Kings Will Benefit From Doughty & Maatta Pairing Quinn McLellan | January 15, 2021 On Oct. 4, 2020, the Los Angeles Kings’ acquired Olli Maatta via a trade with the Chicago Blackhawks. With the NHL season just recently kicking off, it’s emerged that he…
Blackhawks News & Rumors: Maatta Trade, Cap Space & Draft Options Greg Boysen | October 5, 2020 Chicago Blackhawks general manager Stan Bowman cleared some cap space and made room on the roster with a trade on Sunday afternoon. He still has some work to do to…
Blackhawks Trade Maatta To Kings for Morrison Matthew Zator | October 4, 2020 The Chicago Blackhawks have traded defenceman Olli Maatta to the Los Angeles Kings for forward Brad Morrison. The Blackhawks have also retained $750,108 of his $4.083 million cap hit as…
Blackhawks’ Roundtable: Season Reflection, Who Stays, Who Goes? Gail Kauchak | September 6, 2020 The Chicago Blackhawks have officially embraced the offseason, and we here at The Hockey Writers are forced to do the same. The 2019-20 season was quite the rollercoaster ride. But…
Top 5 Surprising Player Stats From the Blackhawks’ Playoffs Run Gail Kauchak | August 24, 2020 Let’s face it, it’s no surprise the Chicago Blackhawks were eliminated from the 2020 playoffs by a much deeper Vegas Golden Knights’ team. As a matter of fact, many thought…
Pittsburgh Penguins 2012 Draft Revisited Nick Horwat | August 23, 2020 A lot can change in eight years. The Pittsburgh Penguins alone have had three coaches, two general managers, and back-to-back Stanley Cup titles since June of 2012. Related: Pittsburgh Penguins’…
Devils’ Trading Partners: Blackhawks Offer Defensive Help Alex Chauvancy | August 19, 2020 With the offseason approaching, it’s worth taking a looking at what the New Jersey Devils may do with all their cap space. The NHL salary cap will remain flat, at $81.5…
Blackhawks Hit All-Star Break Trending Up Gail Kauchak | January 24, 2020 I really, really, really wanted to be writing about the Chicago Blackhawks’ six-game win streak today. But alas, it was not to be. Former Blackhawks’ head coach Joel Quenneville came…
Penguins Need to Readjust After Trade Season Casey Montana | August 24, 2019 The Pittsburgh Penguins have a reputation for having some of the most talented players in the National Hockey League. They have won five Stanley Cups, so creating magic isn’t necessarily…
Meet the New Blackhawks: Olli Maatta Greg Boysen | July 12, 2019 Without a shadow of a doubt, the biggest issue that general manager Stan Bowman needed to address this summer was the defense. The Chicago Blackhawks were just brutal when it…
Penguins Begin Retooling with Maatta Trade Tyler Bowen | June 17, 2019 The Pittsburgh Penguins have started shaking up the roster already this offseason, shipping defenseman Olli Maatta to the Chicago Blackhawks in exchange for forward Dominik Kahun and a fifth-round pick…
Blackhawks Address Their Defense with Maatta Trade Ryan Szporer | June 16, 2019 The Chicago Blackhawks helped break the ice on the trade market this summer, acquiring defenseman Olli Maatta from the Pittsburgh Penguins. The hope is he will in turn break the…
