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NewToHockey
Chicago Blackhawks
Location: IL
Joined: 02.23.2010

Apr 13 @ 8:48 AM ET
Sloppy game last night, but the Hawks came back for the last Central Crown. Loved Leddy's play towards the end of the third last night when he road Frazen into the boards behind the Hawk net.

Interested to see what if any ice time LeBlanc gets here and as mentioned an RFA this summer.

- DK002

Will they be using practices as an extended tryout for LeBlanc? It would seem to be a very low risk signing, unless it gets a flea in the ear of someone in Rockford that is in their plans.
EKB13
Chicago Blackhawks
Location: IL
Joined: 07.18.2009

Apr 13 @ 8:49 AM ET
Rockford needed to win last nite and Pirri was the best player on the ice.
- mrpaulish


Not true.

Ben Smith was one of the few guys in Rockford that played the full 60 minutes. He also had a hat trick. Pirri was really kind of sloppy, like the rest of the team for about the first ten minutes. Bad passing, bad positioning and the team started the game flat footed for the most part.

Kyle Beach must have blown the cobwebs off his lunchbox and found his brain in there. He actually looked like he knew what he was doing out there last night and I thought he played a solid game.

Good ol' Rusty actually did something other than just float around on the ice looking for scoring opportunities. The guy actually tried using his body to finish checks and got into corner battles. It wasn't a pretty sight, 'cause he looked like he was swingin' a purse every time he attempted to finish his checks. I give him an A for effort, but a D for actual results in that department. Otherwise, Rusty did his thing and chipped in on the scoresheet.

Clendening is a tough little sh1t. He took on two Canuck Junior Divers at once in a fight during a brawl late in the third. Nordstrom also isn't afraid to get rough either.

Danault & McNeill were both scratched and at the autograph table last night.

In all, it was nice to see the 'Hogs rip the Canuck Junior Diving Team of Rosemont apart. Even if Rockford doesn't make the playoffs, at least they put a big dent in the Wolves playoff hopes.

7 goals gets me a free cheeseburger from Culvers!
EKB13
Chicago Blackhawks
Location: IL
Joined: 07.18.2009

Apr 13 @ 8:54 AM ET
Interested to see what if any ice time LeBlanc gets here and as mentioned an RFA this summer.
- DK002


Does LeBlanc's contract start this season or next?

I know Ross' entry level deal doesn't kick in until next season. He's in Rockford on an AHL PTO contract, so that currently leaves the Hawks with 49 contracts on the books.

I guess it doesn't make sense to me to sign this kid to a deal just to see what he can do in a few weeks.
mohel
Chicago Blackhawks
Location: IL
Joined: 02.08.2013

Apr 13 @ 10:05 AM ET
Does LeBlanc's contract start this season or next?

I know Ross' entry level deal doesn't kick in until next season. He's in Rockford on an AHL PTO contract, so that currently leaves the Hawks with 49 contracts on the books.

I guess it doesn't make sense to me to sign this kid to a deal just to see what he can do in a few weeks.

- EKolb13


Signing him gives the team RFA rights this off-season, so maybe that's what they were thinking when they signed him for the rest of this year? I'll be interested in seeing if they play him in a game down the stretch (especially now that #1 in the West is close to a sure thing); maybe they offered that to him as an incentive to signing now.

Edit: if he's reporting to the Hawks and practicing, doesn't that mean the contract is in effect now?
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