's true that Korchinski doesn't play that bottom pairing shutdown style. And Vlasic has very clearly won the top pairing role on the left side.

So Korchinski is fighting for the 2nd pairing spot. Which he still could get. Allan and EDM strike me more as bottom pairing guys. Kaiser... I don't really know what he is yet. He might be Korchinski's most direct competition.

I'm not sure about Allan, EDM and Kaiser being bottom pair guys. In fact I think KK may end up on the trading block before too long but it is way to early to speculate. All of these young guys have some growing to do experience wise.

 

[clydesdale line]

If it's not Korchinski, ima go out on a limb and say Hawks will give Levshunov every opportunity to be that guy. You don't invest a top 2 pick on a guy who won't be the top dog in every situation which I believe they envision him as.

But I think this will all be moot and Korchinski will come out better for it. I think Kyle trades a guy like EDM for help long before Korch.

 

[Styles]

You guys fixate on the who, what, and where way too much. Let it materialize a little first.

 

[ColbyChaos]

I've brought that up in the past as a possibility.

At a certain point you do have to start dealing from a position of strength in order shore up elsewhere.

Probably at least a couple more years before Kyle starts to look at that.

It also leads to doing the same mistake Stanley did being overconfident in prospects at a position and trading only to trade away the one good enough to stick in the league while making a terrible overpay of a trade years later.

It wasnt too long ago this board was convinced Jokiharju, Boqvist, Beaudin, Mitchell, and Pokka was going to be our Dcore of the future only for Stanley to trade away the one good one of that group for Nylander and make a godawful Jones trade when the rest were proven to be not worth shit.

 

[Toews2Bickell]

Rinzel gonna be that dude...Hawks have a nice core developing, you can only hope that someone like Korchinski retains his value and they don't end up in a Reichel situation where he's more valuable to us than others because of where he was selected

 

[WarriorofTime]

Brutal giveaway by Korchinski for Milwaukee’s third goal with 1:06 left in the first tonight. Come on man, you can’t do that.

 

[Toews2Bickell]

between the Korchinski deal and the Seth Jones trade seems that if you're sending a very good to elite player the other way for picks and prospects you have a decent chance of not winning the deal....too early to say on Korchinski obviously, he's had to deal with a lot since turning pro

 

[Hattrick Kane]

Davidson wants his defenders to defend well. And so far, most of the up and comers are + defenders. If Korch can’t get it up to snuff, that’ll be the reason he gets traded. No ones worried about the offense.

 

[Kevin Musto]

between the Korchinski deal and the Seth Jones trade seems that if you're sending a very good to elite player the other way for picks and prospects you have a decent chance of not winning the deal....too early to say on Korchinski obviously, he's had to deal with a lot since turning pro

Korch trade is a surefire win if you take Minty (who I had as the best d-man available)

 

[TLEH]

I don't love his game at all. He doesn't defend well enough, doesn't generate enough offense. I think he needs to spend all year in the AHL. He's PKing now which is good.

 

[JaegerDice]

He's 20 years old.

For comparison's sake, Forsling was 23 years old when he was traded by the Blackhawks, and 24 when he was waived by Carolina. He was 25 when he started with Florida and 26 when he actually became legit.

Duncan Keith was 23 when he played his first NHL season, and was 25 when he actually started playing WELL in the NHL.

I'm not saying KK is going to turn into either guy, but can we please give these kids time to prove they're busts or stars instead of proclaiming them as such way too early?

This goes for every Blackhawks prospect. It is crazy how fast people want to see these guys be difference makers in the NHL, and it's just not that realistic. That's why rebuilds take time.

 

[CallMeShaft]

This is what, his third or fourth game in the AHL? He's down there for a reason. Let that coaching staff work with him for a bit, if he's still making these defensive lapses at the end of the year, we can start questioning his future a bit.

 

[TLEH]

No one proclaimed he was a bust. Top prospects get shielded way too much. You can comment on a player's current game without it being a problem. I like some of the tools. I don't like some of the tendencies. I don't think he's that guy from what I've seen. Waiting until 25 to make a call is boring. Put your name on something.

 

[TLEH]

I wasn't sure about Vlasic because he was 6'6 and too timid. He broke through that but that's rare. I'm not rooting for him to fail and I'll gladly be wrong. But if the right deal came along for a really good forward I'd be interested too.

 

[JaegerDice]

No one proclaimed he was a bust. Top prospects get shielded way too much. You can comment on a player's current game without it being a problem. I like some of the tools. I don't like some of the tendencies. I don't think he's that guy from what I've seen. Waiting until 25 to make a call is boring. Put your name on something.

Shielded? Most of the fanbase seems ready to riot over the fact that our pipeline of prospects has yet to perform like the 70s Canadiens.

Criticizing any of these prospects is fine, it's just important to remember where they are in their development.

 

[SimpleJack]

He's 20 years old.

For comparison's sake, Forsling was 23 years old when he was traded by the Blackhawks, and 24 when he was waived by Carolina. He was 25 when he started with Florida and 26 when he actually became legit.

Duncan Keith was 23 when he played his first NHL season, and was 25 when he actually started playing WELL in the NHL.

I'm not saying KK is going to turn into either guy, but can we please give these kids time to prove they're busts or stars instead of proclaiming them as such way too early?

This goes for every Blackhawks prospect. It is crazy how fast people want to see these guys be difference makers in the NHL, and it's just not that realistic. That's why rebuilds take time.

Yup very true.

Plus KK in particular compared to some of our other D prospects strikes me as extremely raw and far from a finished product. No rush, just let him develop.

 

[TLEH]

Shielded? Most of the fanbase seems ready to riot over the fact that our pipeline of prospects has yet to perform like the 70s Canadiens.

Criticizing any of these prospects is fine, it's just important to remember where they are in their development.

No one expects this team to be any good. Yeah the second sentence is what I'm talking about. Criticizing their play doesn't need a "but they're young" or "they'll figure it out" every time. Spades a spade.