No better way to get your feet wet than a game where I don’t think they expect much.
RD Artyom Levshunov (2024, 2nd, CHI)
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I was totally on the Demidov bandwagon . I'm very happy with Levshunov pick now , he is really impressive.
He’s an even better skater than I thought. Big, strong, right shooting and mobile. I like this pick
He looked okay out there but the black Hawk group of forwards is just awful.
Can see a lot of those guys not being back next year.
He is shockingly good defensively. I thought that would be where he struggles, but he does not look out of place at all.
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Closes gaps very fast…effortlessly, deceptively easily even against quick forwards who you’d think having a couple/few steps on him with a path to the net would beat him. He just snuffs the play.
Puck finds his stick in board battles beneath the goal line, and he moves it well. Can’t blame him for the completely pathetic inability of the forwards to execute a simple breakout second pass.
Offensively he’s finding his way, but obviously gets the puck to the net quite easily. Passing ok there.
I can’t imagine him being sent back down to the Hogs unless it’s to shelter him from the nightly wreckage.
they're still in rebuild mode so another lineup of scrubs may be there unfortunately, just a new batch of them.
Sadly they are stuck with some of those contracts Tyler Bertuzzi being the worst one.
The problem is that they need to find the right guys to sign there, that group is atrocious and really half of the froward group needs to be gone like yesterday.
It’s a rebuild stuff isn’t gonna be perfect, they have more talent coming in at the end of the season. Another top pick and should be active on the trade market.
Oliver Moore, Ryan Greene, Aidan Thompson, Dominic James all expected to sign once their season ends.
Rinzel probably signs too.
There are a lot of moving parts, and staggering entry level contracts and subsequent contracts is one of them. It might well be beneficial to burn a year for Levshunov, given the plethora of prospects who will be finishing juniors and college and entering the AHL and/or NHL over the next few years.
No clue. Another off season incoming. Moves do have to be made to get better. Whether it’s a big attempt to splash at let’s say Marner. Go after vets like Marchand, Nelson. Maybe a guy like Ehlers. Go after some guys who might be squeezed out even with the rising cap. Offer sheets maybe. Trades with the number of prospects and picks in the system.
Getting one of those 4 guys would help a lot although not sure how much Marchand has left in the tank.
It looks like, for the next few seasons, there will be 4+/- prospects per season looking to make the Hogs. Very few are going to be immediately ready for the Blackhawks, though some likely will surprise.
