Dickinson. Don’t think he’s got the most visible upside of everyone in the draft, but I think he has the highest floor and the least risk.
Guys a plug and play build around in your top 4 and PK imo.
AndiagoSupremo
The most impossible year. I like them all and they all have flaws. Some of it’s confusing. Demidov looks amazing dancing with the puck. One of the highlights has him lift the puck over a sweep check at full speed like it’s nothing. But then someone rated him 6.5 on skating speed. Then I am thinking about players that are GREAT at one level but doesn’t translate to the NHL, could it be too slow? But the highlights are him in the zone, not skating through the neutral zone. I just don’t know.
Then Levshunov looks lumbering with slow first steps, but rated as a good skater. So confusing. A big RD fits perfect, but we also have Noah Warren who’s even bigger but also slow looking. The Athletic had an article saying Levshunov is absolutely jacked, so he looks wide on the ice so if muscle?
The other guys look so good too. I have no choice but to applaud whatever GMPV does because I don’t know. I will laugh if it’s Silayev though, although someone said he skates like the wind “for a man his size”. What does that mean. 🤷
sunnybunsz
At #3, My preference would be to go bigger/ more physical so either of Levshunov or Lindstrom.
However, I’ve seen some scouts predicting Chicago goes with Levshunov. If that’s the case then the clear choice would be Demidov as the next best player available and I’d be perfectly ok with that pick too.
collectaBK7
Whoever they take, I trust them. They went a bit off-board for the time with McTavish at #3 in 2021, and it’s proven to be a great pick. For the record, I wanted Eklund that year.
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Dickinson. Don’t think he’s got the most visible upside of everyone in the draft, but I think he has the highest floor and the least risk.
Guys a plug and play build around in your top 4 and PK imo.
The most impossible year. I like them all and they all have flaws. Some of it’s confusing. Demidov looks amazing dancing with the puck. One of the highlights has him lift the puck over a sweep check at full speed like it’s nothing. But then someone rated him 6.5 on skating speed. Then I am thinking about players that are GREAT at one level but doesn’t translate to the NHL, could it be too slow? But the highlights are him in the zone, not skating through the neutral zone. I just don’t know.
Then Levshunov looks lumbering with slow first steps, but rated as a good skater. So confusing. A big RD fits perfect, but we also have Noah Warren who’s even bigger but also slow looking. The Athletic had an article saying Levshunov is absolutely jacked, so he looks wide on the ice so if muscle?
The other guys look so good too. I have no choice but to applaud whatever GMPV does because I don’t know. I will laugh if it’s Silayev though, although someone said he skates like the wind “for a man his size”. What does that mean. 🤷
At #3, My preference would be to go bigger/ more physical so either of Levshunov or Lindstrom.
However, I’ve seen some scouts predicting Chicago goes with Levshunov. If that’s the case then the clear choice would be Demidov as the next best player available and I’d be perfectly ok with that pick too.
Whoever they take, I trust them. They went a bit off-board for the time with McTavish at #3 in 2021, and it’s proven to be a great pick. For the record, I wanted Eklund that year.