Jim Neveau, Senior NHL Columnist Over the life of the hockey renaissance that has taken over the city of Chicago in the past four years, there hasn’t been a player who has both electrified fans with his skill set, and made people roll their eyes with his off the ice choices, the way Blackhawks winger ...
For the first time in his time as general manager of the Blackhawks, Stan Bowman has the financial freedom to build the team the way he sees fit. Interestingly enough however the additions he made on July 1st are all of a different breed of player than Bowman had acquired in the past. In adding ...
Leading up to the free agent frenzy on July 1st the Chicago Blackhawks were one of the most active teams dealing forwards Troy Brouwer and Tomas Kopecky and in the most shocking deal of the offseason the ‘Hawks sent Brian Campbell to the Florida Panthers. After those deals it seemed clear that the Blackhawks would ...
Jim Neveau, NHL Correspondent The main theme for this year’s free agent class was a simple one: slim pickings. Most of the potential big name free agents had either locked up to long-term deals before July 1st even came (Christian Ehrhoff, Kevin Bieksa, Ilya Bryzgalov, and Devin Setoguchi are examples), but there were still some ...
Jim Neveau, NHL Correspondent St. Paul, MN – The 2011 NHL Entry Draft got off to a pretty tame start in the Twin Cities. Other than the trade that sent Ryan Smyth to the Edmonton Oilers for Gilbert Brule and a draft pick, nearly the entire first round went off without any picks swapping hands ...
Now that the smoke has cleared from the Stanley Cup finals and the 2010 season its time to look ahead to the 2011 off-season. This is the first real off-season for Stan Bowman who went into last summer with his hands tied behind his back thanks to Dale Tallon’s mismanaging of the salary cap. With ...
With Stan Bowman already getting a jump on the off-season locking up Corey Crawford it is about time that I finish wrapping up last season. So lets take a look at how the blueliners graded out for the Blackhawks. Just a reminder I’m only grading players who finished the season with the organization (though if ...
Just as the title suggests, this is a list in no particular order of prospects that could prove to be valuable commodities leading up to the NHL trade deadline. GMs of teams that emerge as buyers might have to dangle such prospects to land the perceived difference- making players they desire in their quest for ...
Stan Bowman made his first big in-season move earlier this week acquiring Michael Frolik from the Florida Panthers, for Jack Skille. Just as with last season’s Cam Barker trade however Bowman managed to get a solid prospect thrown in as well, Alexander Salak. Salak, 24, currently leads all goalies in the Swedish Elite League with ...
The Blackhawks appeared to sleepwalk through another game tonight as dropped a 3-1 decision to the Calgary Flames. While mathematically it is not yet panic time, this teams roller coaster play means it is time for Stan Bowman to do something, anything to try to wake his team up. After the game Brian Campbell, who ...
