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Official Blackhawks 2024 Offseason Thread-Bedard owns Chicago
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UChiLAbear
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I hated when Scotty's kid traded him!
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I'll admit I'm a bit more optimistic than most........your second paragraph is gospel.........lol at "Stan the Lesser."
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Florida's game & Cup win, has Q written all over it.
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Can't forget Dale Tallon either.....the true genius who built the BHs.....he left Florida in 2020, but his mark is on that team.
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I went and took care of some business, I come home and find the BHs opened up the flood gates!....lol..... Guess I'm wrong about bringing up Forward prospects next year. Looks like the BHs feel they need a bit more seasoning at Rockford.
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Edmonton has Stanbo on their list for potential GM candidates
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My takeaways:
Backup goalie got alot better...(and should see more starts than soderblum )
Bottom 6 fwd got better with actual nhl players....but 10-12 of 14 fwd group is made up of bottom 6 type vets except for Bedard/Teuvo...and maybe bertuzzi/hall.
Young fwds (nazar/slaggert) will likely be in minors most of season until injuries/trades
Martinez is OK but a shell of his former self
Overall the team should be better but still struggle to score and likely still a way from a wc spot...prob picking in top 10 again
Backup goalie got alot better...(and should see more starts than soderblum )
Bottom 6 fwd got better with actual nhl players....but 10-12 of 14 fwd group is made up of bottom 6 type vets except for Bedard/Teuvo...and maybe bertuzzi/hall.
Young fwds (nazar/slaggert) will likely be in minors most of season until injuries/trades
Martinez is OK but a shell of his former self
Overall the team should be better but still struggle to score and likely still a way from a wc spot...prob picking in top 10 again
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I like these signings so far, not a tank as you say, but not a cup team. What it is though is a signal that the losing should be over. At some point all these young kids have to be taught how to win, and I think they are putting together a team that can find some consistency and balance and start creating the winning culture. Something that the new wave of young bodies can step right into and grow their potential in. It's very hard to know how good players are, especially at a very young age where they don't know how to adjust to the league, when the talent around them doesn't allow them to play or grow they're too busy just trying to survive. A few players have the talent to overcome that but when you are drafting this many young players you're expecting them to develop still, and that can't happen without solid guys around them who are already there.
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Hated is a bit strong.
I think most expected more out of Bertuzzi is fair to say. I think he’s just not a very good skater, and it shows in his foot speed, which is his biggest weakness as a player.
Also his physicality or tenacity or whatever you want to call it never really showed up.
He’s a solid middle 6 guy to me. Not elite at anything really but solid overall.
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TJ Brodie is about to be CCS’ newest whipping boy. Holy shit is he bad.
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Soderblom should not see the NHL at all next year.
If anything Martinez and Murphy should be 6-7 guys while we get looks at his like EDM, etc. we don't want kids being pressboxed; but oft-injuted vets? Sure.
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Welcome back Teuvo 
Will be fun to see him play with Bedard.
Will be fun to see him play with Bedard.bears5150
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Pat Maroon we know why he is here.
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Maybe no trades for now, who knows?, but come the trade deadline, I could see at least 1 or two vets being traded to serious contenders.
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Yea...no open spots anywhere for the prospects....I thought a few would make the team next season....but I go along with the BHs plan of getting these guys 'seasoning' at Rockford. I at this time have no complaints with the BHs game plan. This also tells me, and I want to see this, that Leshunov is going back to MSU for his sophomore year. imo, it's the right move. I don't know how many of you knew this, but I just read the other day that Leshunov was the D-player of The Year in the Big-Ten. One word summary....Impressive! More fuel on the fire why I'm glad the BHs drafted him.
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Arty was a #2 pick,the only way I don't see him in Chicago is if he goes back to school. These older guys are just placeholders...if any of the kids appear to be ready they will be watching games on TV.
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Injuries and struggles are inevitable too, a team like this is going to need depth and flexibility to make changes. As well as have pieces to move to fill the holes that inevitably will come up. Having too many players is a much better position than too few. Also goes back to my pre-draft question of a log jam of young players, who then you'll be battling with all their next contracts coming up at the same time. We want all these kids to be good and play now, but it's a fine balance of them being good and playing now when the team sucks, vs. possibly not being able to afford them when the team is getting good and then making some very tough decisions.