The Chicago Blackhawks are entering year four of the Connor Bedard era with the star player beginning the season on injured reserve, rehabbing offseason shoulder surgery. Mark Lazerus and Scott Powers break down the young talent in Chicago and ask if Sam Rinzel, Artyom Levshunov, Anton Frondell, Frank Nazar and Roman Kantserov can take the next step in Bedard’s absence, and if franchise icon Patrick Kane can help guide this young team to where they want to go.
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1:25 – How to Fix: Chicago Blackhawks
5:55 – Bowen Byram is the highest paid defencemen in the NHL
8:15 – Blackhawks Defence: Vlasiic, Rinzel & Levshunov are the future on blue line
17:00 – Connor Bedard leads the Blackhawks Forwards
27:30 – Can Patrick Kane improve the Blackhawks?
29:45 – Spencer Knight will get the bulk of the games for the Blackhawks in goal
32:05 – When will the Blackhawks rebuild be completed?
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The push and pull between wanting to be a playoff team vs not ruining the rebuild is really tricky.
You don't want to be Buffalo and have it take a decade, but you don't want to be Detroit and sell off your assets either.
The arrow is up. The final result is TBD. If Kantserov and Frondell are contributing, there might not be any fix beyond replacing Kane whenever he retires.