Ep. 139: NHL Draft expert Adam Kimelman on potential fits for Blackhawks at No. 3 - a podcast by NBC Sports Chicago

On the latest Hawks Talk Podcast, Adam Kimelman of NHL.com and host of the NHL Draft Class podcast joins Pat Boyle, Slavko Bekovic and Charlie Roumeliotis to give us scouting reports on the top half of the 2019 class.




Kimelman also weighs in on whether Bowen Byram could be a fit for the Blackhawks at No. 3, tells us whose stock is rising and dropping, who's the top center in the draft after Jack Hughes and his gut feeling — as of right now — on who the Blackhawks could take third overall.




0:45 – Could Kakko’s strong Worlds help him leap Hughes?

3:05 – Is Vasili Podkolzin’s stock dropping?

6:40 – Could Bowen Byram be a fit at No. 3?

10:20 – Could someone trade up to No. 3 for Byram?

12:00 – Who is the top prospect after Hughes and Kakko?

13:50 – Alex Turcotte’s stock rising?

16:15 – Who are the top centers after Hughes?

17:45 – Why Dylan Cozens is the 3rd best prospect in this class

19:00 – Other players with a rising draft stock

20:15 – What is Cole Caufield’s ceiling?

21:45 – What would it cost the Blackhawks to trade into the top 2?

23:30 – Getting to know players at the Draft Combine

25:15 – Gut feeling: the Blackhawks will select…

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