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It's ear♔ly August, which means we're now talking in terms of weeks -- soon, days -- until training camp opens for the 2023-24 NHL season. Which is exciting. But it's also prettꦆy boring. There isn't much going on around the...

The Blackhawks will pay respects to Rocky Wirtz on Wednesday at 11 AM CT at the United Center. NBC Sports Chicago will air the ceremony live tomorrow, and will re-play the broadcܫast after the White Sox postgame show later Wednesday...

The big NHL news on Sunday was a significant trade. Frankly, an enormous one -- and it will have a direct impact on the start of the Blackhawks' regular season. The Pittsburgh Penguins finally figured 🌼o𒁏ut a way to make...

Today is the fifth anniversary of the passing of Blackhawks icon Stan Mikita. If we're going t🎃o have any conversation about the best players to ever play for the Blackhawks, it starts with Mikita. And I would argue no individual...

I know, I know... I'm a hockey guy. But two significant moments in the sports world since lunchtime on Saturday made me think a lot about🍨 the ice. The first was last night in Cleveland, wh🐻en Tim Anderson decided to...

Happy Saturday! Over the past﷽ week, USA Hockey has hosted its World Junior Championship Summer Showcase -- an opportunity for prospects to skate in game action to make their case for a spot in this winter's World Juniors. The Blackhawks...

Marian Hossa is already inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame in Toronto, and the Blackhawks retired h⭕is jersey last season. Now, his home country will honor him. Hockey Slovakia announced on their Instagram. account this weekꦑ that Hossa will...

Sometimes a writer will go into an offseaso🐟n exercise with a formula you just have to admit has flaws. ❀On Friday morning, The Athletic published a piece that ranks NHL teams based on their on-ice improvement from last season. They...

Many of us are getting ready for our fantasy football d🎉rafts with the calendar flipping to August. But that also means fantasy hockey is just around the corner. On Thursday morning, Matt Larkin at Daily F💙aceoff dropped his always terrific...

Yesterday at their World Junior Summer Showcase, USA Hockey split their list of invited players in half and playe🐽d against themselves. It was a great test for all of the players at the camp. For the Blackhawks' prospects, Gavin Hayes...

On Tuesday, The Athletic released the results of their annual NHL fan poll. There are some fun questions involved (which player would you want to have dinner with?), but most involve predicting the playoffs, players' futures and t♉eams' hopes. One...

Dave Bolland was so much fun to watch for the Blackhawks. He was always in the mix and made life🍸 miserable for opponents. And his reaction to scoring one of the two goals within 17 legendary seconds in Boston was/is...

Since it's August and we're in the dog days of🐈 our Blackhawks offseason, let's have a little fun. Last summer we looked at the long game in our Trade Tree Friday series. This year, we're going to jump into the...

You want hockey in August! Well, there is indeed hockey in August! Well, yesterday was technically still July൲, but I'll allow it. USA Hockey is hosting its Summer Showcase for the World Juniors this week and the first two games...

On Monday evening, the Blackhawks announced they will celebrate the life and legacy of Rocky Wirtz at the Unite♐d Center on August 9th. //twitter.com/NHLBlackhawks/status/1686139162607353856?s=20 According to the release from the organization, the event will be free to the public beginning...

The Blackhawks have a long history as a franchise, dating all the way back to 1926. Over the years, 40 ᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚmen have served as the head coach of the team for any length of time, from Godfrey Matheson’s two games...

Today is July 31, which means it's the last day of the second-to-last month before hockey returns. Baby steps, Blackhawks fans. Tomorrow begins August. Ho🔥wever, today we celebrate. It's Troy Murray's birthday! In 1986, Murray became the first Blackhawks skatꦛer...

A story broke on Saturday night that was incredibly interesting on a number of levels. Accordin♛g to Scott Powers of The Athletic, Wirtz Corporation is buying the Chicago Steel of the USHL. This news comes l🅠ess than one week after...

Did you watch last night's Cubs-Cardinals game? Holy bleep! More on that later, but the ♓way it ended made me think about other times in Chicago sports when a team has absolutely crushed a hated rival's vibe like that. It...

It's Friday and it'🌱s going to be hot in Chicago. We're talking Wayno hot -- it's supposed to hit 99 on the thermometer today. A good day to be in the pool or somewhere with air conditioning. And a good...