Prospect Info: Sam Rinzel D Chaska High School-Minnesota 25th overall

[x Tame Impala]

I don’t see the downside in having 6 dmen playing at a minimum top 4 level. This isn’t the 2015 playoffs where our 3rd pairing guys play 7 minutes a night. If Korchinski gives us 17 very good minutes there’s absolutely no reason to trade him.

Draft a forward, sign a free agent, trade some draft picks…all options for bolstering our forward corps.

 

[Bonin21]

Seravelli is constantly talking about Rinzel having a Faber instant impact. I don’t know if I see that but if he does this D is an absolute joke (in a good way) next year.

Not going to happen. Faber is the best D to come out of the U, maybe ever.

 

[EmeticDonut]

Not going to happen. Faber is the best D to come out of the U, maybe ever.

And the U means the Universe, of course.

 

[Larmer83]

I'm very confused on people writing off Korchinski. I think he can be Brian Campbell & that is a very valuable player.

But...as I wrote a long ways back ... Chicago should consider making a D for F prospect swap. There's just not enough minutes to go around & it's about to get worse if Rinzel signs soon (I hope he does not; my preference is he stays another season).

It's not a matter of writing him off but trying to figure where he fits in with the young dmen.

Lev was drafted with the idea that he eventually runs the 1st PP unit. Vlasic has shown he's capable of being productive on the 2nd PP unit. Rinzel from my viewings can eventually be on the 2nd PP unit.

On the PK there's obviously Vlasic. Allan and Kaiser have shown they're more than competent on the 2nd PK pairing.

That leaves even strength and in my sometimes intelligent opinion, Vlasic, Del Mastro, Allan, and Kaiser are better at defending. Kaiser is the only one that has played any appreciable minutes on his off side.

 

[ello]

Its a tentative balance between keeping him until we're sure what we have in all our prospects, vs striking while the iron is hot and trading young dmen while they might still have more value.

Very possible in 3-4 years it's clear Korchinski cannot defend in the NHL and management wishes they traded him for like a middle 6 forward prospect while they had the chance. Also possible he manages to put it all together all of a sudden and you have a solid number 2-3 dman for years to come.

Personally I would certainly check the pulse of the market to see what would be out there for a package like KK +toronto 1st, but that's because Im not super optimistic about him becoming a two way defender. He's struggled on that side of the puck seemingly since he was drafted, and like we're seeing with Levshunov some kids are just born to defend while others aren't. I see more Shayne Ghostisbhere than say, Shea Theodore in KK.

 

[MHO]

It's not a matter of writing him off but trying to figure where he fits in with the young dmen.

Lev was drafted with the idea that he eventually runs the 1st PP unit. Vlasic has shown he's capable of being productive on the 2nd PP unit. Rinzel from my viewings can eventually be on the 2nd PP unit.

On the PK there's obviously Vlasic. Allan and Kaiser have shown they're more than competent on the 2nd PK pairing.

That leaves even strength and in my sometimes intelligent opinion, Vlasic, Del Mastro, Allan, and Kaiser are better at defending. Kaiser is the only one that has played any appreciable minutes on his off side.

If Korchinski can play on the right side like Campbell did as a lefty, that would make things very interesting.

 

[Toews2Bickell]

Its a tentative balance between keeping him until we're sure what we have in all our prospects, vs striking while the iron is hot and trading young dmen while they might still have more value.

Very possible in 3-4 years it's clear Korchinski cannot defend in the NHL and management wishes they traded him for like a middle 6 forward prospect while they had the chance. Also possible he manages to put it all together all of a sudden and you have a solid number 2-3 dman for years to come.

Personally I would certainly check the pulse of the market to see what would be out there for a package like KK +toronto 1st, but that's because Im not super optimistic about him becoming a two way defender. He's struggled on that side of the puck seemingly since he was drafted, and like we're seeing with Levshunov some kids are just born to defend while others aren't. I see more Shayne Ghostisbhere than say, Shea Theodore in KK.

if thats the case you hope for schaefer and deal kk for a top 6 forward prospect this summer

 

[giza]

Hawks need a sufficiently sound D man with an abosolute Howitzer......I heard the Swede we got in the Shea Weber deal has a good shot. That's the only reason I would trade KK if there was a reasonable return....I don't think his shot is much of anything.

 

[BHFAN92]

Hawks need a sufficiently sound D man with an abosolute Howitzer......I heard the Swede we got in the Shea Weber deal has a good shot. That's the only reason I would trade KK if there was a reasonable return....I don't think his shot is much of anything.

Matthew Schaefer come on down

 

[Crow]

Vlassic had one of the heaviest shots in the NHL this year no? I think he can continue to develop that.