In the Chicago Blackhawks’ world, news has been pretty slow this week. There aren’t many new things to report on, except for two tidbits. So, this edition of News & Rumors is focusing on the rumors. The rumor mill came out with a big bang this week, and a lot of the stuff that has
Dominik Kubalik
In today’s NHL rumor rundown, the Chicago Blackhawks will have to get down to business with restricted free agent Dominik Kubalik. What will that deal look like? So too, in Carolina, the Hurricanes and forward Andrei Svechnikov are ready to talk extension but will a deal get done now or later? Finally, could the Vancouver
The Chicago Blackhawks were eliminated from the 2020 postseason this past Tuesday, as they lost to the Vegas Golden Knights 4-3 in Game 5 and 4-1 in the series. The good news is no one expected them to get as far as they did, and they got some meaningful playoff games under their belt. They
The Chicago Blackhawks are making progress as training camp winds down and they prepare to head to Edmonton this Sunday. Once there, they have another week to get acclimated before starting their best-of-five series against the Oilers on Aug. 1. But the remainder of this week and weekend will determine who makes the trip and
Gosh, I miss hockey! While the NHL is looking at ways to finish out the NHL season and reward the Stanley Cup, we’ve all been without hockey for quite some time due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The Chicago Blackhawks’ last contest was a 6-2 victory over the San Jose Sharks on Mar. 11. To that
The Chicago Blackhawks pretty much blew their playoff chances when they lost four-of-five games on their recent five-game road trip, and followed that up with three more losses in their next four outings. Based upon his team’s play, general manager Stan Bowman had little choice but to sell at the Feb. 24 trade deadline. The
The Chicago Blackhawks went 2-2-0 in their recent homestand, picking up four of a possible eight points. Unfortunately, due to the hole they dug themselves in the first half of the season, this doesn’t seem like enough. Their current record of 20-20-6 is good for 46 points through 46 games, which is last place in
The Chicago Blackhawks reached their pinnacle in June of 2015 with their third Stanley Cup in six seasons. However, as we all know, things have not gone well since. After being bounced in seven games by the St. Louis Blues in 2016 and being swept by the Nashville Predators in 2017, the Blackhawks have not
© Christopher Hanewinckel-USA TODAY Sports Maroon really, really wants to stay Lou Korac: Unrestricted free agent forward Patrick Maroon really wants to stay in St. Louis but limited salary cap space likely won’t allow it to happen. The Blues need to lock up some of their restricted free agents. Maroon would like to wait until