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All right. Second overall pick, the Chicago Blackhawks in this position again, and not
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you know, in the top three. So Brooke, you're on the clock. Who are the Blackhawks picking here
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So I want to say, first of all, that I think a lot of Blackhawks fans are very like staunchly
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in either team Demidov or team Levchnov. And this is like one pick where I'm like
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I'm honestly happy if they pick either. I don't think there's a wrong pick. But I, I was telling Mark the other day when I was talking to him, I was like, I will actually
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fall out of my chair in shock if they do not pick Artem Levchnov, just because it just seems
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like that's the way it probably looks like it might go. Yeah, so they get their, I'd say
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a definitely top pairing defenseman. Why would you go a defenseman over, you know, a guy like
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Ivan Demidov? Like you said, this guy's gonna be a bonafide top line, goal scoring winger
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You know, they definitely be a good pick too, but why are you going Levchnov? I think it's more of it seems like the Blackhawks, they have a lot of defense prospects
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They have Wyatt Kaiser, they got Alex Vlasic, they got Ethan Del Mastro, Nolan Allen
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they have a lot of prospects. I don't know and even Sam Renzal, but I'm not sure how many of
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them they actually think are game breakers. I think they have hope of their potential
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but I'm not sure. Like I said, that they think that there will be game breakers
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even though that's the hope. So, and I think like we've been talking about all season
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that right-handed defensemen are a hot commodity in the NHL. So, it kind of fits a lot of needs
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there. One, a really big need to build their defense and then also, because it's such a
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rarity, you can't really find it in many places. So, it's more like if it falls in their lap
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it sounds like something that they might do. It seems like they really like big, strong defensemen
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So, that's kind of where I'm thinking that's why they might go, even though I really like Demidov and I think he'll be amazing. And like I said, I don't think there's a wrong pick. I'm
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happy either way. Well, being the second overall pick, you're getting the pick of
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everyone and that's, you know, it's pretty big. I mean, Lev Shunov is definitely the best
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defenseman in this draft class. So, yeah, I could see Blackhawks picking him too
