Artemi Panarin Is Soon To Be a Household Name Devin Slawson | September 15, 2015 If you’ve never heard of Artemi Panarin, you are in the majority of NHL fans. No need to worry though, he will be a household name in the very near…
A Wanted Man: Brandon Saad Matthew Bowen | June 13, 2015 If Brandon Saad wasn’t looking at a big pay day before the Stanley Cup Playoffs, he has certainly played his way to a few more zeros on his paycheck. While…
Kimmo Timonen Not to Blame for Blackhawks’ Deficit Andy Dudones | May 26, 2015 Kimmo Timonen’s brief tenure in Chicago hasn’t gone exactly as planned. In 15 playoff games with the Blackhawks, the 40-year-old blue liner has been held completely scoreless on a minuscule…
Oilers: Sorry Folks But Brent Seabrook Isn’t Coming Rob Soria | May 24, 2015 There is no question that the Chicago Blackhawks are going to have to be creative when it comes to the salary cap for the upcoming 2015-16 National Hockey League season.…
Blackhawks Cross Talk: Weaknesses, Leddy, Saad and the Winter Classic Sweater Michael Szwaja | October 9, 2014 Throughout the 2014-2015 season The Hockey Writers scribes Steve Sobel and Michael Szwaja will debate all things Chicago Blackhawks in what we are calling Blackhawks Cross Talk. In the first installment,…
Blackhawks Salary Cap Moves Raise More Questions than Answers Steve Sobel | October 8, 2014 (Robin Alam/Icon SMI) In my previous article, I suggested that Chicago Blackhawks Nick Leddy and Kris Versteeg were the most likely candidates to be shipped out of town. That turned…
Stan Bowman Needs to Play Salary Cap Limbo Steve Sobel | August 22, 2014 It’s no secret that Stan Bowman and the Chicago Blackhawks are in a bit of a pickle. Less than 8 weeks remain until the NHL opens up its 2014-15 season,…
Stan Bowman Faces Familiar Challenge Jason Lowenthal | July 6, 2014 Columbia, MO (July 6, 2014) – Blackhawks general manager Stan Bowman always seems to have cap troubles on his mind during the offseason. After capturing the Stanley Cup in 2010,…
Salary Cap Crunch May Force Bowman to Get Bold Michael Szwaja | June 30, 2014 General managers are often defined by the boldest of decisions made during their tenures. Bold decisions, both with personnel and coaching, can either lead to a championship or go so…
Stan Bowman, Chicago’s Mad Genius Andy Dudones | March 19, 2014 Where would the Chicago Blackhawks be without GM Stan Bowman? That’s a fair question with a dim answer. In his fifth year in the driver’s seat in the Windy City,…
The Bickell Contract: Albatross or Blessing In Disguise? Ty Schrock | March 6, 2014 One of the surest ways for a professional athlete to secure a big payday is a great postseason run. Over-zealous GMs with money to burn often mistake a few weeks…
With No Second-Line Center, Do the Blackhawks Stand-Pat? David Parbhakar | March 5, 2014 The Blackhawks have spent close to a year trying to find a second line center and it’s unlikely they will find one with just hours left to go in…