Very honest review of Levshunov’s game that I have not yet seen anywhere else. Love watching your videos to see a unique perspective. I share some of the same opinions of Levshunov’s game as he does not yet possess dynamic puck skills and relies on activation and funneling to generate offense, which he is very good at. I believe that he still has #1D potential if he improves on the relatively fixable concerns that you have highlighted. However I see his more likely projection as a higher end #2-4D on a good team who can be more effective with a parter who is able to do more of the heavy lifting at times. As a Hawks fan he does remind me a lot of Seth Jones stylistically.
Thanks for the kind words ! Means a lot ! You know what, now that you say it, I can see the comparison with Seth Jones. Good Catch. The team that drafts Levshunov high gotta hope that he'll round out his game and that he'll keep improving since High-Level Hockey is new to him.
I've been worried about the pace of play and skating effort from Levshunov a lot when watching reports over the last couple weeks, but you are the first person I've seen highlight when it's a detriment of his, awesome job, thank you!
He reminds me so much of Cody Ceci for some reason. Better player likely but not someone I would even consider taking top 15 considernig the other players available.
i imagine a team takes him very high with the bet/belief that they can get his effort/commitment to be more consistent. honestly feels like something chicago would either 100% believe they can fix, or 100% rule him out for
J'allais me coucher mais là j'avais besoin d'écouter ça! J'aime beaucoup son moule de joueur, en regardant des shifts by shift, c'est facile de voir les choses qu'il fait bien et les choses qu'il essaie de forcer. Je pense qu'il y a clairement place à l'amélioration s'il trouve ce qu'il peut faire et si il simplifie son jeu. Jpense qu'il est important de penser que c'est sa première année à ce niveau et il s'est quand même bien adapter. Je me pose la question par exemple, serait-il projeter de la même façon s'il était gaucher? Le vois-tu tomber top 3? Et au niveau des D dispos, tu le rank où? Super vid encore!
Merci beaucoup. Effectivement, pour une première saison en NCAA, il y a eu suffisamment de flash qui laissent entrevoir de très bonnes choses pour son avenir. Plus de constance quant à son Compete-Level pourrait lui rendre un grand coup de main, améliorer son contrôle de rondelle sera essentiel pour lui. C'est difficile deviner où il va sortir, selon les recruteurs sondés par Bob McKenzie, il est quasi-unaniment perçu comme un top 5, voire, top 3. Par contre, ça fait quelques années que je serais prêt à parier que les Scouts ne sont pas entièrment transparents quant au dévoilement de leur liste. Je crois qu'on a plutôt affaire à une sorte de Mock Draft 'Glorifié' . Honnêtement, je ferais la même chose à leur place. Ils n'ont rien à gagner de vendre les secrets de leur liste, surtout si c'est pour mettre l puce à l'oreille à d'autres recruteurs. J'ai 3 ou 4 défenseurs devant Levshunov, je n'ai pas encore statué entre lui et Buium. Je n'ai pas été le plus grand fan de ce dernier cette saison mais je n'ai pas encore regardé ses matchs de Demi-Finale et de Finale en NCAA.
@@SimonSt-L-Scouting Intéressant comme idée, ça serait quand même étonnant de le voir tomber en effet, mais j'avoue que, réellement, y'a aucun but à être 100% honnête avec McKenzie à ce niveau là, même si l'identité des scouts est anonyme. J'ai trouvé le match de demi de Buium plus ou moins bon, et j'ai pas regardé la finale, mais il a une super belle passe lors de ce match. En regardant la demi, tu devrais voir à quel point Celebrini domine des deux côtés de la patinoire, mais surtout à quel point il est une spark pour son équipe.
Good analysis. Levshunov has all the basic tools but misses the flashes. He's effective in the MSU system but I'm not sure if he will in the NHL. That entire team plays a simple style and succeeds that way. Not many teams in the NHL are like that.
I would LOVE to make a video on him, but from what I've been told, any KHL-related content are being signaled and removed from CZcams. That's a shame because I would love to showcase to the public that he is in fact a very good defenseman and no, the NHL executives aren't simply in love with him because SIZE. He's my number 1 ranked D in this draft and it has been the case all season long.
Whenever I watch him play, I feel like he is Soooo soft or non-chalant. Like… you know for a a fact he has that strength & power in him. But it’s like he’s just lazy & doesn’t Feel like putting on the jets. Very frustrating player to watch. And Add to that : the fact that his hockey IQ is probably not the best (for me, decision making is intimately linked with Hockey IQ)
He seems destined to go #3. Not good enough that Chicago has to pick him. But good enough that there is no reason for Anaheim to go with someone else since RD is their greatest need. He has such great tools and considering how little time he has spent playing at a high level, I think teams are very hopeful about his chances of rounding out his game and become close to a complete player. I guess Chicago could pick him as well if they plan on tanking another year and are eyeing Hagens, Martone, Misa, Frondell or someone like that next year, because defensemen tend to need more time to develop so you want to pick them early in your rebuild.
@@SimonSt-L-Scouting Silayev is under contract for 2 more seasons in the KHL. I don’t think he’s going in the top 6 to be honest. Maybe top 10 but that’s a long time to wait for a player
@@ducksgo I wouldn't mind waiting 2 years for him. I don't have any other D in the same tier as him. (To be fair, I've never been a big fan of 'Tier' ) BTW, Ducks needs to make their purple jersey their main one !
