Chicago Blackhawks GM Kyle Davidson talks Levshunov & more after NHL Draft Day 1 | CHGO Blackhawks
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- Опубліковано 27 чер 2024
- Chicago Blackhawks general manager Kyle Davidson was busy on Day 1 of the 2024 NHL Draft, selecting Artyom Levshunov with the second overall pick and Sacha Boisvert at 18. Then, he jumped back into the first round to grab Marek Vanacker with the 27th pick. Hear about why he chose Levshunov over Russian winger Ivan Demidov and much more!
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I'm not unhappy about the draft, and obviously there are developmental years to come that will bring more clarity but it's a tough pill to swallow to know that we could have had Demidov and Eiserman on the wings.
Exactly! It makes me sick to my stomach but all we can do is let it play out. This is a career-defining draft for Kyle Davidson!
Just that thought alone is rediculous
That number 2 pick is a gem, lay off it!!!
@@NicolaParise-yp7pi We shall see. As of right now, we can’t definitively say he is the best defenceman in this draft class.
As long as the Levshunov pick works out. This will define your legacy Kyle!
this... and next years season will set him up with do or die 2026. IN 24-25 he needs to have a TEAM with promise or begin trending up. Davison is responsible for the worst team in modern Blackhawks history. Even when they had bad teams they were worth watching, last years team wouldn't of made the AHL playoffs
someone needs to step up and become a franchise fixture on the back end. Hopefully this kid is it. Has the size to start year 1.
@@Chibeagle Looking at my team, the Blackhawks, my biggest concern is on the offensive side of the puck. We were the lowest scoring team last year with a 2.17 goals per game average. We could have completely solved this riddle by drafting Demidov and Eiserman. But apparently, my team has a certain type of trait they look for in their players, which is speed and skating ability. I think we had a good draft. However, it could have been a transcendent draft, setting us up for our next Stanley Cup run!
@@Chibeagle Levshunov needs to improved his defensive skills before he reach the NHL. He needs to go back to Michigan State for another season.
@@MrNewstyle23 wow you actually makes sense then hating on the player. I agree with you.
I wonder what KD was willing to give up, in addition to next year’s unprotected first round pick, to draft the kid with the herniated lumbar disc. Thank goodness at least that move was thwarted.
Who cares. His job is to be able to decipher good from GREAT. He choose Levshunov which mean he should have a better career than Demidov. If it happens, I will respect his decision. If it doesn’t, it’s a completely fireable offense!
@@MrNewstyle23 We won’t really know for 2-3+ years down the road. KD’s leash is so long, the Blackhawks have to pick up their mail In Milwaukee.
im from mtl , and you need to relaxe guys , the hawks get the best D in the draft in my mind ... from a partisant of montreal canadien so ... i got concern about demidov , should have the same discussion like in 5 years to see who have choose the best pick.. but a think hawks should be happy with your pick😊
I have no problem with what went down. Hockey fans are notorious armchair GMs who can somehow see into the future 3-5 years. Leshunov is a stud and we just solidified off and def. We will get busy in the later rounds and do it again next years draft. Brick by Brick. Almost there..
I’d be in a good mood too this morning if I was a Canadien’s fan. 😊
Congrats on getting your guy Demidov. I was team Demidov for the Hawks but I'm warming up to Levshunov. I think both will be great.
I don't even think he is the best DMAN in the draft Buium and Dickinson are imo better
And not only that but we have at least 4 LEGIT Dmen youngins that will shape our contending years, blue lines most important in playoffs, flashy wingers will come.
Davidson handles the media like a real pro GM. I’m not traditionally a Hawks fan by any stretch but I see him taking this team in a positive direction. I bet it’s easy for Bedard to play for a guy like Davidson. And for Davidson to work with a player like Bedard.
Easy for Bedard? Blackhawks just had a 50 point season and KD refuses to get Bedard any type of real fucking talent to play with. Sick of this 4th line bottom barrel garbage he brings in and puts on the top line.
I agree. He's professional but approachable. He chooses his words carefully like a GM should and I can't remember seeing him standoffish. It would be easy to play for him and Luke, but I still think Luke has a ways to go, but I like him, too.
