MAF 🌸 pic.twitter.com/65rDV9vRaF
— Chicago Blackhawks (@NHLBlackhawks) December 6, 2021
In no particular order of significance or sanity:
1) What if Marc-Andre Fleury decides he would like to stay in Chicago for at least another season? Should the Blackhawks re-sign him?
2) What if Jonathan Toews and/or Patrick Kane waive their NMCs? Should the Blackhawks trade them?
3) What if Seth Jones plays like a #1 defenseman for a majority of his 8-year contract? Or is it downhill after this season once that new deal actually kicks in?
4) What if Colton Dach ends up being the better overall Blackhawks forward than older brother Kirby as far as impact on a game? Or could both flourish in different roles?
5) What if Ian Mitchell ends up being the best out of what used to be a deep RHD pipeline starring Henri Jokiharji and Adam Boqvist? And does Mitchell have what it takes to be a solid top 4 in the 2nd pair?
6) What if the Blackhawks win the 2022 draft lottery? Would drafting Shane Wright or Logan Cooley be franchise altering?
7) What if Marc Crawford really is the interim head coach while Derek King is the puppet and associate coach? Does it really matter?
8) What if Eddie Olczyk does become the new Vice President of Hockey Operations? Or should any and all candidates have zero ties to the Blackhawks organization?
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Next Game vs Rangers
Finally back at home 🙂 pic.twitter.com/4HyPE3S1d6
— Chicago Blackhawks (@NHLBlackhawks) December 7, 2021
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IceHogs Updates
MEDICAL UPDATE: Goaltender Arvid Soderblom and defenseman Jakub Galvas are in concussion protocol. https://t.co/pv0ow4GPil
— Rockford IceHogs (@goicehogs) December 6, 2021
Philipp Kurashev has been the 1C for the IceHogs with Reichel out while Cale Morris is backing up Collin Delia with Soderblom on the shelf. In yesterday's blog, I projected the Hogs blueline to look something like the below. Once healthy, Galvas should slot in for Ryan Stanton.
Beaudin - Kalynuk Phillips - Regula Stanton - Krys Watson
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See you on the boards!