can you imagine if KD was able to make that draft day trade and picked up both Levshunov and Demidov??

Most Blackhawks fans really like Kurashev. He one of the few players that has been on the team the last few years that we still see as being on the team when the Hawks are contenders in several years.

Excellent break down of Chicago ... You know more about them then most of our local writers and really understand what KDs plan is. The prospects are solid and our GM is sticking to his plan - he says it ... Then follows thru.

Sensible Blackhawk insiders are saying 70-75 points. Most have Slaggert in Rockford, some even think Korchinski will spend time in Rockford since he couldn't go there last year. They are about 50-50 on Nazar starting in Chicago or Rockford. All have Jones-Vlasic as the top pair on D to start. The one-year deal guys will probably be dealt at the deadline to contenders; opening up room for the kids that started the season in Rockford.

hawks will be very watchable this year, while still finishing low enough to garner a high pick, and while rockford should be a force in the ahl, especially if levshunov signs. cannot wait for 24-25.

It's amazing how well you know this team even while we suck so bad rn. Even the respect given to Vlasic and Guttman. Major respect, ESPN needs this kind of knowledge for the game and the players

I hope Taylor Hall comes back on all cylinders. Another player I love to watch no matter where he plays. Faligino too

Will love to watch the Sharks, Ducks and Blackhawks this next season. We've got a great season coming up. Very excited

I Love the moves. Teravainen was a top 6 forward on a playoff team. Bertuzzi is top 6/9 player, who will go to those dirty areas to win board battles and get into the goalies face. Veteran help on the back end. A good back uo goalie who may challenge for a full time goalie spot. Now if Mikheyev can have a bounce back year and get back to his 14% shooting %, that trade could be a steal. Add in the prospects and the Blackhawks future looks bright.

Really like the vet additions to help mentor the youds. Too many youds were handed NHL spots last season. Exciting to watch the rebuild!!

Mrazek was amazing last season. Soderbloom was god awful.

Blackhawks- Blues is going to be a great rivalry again, for years to come, as they both load up with young talent and aren't far apart at all with their current groups. Upcoming Winter Classic should be a great way to kick off the next ten + years between these clubs.

Let’s GO Hawks!! The Hockey Guy rules 🤘

Love the moves and the future is bright!

Man, it definitely felt like more than a decade in Chicago ha.

Really looking forward to having another Slovakian goalie in the league at some point - just as a quick pronunciation tip Gajan's name should be pronounced with a Y sound rather than the Spanish J - so Gah-Yan rather than Gah-han. Thanks for the great content as always!

Love it! I'm a huge Hawks fan and actually looking forward to the season. Go Hawks!

If Bert bedard and teuvo is all on the same line I can see each of them getting 60+ points

Brossoit gonna make a name for himself as a starter

Quite excited to check out this upgraded team live

Kurashev is a a great player but on a great team would be a 3rd line wing. He would be a Versteeg esque player on a good club.

Blackhawks games are fun

Great video thank you! -hawks fan

Matoon and Martinez are set up for deadline flips.

The Blackhawks should have a 25 to 27 point increase

Marek Vanacker was also a 1st round pick #27 overall

time will tell to see how well all these new players mesh together. GO HAWKS

This is for sure an improvement from last year!! It got brutal to watch when Bedard was injured...

Nice hawks gear

If the goaltending can be stellar, Hawks could be a dark horse playoff team. Very unlikely, but I wouldn’t necessarily be shocked

I am super excited to see how Nazar does this year

Last season, the Hawks were unwatchable especially when Bedard got injured. Yet being a loyal fan I suffered through the games. I can only hope for a minor improvement because I don’t think I can do that again.

Maroone will be on the 4th line

Call me crazy, but I could see this team be .500 finishing around 11th or 12th in the west. Bedard finally has some help up front, and I expect him to take a big step offensively this year. The defense has definitely gotten better with Martinez and Brodie, and I really believe Brossoit can play solid in net. The other young guys on the team should take a step forward as well.

7 years. Without the Covid season it’s 7 years without the yoffs and even then we got fucked by the blues in 16 and preds in 17 so the last time Chicago actually played competitive playoff hockey was 15.

Hawks need to figure out a good place for Reichel, cause if he sticks on the 4th line, the hawks have a problem. He feels more natural on wing, but it would be great if he could take hold of the 2nd line center position. It didn't work last season, but maybe this one? Dickenson i think it's best fut for 3rd line center.

I expect Chicago to not be picking in the top 5 next NHL draft. I doubt they're a playoff team as of now, but we can all plainly see how they're mixing veterans with youth and allowing the best of the best to make their mark so they can be the next man up.

Bedard and Hall staying healthy will make the Blackhawks a better team before all the additions.

THG, Vlasic and Jones are going to be paired again. They were separated at times to get Korchinski or other players going, but for most nights, they were inseparable.