@@NoRoids_JustRagechill dawg we’re in a rebuild- why would he sign great players with expensive contracts now when most of our prospects aren’t even developed yet? Trust the process…
@@NoRoids_JustRage bruh even if we picked Demidov he wasn’t playing this year. There’s a lot of talent coming up and we still haven’t seen free agency relax it’s rebuild
When I think about the fact we could have Demidov and eiserman and we have levshunov and a guy who would have been around later in the draft...ooph. lev will be a solid d man but Demidov will be a star. And why did we trade up for a guy who would have been there for our pick at 20.....
Exactly!
Next poll: Levshunov, Boisvert, Vanacker vs Demidov, Eiserman/Hage, Emery.
The results of that poll will destroy the narrative some peopleare perpetuating. Montreal definitely had the better 1st round
With the trades the Hawks could have drafted Demidov-Hage-Emery. Without the trades to follow. It’s going to be very interesting to see the how all these prospects develop. Obviously we won’t know for a while.🤞🏻
Hage or Eiserman actually
Exactly!
Great picks
Hello, Kyle.
Solid picks. We could have had a transcendent draft!
if kfc truly attempted to trade into the #4 spot, he obviously didn't get "all" the guys he wanted.
Writing on the wall for Seth he’s not part of the plan. 2 years he’s either a buyout or traded
Never was, he was a parting gift from Bowman on his way out. Luckily, not in a cap crunch yet but yeah in two years prob will.
He did have a better season last year. I hate the contract but he isn’t the worst defenseman on this team.
I feel that 18 and 27 were reaches especially for projected 3rd liners. I’d love to know what other teams thought of these guys if that’s the case then moving up at least makes sense
Yeah pretty wierd we keep aiming for bottom middle 6 forwards when our biggest concern is offense
I can forgive that he didn’t take Demidov because levshunov is still very good but come on Kyle?! Bro literally skipped on eiserman and reached on those last two first round picks.
Everyone complaining like they’re professional scouts and FO exects, sorry the player(s) YOU think will be legit pros or all-stars weren’t picked. Same thing they said about Allen, Rinzel, Nazar and more. Truth is drafting is always a crapshoot, but if you can have a great staff that can develop as we’re seeing we have then have faith that they get who they think will fit their systems. Everything’s going well no reason to trash on him
Nobody gives the guy credit for compiling 8 first round picks in the last 3 years and 2 more next year still, the internet sucks y’all are so sad😂
and we used them on the wrong guys. every player we drafted except Bedard was projected to go much further in the draft. we overspent on our picks.
I know it feels every thing that he says is under a microscope. 1 draft and now fans want him gone. Richardson should go if they don’t improve then last year but not KD yet. But time will tell when the puck drops on opening day. Let’s go hawks.
I hope Demidov doesn’t become the next Kucherov or the Hawks will be kicking themselves.
Getting a cornerstone defensemen is very good for this team. It is easier to pick up a top scorer in free agency.
Hawks did the right thing and I trust the process.
Well maybe don't because hes failing as a GM. It ain't hard to pick Bedard last year.. he completely fucked this up
How is a defensemen who is touted for his physicality skating and offense over his known lack of great defense a cornerstone defenseman…
We have offensive defenseman who have questionable defense..
But you leave a RH defender who is the best defensive defensemen and us touted a freak athlete with an incredible motor lmaoooo you can’t make that shit up
You passed on amazing offense to draft an offensive defenseman and ignore a RH defensive specialist..
Fuck off
@@NoRoids_JustRageno way you need top two defensemen.
It’s easy to pick up a top scorer? 🤣
@@NoRoids_JustRage it seems the majority replies knows how to trust the process and understand the teams needs and to get a scorer in free agency . But I’ve seen you plenty times in this chat and you will just do what ever it takes to get Demidov.
KD giving bowman vibes. Thinks he’s smarter than he is. Passing up on eisermsn and hage is laughably stupid. He’s being praised for drafting bedard. Let that sink in.
No. bowman vibes would be so quiet that we would not know what he has been hiding for a decade. Trust I rather not have Bowman than KD. At least he doesn’t hide anything that would harm a player and keeps staff member from doing something wrong.
