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Eleventh Hour

By Theo Fox

Mar 20, 2022 • 10:38 pm

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Trade Deadline

The trade deadline is Monday, March 21, 2:00pm CDT. At time of print, the Blackhawks have made only one trade yet it was a big one involving fan favorite Brandon Hagel. Many Hawks players have been in the rumor mill for months so the time is nigh to see who stays and who goes.

Friday's blog had an overview of my guesses at how the trade deadline would play out for the Hawks.

Marc-Andre Fleury

If Marc-Andre Fleury is destined for the Wild and Guerin isn't willing to give up a 1st or say even Matthew Boldy or Marco Rossi, then Hawks general manager Kyle Davidson needs to ask for one of the other top prospects and a 2nd rounder.

If the Hawks can retain salary on Fleury, ask for one of the Minnesota blueline prospects Carson Lambos, Ryan O'Rourke, or Jack Peart or a forward prospect Adam Beckman or Marat Khusnutdinov. There's also coveted goalie prospect Jesper Wallstedt.

Patrick Kane

If those are the parameters, Kane wouldn't fit as he only has one more year left on his contract at a cap hit of $10.5M. This of course assumes Kane would even agree to waive his NMC and Davidson is listening to offers to take advantage of.

Despite being newly anointed in the permanent role, Davidson as well as all other GMs aren't immune from the subterfuge that happens every trade deadline and offseason by saying one thing publicly but actual transactions showing otherwise.

Pretend that Kane decides to waive, the Rangers do part ways with Lafreniere, and the trade happens by the trade deadline rather than this offseason, consider this package to reunite Kane with former linemate and buddy Artemi Panarin:

* Rangers receive Kane at $5.25M retained, Wyatt Kalynuk, Reese Johnson, and 2022 3rd

* Blackhawks receive Lafreniere, Filip Chytil, at least one of Brennan Othmann, Will Cuylle, or Matthew Robertson, 2022 1st, and 2022 2nd

The likelihood Kane gets traded by the trade deadline is slim to none. Could he or even Jonathan Toews and Seth Jones get moved this summer? Maybe, maybe not depending on how Davidson's rebuild plan unfolds over the upcoming days, weeks, and months.

Rounds with No Picks

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Blackhawks Game Summaries

Saturday Boxscore

DeBrincat - Strome - Kane Kubalik - Toews - Dach Katchouk - Carpenter - Entwistle Raddysh - Lafferty

Vlasic - S Jones McCabe - C Jones de Haan - Stillman Gustafsson

Lankinen Fleury

Scratches: Borgstrom, Kurashev

1st Goal (0-1): Gaudreau (Fiala, Merrill) 2nd Goal (1-1): S Jones (Kane, Strome) 3rd Goal (1-2): Hartman (Zuccarrello, Kaprizov) 4th Goal (1-3): Greenway (Merrill) EN

SOG For/Against: 22/34 PP: 0-for-2 PK: 3-for-3 Faceoffs Won: 63%

Highlights

Sunday Boxscore

DeBrincat - Strome - Kane Kubalik - Toews - Raddysh Katchouk - Dach - Lafferty Kurashev - Carpenter - Entwistle

de Haan - S Jones McCabe - C Jones Vlasic - Stillman

Fleury Lankinen

Scratches: Borgstrom, Gustafsson

1st Goal (0-1): Ehlers (Connor, Schmidt) 2nd Goal (1-1): Toews (Raddysh, Kubalik) 3rd Goal (2-1): Strome (Kane, DeBrincat) 4th Goal (2-2): Harkins (DeMelo, Copp) 5th Goal (2-3): Harkins (Copp, Svechnikov) 6th Goal (2-4): Connor (Scheifele, Wheeler) PP 7th Goal (2-5): Morrissey (Scheifele, Connor) 8th Goal (3-5): Raddysh (Kane, Strome) PP 9th Goal (4-5): Kurashev (Lafferty, S Jones) 10th Goal (4-6): Wheeler (Connor) EN

SOG For/Against: 36/32 PP: 1-for-1 PK: 1-for-2 Faceoffs Won: 39%

Highlights

Blackhawks Notebook

* Taylor Raddysh had a solid debut weekend for the Hawks by being hard on the foreceheck, getting open for passes, going hard to the net, and looking for tip-ins; his industrious nature manufactures chances for his line.

* Boris Katchouk turned in a similar debut weekend as Raddysh with similar offensive traits as well as respectable defensive awareness in all zones; in addition, Katchouk brings an element of physicality particularly along the boards.

* Kirby Dach had a pretty strong weekend especially on Sunday when he moved back to center; his defensive effort and capacity to tilt the ice led to many scoring opportunities aided by increased patience to set up linemates.

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IceHogs Game Summaries

Saturday Boxscore

Altybarmakian - Reichel - Teply Hardman - Slavin - Connolly Barratt - R Johnson - Busdeker Pour - G Mitchell - Gabriel

Phillips - I Mitchell Kalynuk - Regula Galvas - Beaudin

Soderblom Delia

1st Goal (1-0): Connolly (Reichel, Phillips) 2nd Goal (2-0): Slavin (Galvas, Hardman) 3rd Goal (3-0): Teply (Altybarmakian, I Mitchell) 4th Goal (4-0): I Mitchell (Regula, Hardman) PP 5th Goal (5-0): Slavin (R Johnson) 6th Goal (5-1): Spezia (Shine, McIsaac)

SOG For/Against: 36/30 PP: 1-for-4 PK: 6-for-6

Highlights

Sunday Boxscore

Hardman - Slavin - Connolly Altybarmakian - Reichel - Teply Morrison - Gicewicz - Busdeker Pour - R Johnson - Gabriel

Phillips - I Mitchell Kalynuk - Regula Galvas - Beaudin

Delia Soderblom

1st Goal (1-0): Teply (Reichel, Altybarmakian) 2nd Goal (1-1): Novak (Smith, Mismash) 3rd Goal (1-2): Smith (Donovan) PP 4th Goal (2-2): Connolly (Slavin, Galvas) 5th Goal (3-2): Reichel (Altybarmakian, Teply)

SOG For/Against: 32/25 PP: 0-for-3 PK: 2-for-3

Highlights

IceHogs Notebook

* Ian Mitchell has vastly improved his defensive game with an ability to maintain tight gaps, shut down rushes, get stops, and flip the ice; he's also ramped up his offense as a sophomore pro now with 28 points on 9 goals and 19 assists.

* Josiah Slavin continues with his hot stick notching his second 2-goal game in the past 8 games where he's registered 6 total plus 2 assists; he had previously gone without a goal dating back to November 19.

* The top line of Lukas Reichel, Michal Teply, and Andrei Altybarmakian had 9 points on the weekend with 3 points apiece; all 3 goals registered by their line were byproducts of persistence and creative playmaking.

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See you on the boards!

Sources: Chicago Sun-Times, Chicago Tribune, Daily Herald, NBC Sports Chicago, The Athletic Chicago

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