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KD needs to restock Rockford with some dmen in the ‘26 draft, because fairly soon Allan, EDM, and KK will no longer be waiver exempt.
Play them, trade them or lose them beginning with the 26-27 season. I think they’ll be 5,6,7D after Vlasic, Rinzel, Kaiser and Lev. I can see KFC packaging 2 2nds for a 1st resulting in 4 picks in the top 40 or so in a deep draft. I agree with the D pipeline so maybe he selects at least 2D with those picks.
Off night and small sample size included, let’s talk about 2026 because, why not? The big UFA’s at least so far are re-upping with their current teams to max the 8 years which I get but what’s next? That’s out the window with the new CBA and Hawks are up and coming starting next year. If there’s no top tier UFA’s willing to coming to Chicago in June, does Kyle from Who Cares Where pony up the draft capital for a top tier RFA? Kyle could theoretically bend over Dallas this offseason. If they prioritize signing Harley over Robertson, which they should in order to shore up the blueline going forward, Dallas will be in a precarious position. They’ll prioritize Race over Robertson because their future blueline is headed by Heiskanen/Lindell only but their forwards group is stout to the core for several years plus Emil Hemming and Jaxon Fuder coming up in the not so distant future.
Kyle has a boatload of prospects already and 5 picks in the first two rounds in a deep 2026 class. After that, we should be supplanted for two years. Instead of going for a big UFA, offer sheet Robertson for what Nill can’t even afford. Threaten that while offering a gentleman’s deal beforehand offering 2027 1st, Reichel’s RFA rights, Crevier, and Bertuzzi/Dickinson. Dallas is in a bad spot, exploit that.Is there some weird logical reason the NHL has zero games on night 4 of the season?
Or is this just the NHL being the NHL?I was thinking the same thing. If I’m home, I try and watch a period or two every night, obviously not tonight. Also, to touch on boiler’s earlier post, they do have more assets upfront on the way than defensemen. KD needs to restock Rockford with some dmen in the ‘26 draft, because fairly soon Allan, EDM, and KK will no longer be waiver exempt.
Is there some weird logical reason the NHL has zero games on night 4 of the season?
Or is this just the NHL being the NHL?Did Foligno just randomly become great at faceoffs for 2 games or did I forget that he was always good?
Sorry to you and everyone for how difficult it’s been to comment or reply lately — it’s often not working, and unfortunately, it’s out of my control. I really wish I could fix it.
That said, Bedard is only going to get better. He worked hard this summer and clearly wants to take the next step. If he can improve his faceoffs, it’ll make a big difference in the long run. Honestly, the Blackhawks should consider hiring a faceoff specialist to help both Bedard and Nazar take that next leap.
Artie got schooled but he’s a reacher and takes stick penalties.
I was especially disappointed to see Nazar take that bad tripping penalty.
He was reaching around the entire opponent’s body for a puck he had no chance at.I suppose we are all guilty of “jumping” these youngsters into veteran smarts they don’t have yet.
Less penalties, especially the lazy dumb ones, are a goal that could give them 4-6 team points this year without any other improvement.
I know I’ve complained about a few play Arty hasn’t made but I’d rather he be out there than Murphy and Grezel.
So long as they feel as though they are not ruining his development at the NHL level.
The soft calls by the refs have got to stop, ridiculous.
Still don’t understand Nazar getting a penalty for being cross checked several times in the back.
Gotta love the Rat drawing that trip on Artie. Kid left his stick out there and Marchand simply skated thru it and went down… Artie got schooled but he’s a reacher and takes stick penalties. Might take a while but that’ll get cleaned up to some degree. ….. Be fun to see this beast in 5 yrs. For now though it’ll get funky.
Hey MH, yea man good old Ralphie Boy and Norton were the real deal and hilarious together and there were a few times Ralph was “ascared”.
Remember Soda 2 yrs ago? One of the most miraculous yr to yr improvement for a hockey player I’ve seen. But yea, there are times he gets a bit scrambly but that’s not a deal breaker. He provides competent depth and maturity to the pipeline but is probably a placeholder in the big picture. ……. Gonna be fun in 2ish yrs when Commesso will be an NHLer. For now it looks like Knight will stand in his way but you never know.
I’m a big Hrabel guy but I watched Gajun enough in the USHL to see the kid has real talent, and question marks too. He’s a wild horse kinda prospect that is really talented and athletic (think Shesterkin style) but his teqnique is raw.
I know I’ve complained about a few play Arty hasn’t made but I’d rather he be out there than Murphy and Grezel.
So long as they feel as though they are not ruining his development at the NHL level.
The soft calls by the refs have got to stop, ridiculous.
Still don’t understand Nazar getting a penalty for being cross checked several times in the back.