Looking competitive for this coming season. Western conference is going to be crazy

Your excellent coverage! 🎁🥅🏒🖼️🌟🌟🌟

I really like these moves. My Blackhawks are not ready to spend big on FA, but adding the variety of Veterans (grit and experience to mentor our young core) and most especially BROSSOIT makes us a lot better than the last few years. ***Worst case scenario: BOT 5 of league again; *DREAM: we challenge/end as a Wild Card?! (LOVE THE CHANNEL, SHANON!) {{GRATEFUL fan in CHICAGO}}

I would like to see Teuvo with Bedard. I think Bedard really could use a smart, defensively responsible winger like that until he gets older and rounds out his game.

Wouldnt mind trading Kurashev while his stock his relatively high. I dont see sustained production from him when hes not on Bedards line.

Do the hawks also have Nolan Allan on the back end?

This team should be better but not near the playoffs. I think another 2 to 3 seasons of building things up and then we should expect better days in Chicago. But having said that I do like what Chicago is doing. They got a lot of veterans to surround Connor Bedard and the other young players coming up through the system. I do think Kyle Davidson has Chicago on the right track. It's just going to take some time.

We’re going to be really good in a few years. Davidson has been stellar

Great breakdown. You know more about the Hawks than you should. Passing on Demidov is going to haunt Blackhawks fans for years to come.

Hall missed all but 11 games last year, Athanasiou missed about half the season, Bedard was out for a month. They had various other injuries that kept them from being probably about 15 points better than what they were. So, when you add in more scoring up front and better defense, I think it's feasible to see 15-18 points more. I wouldn't be shocked to see them be in the low 80s for a point total. They will still be 8th or 9th worst team in the league, but a huge improvement.

I really like the additions they made. I think if they stay healthy they can win at least around 36 games. They definitely have better depth now. Gotta keep developing the young guys and hope they can lead the next great team.

I like what the hawks have done this year. They have like 16 forwards signed for next year so it would be interesting to see who makes the lineup. Here’s what I have for now Bertuzzi bedard kurashev Hall reichel Teravainen Mikheyev Dickinson Nazar Donato Foligno Athanasiou Korchinski jones A.Vlasic Murphy Martinez Brodie Mrazek Brossoit

id put reichel on the wing with foligno centering the line. foligno is way better at draws and they need that.

I think the Blackhawks will be better then people think.

Bertuzzi 100% will score on the Leafs next season. I am optimistic about Chicago, they greatly improved their depth, also have Maroon so they may make the playoffs. Looking forward to seeing them.

They’re not going to be good for a few more years, but it makes sense to at least get some decent line-mates for Bedard.

It feels weird seeing Big Rig on the Hawks, but it is a smart move having a 4th line guy still there to protect other players and not be a pushover on the 4th line and create traffic in front of the net. A good move for a 1 year contract.

A rebuild done right.

A few more players coming to Chicago who aren't just on one year deals, likely dumped at the deadline for picks.

im going to follow on san jose and chicago a lot the upcoming season. somehow i seem to lost interest in arizona now that they are utah, but we'll see

adding two 20 goal scorers is an improvement yeah only on a KD team

Kurashev is up and down with puck luck. During the worlds he was not standing out in the Switzerland team. The effort was there , he created some good chances but was not a consistent scorer. He has still some work to do, but he is still young and I believe in his development.

I think the Blackhawks will fight for a playoff spot but at the last 2 months sputter down the end.

A stat nobody talks about are shots per game by players or teams. Most every team in the playoffs avg 30 shots a game with only the 15th and 16th teams at 29.All the other non playoffs teams were down around 26-27. I use to harp all the time that Joe Thronton was over rated because when the team needed him in big situations he never got any shots on net he was a one dimensional board battle guy good at no question but he could not be relied on to score or even shoot. A number a MUST see is an avg of 2 shots per game from your top 6 otherwise move whomever out that is not getting pucks to the net. Now of course you also need players that get to the net but again rebounds creates shots on net so you can see that shots matter. Conor Bedard at only 18 was able to put up 206 shots in 68 games that is VERY good a 3 shot per game avg.So his stat alone skews the Hakws as a team which lowers the rest of the teams shots/gm /avg down even further.

I think they've improved enough to be right around 500

But what about Panger? How's his season going to go?

The log jam in the lineup is real, Rockford may be stacked, they may even start Korchinski and Lefshunov in Rockford together cause that is hopefully your future 1 d pairing, then, Slaggert and Nazar will also probably start in Rockford just because in the past besides Bedard Davidson likes to let the kids “over cook” in Rockford which isn’t a bad thing, see what happened with Kirby Dach, look what happened with Alex Vlasic after 3 years at BU then 1 full season in Rockford, he was solid last year. I agree with them probably still being a year away from really contending for a playoff spot but the worst is probably over now.

Is this a start of season preview?

They might get up to 6th in their division, but sill behind St. Louis and above

Man, I'm just hoping for a .400 point percentage tbh...the team is mid, and age + injuries will knock some points off the board...

I got like #1000!

Did I not see that the Hawks reacquired Sam Lafferty? As part of one of those draft pick swaps? I thought I did…

Bedard should hit the 50 goal mark this season

Tyler Bertuzzi is 29 😳

Love the white jersey over the red

Mrazek should've been an Oiler at the deadline

GO HOCKS!

