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I wasn’t gonna fess up, but, me too. I save it before I get to I’m not a robot (no period)
Well, we found out that the hawks have two pretty good young Goalers
Arty really wants to use his hockey skills to be a difference-maker, but has be seeing doghouse after teasing us with upside and killing the tempoes for his parent club
Complain?
What’s the point? They got a point.Leaf’s first rounder shows why they chose him, not why they traded,Fraser Minton.
Well, we found out that the hawks have two pretty good young Goalers
Arty really wants to use his hockey skills to be a difference-maker, but has be seeing doghouse after teasing us with upside and killing the tempoes for his parent club
Complain?
What’s the point? They got a point.Leaf’s first rounder shows why they chose him, not why they traded,Fraser Minton.
Finding Bedsy some linemates seem a limited discussion and limited in choices.
Next year you get Frondell and that aids him.
Bedsy has always been the generator, and like L’il Frankie, he is a fine stand alone player.We have to have the patience throughout the rebuild and subsequent improvement to not getting impatient and pulling triggers until we really look closer to a contender. No worries we wait.
Also the idea of “using the 3 2026 seconds (Hawks, Isles, Toronto), and the 3rd and 4th as trade bait to acquire veterans is never going to land you any really good veteran, unless it ends up the hawks are giving a current rostered player, a pick, and a veteran that isn’t already penciled in as a keeper.
Not this year!
This draft prognosticator sees this draft as one of the best of the decade…not at the top end…but one where the 3rd round (and the 2nd rd.) is going to less of a downward curve that is written about the cumulative draft classes.
Check out my 7 round 2025 mock as the first 100 selections the largest multi-country group we have seen in years. You can search:
2026 NHL mock draft. Lines .com
The link didn’t take, so
By keeping the majority of the picks, The Blackhawks will be able to snatch really excellent long term future NHLers who the specifically draft TO wait for them.
You could get replacements for the pieces Kyle already drafted whose futures may require trades, and this is a perfect draft to get replacements.I do agree it becomes a far too young backline if Grzelcyk isn’t there.With the Bruins, as you stated, Grz filled his role, as the jump good stick guy with attack sense.
You also have to think how Boston had more than a few good big tough defenders Charlie McAvoy, Carlo,+ others so there was a niche spot for him.Glad to see DelMastro gets to hang around and practice with parent club.
If there is no injury, I would have rewarded Nolan Allan with a call-up.
There is lots to like in his both their games.There is no rush for Vlasic’s knee to get tested with urgency, when you can bring Ethan DM up.
That means Louis Crevier and Reichel share the pressbox chance. If #55 stays around, he get rotated in/out unless he became Dickie Moore before our start of the season eyes.
Speed Lukas has.
I am of the opinion that DelMastro is still not ready for a chance just yet. Nolan Allen is closer, and DelMastro is a smart attacker and tactician, but still needs work.
I thought that was less of a Blues regulars & up n coming rookies work at giving the Rockford team their last tune-up, but that seemed more about Puuusis Suter showing the Hawk building brass that he can play and could play when the launched him.
I thought that was less of a Blues regulars & up n coming rookies, giving the Rockford team their last tune-up, but that seemed more about Puuusis Suter showing the Hawk building brass that he can play and could play when the launched him.
Wow! I seen some strange hockey plays but never one that the hawks were on the better side of.
Oliie Moore finished with a defender and ‘tender in front of him.
He scored before Blues #55, slow on the glove drop could cause a stoppage of play?
It’s difficult to say the zebras were shy with their decision. The puck was in play in an attack zone, so They were cautious.
What say you?
Tonight’s game will be a relaxation with little stress.
Sunday with a Bear’s late start, the Hawk’s exhibition may see many double screen viewing.
I’m personally not sold on Levshunov making the team out of camp (he might make it but I don’t know that he is ready) as he was showing a lot of rough edges still IMO. I thought Crevier, Del Mastro, Rinzel has a good game against the Wings. KK was only okay. Kaiser/Levshunov as a pair generated some offense, but had a lot of struggles as well.
Levshunov/KK might both end up playing AHL hockey again to start the season and nothing wrong with that based on their age as some of the youngest D the Hawks have at the pro level. D-men take time. Even Rinzel seems to have a fair bit to iron out after his college experience (still also so young). I don’t see the Hawks selling on any of those three at this stage.
I agree that DelMastro, KK and Levshunov need time percolate, but I cannot see anyway Big Sam gets sent down or benched. He is very composed, and man, have his movement skills taken hold from when they scouted him in high school.
Del mastro will use his time to hone his skills, and I think he gets what he have to do as defenseman, and just needs to get quicker and bigger, and continue improving…in the AHL.
No matter what I think, I wouldn’t bet on Arty gets a long long look and if not any injury call up with be his debut to show he can handle the play with less quick twitch on the defensive side.
How about you Bread, play fanatsy hockey with us????
Well, I see nothing wrong relegating KK to AHL status.
The NHL position of defensemen when I started watching saw most newbies at least 26 or 27.
The new NHL gives you only so much time to decide if your “Gustav Forsling” IS READY, and more importantly WORTH that tricky second / third contract while they on the job improve as NHLers, no longer farmhands.Korchinski needs the chops to suck it in and attempt a qualitative jump in his evolution, after his cinderella rookie year where he WAS allowed to fill an NHL position that he was clearly over his head, skills non-standing.
Similarly on defense, I don’t think he’s trying to read what play the opponents are trying to set up, I think he just says to himself, “I’m going to try and completely neutralize the puck carrier, and that should help my team get the puck back.”
My guess is that Blashill Co. will try to get him to be more predictable for his teammates, but that’s probably going to be the max. If I had to guess, he’ll be closer to Burns than Risto, but time will certainly tell.
I have been a big critic of Arty becasue as you said in the quote, he does just that…feels confident he can rush out of position and save the day on both ends, but hurting his 5 man unit has been the result that saving the day on most of these impulses.
I thought like the Risto or Burns comparisons.
The pass of Demidov wasn’t some complusive attempt in the draft room to add a keystone defensivedefenseman.
He is Risto with a rocket pack on his equipment.
Burns started upfront at forward and had the hands and attack skills build into the switch to defenseman.
Arty can outright fly. Arty can pass and shoot on the fly, and it is obvious he poses problems to the opposition. Who doesn’t share the feeling there is lots of attack zone presence in his upcoming career? He may not be Bobby Orr, but he a future factor, once he learbns his end in the defensive scheme of things.
We can surmise via a fotune teller’s crystal ball that if the Blackhawks had seen the seamless insertion of graduate Big Sam was going to have ice water veins and rookie of the year bravado to where the team gains a possible top end RD ahead of Arty, because of Arty’s inexperience as an NHL backliner, the debate becomes “Would they have selected Demidov?
I think they are still happy with the guy they got.
Now 5 years down the pike…Arny will be an accomplished defender or a prominent attack big dee-man that teams want to acquire.
Hey thanks, BM for this operating tip, and this move. I am all set to begin chat’N here with you.
Really, thanks for figuring a safe raft here. There are still folks who forget the way back to buzz, who I knowand will link them up here.
Yeah, my first post Was to Frenchy where I politely jumped the line on his talking point.
So now I will stay here and try my best to not confuse.
