Nick Haydon

Connor McDavid Can Become 2nd Player Ever to Reach 2,000 Points

Nick Haydon | November 16, 2024

Connor McDavid scored his 1,000th point on Thursday (Nov. 14), becoming the fourth-fastest player to reach that total in NHL history. 341 goals, 660 assists in 659 games. Few new…

Blackhawks Establishing Higher Standard With Healthy Scratches

Nick Haydon | November 12, 2024

The Chicago Blackhawks are in the midst of a rebuild. But the Original Six team, a storied franchise with a winning pedigree, will not allow it to last much longer…

McDavid & Pettersson Show That Hockey Players Are People Too

Nick Haydon | November 9, 2024

As fans, it is easy to look at players on the ice like pieces on a chess board. Criticisms, suggestions, frustrations, and exultations of joy flow from our lips as…

Should the Blackhawks Be Concerned With Bertuzzi’s Slow Start?

Nick Haydon | October 31, 2024

The Chicago Blackhawks are not off to the start they would have liked. Veteran additions during the offseason to support sophomore Connor Bedard promised a more competitive team. In some…

Blackhawks’ Ryan Donato Seeking Long-Term Contract to Stay in Chicago

Nick Haydon | October 19, 2024

The Chicago Blackhawks have an opportunity this season to make significant progress in the organization’s rebuild. New players were brought in during the summer to bolster support around Connor Bedard.…

Golden Knights Have All the Pieces to Contend This Season

Nick Haydon | October 12, 2024

The Vegas Golden Knights lifted the Stanley Cup in 2023, not even two years ago. Memories and attention spans are short though, and it seems that people have already forgotten…

Oilers Appear Calm and Focused Before Regular Season

Nick Haydon | October 9, 2024

The long-anticipated regular season begins tonight for the Edmonton Oilers. Needless to say, expectations have perhaps never been higher, and the pressure is palpable. Despite this, leaders Connor McDavid, Leon…

Blackhawks Have the Pieces to Score More Goals This Season

Nick Haydon | October 7, 2024

To win hockey games you need to score goals. It is not a complicated formula, but that does not mean it is easy. The Chicago Blackhawks proved how difficult it…

Expectations for Blackhawks’ Jason Dickinson in 2024-25

Nick Haydon | October 3, 2024

On Jan. 9, 2024, I went to the United Center to watch the Chicago Blackhawks play the Edmonton Oilers. In the doldrums of the season, expectations were not high for…

Expectations for Blackhawks’ Lukas Reichel in 2024-25

Nick Haydon | September 30, 2024

Pressure comes with the territory when you are a first-round pick at the NHL Draft. That pressure only grows after you have had time to dip your toes into the…

Forget the Youth, Older NHL Teams Win Stanley Cups

Nick Haydon | September 5, 2024

Sometimes I can be a curmudgeon, especially when it comes to the “youths.” Sure, I am only 27, but I am nearly a decade removed from high school so I…

Have the Tampa Bay Lightning Improved Over the Offseason?

Nick Haydon | September 3, 2024

Will the Tampa Bay Lightning be better this season than the team they were when they lost to the Florida Panthers in Round One? Fellow writer Harrison Smajovits and I…