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Jim Precourt

Jim has written about the Blackhawks since 2021 and the Syracuse Crunch since 2024. He joined The Hockey Writers in 2025 to cover the Montreal Canadiens.

Blackhawks’ Defensive Struggles Prove Costly During East Coast Road Trip

Jim Precourt | March 30, 2026

The Chicago Blackhawks had an adventurous East Coast road trip over the past week. Unfortunately, more negatives than positives arose from the trip, and they’re pretty alarming. The defense was…

Categories Chicago Blackhawks

Blackhawks Found a Diamond in the Rough With Louis Crevier

Jim Precourt | March 26, 2026

The Chicago Blackhawks have a load of talent on defense. Most importantly, they built up their defensive core throughout the rebuild, and it’s finally coming together as the light at…

Categories Chicago Blackhawks

Blackhawks Lineup Choices Indicate That Blashill Has Given Up

Jim Precourt | March 25, 2026

The Chicago Blackhawks’ season has been over for a while now. However, that doesn’t mean that it’s all been bad recently, as the young players are improving on a nightly…

Categories Chicago Blackhawks, Editor's Choice

Disaster Season at BU Continues for Blackhawks’ Prospect Sacha Boisvert 

Jim Precourt | March 16, 2026

Boston University’s season ended on Saturday as they fell to the 14th-ranked UConn Huskies, 5-3, in the Hockey East tournament. This Hockey East tournament for Boston didn’t go without any…

Categories Blackhawks Prospects, Chicago Blackhawks, NCAA

What Alex Vlasic Being the Longest-Tenured Blackhawk Means for Him and the Team

Jim Precourt | March 12, 2026

The Chicago Blackhawks traded captain Nick Foligno to the Minnesota Wild at the trade deadline for future considerations, allowing him to play with his brother, Marcus, on the same team,…

Categories Chicago Blackhawks

Maple Leafs’ Asset Mismanagement & Ownership Issues Have Failed the Team

Jim Precourt | March 5, 2026

The Toronto Maple Leafs, the week of the trade deadline, currently sit just outside of the bottom ten as the 11th-worst team in the NHL. The current consensus is that…

Categories Editor's Choice, Toronto Maple Leafs

3 Blackhawks Prospects Who Could Finish the Season in Chicago

Jim Precourt | February 24, 2026

The Chicago Blackhawks return to the ice this week on Feb. 26 as they make the trip to Nashville to play the Predators. Just over a week after that, though,…

Categories Blackhawks Prospects, Chicago Blackhawks

3 Takeaways From Team USA’s 5-0 Shutout Over Team Sweden

Jim Precourt | February 16, 2026

The United States women’s hockey team shut out Team Sweden, 5-0, on Monday and advanced to the gold medal game on Thursday.  Team USA Is on a Roll Team USA…

Categories Olympics

Blackhawks Send Wrong Message by Scratching Ryan Greene, Need to Prioritize Young Talent More

Jim Precourt | February 12, 2026

The Chicago Blackhawks lost their final game before the Olympic break last week, getting shut out 4-0 by the Columbus Blue Jackets. Before the game, though, they made the choice…

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3 Takeaways From the Blackhawks’ 4-0 Shutout Loss to the Blue Jackets

Jim Precourt | February 5, 2026

The Chicago Blackhawks dropped the game and got shut out by the Columbus Blue Jackets, 4-0. Wyatt Kaiser’s Status Is Questionable  This is the last thing the Blackhawks wanted. Wyatt…

Categories Chicago Blackhawks

Blackhawks’ Artyom Levshunov Could Benefit From Some Time in the AHL

Jim Precourt | January 31, 2026

When the Chicago Blackhawks drew the second-overall pick, the two big fish were defenseman Artyom Levshunov and forward Ivan Demidov, as Macklin Celebrini was the surefire first-overall selection. The Blackhawks…

Categories Chicago Blackhawks

Blackhawks Earned 3 Huge Points in Back-to-Back Despite Losses to Panthers and Wild

Jim Precourt | January 28, 2026

Playing three games in four days with a back-to-back included is hard enough; doing it against two of the top-five teams in the league, the Carolina Hurricanes and the Tampa…

Categories Chicago Blackhawks
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