This week, Nick and Dan discuss the current landscape of the Stanley Cup Playoffs as some heavily favored teams are faltering. The Penguins and Leafs made a trade recently, sending former Penguins draft pick Kasperi Kapanen back to Pittsburgh. The NHL handed down punishments for the Coyotes as a result of violating league rules on […] More
With the Blackhawks losing in 5 games to the #1 seed Vegas Golden Knights, Nick, Dan, and Kevin recap the Hawks’ brief playoff run and look back on what was an up and down season. They dive in to what the Hawks’ offseason may look like after now making changes at President and with Danny […] More
Alright, so I have a pretty hot take: Game 1 of the Blachawks’ first playoff game since 2017 (a series sweep at the hands of Nashville I want burned from my memory) didn’t go so hot. The Vegas Golden Knights completely dominated them in possession (no Vegas metric was sub-60%), high-scoring chances (10-9), and shots […] More
Stanley Cup Playoffs: ROUND ONE! In this year’s edition of the Stanley Cup Playoffs, we are already in August, there is not fans in attendance, and 12 seeds are in the bracket. If this article was published a year ago dated from the future no one would believe me and that’s an excellent description of […] More
The Blackhawks are officially BACK in the Stanley Cup Playoffs. After Friday night’s win against the 5th seed Edmonton Oilers, the Chicago Blackhawks now face the 1 seed Vegas Golden Knights in the Western Conference Quarterfinals. Nick, Dan, and Kevin react to seeing their beloved back in the playoffs, as well as review the results […] More
The palpable buzz after a 6-4 victory in Game 1 in the qualifying round against Edmonton is gone after a concerning defensive performance that was accompanied by a lot of positional and puck-handling sloppiness in Game 2. Led by Connor McDavid’s first career playoff hat trick and puck donations from Corey Crawford, Ryan Carpenter, and […] More
Brent Seabrook will not be on the Blackhawks’ roster as part of the NHL’s Return to Play Plan in Edmonton. Seabrook was placed on injured reserve after having three surgeries: one shoulder, two hips. The reason I felt inclined to write this post was that I was certainly guilty of being frustrated with Seabrook’s obvious […] More
2010 When defenseman Brian Campbell signed an eight-year contract worth $56.8 million ($7.1 million AAV) on July 1, 2008, it was clear the Chicago Blackhawks were an organization moving in the right direction. With Campbell joining blossoming young defensemen Duncan Keith and Brent Seabrook on the blueline to go along with two potential franchise forwards […] More
As Kevin, Dan, and I discussed in this week’s latest installment of the Go With The Flow podcast (available on Spotify and Apple), commissioner Gary Bettman has announced a return to play plan. If all goes well, the 12-seed Blackhawks would square off against the 5-seed Oilers at a neutral hub city in a five-game […] More
During the dark days of Chicago Blackhawks hockey, there was plenty of inept roster management and blame to go around within the organization for their failures. In 2000, the Blackhawks and general manager Mike Smith gambled on volatile Russian defenseman Alexander Karpovtsev and a fourth-round pick in exchange for Bryan McCabe who was sent to […] More
Often times when we look back at great memories of our respective sports team, the offensive plays get the most attention.However, I wanted to take a moment and recognize a Blackhawks dynasty-era highlight that everyone probably remembers but gets lost in the shuffle because it took place in the regular season and what led to […] More
Recently NBC Sports Chicago spoke with Patrick Kane and somewhere along the line, the prospect of Patrick Sharp joining the Blackhawks front office came up. Patrick Kane praised Patrick Sharp's work as a broadcaster but envisioned him as part of the #Blackhawks' front office: "I could see him doing that even to this day."https://t.co/m2YliOXa6r — […] More