People are laughing now, but they won’t be in 4/5 years. You better hope your team wins a cup in that span, cuz once Bedard and the squad are legit. You’ll see.

Larry Brossoit should win them 20-25 more games just by himself!

Gutman: "It's a fake!".

Can you take a look at the Calgary Flames? I curios to see your thoughts on them after selling Markstrom and Mangi. And drafting Zayne Parekh.

Full Circle now with Alec. His goal literally won the Kings' second SC against the Hawks. Those were the days. Back then, whoever won the Western Championship typically hoists Lord Stanley without malice or slight against the ECF Champ.

We winnin the cup boys

first off: Frank Nazar's last named is pronounced Nay-ZAR, not Nay-zer. i know the Hawks aren't a team you follow closely, so just heping you with the pronunciation anyways, as constructed, the Hawks shouldn't have a top 5 pick next draft, but will probably finish with a draft pick in the 6-10 range also, showing the Hawks with under $5M in cap room is very misleading, as CapFriendly (long live CapFriendly!) has 15 forwards, 6 dmen & 3 goalies on the roster, which is too many, so their actual cap room will be over $7M when the proper roster moves are made. just letting you know!

This is why Columbus was smart to turn down that trade for next years pick. They're done tanking, and they'd have even more incentive to go for it if they had traded their pick.

When do the Hawks make the playoffs? Obviously not in 2025. 2027, maybe?? Bedard should be a freaking beast by then, and he should have some help in one form or another.

I predict that Hawks will be about 7th or 8th worst team in the league next year as far as points. Any higher would be a surprise. If they make the playoffs, their young defenseman would be why and they are just figuring it out.

A video on Washington would be cool too, I feel like there going all in on one last run with ovi

Hey Shannon! Did you happen to see the recent video Tom Grossi and NFL/Green Bay Packer KZfaqr did on hockey? Love to see your reaction to it/what you think of his thoughts coming from a new fan/casual hockey perspective

Couple wins better. I really don't think most of these move the needle much.

Blackhawks lines for 24-5 Hall Bedard Teravainen Reichel Dickinson Bertuzzi Foligno Nazar kurashev Maroon AA Mikheyev Seth Jones Murphy Martinez Korchinski Vlasic Brodie

But who are they better than? Name one team. Another top pick next year.

This is one of the few times I have to completely disagree , for the most part it looks alot more like a bunch of mid players , and they are blocking the young talent. I don't think they needed to rush the rebuild like this.

Is this Reichel kid the son of Robert Reichel per chance? That was a guy I liked a lot when he came back after going back to Europe. Yes he came back with Toronto and I'm a Habs fan, but I wouldn't mind playing Toronto playing NHL on PC (until '07, after that I just patched the game for the line-changes and new/retired players/trades and didn't buy '08/'09 because they had stopped improving the graphics and general revamp console versions got circa '08/'09, but this isn't a bash-on-EA video, I'll stop here). I remember as a kid having a whole lot of Score series cards and I had a Robert Reichel one when he was with the Flames and Score only had the previous season stats on the back, and I was wondering where this guy that had just scored 40 with Calgary went, he wasn't in NHL 96 for PC (the first quasi-3d one, isometric is the name I think?) and I was glad him and Renberg came back at the same time, about the last time Toronto had a deep lineup, early/mid '00s.

Yes on Martinez. Nooooo, on Brodie. Just flat out no.

Shannon thinking Blackhawks could get 80 pts

On paper is correct. In reality it ain't much.

Shannon the Blackhawks have already announced that their top draft pick last week, defenseman Artoym Levshunov, will not return to Michigan State but start the season with the Rockford Ice Hogs of the AHL. Chicago also has a solid Goaltender in the AHL named Jaxson Stauber the son of former NHL goalie Robb Stauber. Came up and played six games with the Hawks last year and was 5-1. Played 31 games with Rockford last season and was 18-8-3 with a 2.85 GAA Our backup in Chicago Arvud Soderblom was not good last season..5-22-2 and a GAA of 3.89.. Is the modern-day version of Hardy Astrom... I don't know if you remember who he was... But unfortunately like Hardy..Arvid can't stop a beachball.... Boisvert is a huge upgrade.. Now if we could just get rid of the human pylon Seth Jones on defense we'll be alright. Realistically when you see the players they've added.. You think well yeah a lot of these guys are aging.. But they are here to provide leadership and help these younger players mature into confident hockey players... I know the Chicago Blackhawks will not finish in the bottom three of the standings this season... But it's going to be a difficult ride... They're 23 wins last year... I think they should be capable of winning between 35 to 38 games.... Some of the losses they had last year late in the game and they were leading and they just totally fell apart... And some of the players that they picked up are going to help prevent that from happening... hopefully lol Better days are coming.....

Maroon ain't making anything 'better'

I bet that Nazar heads to Rockford to start and so does Korchinski. Kaiser is who I believe will take Korchinski's place.

I foresee the hawks sniffing around the last wildcard spot until around February with this roster then fizzling out a bit and being a few points out. 25/26 they’ll be in the playoffs. 27/28 hoping to look like a true cup contender.