Who should the Chicago Blackhawks select 2nd overall in the 2024 NHL Entry Draft?

[bwana63]

Not gonna lie, it's looking like they're going to end up going with Lev, and I'll be pretty f***ing disappointed if that's the case.

they might or they might not. so, 50-50

 

[clydesdale line]

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Chris Peters really likes Levshunov.

 

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Chris Peters really likes Levshunov.

I think a lot of people are underselling him here (on this board) but I’m not a professional scout

And also lol at an hour long video f*** I must be doing something wrong that I don’t have time for that

 

[Darkstar]

Yakemchuk definitely has edge. That guy will make it his mission to win.

I think you need Dmen with some nasty in them, especially in the playoffs.

 

[Kevin Musto]

I think you need Dmen with some nasty in them, especially in the playoffs.

Forwards too.

You need players that have that dog in them.

I couldn't care less about a guy that scores 80 points in the regular season and then disappears in the playoffs.

If I had to rank the dog in the projected top 10 players of this year's draft, it'd probably look something like this:

1. Tij Iginla
2. Carter Yakemchuk
3. Macklin Celebrini
4. Anton Silayev
5. Cayden Lindstrom
6. Artyom Levshunov
7. Ivan Demidov
8. Zeev Buium
9. Zayne Parekh
10. Sam Dickinson

 

[Darkstar]

Forwards too.

You need players that have that dog in them.

I couldn't care less about a guy that scores 80 points in the regular season and then disappears in the playoffs.

If I had to rank the dog in the projected top 10 players of this year's draft, it'd probably look something like this:

1. Tij Iginla
2. Carter Yakemchuk
3. Macklin Celebrini
4. Anton Silayev
5. Cayden Lindstrom
6. Artyom Levshunov
7. Ivan Demidov
8. Zeev Buium
9. Zayne Parekh
10. Sam Dickinson

I think I would switch Lev and Dickinson. Lev seems like a nice kid but I don't see much dog in him, definitely not any rat.

 

[ColbyChaos]

Forwards too.

You need players that have that dog in them.

I couldn't care less about a guy that scores 80 points in the regular season and then disappears in the playoffs.

If I had to rank the dog in the projected top 10 players of this year's draft, it'd probably look something like this:

1. Tij Iginla
2. Carter Yakemchuk
3. Macklin Celebrini
4. Anton Silayev
5. Cayden Lindstrom
6. Artyom Levshunov
7. Ivan Demidov
8. Zeev Buium
9. Zayne Parekh
10. Sam Dickinson

There are p***ycats that have more dog in them than Parekh

 

[clydesdale line]

Good lord. I like Tij alot but let's not act like he got that bite like his dad (if anything his youngest son plays more like him, similar to Brady Tkachuk playing more like Keith than Matthew does).

And Levshunov definitely has that dog in him (Nazar himself found that out a few times although Frank walked him a couple of times too) he's just not consistent enough with it. When someone does something dirty to him though, I've seen him go back at a guy like Keith did as retaliation.. ok maybe not Keith like cuz Keith went back at em dirty.

 

[Sacha BOXviert]

My draft currently would hope to run like this (without trading)

2) Demidov/Buium
18) Jiricek/Chernyshov/Hage (Needs to be a higher upside player, probably with some risk)
34) I think Tarin Smith starts to be a choice here. Miettinen is also good and I think has some more growth available. I like Basha too.. he's an IQ and effort guy. Love those.
50)Artamonov should still be here and I would take him.

Vlasic was easy to see why he was picked that high. The skating and size were ++. Just thought he was going to be too soft to ever get anything done and the puck skills in college were just meh. Sort of continued and then the light flip switched last year and then this year he blew up. Seemed like a mentality change more than anything. Especially when you hear Vlasic talk about it.

I have a Forsling jersey I watched his games for Linkoping on SHL.se. Always loved the player. Q loved him too, its not a coincidence that he ended up in Florida.

Miettinen is the player profile that the Hawks pool needs the most, and Artamonov the least.
I'd be happy with a draft like that.

 

[Chuck Testa]

As part of the bolded, when you say "improvement" do you me the on-ice product next year? Because no one the Hawks are drafting should be included in that. (Demidov - under contract 1 more year in Russia, and none of the other 2024 draft players are ready IMO.) I do agree the Hawks need to get CB more immediate help, but that's outside this draft.

Oh I’m not expecting anybody from the draft this year to be able to provide the help the Hawks need immediately, no matter who they pick.

I just meant that they should be looking to improve over the overall product they’ve put on the ice these past two seasons. Staying mired in the basement of the league year after year wears on the fans. The only reason I watched any games last season was to watch 98. When he went down I didn’t watch one game because I knew the team would be unwatchable.

 

[Taze em]

Listening to Chris Peters… can I just say I’m owed apologies on this board lol. I compared Levshunov to Dahlin a month ago and got absolutely murdered. Peters compares them in this podcast. No one bats an eye.

All the Demidov folks punching air right now.

The HFHawks brain trust put out their Bogosian offensive, the lemmings jumped and look where we are now….

Heroes don’t always wear capes.