So we throw away a pick to move from 20 to 18 just to pick a guy that would have gone in the late 20’s 🤦🏻♂️🙄
I have no idea. Who is Kyle Davidson? 34 th rambling
I looked him up....he never played hockey 🏒
I think Kyle was bored and wanted to do something. It didn’t really make sense if he didn’t move 18 to get up higher in the draft
@mcfact1827 you had to look up that fact which means you know nothing and are probably a Minnesota Wild "fan".
You don’t know that for sure also lots of teams were interested in taking Marek Vanacker earlier
If the hawks passed on lev he would’ve dropped to 7th and beyond
Arguably, they could have traded DOWN for every pick they made.
@@dparis2172 exactly, im not losing my my at the pick like others. I believe Lev we’ll be decent to solid. But NOBODY was foaming at the mouth for Lev except KD. There was way better talent skill and speed on the board at 2.
@@Alexirongatewelding But we did draft speed with Moore and Nazar last year.
Somethings wrong with Kyle. Yes Hawks fans should be worried that their future is in his hands.
There is worry but I believe this team will be better than last year. If not I will not be happy but I will stick with this team forever. I rather be a hawks fan now than 2 to 3 years ago. Trust the process with the rebuild. We are not buffalo.
I don't think he's 100% happy with these picks at all. I also get the feeling there were other influences.
Lol he had a shit eating grin on his face the entire day. Did you watch the draft or listen to it? Or just making shit up entirely.
He’s a GM it’s on him
No it’s media. To have to answer stupid questions like that. Even you would not be happy to answer them. Dumb media as always
All the machinations, just to end up with Levshunov, Boisvert and Vanacker.
KD tried dumping assets last year to get Oliver Moore. The dumb luck of his inability to pull off a trade landed Moore in his lap without giving up anything, despite his efforts. No such luck this year.
Last night was a mess. Hopefully the team lucks into these picks panning out.
Exactly. BPA my ass they literally were drafting WHO THEY TARGETED.
Because they were BPA on their board. Not Central Scouting, not Elite Prospects, and not your final rankings, but THEIR BPA on THEIR board.
Agreed. I'm not dissing the pick, but they haven't been taking the best players available.
@@nickc259 based on what? Your opinion?
@@emeryjones634 stats, video, reading and listening to other scouts. No matter who you talk to it's all opinion.
@nickc259 100%. That's why the whole KD is terrible and must be fired is ridiculous.
This video has well over 3 thousand views and only 105 likes as of this post. I wonder why? Too bad you tube removed the dislike visibility 😏
You guys need to chill TFO.
In KD I trust. We got some size coming. Quit crying about coulda, shoulda, woulda.
These are technically kids. Let them grow and develope.
Bro, you relax. No one here is stunting the development of these kids. 😂
For real.
@@dparis2172 have you read the other responses?
I agree, for this entire draft half of the fans keep complaining about Demidov and KD should be gone. I’m surprised they were not talking about Richardson. But fans will give us bs stats about players that we should have drafted like it’s a game changer for the future. I believe in KD then Richardson. And you’re right. Let players develop.
This is what happens when you put a CAP guy in charge of building a team. It is sad when a team's coaching and scouting staff think they know more than all the people who rank draft eligible players. All I have seen is a person was able to trade away all the talent on a team for draft picks. Then lose for a couple of years and get lucky to get Bedard.
If these people who rank the players knew what they were doing, they would be running NHL teams.
Did you watch the draft because on the TV Leshunov was the best player available. The Blackhawks have been watching these guys play for months. They know more than you or a talking head on TV. You are doing the thing you accused them of. 😂😂😂 No self-awareness whatsoever. Demidov fell quite a bit, so the NHL disagrees with you, too. 😊
@@laryanstewartSo there are no bad GMs?
@@dparis2172 Did I say that?
What he suggested as wrong, seems to be acquiring assets to make teams better.
@@laryanstewart You suggested that the only people who really know what they’re talking about are are NHL GMs. KD does not yet have the bona fides to silence criticism and until he does, the conversation remains open.
Body language suggests Danny Wirtz may have stepped in and did some Jerry Jones type thing
Body language expert?
