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Game Day, Big Ten Prospects, Grading Seth, Buffal🅺o Loses Thompson, and Other Blackhawks Bullets

After three days without a game, the Blackhawks play the Tampa B🐻ay Lightning on Thursday night. Yes, I could have said that last week. And yes, I hope this week ends as well -- or bett🍌er -- than last week's...

Raddysh’s Value, Allan and Del Mastro Developing Together, Calgary Selling? and Other Blackhawks Bullets

Today makes it three days since the Blackhawks played a game, and thꦛey weren't on the ice yesterday -- even if Luke Richardson joked about maybe needing to lock the rink to keep his two teenagers off ꦕit on Tuesday....

Assessing the Growing Market for Patrick Kane

The🌺re's a lot going on around the NHL and the Blackhawks haven't played in a f🔯ew days. There's an increasing amount of buzz around an old friend who appears to be closer to finding a new home. The Patrick Kane...

H𓆉ockey ܫCanada Bans 2018 World Junior Team From Future Events, Appeal Pending

On Tuesday afternoon, Hockey Ca🅰nada released a statement that their independent investigation into sexual assault allegations levied against players on their 2018 World Junior Team was complete. The result: a ban on 🌱players who participated on that roster from representing...

What’s the Greatest Jersey Number in NHL History?

In the NHL, there are some numbers that have been worn by a list of legends. I was listening to NHL Network Radio this weekend and they mentioned Washington Capitals' icon Nicklas Bäckström stepping away from the game ༒and questioned...

Hall of Famers, Bedard’s Mentality, Nazar’s Addiction, Ludwinski’s Heater, and Other Blackhawks Bullets

The Hockey Hall of Fame officially inducted its 2023 class on Monday night in Toronto. Henrik Lundqvist, Mike Vernon, Tom Barrasso, Pierre Turgeon, Pierre Lacroix, Ken Hitchcock, and Carolinജe Ouellette dressed up fancy, listened to other people talk nicely about...

Bedard Makes (More) History, Lardis Times Two, College Produc🎃tion, and Other Blackhawks Bullets

The Conner Bedard Experience went to another level on Sunday afternoon as the Blackhawks' young phenom scored two ridiculous goals. As I watched a replay of the game last night an🅰d more clips and angles of the two plays that...

Oilers Fire Jay Woodcroft, Hire Connor McDavid’s Junior Coach As Replacement

We have our first official head coaching casualty in the NHL for the 2023-24 season, and it was a guy who many th𓆉ought had a great chance of lifting the Stanley Cup✱ in June. The Edmonton Oilers fired head coach...

Lineup Shufflꦉing, Huge Nights for Slaggert and Nazar, More Prospect Production, and Other Blackhawks Bullets

On Saturday the Blackhawks made only one roster move to help with the three injuries they suffered on Thursday night. Isaak Phillips gets a trip to Florida and Jarred Tinordi is on IR. The Blackh𓆏awks will get a second chance...

Honoring Veterans🌟, Prospect Highlights, Defensive Thoughts, Jagr Honor, HOF Rings, and Other Blackhawks Bullets

First𒁃 and foremost, a Happy Veterans Day. My grandfather served in World War II and one of my best friends is currently serving as the CO on a nuclear sub in the Pacific, and I have dozens of other friends...

Boom Goes Bedard, Injury Concerns, Tyler’s 32nd, Korchinski’s First, B1G Weekend, and Other Blackhawks Bullets

Where are the Traveling Wilburys when we want to talk about Last Night (in a good way, sorry Morgan Wallen... your version might be more appropriate for ෴the Oilers this morning). The Chicago Blackhawks invaded Amalie Arena and got off...

Report: Blackhawks, NHL Franchise Values Skyroc🅷ketin🌳g

Earlier this week, Sportico released their updated report on the valuations of NHL franchises. T𝔍he news here isn't that NHL teams are worth a lot of money. It's t🙈hat league-wide valuations have skyrocketed like we've never seen. The Chicago Blackhawks...

Patric🤡k Kane Update: Teams Calling, Conversations Have⛎ Started, More

It's nearing mid-November, and we're starting to see a little more smoke around the potential return of 💟former Blackhawks' star Patrick Kane. In his "32 Thoughts" column on Thursday morning, Elliotte Frieꦛdman said: "Sounds like there are about eight teams...