 

[HawksDub89]

Listening to Chris Peters… can I just say I’m owed apologies on this board lol. I compared Levshunov to Dahlin a month ago and got absolutely murdered. Peters compares them in this podcast. No one bats an eye.

All the Demidov folks punching air right now.

The HFHawks brain trust put out their Bogosian offensive, the lemmings jumped and look where we are now….

Heroes don’t always wear capes.

You think HF is bad? The discourse around Levshunov/Demidov on Twitter is even more bizarre.

The Demidov truthers are something else..,

 

[Taze em]

I think mostly the problem is the boxes people put players in in their minds. Levshunov became “safe, boring, no upside, don’t draft for need”.

Demidov was the “top end skill”.

Meanwhile Levshunov has a better freshman year than Quinn Hughes, Owen power, Charlie McAvoy…. Literally EVERYONE but Buium. Which became its own talking point.

Back in November on this board I said… what are we doing here. The hockey gods blessed this draft with the antidote. A big two way PPQB RHD. It’s exactly what the doctor ordered. Don’t look a gift horse in the mouth.

 

[Mrfenn92]

Listening to Chris Peters… can I just say I’m owed apologies on this board lol. I compared Levshunov to Dahlin a month ago and got absolutely murdered. Peters compares them in this podcast. No one bats an eye.

All the Demidov folks punching air right now.

The HFHawks brain trust put out their Bogosian offensive, the lemmings jumped and look where we are now….

Heroes don’t always wear capes.

It’s still not a good comparison at all

 

[Larmer83]

Levshunov ends up as Seabrook are you happy?

I'd do back flips that would make Cayden Lindstrom envious.

 

[Sacha BOXviert]

Listening to Chris Peters… can I just say I’m owed apologies on this board lol. I compared Levshunov to Dahlin a month ago and got absolutely murdered. Peters compares them in this podcast. No one bats an eye.

All the Demidov folks punching air right now.

The HFHawks brain trust put out their Bogosian offensive, the lemmings jumped and look where we are now….

Heroes don’t always wear capes.

I'm saving this post and will return here on June 28.

 

[Sacha BOXviert]

Levshunov will never have Demidov's potential. If we don't understand that this debate is over.

Another thing is what is best for our team, there I can understand the choice of Levshunov and his fit into our organization.

 

[Taze em]

Levshunov will never have Demidov's potential. If we don't understand that this debate is over.

Another thing is what is best for our team, there I can understand the choice of Levshunov and his fit into our organization.

Quinn Hughes wasn’t as good as Levshunov. Full stop. He’s winning the Norris this year.

It’s been a two player draft all season. Just not the second one everyone thought.

 

[Sacha BOXviert]

Please stop comparing Levshunov to other defensemen in College, it's ridiculous.

 

[Taze em]

It’s still not a good comparison at all

Take it up with Peters.

I really regret my moment of weakness with the Levshunov age jokes and the concession that we probably take Demidov amid the months of onslaught I endured. Lord forgive me for that moment of weakness. I have seen the light and seek to bring others into its warm glow.

 

[Kevin Musto]

Quinn Hughes wasn’t as good as Levshunov. Full stop. He’s winning the Norris this year.

It’s been a two player draft all season. Just not the second one everyone thought.

False.

Quinn Hughes is still one of the best prospects I've ever watched.

I had him top 3 in his draft.

 

[Taze em]

False.

Quinn Hughes is still one of the best prospects I've ever watched.

I had him top 3 in his draft.

It’s fine to have a different opinion. Dahlin, Hughes, Nemec, Sanderson, Power, McAvoy. He’s in that tier somewhere. Dahlin is a reach to compare prospect to prospect. He was considered like the McDavid of defensemen— the reality is he’s come back to that pack.

I’m being a bit unfair because I’m comparing Levshunov to the others as a D-1 and comparing him to Dahlin as an actual player.

 

[Blackhawkswincup]

If Levshunov ends up who I think he will end up like (Dmitri Mironov) I will be disappointed in drafting him #2 but happy to have him as part of our D

 

[x Tame Impala]

would be just fine. Not amazing, not bad. Seabrook at 5-10 sounds a lot better than him at 2.

I'd be fine with it, but I'd expect a bit more from a #2OA.

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Artyom Levshunov was chosen by the Chicago Blackhawks with the 2nd overall pick in the 2024 NHL draft.

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From 99-23 I’ve counted 10 or so superstars drafted at #2. It’s not a guarantee to get a home run of a player. Really just depends on the draft and how lucky your options are.

If Lev tops out at a #4D that would be disappointing but anything higher than that, especially Seabrook-level I think we’d be very fortunate

 

[deytookerjaabs]

Listening to Chris Peters… can I just say I’m owed apologies on this board lol. I compared Levshunov to Dahlin a month ago and got absolutely murdered. Peters compares them in this podcast. No one bats an eye.

All the Demidov folks punching air right now.

The HFHawks brain trust put out their Bogosian offensive, the lemmings jumped and look where we are now….

Heroes don’t always wear capes.

Same guy that says Buium = Shayne Gostisbehere.

Hyperbole drives clicks.