For those who have lost count, the Blackhawks have now lost six games in-a-row, falling 4-1 Friday in Minnesota. In those six losses, they’ve never led and have been out-scored 24-6. Oddly enough, they’ve also given up hat-tricks in two of their last three games (Alex Ovechkin on Tuesday and Mats Zuccarello on Friday). I suppose if you’re looking for…
Alex Ovechkin is on the verge of history. He is three goals away from becoming the third NHL player to ever score 800 goals. Is it acceptable, as a Blackhawks fan, to root for history?
Tuesday night’s game in New Jersey will mark the Chicago Blackhawks’ 25th game of the season. The Hawks are currently 7-13-4, good for third in the all-important “tank standings.” Tank standings via Tankathon.com/NHL They are worst in the league in both Corsi For Percentage and Fenwick For Percentage. They are third worst in the NHL in Expected Goals For Percentage…
The Blackhawks’ brief West Coast trip (and annual Fathers Trip) is over. The Hawks lost 2-1 in overtime to the L.A. Kings on Thursday. Saturday in Anaheim, they overcame their worst period of the season (by a mile) to beat the Ducks 3-2 in Anaheim. Yes…somehow this team, who played two of their worst games of the season in back-to-back…
The futures of Jonathan Toews and Patrick Kane will be the stories of the season until the NHL Trade Deadline comes and goes on March 3. Both are due to be unrestricted free agents at the end of this season, and have full no-movement clauses in their contracts. Blackhawks GM Kyle Davidson has said he will not approach either player…
As if the Blackhawks weren’t dealing with enough goaltender injuries, Arvid Söderblom, who had been playing great hockey since taking over full-time for Alex Stalock and Petr Mrazek in their absences, didn’t return for the third period against the Jets. Meaning Dylan Wells, who is technically fifth on the Blackhawks depth chart, would be making his NHL debut with a…
After winning four games in a row, the Blackhawks picked up their second consecutive loss, losing 4-3 in overtime in Buffalo on Saturday night. The Hawks got goals from Jason Dickinson, Sam Lafferty and Taylor Raddysh, but the story was goaltender Arvid Söderblom, who was absolutely outstanding in the loss. He stopped 41 of 45 Sabres shots, and is the…
The 2022-23 editions of Adidas’ Reverse Retro jerseys have been released! Like everyone else, the CHGO Blackhawks crew had their thoughts on the designs. Some were good. Some were the Blackhawks. Let’s get to it. Chicago Blackhawks Mario Tirabassi: “It just completely misses the mark for me. Why couldn’t the Blackhawks have just done the barber pole?” D+ Jay Zawaski:…...
It took three games, but the Blackhawks picked up their first win of the season, beating the Sharks 5-2 in San Jose on Saturday night. The Blackhawks got goals from Jonathan Toews, Taylor Raddysh, Jason Dickinson, and Sam Lafferty. Both of Lafferty’s goals were shorthanded and Luke Richardson also picked up his first win as Blackhawks head coach in a…...
When discussing a rebuild, whichever sport you may be talking about, the assumption is the roster will be made up of some veterans and a bunch of kids. This summer, as we projected which prospects might be getting a look with the Blackhawks in 2022-23, we made the same assumptions. However, if you read the tea leaves of the preseason,…...
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