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I don’t think we need to figure out anything more on Spencer Knight except for him finally to get a real dose of NHL games under his belts.
The hop is that he starts to deliver as a better puck saver and that the kids feed off that in games.
Can he help keep the team in games, enabling the young core to play strong infront of his and WIN more?
I think big Sam may be on track towards a rookie of the year nomination.
Will Arty start to see where to position himself in his end? Will he restain himself to seeing the simple over the jump up urges his quick feet have to save the day?
Will enough youngsters take steps that elevate themselve in NHL pro status and stick?
I don’t think any of the starved for success fanbase will be opposed to seeing any and all of Rockford rotating in and out.
We don’t want regualt roles handed out before the second wave of prospects arrives, and then the third, and then the fourth in this years 2026 deep class, where essntially the Balckhawks can start selecting developmental players who will be on track to fill and replace the draft picks that have failed to show NHL muster.Thank you Wiz. No need to put the cart before the horse. We’ve only had a small sample size of Knight and down the stretch he was average at best. Let him play a full season and we’ll come back to this discussion early next offseason.
Can we get back to hockey while you old farts try to figure out how to use this forum correctly? Lol it’s like 2 pages of uhhh I don’t know what I’m doing uhhh…hahahaha
Still really slow in this forum. I was hoping it’d be a couple pages per day like HB still was even a few weeks ago.
Looks like Hockey Hot Stove has entered into an agreement with Capwages.com for salary cap information. Go to the HHS home page and select “Cap Tracker” along the top banner.
CapWages is great. While they have some bugs to work out to fully mirror their predecessor, CW is at least 3x better than that dinosaur site PuckPedia.
Oliver Moore’s calling card has always been his speed. His edge work is elite, and he generates power from every stride. Moore isn’t a bruiser, but he plays with pace.
[See the full post at: Oliver Moore: Blackhawks Prospect Set for a Defining Season]
He’s bulked up to 195lbs after starting his sophomore season a year ago in Minnesota at 185lbs. As long as his elite speed still remains, the extra bulk will simply help absorb NHL hits rather than hoping he all the sudden starts hitting like Hyman did in the playoffs lol. Would be nice if he could share how he added that bulk to KK!
Anyone read about the new CBA rule starting this season where teams will be allotted one spot in the AHL for a 19-year-old? Assuming the Hawks choices are essentially Vanacker or Spellacy if they decide to move one or the other up to AHL as they’re the only prospects that have signed their ELC that’d be worthy of the spot. Thoughts?
If it’s me, I’d move Spellacy up to AHL. Not sure how much more he’ll learn in the OHL and his ceiling/floor are a lot lower than Vanacker. I’d keep Vanacker in Brantford so he can get a full season of being the man with Lardis and O’Brien moving on and so he gets in a healthy season to gain confidence prior to moving up to AHL. He’s destined to be a crowd favorite when he hits the show but for now, let’s develop him properly.
Do the Caps all of a sudden look like the Bruins this year? Bolts, Rangers, Pens players all getting AARP cards in the mail. Seems to me some teams are going to be better because their own division is getting worse.
I believe the two oldest teams this season are Pens and Kings. Get Brossoit healthy and start a bidding war between Habs and Kings please.
Absolutely agree — at some point they have to give Bedard more support. I do think Davidson will add to the top six next summer, because he knows Bedard can’t carry the load forever.
Any thoughts as to which UFA(s) Kyle may bring in next summer?
Perhaps Kyle thinks of Vlasic as more of a veteran than a young pup? With his 179 NHL games under his belt and learned a lot from the vet d-men on last season’s squad, Kyle may see him as someone who can help guide the boys that are just getting their feet on the NHL sheet.
Like Nazar’s line did late last season, you mean?! Bedard will have fellow midget Kaprisov on his line next season lol
Wondering if Kyle enters the chat for Carey Price’s contract. Brossoit for Price + 2026 conditional pick perhaps? Habs are currently $4.8 million over the cap. Swapping Price for Brossoit would get the Habs $3 mil under the cap so they’d still have room to play with down the line. Also nets them a solid goalie if he returns to playing in 25-26. For Hawks, they get something in return for Brossoit and let their problem become the Habs’ problem while absorbing Price’s contract.
Lardis has a huge challenge of transitioning to AHL and its physicality. He has not done well in physical games like vs London for example and will have a bullseye on his back for that reason until he overcomes it. Many skilled guys do not overcome it though hence why he’s further down the list given his stats vs OHL boys or labeled a “wild card”.
I will say I’m a bit surprised to see Korchinski so high on the prospect rankings. He’s not really moved the needle and should be relegated back to Rockford again this season along with Arty.
