Hawks Young Blood

Sam Rinzel will go back to MINN with Moore, but I absolutely think Rinzel can be a top 4 RD maybe even top pair RD. He'll certainly get enough time to develop natural as the 2nd pair RD while Seth Jones plays his contract. BUT yes to your point the RD position is quite thin. I agree with that.

Completely forgot about Dominic James lol.

Watching Rinzel this season he looks s nasty. Really took a big step in development

I think Kantserov and Lardis both have a chance to stick top 6 at RW, and while Levshunov is a great choice at RD, i still think nobody else that we have in our system (other than Bedard) will be as dynamic as Demidov and we cant pass on him if we're sat at 2 overall

I don't think Levshunov should be a target with a top 5 pick. I do agree that we need more RD depth, but we can get that in the late 1st and 2nd round. There are also RD in future drafts, we have Rinzel on the way who is looking like a stud, we have Murphy for 2 more seasons, and Jones for 6 more seasons. So, there really is no urgency to use such a high pick on an RD. I also don't believe that Kurashev, Reichel, Nazar, and Moore, are locks for the top 6. I think CHI still needs too much work in the top 6 and should be looking at Demidov or even Lindstrom at 2nd overall. If those aren't players KD likes, for whatever reason, then he should be looking to trade back.

I like Demidov for F in the top 5. He and Bedard would light it up.