Moms Trip, 2 Wild Trades, Tampa 🐎Modeling, Draft Thoughts, and Other Blackhawks Bullets

It's the Blackhawks' moms trip and I'm absolutely here for all of the content. The moms/invited guests were at practice on Wednesday before everyone headed to the airport, many of them in swe🤪atshirts that read "Blackhawks Mom" or "Hockey Mom."...

2024 NHL Draft Wat😼ch: New Prospect Rankings, Co⭕mments, More

A couple weeks ago when NHL Central Scouting released their prelimin♏ary watch list, we took a moment to highlight a few names that intrigue me for the Blackhawks as we all look ahead to next summer. On Wednesday morning, Scott...

Moms Trip, Praise for Vlasic, Great Goaltending, Sharks Win, Anaheim Offspring, and Other ꦉBlackhawks Bullets

The Blackhawks will take off later today for Florida for games in Tampa and Sunrise. And they'll have their moms (or another important influence in their life) wi🐼th them on the trip. This is always a fun time for the...

Power Play Thoughts, Söderblom’s Resolve, Lightning Crashes, Where’s Double-A? and Other Blackhawks Bullets

Right out of the gate this morning, congrats to the Cubs for stealing every headline and back ꦑpage in the city yesterday when t🤡hey stunned the baseball world and stole manager Craig Counsell away from the rival Milwaukee Brewers. The...

Aroun🌼d 𓄧the NHL: Hot Seat in Edmonton, Carolina Issues in Net, Injury News, Trade Rumors, More

We're now headingꦛ full speed at Thanksgiv🤪ing, which is usually a point in the season when teams start getting a good feel for their playoff potential. With that in mind, teams around the league are dealing with injuries and underwhelming...

Seth’s Shifts, Kaiser’s Bounce Back, Vets Investing, Good Weekend for Prospects, and Other Blackhawks Bullets

Hoo boy where do💦 we begin after this weekend? Maybe the Blackhawks' best period of the season and then hang on to win against the Panthers and then back to the quick-goal-let-i൲t-slip-away script against the Devils (without Jack Hughes or...

Meet Miguel, Rocky’s Seat, Bedard and Toews, Allan’s First, Hayes’ Heater, and Other Blackhawks Bullets

It's Sunday, so I'm going to open this morning with massive props for a guy who covers𓆏 as many winter sports in Chicago as we do -- except he does it in the booth. Miguel Esparza ඣcalled the Bulls game...

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Brett Taylor

Brett Taylor is the Lead Cubs Writer at Bleacher Nation, and you can find him on Twitter at and on LinkedIn . Brett is also the founder of Bleacher Nation, which opened up shop in 2008 as an independent blog about the Chicago Cubs. Later growing to incorporate coverage of other Chicago sports, Bleacher Nation is now one of the largest regional sports blogs on the web.
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Michael Cerami began covering the Chicago Cubs for Bleacher Nation as a part-time contributor in 2015. One year later, he joined Bleacher Nation full-time, covering the Chicago Cubs and Major League Baseball. Today, Michael runs Bleacher Nation, contributing as a writer (Cubs, MLB) and an editor for all sections of the site, including the Chicago Bears, Bulls, and Blackhawks, as well as MLB, NBA, NHL, and NFL. In 2019, Michael was the co-host of NBC Sports Chicago's Cubs Post-Game Show You can find him on Twitter/X
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Luis C. Medina, who you can find on Twitter at lcm1986, has been covering the Chicago Bears at Bleacher Nation since 2017. Since then, he has written about 3 head coaches, 5 play-callers, and 11 starting quarterbacks. Previously, Luis wrote about the Cubs and MLB at BN (2015-16) and worked in the Chicago Tribune sports department (2011-16). He also co-hosted a Cubs postgame show, Outside the Ivy, in 2019.
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Elias Schuster is the Lead Chicago Bulls writer at Bleacher Nation. He started with BN full-time in 2019 immediately after graduating from the University of Illinois Urbana Champaign with a degree in Journalism (yes, he started with the Jim Boylen Era). Since joining, Elias has been the driving force behind Bulls and NBA content for both the site and social accounts. You can follow him on Twitter/X @Schuster_Elias.
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