Posts About "Erik Gustafsson"
Who Will the Chicago Blackhawks Dangle at the Trade Deadline?
February 5th, 2018 The trade deadline is rapidly approaching. If the Chicago Blackhawks don't figure it out very soon and start playing with some consistency, Stan Bowman and Co. could be sellers at the deadline for the first time in a very long time. If this becomes the case, who is most likely to go? Blackhawks Forwards to Trade Looking at the...
Addressing the Blackhawks' Biggest Offseason Need
April 27th, 2016 The Blackhawks entered the third period of their last game of the season in the middle of a 2-2 battle. The gameplay was as tight as the score, filled with surges of play by both sides that made for an exciting end-to-end style of hockey. The third period saw the Hawks get off to a quick start before disaster struck twice in less than...
Blackhawks in Need of Defense Entering Game Six
April 23rd, 2016 Team depth had long been one of the biggest strengths of the Chicago Blackhawks when they won three Stanley Cups over just six seasons. And although last season’s group featured four primary defensemen and two rotators on the blue line, Duncan Keith, Brent Seabrook, Niklas Hjalmarsson, and Johnny Oduya made up one of the best top-4...
Blackhawks & IceHogs Share One Goal
January 18th, 2016 While the weather outside may be brutally cold, two Chicago hockey teams are red-hot. As of the morning of January 18th, 2016, the Chicago Blackhawks and their AHL affiliate the Rockford IceHogs BOTH occupy first place in their respective divisions. Interestingly enough, this rare feat is also shared between the L.A. Kings and their...
Erik Gustafsson Another 'Swede' Find for Chicago
January 12th, 2016 In late April, 2015, the Chicago Blackhawks made a move that few people around the league seemed to notice: they signed Swedish defenseman Erik Gustafsson to a two-year contract. The young Swede was coming off a 29-point campaign in the SHL and earned a contract from Chicago after not signing with the Edmonton Oilers, who drafted him....
The Chicago Blackhawks Stanley Cup Evolution
January 11th, 2016 In recent years, coach Joel Quenneville has had to deal with one, maybe two rookies in his lineup. Even then, they were used sparingly until he felt they could be trusted. It helped that said rookies were of the uber talented variety like Brandon Saad and Teuvo Teravainen, or hard-nosed grinders like Andrew Shaw. This year...
