Greg Boysen
Passionate hockey fan. An avid believer that speed and skill beat size and grit. Former site manager and head writer at Blackhawk Up, Second City Hockey and Let's Go Hawks. Father of two pugs, a history geek and lover of listening to music on vinyl.
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Meet the New Blackhawks: Ryan Carpenter
August 8th, 2019 For the first time in a long time, Chicago Blackhawks general manager Stan Bowman had quite a bit of salary cap space to work with heading into the offseason. Instead of dishing out long-term, big-money contracts to a rather weak free-agent class, Bowman made most of his roster changes via the trade market. Bowman addressed his...
Meet the New (Old) Blackhawks: Andrew Shaw
August 5th, 2019 Two of the biggest things Chicago Blackhawks general manager Stan Bowman has an affinity for are reclamation projects like Anthony Duclair, Dylan Strome and Alexander Nylander, and bringing back ex-Blackhawks. We saw it with Brian Campbell, Marcus Kruger, Johnny Oduya, Brandon Saad and Patrick Sharp. Now you can add Andrew Shaw to that...
Meet the New Blackhawks: The 2019 Draft Class
July 31st, 2019 For the first time in a long time, there was a lot of buzz surrounding the Chicago Blackhawks heading into the 2019 NHL Entry Draft. Thanks to some good luck in the lottery, the Blackhawks were awarded the third overall pick; the highest draft pick they’ve had since they selected Patrick Kane first overall in 2007. General manager...
Wild Oust GM Fenton After One Season
July 30th, 2019 The Minnesota Wild made some rather surprising news today as they have moved on from general manager Paul Fenton after just one season. Michael Russo of The Athletic was the first to break the news. The move comes just 14 months after owner Craig Leipold named Fenton the third general manager in team history. A Combination of Bad...
Chris Kunitz Retires, Stays on with the Blackhawks
July 30th, 2019 Chicago Blackhawks fans will have to get used to seeing Chris Kunitz around the team going forward. No, he is not returning for another season on the ice. In fact, he officially announced his retirement from the National Hockey League on Tuesday morning, but he will be staying on with the organization. Kunitz will take on a new role as...
Meet the New Blackhawks: Aleksi Saarela
July 30th, 2019 As we covered in the previous installment of this series, shortly after the draft, the Chicago Blackhawks acquired defenseman Calvin de Haan from the Carolina Hurricanes for Anton Forsberg and Gustav Forsling. This time we are going to take a look at the other piece of that trade - forward Aleksi Saarela. Blackhawks Improve Their...
