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Of Course They’d Take The One We Didn’t Preview – Hawks Select Kirby Dach

By Sam Fels June 21, 2019 0

I knew it would happen this morning, and Jay Zawaski pretty much told me it would happen. But I didn’t do anything about it. Anyway, this isn’t about me. The Hawks used their third pick to take Kirby Dach out of the WHL. So what’s Dach’s deal? If the Hawks tell you they weren’t smitten […]

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The Children Better Be The Future Cuz We Ain’t Got No Present: Trevor Zegras

By Sam Fels June 21, 2019 0

We round out our look at possibilities for the Hawks at #3, assuring that they won’t actually take any of these guys, and we’ll stay with the USNMTDP, or whatever alphabet soup makes up what goes on in Ann Arbor. It’s Trevor Zegras. Physical Stats Height: 6′ 0″  Weight: 174   Shoots: L On Ice Stats (’18-’19) League: USDP   Team:

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The Children Better Be The Future Cuz We Ain’t Got No Present – Cole Caufield

By Sam Fels June 20, 2019 0

The FFUD #3 pick preview keeps rolling on, and today we’ll look at one who would be a true stretch but also might put up the best numbers of anyone.  Physical Stats Height: 5′ 7″  Weight: 157   Shot: Right On-Ice Stats (’18-’19) League: USDP  Team: USNTDP  Position: LW 64 games – 72G – 28A – 100P Why The Hawks Should Take Him

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Ian Mitchell Ain’t Comin’

By Sam Fels April 17, 2019 0

Well, this offseason is off to a great start. For the link-shy, what that says there is Ian Mitchell is returning to Denver University for his junior season. That has been speculated on these pages and elsewhere, but now it’s official. Which puts the Hawks in something of a bind. Of their magic quartet of […]

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Crossroads, Directions, Urgency, And Other Buzzwords

By Sam Fels April 11, 2019 0

We spend a lot of time here trying to figure out where the Hawks want to go and how quickly they want to get there. After a day of pondering in initial response to the Hawks getting the #3 pick, which I assumed  only upped the urgency and if they can’t take a player who […]

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That Dirty Little Word

By Adam Hess January 25, 2019 0

Here in the middle of the NHL All-Star Break, I find myself in a familiar place as last year – we’re 51 games into the Blackhawks’ season, and I’m about to talk about how they should probably tank. No, really, click this link and I literally wrote about the tank last year at the same […]

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Burn The Pages Of Unwritten Memoirs – Draft Preview: Noah Dobson

By Sam Fels June 22, 2018 0

Moving back to looking at actual possible draftees tonight, it would seem if the Hawks want a mobile, offensively-inclined, mobile defenseman, they can have one. There’s plenty out there. And here’s another one, Noah Dobson from Acadie-Bathurst in the QMJHL. The problem with players from the Q is the desire is to throw out their […]

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It Ain’t Easy To Get To Heaven When You’re Going Down

By Sam Fels June 22, 2018 0

Perhaps it’s a good thing, at least for him, that Stan Bowman has become a master in saying nothing. Because if he were honest or forthcoming about the position he finds himself in, we all might understand just what a difficult spot he’s in at the moment. Obviously, everything hinges on Corey Crawford, and there […]

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Stan Bowman Meets The Media, Staring Contest Ensues

By Sam Fels June 21, 2018 0

Though I’m not sure you can have a staring contest via conference call, if anyone could it would be Stan Bowman. We know that Bowman hates talking to the media, and even if he did it the only thing he’s good at is saying nothing. His update on a Marian Hossa injury years ago of, […]

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Burn The Pages Of Unwritten Memoirs – Draft Preview: Ty Smith

By Sam Fels June 20, 2018 0

Essentially, what we wrote here about Quinton Hughes at Michigan we could copy and paste for Smith out of the WHL. A tad undersized, but a dynamic offensive force from the blue line who exploded in his second year in the Western Hockey League. After a 32-point season in his debut with Spokane, Smith went […]