KD obviously decided that the NEED for a top RD exceed thecNEED forca different kind of Center than Bedard for the 2nd line who could bring size physicality 200 ft game and shutdown ability but who also can score ...
So decision made that Lev over Lindstrom was the solutionto the greater tneed problem in the pipeline.
However.. tgerevisx1citger need.. A too scorer winger for Vedard.Hence the dilemma.. Lev or Demidov at #2.
Obviously they felt Lev coukd bexax1A dman as his ceiling but that Lindstron's ceiling isconly 1B or a 2A and not a 1A (McDavid ,,McKinnon,Mathews...top of the heap big points centers ) level.
However even if Lev never reached a 1A Dman level he still has a 2A floor..So maybe that tiooedcthevdevision between them.
However the Demidov conundrum ...providing a future top elite scorer to play with Bedard for a dynamic duo on the top line is an oppurnity cost they may run passing up..
So which solution remaining does KD choose?
Lev or Demidov.
Demidov has too much talent to fail to be a top 2 line RW...But he might fail the dynamic duo test because therevisconly 1 puck and with 2 great creators somebody has to be the creator and the other guy the finisher.. If they somehow fail with the chemistry ,if they cannot work together as 2 artistes should to form an effective duo, ..or if Hawks cannot find a 3rd guy on the winge to complement their offense whike providing 200ft defebsivehelp,then the entire rational for draftibg Demidov goes poof.Sure he coukd drive line instead..but the point to drafting him is to be an eiite1RW ...not just a 2RW.
Thus from a GM point of view maybe too much risk drafting Demidov if tge dram of a dynamic duo online 1 of 2 elite stars goes crashing ..whereas if Levshunov cannot ever get to ekite 1D status,it still is fine if hebisca 2 level A RD ..because defense right shotsxwith competency so hard to find.Easier to find good 2RW via trade or free agency .
So Demidiv greater ceiling butvif cannot reach it as 1RW then better to take higher floor value in Levshunov.