Summary: Past three years we got all the guys we wanted and the CHGO boys are a net negative on this fandom
We didn’t get Demidov. Or did you forget we were the lowest scoring team in the NHL last year. Guess Connor will have to do it all!
@@MrNewstyle23it's true. Nothing else could possibly happen between now and forever.
@@MrNewstyle23 I think you need to relax for a second, you build teams from net to front. Highest value picks in a draft are generational talents, then C and RHD. I'm a Habs fan so trust me, I know how you're feeling right now, as we picked Reinbacher over Michkov last year.
You've got a good foundation in Bedard, Korchinski and Levshunov. Who knows what the future holds, maybe next year you'll land on the first pick again and draft Michael Misa?
@@TechnoForever21 No Blackhawks fans want to hear from a Montreal fan. Your team chose the player who 65% of Blackhawks fans wanted. So you relax and enjoy the best player in this draft. Congratulations!
@@MrNewstyle23 I mean, fair enough, understandable... But interestingly enough, we wanted Wright and Michkov and got Slafkovsky and Reinbacher. I gotta say, so far so good, so I get the disappointment but it'll probably go away as time goes on and you see him progress!
Um..um...um...um this Davidson guy says um too much. He seems uptight
I think he's pretty well spoken.
Let's record you answering questions with cameras and microphones placed in front of you by mostly strangers and have you defend your decisions and see how you do. No umms or likes or wells are going to be used right?
@@emeryjones634 I looked up his background. He's not a newbie. He seems uptight and unsure.
And I'm sure he's seen these reporters in past
@@mcfact1827 silly take.
@@emeryjones634 calling these reporters "strangers" is a quote silly take unquote.
This Davidson guy is not new at this.
The majority of press conferences are done with the same reporters. You keep putting on a cape for this Davidson guy as though he's your relative.
How could you not choose Ivan Demidov who wanted to play in Chicago, you can always buy a normal defender, but you are unlikely to find Demidov who plays like a mix of Kucherov and Kaprizov, after the trade of Saad Panarin, Chicago did not have a single normal movement with the exception of Bedard, management should resign
Maybe they felt Demidov was an asshole.
He said he wanted to be a hab and he was talking to them all season
Sounds like they feel Levshunov has the higher ceiling and they also feel a higher floor. If you feel that way as GM, that is the player you pick and that is what he did. If he fails he will be fired and I am sure your name is on the short list on the drawer for next GM hopefuls so expect a call if you are right.
@@Ahmadmallah88 This is not true, I am Russian and I follow many interviews, Demidov told Russian sports publications back in January that he would like to play in Chicago, even Levshunov thought that Chicago would choose Demidov because he clearly said that he wanted to play there.
@@emeryjones634 very strange and stupid remark
Kyle bowman needs to get 2 big pieces in free agency to play with bedard. If he's relying on fricken taylor hall and Athanasiou coming back and playing a full season is complete BS. Just another easy way out and lie.
If we talk bowman then I’m pretty sure you want Aldridge on the team too? Because if you say his name so much I’m pretty sure you and him talk behind closed doors.
Nice mental fabrication
What a WIMP this GM is. Horrible draft. Grade C-
This mf is out of his depth. Catastrophic forst round.
Because you are an NHL scout and talent evaluator. $1000 says you never even played the game.
Forst round?
@@tomklasky8595 you understood the message, kid
@@jyynarpalisenniemi6242 I thought that was the round where they combine your first and fourth round picks into one.
@@emeryjones634 cringe, I cooked you so you resorted to making fun of one letter wrong in a word. Lmao
HAHAHAHA all the living room GMs who were crying arguing with me that the Hawks wouldn't pass on Demidov... looks like I was right. Levshunov isn't even the best DMan in the league hahahahaha Kyle Davidson is a plug and if you didn't win the lottery last year you wouldn't have Bedard. Your GM is a joke
so why ducks and columbus didnt pick demidov?
u sure that sennecke and lindstrom was not the pick a of mtl over demidov?
@@guillaumelussier7492 No they confirmed that Demidov was first on the list, I think Lindstrom was 2nd on the list
thanks
we will see in 5-6 years who was right ?