Debating who Blackhawks should take at No. 2 overall in 2024 NHL Draft

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Ай бұрын

On the latest Blackhawks Talk Podcast, Charlie Roumeliotis and James Neveau talk about Connor Bedard's hot start at the 2024 IIHF Men's World Championship and debate who the Blackhawks should take with the No. 2 overall pick between Ivan Demidov and Artyom Levshunov. Should positional need come into play? Plus, Charlie and James address the latest allegations against the Blackhawks, who are being sued by a former employee for breach of contract, fraud and sexual harassment.
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@the_real_deal Ай бұрын

Demidov for sure

@Lebowski55 Ай бұрын

Given how long it takes defenseman to develop, you should take the defenseman at #20 or in the later rounds. The Stanley Cup dynasty defenseman core was drafted at #14 overall (Seabrook), late 2nd round (Keith), 4th round (Hjarmalsson).

@goldpanner Ай бұрын

Demigod this season, Hensler or Tretheway '25 draft

@user-bl4ex2ep4y Ай бұрын

I think radiavojavic could end up being a better fit then those two. Hoping for one of the three though.

@Alexirongatewelding Ай бұрын

10:55 is when hockey talk starts. That lady can go kick rocks while trying to hit the Ghetto lottery.

@dparis2172 Ай бұрын

Thanks. Heard enough vacuous virtue signaling on that other Blackhawks podcast.

@rayvolk9662 Ай бұрын

Demidov has elite skills, and would make their top line elite. Levshounov isn't the best D just right handed.

@dangshnizzle6929 Ай бұрын

Promise to keep this tune up these next 10 years

@Lebowski55 Ай бұрын

Levshunov isn't Duncan Keith. Duncan Keith was also drafted in the late 2nd round. Of all the forward prospects you mentioned, none of them are near Demidov's caliber. Oliver Moore may be a great 3rd line scorer. Nazar may be a nice 2nd line wing.

@user-bl4ex2ep4y Ай бұрын

Think you are overating levshunovs odds of being a number 1 defensemen. He doesn't have the high end creativity and dynamic skating that makes a modern number one d. I do think he project very well as a number 2 defensemen. I'd argue parerk and Dickenson even buime project to the pure number one defense at there peak. Demidov projects as a super high-end winger(he even said he wants to play center). He has a clean 100+ point upside, and I think those ceilings make the choice for me.

@timevans5601 Ай бұрын

LOL. Clear 100+ point upside? McDavid, MacKinnon, Matthews, Draisaitl, Petterson are the only top five picks to clear 100 points in the past 12 drafts and they are all centers. Only 13 different wingers hit 100 points over that span league wide. And people think too highly of Levshunov?

@user-bl4ex2ep4y Ай бұрын

@@timevans5601 I agree is increbably difficult to get 100 point upside but I thank that's the level of talent/ So far he's above kucherov, panerin and kapriov in junior product and those guys are all wingers and play a similar game. ALso could see the hawks drafting him as a center and trying it out. As fir levshunov I think people are to high on the number one d projection but I think he'll be a great number two.

@user-ki8rx5uv1q Ай бұрын

Hawks should go for the D first Pick. This draft is loaded with Top D. There is a big drop off after pick 15, unless the hawks can trade up to get a good D then go Demidov and trade up.

@shawnbrdlik6213 23 күн бұрын

Not very true I mean there’s definitely top end guys but there’s still tons of talent in the late first and second. Ej Emery, Adam Kleber, Jesse Pulkinnen, Aaron Kiviharju, and Henry Mews are all guys there

@user-ki8rx5uv1q 12 күн бұрын

@@shawnbrdlik6213 I didn't say there was no talent, I said there was a drop off. Out of the 6 top end D, history shows 2 or 3 of them probably won't pan out and hit their ceiling. I don't see a ton of upside in the guys you mentioned,. they all have good traits but also some glaring weaknesses. But who knows one of them may turn out to be one of the best D in the draft. We are talking about 18 year olds here.

