[The Athletic – Powers] Classement des meilleurs jeunes joueurs des Blackhawks : Connor Bedard n°1, suivi de Levshunov

5 Comments

1. JD397 3 mois ago

   1. Bedard

   2. Levshunov

   3. Vlasic

   4. Korchinski

   5. Moore

   6. Nazar

   7. Reichel

   8. Kantserov

   9. Boisvert

   10. Dach

   11. Vanacker

   12. Kaiser

   13. Rinzel

   14. Lardis

   15. Greene

   16. Slaggert

   17. Ludwinski

   18. Del Mastro

   19. Hayes

   20. Mišiak

   21. Commesso

   22. Gajan

   23. Allan

   24. Savoie

   25. Phillips

   26. Crevier

   27. Safonov

   28. James

   29. Mustard

   30. Spellacy

2. ronnock 3 mois ago

   Hot take 

3. JD397 3 mois ago

   My own initial thoughts when going through this:

   – Can’t really argue the top three, though there may be arguments for at least one of Moore/Nazar to be above Korchinski.

   – Dach and Slaggert are way overrated here, maybe Greene as well but to a much more modest degree.

   – Del Mastro and Allan aren’t getting nearly enough love. EDM, especially, should be right around top 10.

   – I’d probably give the benefit of the doubt to the far younger, high-end skaters like Mustard and Spellacy over all the guys ranked 25-28, who are basically nothing. Probably would put them over Savoie too, though he’s more of a wildcard.

4. AARM2000 3 mois ago

   Vlasic was one of the biggest surprises/bright spots in what was a pretty rough season. Can’t wait to see him develop further.

5. mackiebobo 3 mois ago

   I like that KD hasn’t been afraid to draft « boom or bust » guys, like Rinzel, Kantserov, and Lardis. They each have the potential to be impactful, high in the lineup guys. Or they could end up not being everyday NHLers at all (and most prospects won’t). But when you have the kind of draft capital the Hawks have had recently, you need to take risks like that, because if even one of those guys hits their ceiling, then the Hawks will have gotten an absolute steal.