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Who Could the Blackhawks & Ducks Select at the 2024 NHL Draft
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May 12, 2024
Who Could the Blackhawks & Ducks Select at the 2024 NHL Draft The Hockey Writers prospect crew of Matthew Zator, Peter Baracchini and Dayton Reimer get together to react to the results of the 2024 NHL Draft Lottery. In this clip, they discuss who the Chicago Blackhawks and Anaheim Ducks will select second and third overall respectively.
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What do you think about Chicago now that they are set in that second overall pick
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And on third, where do you see Chicago going with their pick
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Because there are quite a few different guys they could go after. Yeah, they've got a really interesting
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set of options ahead of them because they don't have the, you know, the choice taken from them
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There's there's a lot of different guys who could be second overall. I think the favorite or at least our favorite is Ivan Demidov
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He's just he's too good. That is such a skilled player. He's such a skilled kid
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You put him beside someone like Bedard. Like you're going places. Yeah, but maybe they could use some defense, especially on the right side
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They've got Kevin Korchinski. It's a great left handed defenseman. What about putting him beside someone like Artem Levshunov
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That's not a bad pick either. So I would probably lean between those two guys
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but I could also see them taking Caden Lindstrom for some of the toughness
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I could see them going for someone like our Anton Selyaev just for that size
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It's really tough to pass up, especially when you combine it with all of his his skill and his ability to shut down
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So I think they'd go Demidov, just really build up that forward core
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But they have lots of really good options. Yeah, and Anaheim, we'll stop here
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We're not going to go through the whole 16. But Peter, where do you think Anaheim would go with that
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I mean, they're getting the, you know, last year, they had the second overall pick and went with Carlson
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And now they have so many forwards, really good forward depth. Do they go for a defenseman
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Because there's going to be, I mean, if Chagall goes with Demidov, then they've got the pick of the litter of all the best defensemen in this draft
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And there's a lot of them. Do you see Anaheim going for defense? I mean, their defense for prospects is pretty good, too
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I don't know. Where do you see them going? I mean, you basically said it right there
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Yeah, they got a ton of forward depth. I mean, obviously, the addition of Cutter Goethe just makes him that much more deep
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Obviously, I really love the Leo Carlson selection. I was a big fan of his, but I kind of would have thought that would have gone
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Adam Fantilli. But, you know, things happen. That's the whole beauty of the NHL draft
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You know, players can move up. They can move down. You would think that they're pretty much set on defense as well with, you know
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the likes of Pavel Mintykov. You know, they have Olin Zellweger. You know, you got depth
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You got depth players like Tristan Luneau, Noah Warren. You know, they have a lot of great, talented players on the back end
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And, you know, you can, whatever happens, it's going to be based on what Chicago does
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If they take Ivan Demidov, then I 100 percent, not 100 percent, but I would think that Arlem
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Lushunov probably would be a really good, decent right-handed option, because I would
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have to go back and look at the handedness. But I think Luneau and Olin Zellweger are the only two right-handed shots, if I'm not mistaken
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No, so Olin Zellweger is a left shot. So this would bode well for them
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They have a really solid one in Tristan Luneau, but you could have Arlem Lushunov as that
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top pairing defender, a player that could do it all. And, you know, I was a little hesitant on his play at first, but he really took storm
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during this final stretch and NCAA playoffs, really showing that he can be a top three pick
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And if he falls into the Anaheim Ducks' lap, again, kind of like up front with Kadagoche
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they would have an abundance of riches on the back end. So it's all going to be dependent on what happens with Chicago
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But if Chicago takes Demidov, then Lushunov 100 percent. If not, then I'm pretty sure they wouldn't mind taking Demidov
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