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If anyone knows why I love this season and the Blackhawks are my team was at four and half left in the second tonight that Connor Bebard Elbow-hammered Weegar when had the chance later to retaliate from the goal front smack he rcv’d.
Do we have to round up everybody else?
Are they gone headed to Elbow’s site?
I love the way that article about the hawks taking a defenseman was written around Pronman’s list.
Defenseman CJ Reid is a more of a Morrisey type attcaker in my humble opinion.
I think before we go all in, we have to make sure we have solid projections on these defensers.
RD Keaton Verhoeff is about as far along as KK was, with a need for lots of polish before that large frane truly adds to the hawk backline later, as they phase out a young defender’s contract.
I have always had Reid in front of him.
So many think because he displays toughness and push back, that Smits is the beast that if taken adds another type agressive defender with skills, and I like him, a lot, but there is big runway to get him off the ground. He’ll have to go from a good first pass break-out of his end kid, to an all around competent two way generator as well.
I can pose as Kyle from Chicago, and put on blinders and see if I can fill in at big forward, I am going to wait and take malhotra Hemming, Suvanto or Belchetz, and ensure my farm has middle line up adds who DO have I high upside.
I just do not see them selecting a defenseman, unless they see so much abilty and tool box that he fills a Quinn Hughes type role down the path.
So you may see EVERY FORWARD as a high risk taken earlier, but I say take the guy who eventually sparks and elevates the group, big or small…
Anton Frondell has two ore league games before his Djurgårdens IF team will probably play the team that finished second over all in the SHL in a three game elimination series.
They add the hardest forward shooter with Frondell, they look for their 3rd biggest potential shooter, Lardis, to play but there’s insn’t a ready for prime grind player. Is he destined to a 3rd line role guy playing with whichever name your about to read, the guy(s) doesn’t accomplish constitency with reagrds to generating and scoring: Frankie NAZAR, Oliie MOORE, in steady compitition with A.J. Spellacy filling in an attacking third, while the likes of the Vanacker, Kantserov, Boisevert, Behn, Pridman, Gavin Hayes, and then Nestrasil.
I pose a future that surely need more dominant scores.
Too much uncertainty again tonight, that they need alternative upgrades up front.
Rozy’s injury ended his earning career, and I love him for the sport.
On the old fan boards we were on, I never got too down on most of the skaters, but I remember that anti-Duncan Keith “Hawk fans” who said he was usually hopeless as a point guy, and loads about his weak shot, so I gotta just think positives towards the game it’s fans.
I don’t see more than Kyle over paying for a first round upgrade.
They already have Boisevert, Romanov on the way and strong farmhands in Lardis, A J Spellacy, Valclav Nestrasil, Mason West, Mark Vanaker, and the likes of Nathan Behn, John Mustard, and Jack Pridham.
Now is the time to target Russians, Euros, and college bound who we don’t see as ready, but full of upside.
A mean defender? Another future goalie Sure.
The next Cole Maker or at least Quinn Hughes?, absolutely even in the first.They could actually have a farm team that re-circulateswith talent as the parent team improves.
And payment for some high end pros to upgrade the the forward position? Yeah, I will be more than willing to improve there with better pros than they currently have.
This 2026 draft may lack a load of marquee names ready for prime time, but the class has an abundance of players who are on the upturn in their development.
There will be teams jockeying to get in the mid first and the second, even the third.
I have to woinder that if they go on a few winning streaks in the second half if there not at the top draft position will easily let them take a big centre like Caleb Malhortra or Oliver Suvanto?
Of course a lottery win make the choice Gavin McKenna or Ivar Stenberg.
I am cluless to where the Hawks might have Viggo Bjork ranked, but as Gekncoe Steve said countless times you have to NOT pass on the most skilled players even if they are not large sized now.
This is a very different draft in that there is a limited top end, but an expansive pro tier that i can predict teams get successful high end pros, even into the fourth.
I have a strong list up of the top four rounds. I am working on the fifth round this week. Take a peak:
IF Charlie Coyle and Boone Jenner are available for picks, I say the Hawks should buy into eiither as both can add some crunch to the lines, and round out where they can upgrade subtractions.
This 2026 draft may lack a load of marquee names ready for prime time, but the class has an abundance of players who are on the upturn in their development.
There will be teams jockeying to get in the mid first and the second, even the third.
I thought the Blackhawks went into the Edmonton game with a good game plan, and were able to match up well against their top line variations of their top twosome, use their team speed to play well defensively. There were hopes of a Lardis coming out party ,while Ollie blabs mike-up, we saw some top relentless action from Slaggert,Kaiser, and more superb Knightly armor, but the mediocre part of this line-up is having a mid line-up that are all short a tool that aids the team’s attack. The slack at lighting the light does show there again weren’t enough finishers, to the point where Nickie Lardis is your main gun?
I doubt some surprise veteran sniper is on the market, or how interested anyone in-house is for that type of solution this season, but, after you watch a match where the team’s roster weaknesses are exposed, I think they may have to have start pre-selling the notion that they planned for later public releases, like
1) Connor Bedard’s addition to the Olympics, with the Wilson knee-ankle injury?2) Foligno will be officially added to the coaching staff.
3) Which of the players with ending contracts MAY be interested in a trade deal where they play for the Silver Cup?
4) That Arty is working up confidence about his shot.
5) Using Vlasic and Crevier and the Oiler’s #1 line will continue.
I thought the Blackhawks went into the game with a good game plan, and were able to match up well against their top line variations of their top twosome, use their team speed to play well defensively. There were hopes of a Lardis coming out party ,while Ollie blabs mike-up, we saw some top relentless action from Slaggert,Kaiser, and more superb Knightly armor, but the mediocre part of this line-up is having a mid line-up that are all short a tool that aids the team’s attack. The slack at lighting the light does show there again weren’t enough finishers, to the point where Nickie Lardis is your main gun?
I doubt some surprise veteran sniper is on the market, or how interested anyone in-house is for that type of solution this season, but, after you watch a match where the team’s roster weaknesses are exposed, I think they may have to have start pre-selling the notion that they planned for later public releases, like
1) Connor Bedard’s addition to the Olympics, with the Wilson knee-ankle injury?2) Foligno will be officially added to the coaching staff.
3) Which of the players with ending contracts MAY be interested in a trade deal where they play for the Silver Cup?
4) That Arty is working up confidence about his shot.
5) Using Vlasic and Crevier and the Oiler’s #1 line will continue.
