Unfortunately we have no chance of drafting him. The Leafs pick is top ten protected and our pick is going to be the last pick in the first round.
forgottenastronauts
It will take some real fixing to let the Hawks get the #1 pick in 2025.
Xman52
Hard for Hagen?
BrunchFan92
Ok I like the looking ahead but don’t want this to be an Edmonton oilers where we have a superstar but no players around him and no cups
Grrrrrrrt420
We won’t be bad enough next season to land first pick. Davidson said we are taking a step forward in the rebuild next season
dangshnizzle
Yeah 2025 and 2026 seem significantly more forward heavy. This is the draft of D. We also intentionally targeted forward last year knowing this was the draft for D
RaveOn1958
If the Hawks end next season with top five odds in the lottery, I will be majorly disappointed. I don’t expect them to be a dominant force or even make the playoffs, but they have to start building a winning culture.
GoldWhale
Next year has some good forwards projected to go too 3, but with Davidson’s commitment to get FA help and improve I don’t see us worse than 5th or 6th. At 5th or 6th there isn’t a chance to get one of those top 3 forwards (Misa, Hagens, Martone)(And a I don’t think anyone but Hagens is Demidov level).
On the other hand though Threthaway and Hensler both project to be #1 RHD or top pairing, with similar upside and comps to Levshunov. One or both will or should be available at our picks next year.
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Unfortunately we have no chance of drafting him. The Leafs pick is top ten protected and our pick is going to be the last pick in the first round.
It will take some real fixing to let the Hawks get the #1 pick in 2025.
Hard for Hagen?
Ok I like the looking ahead but don’t want this to be an Edmonton oilers where we have a superstar but no players around him and no cups
We won’t be bad enough next season to land first pick. Davidson said we are taking a step forward in the rebuild next season
Yeah 2025 and 2026 seem significantly more forward heavy. This is the draft of D. We also intentionally targeted forward last year knowing this was the draft for D
If the Hawks end next season with top five odds in the lottery, I will be majorly disappointed. I don’t expect them to be a dominant force or even make the playoffs, but they have to start building a winning culture.
Next year has some good forwards projected to go too 3, but with Davidson’s commitment to get FA help and improve I don’t see us worse than 5th or 6th. At 5th or 6th there isn’t a chance to get one of those top 3 forwards (Misa, Hagens, Martone)(And a I don’t think anyone but Hagens is Demidov level).
On the other hand though Threthaway and Hensler both project to be #1 RHD or top pairing, with similar upside and comps to Levshunov. One or both will or should be available at our picks next year.