Chicago Blackhawks prospect and soon-to-be University of Minnesota freshman Oliver Moore could only laugh. Was he hearing it from Michigan forward and fellow prospect Frank Nazar?
After a week’s worth of hearing from the Chicago Blackhawks front office, coaches, and the prospects themselves, it’s clear the Blackhawks went more with the whole-body, whole-mind approach of things.
Now that we’re deep into the offseason, we can take a step back and evaluate what the Chicago Blackhawks will look like when camp opens in September. New faces like Connor Bedard and Taylor Hall will get all the attention and excitement, but with these additions to the roster, it has created a major logjam in the forward group.
It’s getting to the quiet time of the season before camps and preseason take hold in September. The Chicago Blackhawks weren’t expected to add much more but some more depth was added to the blueline in Rockford.
Last week I wrote about the Americans who stood out in Chicago Blackhawks history. Tony Amonte and Jeremy Roenick. Chris Chelios. Patrick Kane and Alex DeBrincat.
Five years ago, the New York Rangers did something unique that caught hockey fans and analysts off guard. They admitted publicly they needed to reverse course–and revealed how they would fix it.
The Chicago Blackhawks will look vastly different than they did at the beginning of last season. Additions such as Taylor Hall, Nick Foligno, and Corey Perry, and new face of the franchise Connor Bedard are earth-shattering differences from last season's team.
Now that the dust is settled on the Alex DeBrincat trade that went down with Detroit, maybe now it’s an easier glance at the trade that polarized some in the Chicago Blackhawks fanbase.
In this week’s Blackhawks Sunday Cinema and Hockey blend, I’m bringing in a baseball movie. 1988’s Bull Durham is a classic, dealing with the clash of veterans and rookies, mentoring, winning, losing and a whole other host of material I don’t have enough space to write about.
300 miles away and known as one of the biggest, if not the biggest rival of the Chicago Blackhawks, the Detroit Red Wings are trying to find their way out of a rebuild that’s officially going on five seasons now.
Connor Bedard used his time during the Chicago Blackhawks development camp to get aquatinted with his new city. An answer Bedard gave about his favorite activity in Chicago gave a telling answer about who the Blackhawks’ newest forward is.
In recent developments, the likelihood of the Edmonton Oilers signing Jonathan Toews as a veteran free agent this summer appears to be diminishing.
Kevin Korchinski stood out to the coaching staff right away. It wasn’t the multitude of playoff games the Blackhawks prospect played. Nor had he put on a couple inches or two.
The Chicago Blackhawks didn’t make big moves when free agency opened on July 1. Since they added players like Taylor Hall, Nick Foligno, and Corey Perry during the 2023 NHL Draft week, and with few departures, the room on the current roster seemed slim, making the lack of moves justifiable.
Any Chicago Blackhawks coach can tell you that aside from motivation, teaching is the key to getting the most out of players. But each player is different, featuring their own unique talents and challenges, and react to things differently as a human being.
Drew Commesso patterns his regimen around that of an NHL star. But all he has to be, according to Chicago Blackhawks General Manager Kyle Davidson is his usual positive self.
The 2023 NHL Entry Draft has come and gone, and most of the big free agency moves have already been made. But this just means things are picking up in the hockey world while everyone gets ramped up for a new season to start.
This season, Corey Perry will be the grizzled veteran in a Chicago Blackhawks room made up mostly of early to mid-20-somethings. But, Perry has been in their shoes - or skates - before, and recently he revealed what wisdom he plans to impart to the Blackhawks youth.
Corey Perry comes in peace, Chicago. He knows Blackhawks fans remember the scraps from the 2015 Western Conference Final and well, an entire career filled with digging beneath the opponents skin.
The Chicago Blackhawks’ No. 1 overall pick in this year’s draft, Connor Bedard, has been working out the team’s development camp since last weekend. He apparently isn’t too excited about one aspect of the Blackhawks’ tactics.
It’s a critical component in a sport where the “C” is sewn prominently on a sweater. In soccer it’s a band around the sleeve. Football has it in a smaller box on the chest.
Filip Zadina may have cleared waivers, but it wasn’t what he wanted. Willing to forego the remaining two years of his contract, Zadina is now a free agent.
Pretty much everything that Connor Bedard could say has been said in the last week. But with the Chicago Blackhawks wrapping up its development camp, it stood out that the love the city and its fans have shown Bedard is appreciated and reciprocated.
The Chicago Blackhawks are quickly assembling one of the more tantalizing prospect pools in the league, at least in terms of upside.
Chicago Blackhawks prospect Martin Misiak will join the Erie Otters of the Ontario Hockey League next season after being selected first overall in the Canadian Hockey League Import Draft on Wednesday.
The Chicago Blackhawks assigned jersey numbers to their four newest players Wednesday. Forwards Taylor Hall, Nick Foligno and Corey Perry will all wear numbers they have previously worn during their NHL careers. Foligno and Hall will stick with Nos.
The Chicago Blackhawks made plenty of high-octane moves in June to set the team’s foundation for this fall and beyond. General manager Kyle Davidson clarified where the roster stands in his last press conference before the long offseason.
What if I were to tell you that of the draft picks that Stan Bowman made as the Chicago Blackhawks’ general manager (GM), Philipp Kurashev is the only remaining player who is on their NHL roster.
Corey Perry was acquired from the Tampa Bay Lightning just a couple of days ago in exchange for a seventh-round pick in the 2024 NHL Draft.
The Chicago Blackhawks have selected forward Oliver Moore with the No. 19 pick in the 2023 NHL Draft.
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