Should the Blackhawks pick Matthew Schaefer with the top overall pick? | CHGO Blackhawks Podcast
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This is exactly why they should have went Demidov last year
we dont need lhd
I would prefer Misa or Martone but like Jay said, Schaefer would be REALLY hard to pass up on. Top 4 of Schaefer-Levshunov Vlasic-Rinzel would be incredible, given they all become what they're supposed to. If that happens, move Korch and/or Kaiser to get a forward, because defensemen are more of a premium than wingers
Schaefer's the guy. Hawks can't afford to pass on best player available in their current state
Hawks going to have to pass we dug ourselves a hole In the forward prospects
If we get the no. 1 pick, take Schaefer and then spend WHATEVER it takes to bring in some skilled forwards.
The one thing that sort of annoys me about it is that - as sports fans, we can talk ourselves into anything - the argument for Levshunov was "How often does a potential no.1 do-it-all RH shot defensemen become available? You can't pass it up" and now the argument seems to be "how often does a cale makar/quinn hughes-esque player become available - you can't pass that up"... If Schaefer was this good - and i know there's drastic improvements in prospects from year-to-year... then why weren't the scouts anticipating this type of talent last year? The reassurances of taking Levshunov last year was that "the next year's class is deeper at forward with Hagens, Martone, Misa, etc." It seems to me that if every draft has a potentially paradigm-shifting defensemen, then the way those junior players are evaluated and scouted needs to change.
All that being said, a young defensive corps of Vlasic, Levshunov, Schaefer, Korchinski, Crevier, Rinzel would be relentless. (hypothetically keeping Crevier as an RH, but take your pick with Allan/Kaiser/EDM) You'd have legitimate attacking threats on all three lines, great skating, good size distributed, etc... [this also assumes that Seth Jones and Connor Murphy would be gone by the time this is even possible - maybe Jones goes in a trade for some attacking help]. With that kind of skill and versatility on the blue line, all you'd need from your forwards is the ability to keep it in the zone - that would be a tough team to play against
Misa is the pick he’s what Chicago and bedard needs rn we have too many good d we have nazar and Moore as the future stud second liners all we need is a player that can compliment bedards game and be able to play with him that’s what Misa is
I like Schaefer but claiming he's going to be at a Hughes and Makar level is probably extremely optimistic. Schaefer is a different type of d-man to them even if he likes to activate often. He hasn't shown the kind of elite edge work and puck handling those two have. Usually I hear he's more similar to a Morrissey or Doughty type D-Man.
Only way you are drafting Schaefer is if you move some guys like Korchinski for a top end forward prospect. Hagens I think would be there pick right now as Bedards faceoff numbers are bad so it would allow him to move to wing. Bedard and Hagens would be 2/3rds of the first line and from who we have in our system right now some combo of Nazar, Moore, Boisvert, Reichel, Kantserov, Vanacker, and Lardis would fill in the top 6.
Hagens’ face off numbers haven’t been amazing though. Especially at the World Juniors. Think Bedard and/or Hagens will get it together in terms of face off though. Style-wise Hagens is a good fit with Bedard, but as mentioned in the video, the size-fit with Bedard is less than ideal.
Imagine if we got Demidov last year and then schaefer this year would of been perfect arty projects more as a rugged top pair dman versus a no 1 game changer like schaefer
Exactly everyone was giving him so much hype during the draft, announcers, scouts but when I watched his game he just looked average, nothing you would use your second overall pick over
Lol, Davidson is a moron for passing on Demidov. If he picks another defenseman, he can't be helped and should be fired Hawks need offense, period.
If they end up with # 1, Schaefer is the right pick. The Hawks are only tied to Vlasic and Seth Jones long-term right now so you have 5D spots open in theory (including the 7D spot). You win in the playoffs with a top 4 on the backend that can play heavy minutes and dominate puck possession. What I could see KD doing if they end up with the first pick is take Schaefer and then float the Hawks 2026 first rounder plus additional picks to jump back up in the top 3 or 4 to grab a Martone, Hagans, or Misa. I believe it was reported that KD tried to do that with Montreal last year to grab Demidov. Hawks have almost too many draft picks right now going forward considering how many they already have made. You won't have enough spots for most of the prospects to play even when considering that many won't pan out.
wouldn’t even make sense but they better fricking not trade vlasic i just got his jersey
Its kinda crazy out of all those picks the last 3 years, the hawks have drafted a total of ONE difference maker/top talent. Got a shtload of speedy 4th liners tho. My monies on whoever has the highest floor lowest ceiling.
Most of those picks are 20 or younger rn
@1BUVTHALAW1 you have a very keen mind for hockey
Keen mind more like bias nonsense go back to golf less stress
That’s the way Davidson drafted last year. He wasn’t willing to take a risk on a high ceiling player like Demidov at #2. From how he looks in the KHL right now, he’s going to be special and I think the Hawks will really regret not taking him. Levshunov I’m not sure we can say the same yet with his play in Rockford but hey we’ll give him some time to develop. So far I see a total of 0 fairly surefire difference makers at the NHL level (outside of Bedard) from the draft picks the last few years. Gave up Debrincat for Korchinski and Ludwinski. Korchinski -11 in Rockford. ludwinski 2 points in well over 20 games played in Rockford. Awful. May as well have stuck with Debrincat, Kane, hagel, strome, etc and built around them over the last few seasons. Would have a stronger team and maybe same amount of difference making prospects. Lane Hutson at 60 something overall would have been nice…Montreal is just smarter than us with picks these days
My first pick is Martone or Misa then my second pick is I trade up and get Bear
Nope you guys will not take Schaefer so the sharks can have him pretty pleaseeee🥹🫶🫶🫶
Imagine if you guys took demidov and then take Schaefer ohhhh boy you guys would be lookin fueg
Hagens misa and Marton Schafer
I’d much rather have the #1 next year instead of this year. C’mon lotto balls, I need 2 miracles.
Take the defenseman and don’t look back.
Great big effen NO!!! The Blackhawks are loaded with defensive prospects. They need to develop legitimate top line centers. Someone with size, face-off skills, and two-way abilities. Cut the crap.
The Blackhawks have the worst forwards in the NHL, and they are full of suspects, I mean prospects, in their system that are overrated speedsters with not much offense. If they pick yet another defenseman then I'm officially done with the Blackhawks. We had to listen to listen this hype about levshunov im already tired of listening to this hype about scheafer. The Hawks need forwards!!!!!!!
Not much of a fan are you? Giving up on the team during a rebuild and not waiting to see the end result. Chicago has to pick Best Available regardless of position. Personally I see Schaeffer as the best player and if he’s available the Hawks have to select him and worry about improving the forward ranks later.
@plrt6794 you can't just turn a blind eye to perceived mistakes made by bad management. Not holding people accountable for bad decisions is basically letting the inmates run the asylum. It doesn't make you bad fan to want your teams management to make better decisions
@@plrt6794I’m not defending giving up on the hawks but damn beside nazar and kanterov we have a bunch of middle 6 and bottom 6 forwards it’s ROUGH our offensive is way worse than our defense over the last few years
You pick best player available because that means you can trade for not only the position, but the exact player you need. Your tweaking
@@plrt6794 every talking head found through this draft class (other than these guys for some reason) have a top 4 (Hagens, Schaefer, Martone, Misa) that are basically the same level. Any of these four are number 1 possibilities. Taking Schaefer number 1 because he might be a tiny bit better than Hagens is absurd. When you have equivalent talent available, you take what you need. Chicago needs Hagens or Martone.