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Why not start a new one now for all things going forward since we're through the draft and off-season will be here sooner than we know.
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Analyzing where Blackhawks stand, where they're headed after quiet start to free agency
The Hawks made only two small moves Tuesday, leaving their 2025-26 roster ready for a full-fledged youth movement.
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Blackhawks open free-agency day by trading for Sam Lafferty, again
Hawks general manager Kyle Davidson has now executed a whopping four Lafferty trades — three in which he has acquired the speedy forward.
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Blackhawks give out three qualifying offers before free agency opens Tuesday
Wyatt Kaiser, Louis Crevier and Arvid Soderblom will remain restricted free agents while Philipp Kurashev will hit the open market.
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What we learned at Chicago Blackhawks development camp, including Vaclav Nestrasil thinking ‘bigger’
With Chicago Blackhawks prospects not on the ice for development camp, the staff crafts some unusual team-building activities — including beach volleyball and building Legos.
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NHL free agency: 5 players to watch in thin market, including Brock Boeser and Nikolaj Ehlers
This is not one of the deepest NHL free-agent classes in recent history. Still, with the salary cap going up a record $7.5 million, teams will be spending a lot of money.
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Column: Chicago Blackhawks come up mostly empty on ‘pretty stagnant’ Day 1 of free agency
Chicago Blackhawks GM Kyle Davidson tried to cast the addition of Sam Lafferty in the best light, but he had to acknowledge he faced a tougher-than-usual market.
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NHL free agency: Vancouver Canucks re-sign Brock Boeser and New York Rangers land Vladislav Gavrikov on Day 1
Forward Brock Boeser is staying put in Vancouver after the Canucks opened the NHL’s free agency period by re-signing one of their own.
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I love Sam Lafferty though.
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5 years into a rebuild.....and they're finally committing to a rebuild....
and actually going to play the young guys; allegedly (until they sign 6 more sam laffertys and stick them on a line with bedard, then wonder why hes not developing).
and actually going to play the young guys; allegedly (until they sign 6 more sam laffertys and stick them on a line with bedard, then wonder why hes not developing).
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My favorite teams
That's usually how it goes.
Keith was drafted in 2002, which was the ex post facto start of the rebuild. He didn't hit the ice until 2006 and the team didn't look remotely anything like the team that would win 3 cups until 2008.
And keep in mind Keith only had Seabrook with him as a fellow kid. The rest of the D was saddled with guys like Aucoin and Cullimore--not to mention the clusterfuckery up front. Barnaby, anyone?
The other factor on this is that it takes 2 to tango, and with the cap going up a lot of teams do have the cap going into this year to sign guys. Couple that with the fact that this team is a lot like it was in the mid-2000's: No one back then thought the 'hawks would rise to the level they did in the early-to-mid 2010's at the time, so any free agent had to be paid (see also: Khabibulin and Brian Campbell). So, that's working against us.
But really, Laffy Taffy is a depth move, nothing more. A 2M this-year-only 4th liner that can be moved or pressboxed as-needed in exchange for a 6th round pick who will likely never see the NHL? It's fine.
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I get that....my point was they should have started the process of playing a ton of young guys at the start of last season not sign guys a bunch of guys like maroon/brodie/Martinez/etc
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Question: are more threads about the B-hawks going to be allowed this season, or are you still limiting the subforum to posting in one or two threads?
I'm becoming good buds with a B-hawks beat writer and may be posting more chit in here if new threads are allowed...
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There was never a limit to new threads just starting dumb threads or the same thread over and over. Usually a thread wasn't needed because there wasn't enough traffic and it was already discussed in the mega thread. What was decided was to just not start a new gameday thread every time because there wasn't enough interest.
I will say though that I'm not going to let the forum just be a shameless clickbait self promotion forum. Especially if the quality is as bad as the stuff from one of the resident writers here.
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So basically just keep all new posting in this thread. Got it.
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Blackhawks prospect John Mustard flying under radar despite solid freshman year at Providence
Mustard has blazing speed and played well in his first season of college hockey. His next step includes learning how to convert more of his scoring chances.
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Canes sign coveted Ehlers to 6-year, $51M deal
The Carolina Hurricanes have made their splashy offseason signing, inking forward Nik Ehlers to a six-year, $51 million contract on Thursday.
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This is a good read.
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Blackhawks prospect Vaclav Nestrasil's development 'took off' once he embraced power-forward identity
Nestrasil, a 6-5 Czech forward whom the Hawks drafted No. 25 overall last week, has come a long way over the last year.
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5 things we learned at Chicago Blackhawks development camp, including which prospect is forgoing college
One Chicago Blackhawks prospect is “certainly going against the grain” by reversing his decision to play in college.
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The bulk of their younger players are still 20 or younger. You don’t see many under 20 year old’s in the NHL for a reason….strength. Only the special players like Bedard are given the opportunity to play as 18 year olds but you can also tell he wasn’t strong enough to reach his potential yet. These kids all have puck skills and speed, but they don’t have the strength to go up against guys 10 year their senior and succeed. That’s not how you develop youngsters in the NHL.
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Start two years ago and we get Cellibrini and Misa to go with Bedsrd.
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Cole Huston says hello.....
So does macklin celebrini