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Frank Nazar finally ended his 21-game goal drought, but it wasn’t enough as Chicago dropped their 4th straight to Montreal. The team is feeling the impact of missing Connor Bedard, and head coach Jeff Blashill weighs in on the struggles. Jay Zawaski and Mario Tirabassi break down the highs, the lows, and what this loss means for the Blackhawks moving forward.
00:00 START
02:00 First Reactions
12:30 Future of the Blackhawks
17:30 Nick Lardis
22:00 Veteran Players
26:00 Blackhawks Rebuild
35:00 Lineup Changes/Potential Trades
47:00 Jeff Blashill
50:00 Frank Nazar
55:00 Final Thoughts
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19 Comments
Even with Bedard out. The team is pathetic. The veterans should be traded. This was supposed to be the year where we get the young players playing in the NHL. Veterans like Burakovsky,Murphy,Toninato,Grzelcyk. Should not be playing for the Hawks. We have a bunch of young players who are promising yet they haven’t been called up. These players in Rockford could give us offense. I’m glad that Nazar got out of the slump but we need more players up here to help. Especially with no Bedard until the end of the month. It’s getting ridiculous with the same dame shit with 0 effort. Last year was unacceptable. It’s the same crapshoot this season. The only difference is that Bedard is playing a lot better enough where he could put himself on the Olympic roster. This team is a joke and if this continues into the second half where we are having games like this, Davidsons job should be in jeopardy. I can handle losses this season but I won’t accept losses where we are getting our ass kicked and there’s no pushback. This team looks scared. That’s not a recipe for success in the NHL.
Fellas. Let me start by saying I truly enjoy your program. I’m from Harrisburg, PA, and the only Philly sports team I don’t root for is the Fry Guys (I jumped ship in 1991 when Eddie Belfour became their netminder — in fact I have a 17 year old ball Python named Belfour).
As a Penn State fan, I’ve watched these youngsters play (Nazar, Ollie, Arty, Rinzel, Slags) play and play well against my Lions.
I understand the “process” under Blash, but I’m of the opinion that coach should just let these guys play best of their ability.
PS — can either of you explain why Knight was pulled with 4 minutes left in a 3-1 game? This wasn’t a Cup playoff game and Spencer was rocking it!
For some reason, this season reminds me of the Robin Williams and Robert De Niro movie Awakenings. Hope it ends better.
I’m tired of making excuses for this team. This team doesn’t look like a NHL team without Bedard and that’s extremely concerning
Montreal played well…they were high energy almost the whole game. They forechecked like it was a playoff game. They stuck to their structure almost perfectly. They were always in the right place – in the o-zone and d-zone. That's why the Hawks only got 15 on net…
How are they supposed to get shots on net when every time they have puck possession they dump the puck and change
This podcast tends to overhype unproven prospects who haven’t done anything yet
Kind of annoying how sharks ducks and Utah prospects are scoring instantly and ours aren’t
Davidson is going to play the rebuild card forever and the media will gladly carry water for him. It's pathetic
BedZ is the true MVP of the NHL and this absence proves it. BedZ was angle handily dragging the Hawks into playoff contention. Next year is the year to evaluate the Hawks not this year. Patience grasshoppers.
At this point it's pretty much delusional to think that our prospects pool (Davidson draft picks) are going to push us into becoming a playoff Team.. Look at the San Jose Shark : They started their rebuilt 1 year after the Hawks and in 4 years built a team that went from last freaking place last year to 19th so a jump of 12-13 positions and look way better. The Hawks have been drafting high draft picks since season 2020-2021 – have been a bottom tier NHL Team for the last 5 consecutive seasons and Top 4 worst Team for the past 3 years meaning Davidson has had the second most high draft picks of all NHL Teams. With all this AND excellent goaltending from Knight we have moved 3 ranks to 28th and in a downward spiral. I think that your take "The boys are alright" is too complacent. You believe Levshunuv is great compared to what you saw from Demidov who would be 3rd PTS scorer with the Hawks as a 20 years old rookie when the Hawks said the priority was to surround Bedard with the best talent for his development ? Kantserov – Frondell etc.. are franchise movers ? That's what we thought with the current prospects pool. Very deflating situation our Franchise is in.. Davidson should have 1 more draft (the up coming one) to produce results and start acting like a competent GM by making a significant trade to shake things up or be removed.
Things were going bad even when Bedard was on the team. Lack of depth scoring is concerning and it is more evident with Bedard out of the lineup. I think yhe Hawks are playing how most people expected, the beginning of the season was an anomaly
Well look at the Montreal Canadiens when they fired Bergevin and brought key top NHL management talent in Hughes and Jeff Gorton.. in 3 years it accelerated the Canadiens development into this Top 12 Team with very wise drafting – trades and probably the best long term cap friendly Team contracts in the NHL for long term success with their core.. so yes having the best GM and front management absolutely matters !!
There's a reason s these vets were available to Hawks…
Donato is a bottom 6 forward.
We should all remember that the team we are building will only keep 4 or 5 of the current forwards. The D is inexperienced still. I love my Hawks. I do not want to be a fan with a "loser mantality". Just like the players, can't get too low or too high. Be patient people.
Bedard being out really exposes this team. Davidson needs to make a move! If we end up bottom 3 again davidsons job will be relying on the success of the 2026-2027 season
I’m starting to think we shouldn’t of resigned donato
Unfortunately, this team isn't worth my time.
They cant score, they cant hit, they wont fight.
I'm not watching anymore of this shit show until they act like professional hockey players earning millions.