@Lebowski55 Ай бұрын

I think Buium is a better defenseman than Levshunov. They should draft Demidov #2 and trade up for Buium.

@liveanddieinchicagoliveand7074 Ай бұрын

Exactly what I was thinking draft demidov and trade up with the 20 pick but hopefully we can trade up buffalo

@lukenlegacy Ай бұрын

Is Cayden Lindstrom just casually going to get slid to the side, like he can’t compete with either of these guys with all the things he brings to the table? I don’t think it’s that simple between these 2

@ryanwasiak7050 Ай бұрын

He can’t compete with these guys

@bradscialabba1055 Ай бұрын

This one will be tough , another small skilled winger . Being from Russia and skating isn't his strong suit. Or the RH dman from Michigan that alot of other scouts don't even rank him over some of the other dman. Maybe Lindstrom. Hopefully our scouts have this one figured out

@BedardsBurner Ай бұрын

Small? He’s going to end up being 6’ 185-190lbs. Size is not an issue.

@BedardsBlackhawks9888 Ай бұрын

#GoCanadaGo🇨🇦 #BedardforPrimeMinister🇨🇦

@damitzdesign 28 күн бұрын

I literally dreamt last night that we selected the RHD out of Michigan....

@pederhalverson2591 28 күн бұрын

Would love to get Iginla also

@Lebowski55 Ай бұрын

There won't be any forward available at #20 anywhere near the caliber of Demidov. Adam Jiricek, EJ Emery, Charlie Elick, Harrison Brunicke will all likely be available at #20 and are all similar caliber RHD prospects to Levshunov.

@ryanwasiak7050 Ай бұрын

lol what they aren’t close to Levs skill at all what are you talking about?

@user-ki8rx5uv1q Ай бұрын

They are not close to any of the top 4 D in this draft. If the hawks take the Demidov then they should try and trade up with their 20 pick to get a top ranked D. This draft is loaded at the front end with top D compared to the past 15 years

@ryanwasiak7050 Ай бұрын

@@user-ki8rx5uv1q could you imagine they get Demidov at 2 and someone trade up to get Parekh sweet lord. That’s extremely unlikely but I can dream. If they could trade up to like 12-16 maybe the get Yakemchuk.

@dlphcoracl9645 Ай бұрын

@@ryanwasiak7050 Parekh is consistently being slotted within the Top 6-8 picks and trades this high in the lottery rarely happen. However, there is a good chance Yakemchuk is available in the 12-16 range if KD has him ranked high enough to warrant a trade. Frankly, my top target in those slots would be Cole Eiserman if he slips out of the Top 10.

@ryanwasiak7050 Ай бұрын

@@dlphcoracl9645 ya 100% I don’t think we have any chance at getting him but I’m just dreaming. Getting Eiserman around the 12th pick doesn’t seem to far fetched honestly I have him ranked at 11. Grabbing him and Demidov would set up our top 6 for the next decade tho haha. Bedard, Demidov, Eiserman, Nazar, Moore, riechel.

@Alexirongatewelding Ай бұрын

The B side of Jay Zawaski LeTS GO HAWKS

@MrNewstyle23 Ай бұрын

Don’t mess this up. Draft Demidov!

@tyreepowell8367 Ай бұрын

I'm Ready For The 2024 NHL Draft Blackhawks ❤️🖤 Fans

@phracture 19 күн бұрын

Ppg MHL stats, in draft year..... Demidov: 2.04 Kucherov: 1.41 Panarin: 1.16 Kaprizov: 0.67 Demidov is going to be VERY hard to pass up, for the Hawks.

@dparis2172 22 күн бұрын

Trade the 20th pick for more picks between rds 4-7 because they have too many picks in the first three rounds and not enough in the later rounds?? Wut? 🤣 The average team has 7 picks per draft, right? If you can use up your seven picks in the first three rounds you do that, call it a day and let the rest of the league have fun with the later rounds.