Very honest review of Levshunov’s game that I have not yet seen anywhere else. Love watching your videos to see a unique perspective. I share some of the same opinions of Levshunov’s game as he does not yet possess dynamic puck skills and relies on activation and funneling to generate offense, which he is very good at. I believe that he still has #1D potential if he improves on the relatively fixable concerns that you have highlighted. However I see his more likely projection as a higher end #2-4D on a good team who can be more effective with a parter who is able to do more of the heavy lifting at times. As a Hawks fan he does remind me a lot of Seth Jones stylistically.
Thanks for the kind words ! Means a lot ! You know what, now that you say it, I can see the comparison with Seth Jones. Good Catch.
The team that drafts Levshunov high gotta hope that he'll round out his game and that he'll keep improving since High-Level Hockey is new to him.
I've been worried about the pace of play and skating effort from Levshunov a lot when watching reports over the last couple weeks, but you are the first person I've seen highlight when it's a detriment of his, awesome job, thank you!
Thank you very much !
He reminds me so much of Cody Ceci for some reason. Better player likely but not someone I would even consider taking top 15 considernig the other players available.
i imagine a team takes him very high with the bet/belief that they can get his effort/commitment to be more consistent. honestly feels like something chicago would either 100% believe they can fix, or 100% rule him out for
J'allais me coucher mais là j'avais besoin d'écouter ça!
J'aime beaucoup son moule de joueur, en regardant des shifts by shift, c'est facile de voir les choses qu'il fait bien et les choses qu'il essaie de forcer. Je pense qu'il y a clairement place à l'amélioration s'il trouve ce qu'il peut faire et si il simplifie son jeu.
Jpense qu'il est important de penser que c'est sa première année à ce niveau et il s'est quand même bien adapter. Je me pose la question par exemple, serait-il projeter de la même façon s'il était gaucher?
Le vois-tu tomber top 3? Et au niveau des D dispos, tu le rank où?
Super vid encore!
Merci beaucoup. Effectivement, pour une première saison en NCAA, il y a eu suffisamment de flash qui laissent entrevoir de très bonnes choses pour son avenir. Plus de constance quant à son Compete-Level pourrait lui rendre un grand coup de main, améliorer son contrôle de rondelle sera essentiel pour lui.
C'est difficile deviner où il va sortir, selon les recruteurs sondés par Bob McKenzie, il est quasi-unaniment perçu comme un top 5, voire, top 3.
Par contre, ça fait quelques années que je serais prêt à parier que les Scouts ne sont pas entièrment transparents quant au dévoilement de leur liste. Je crois qu'on a plutôt affaire à une sorte de Mock Draft 'Glorifié' . Honnêtement, je ferais la même chose à leur place. Ils n'ont rien à gagner de vendre les secrets de leur liste, surtout si c'est pour mettre l puce à l'oreille à d'autres recruteurs.
J'ai 3 ou 4 défenseurs devant Levshunov, je n'ai pas encore statué entre lui et Buium. Je n'ai pas été le plus grand fan de ce dernier cette saison mais je n'ai pas encore regardé ses matchs de Demi-Finale et de Finale en NCAA.
@@SimonSt-L-Scouting Intéressant comme idée, ça serait quand même étonnant de le voir tomber en effet, mais j'avoue que, réellement, y'a aucun but à être 100% honnête avec McKenzie à ce niveau là, même si l'identité des scouts est anonyme.
J'ai trouvé le match de demi de Buium plus ou moins bon, et j'ai pas regardé la finale, mais il a une super belle passe lors de ce match. En regardant la demi, tu devrais voir à quel point Celebrini domine des deux côtés de la patinoire, mais surtout à quel point il est une spark pour son équipe.
Good analysis. Levshunov has all the basic tools but misses the flashes. He's effective in the MSU system but I'm not sure if he will in the NHL. That entire team plays a simple style and succeeds that way. Not many teams in the NHL are like that.
Anton Silayev?
I would LOVE to make a video on him, but from what I've been told, any KHL-related content are being signaled and removed from CZcams.
That's a shame because I would love to showcase to the public that he is in fact a very good defenseman and no, the NHL executives aren't simply in love with him because SIZE. He's my number 1 ranked D in this draft and it has been the case all season long.
Whenever I watch him play,
I feel like he is
Soooo soft
or non-chalant.
Like… you know for a a fact
he has that strength & power in him.
But it’s like he’s just lazy
& doesn’t Feel like putting on the jets.
Very frustrating player to watch.
And
Add to that :
the fact that his hockey IQ
is probably not the best
(for me, decision making is
intimately linked
with
Hockey IQ)
He seems destined to go #3. Not good enough that Chicago has to pick him. But good enough that there is no reason for Anaheim to go with someone else since RD is their greatest need. He has such great tools and considering how little time he has spent playing at a high level, I think teams are very hopeful about his chances of rounding out his game and become close to a complete player.
I guess Chicago could pick him as well if they plan on tanking another year and are eyeing Hagens, Martone, Misa, Frondell or someone like that next year, because defensemen tend to need more time to develop so you want to pick them early in your rebuild.
Anaheim has Tristan Luneau and Noah Warren all RD. I’m not impressed with Levshunov at all
@@ducksgo Cool beans.
But maybe they value Yakemchuk more. Also, Silayev has played on the Right-Side most of the season.
@@SimonSt-L-Scouting Silayev is under contract for 2 more seasons in the KHL. I don’t think he’s going in the top 6 to be honest. Maybe top 10 but that’s a long time to wait for a player
@@ducksgo I wouldn't mind waiting 2 years for him. I don't have any other D in the same tier as him. (To be fair, I've never been a big fan of 'Tier' )
BTW, Ducks needs to make their purple jersey their main one !