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@CrashDummy12x I think we dont talk enough about how awful coaching stunted him. He still has some bad junior habits that flare up (although this season was miles better). Richardson's team had no idea how to develop Bedard and stuck him with a slow, defensive system that strangled his offense

Maybe Bedard would’ve been on a generational track with any other team, but instead he got drafted into the worst possible situation for his early development and success. Who knows when he gets real support and how this will impact his true ceiling. #Blackhawks

@JFreshHockey The Columbus Cannons is unironically a much better name.

Jackets gotta totally rebrand. Start over. Cannon's not good enough. It's a neat illustration but not a strong logo. Team's been basically irrelevant for 25 years and the boring uniforms don't help.

@Leegrasemann Matthews is a legendary choke artist. He's the captain of a team of choke artists. I dont want the hawks to overpay for 2 years of him especially coming off a major knee injury when we dont even know he'll be the same after (he never really fully came back from propr injuries)

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@BenPopeCST Mah man. Never change Bert.

Blackhawks holding exit interviews today. Tyler Bertuzzi starting the day off with a hell of an outfit:

@ChrisRyan717 Ive seen other teams networks only willing to call them "the Chicago hockey team" (although that was back during the blm/Floyd riots), rags like the athletic wont use the logo, they just hope that people will see them avoiding it and subconsciously file it in their brain as taboo

@ChrisRyan717 Its a form of soft pressure the media uses to try and control speech. The same way they invent new speak like "pregnant people" over "pregnant women" and exclusively use that until average people start using it in conversation. They wont say its racist, they just wont use it.

Has anyone from the Athletic ever come out and say why they don't use the Hawks logo on their graphics?

@BlackhawksFocus KD survives another day. I dont know what fans would have done if they lost this the night his extension got announced. They need to play like they did in the 3rd for 60min every night next season. That and buyout Burkovsky.

Blackhawks close out the season with a much-needed win. Takeaways?

The #Blackhawks 100% needed a win like this the night they extended Davidson. Not an OT win, not a close one, but a convincing win (even if it took until the 3rd period to get going). If they had lost this one fans would want KDs head on a platter. Now we're saited, for today...

@DDTalentSearch @OviClapBomb Of course you could always package one of those players with a few of the plethora of picks KD has stored up which both opens a slot and has a higher chance of bringing in a really great player in a trade.

@DDTalentSearch @OviClapBomb Again, you are completely ignoring the d-core, but Boisvert definitely needs AHL time and it probably wouldnt hurt Lardis either. You dont need to completely overhaul the team but you've got one or two spots to add a difference making forward. Half the dmen should be in RFD.

@DDTalentSearch @OviClapBomb Clearly they dont because they have been shit since the deadline. I like Teuvo but the team has not known how to use him and hes been a poor fit. Burky has been so ass he needs to get bought out. You also didn't mention a single Dman (I like Gryzz but he's been mid at best).

@thetimberdoodle @OviClapBomb They have that already bud. Donato, Burt, Turbo, Illya, Burk

@DDTalentSearch @OviClapBomb No one can develop if theyre drowning every night with no help. Weve tried the kids only line up and it's clear they need help. If we're so focused on development over playoffs next year then some of the can do it in rockford while the ones in the NHL have real players as mentors

@thetimberdoodle @OviClapBomb No it’s not….relax! Do you want to be a team that just makes the playoffs or is a cup contender year in and year out. Stock pile talent, watch them develop, lock down the good ones under team friendly contracts and then trade capital for proven vets

@bigheadhcky Just what the wings need. And underperforming failure who is absolute lockerroom poison. I hope they do it so there's no chance they turn things around after choking again this year.

Official prediction on Elias Pettersson: • They give in on the retention slot and retain $2.6m • Trade EP40 to Detroit for pennies on the dollar compared to his 2024 value • He returns to about a 60-70 point pace next season, but never truly elite again

The #blackhawks deserve to be booed every minute of the rest of this game. I have no idea how they have gotten this bad after how bright things looked this time last year. After how great it was earlier THIS year. They are utterly broken and McKenna/Stenberg alone will not fix it

The #blackhawks must lead the league in 5 on 3s where they dont score. They defintely lead the league in fewest shots during 5 on 3. How do you have a two man advantage for nearly a minute and a half without SHOOTING THE FUCKING PUCK.

I have never been a "fire Davidson" guy but if he doesn't make a big move to get SOMEBODY this summer he needs to get the boot fast. This team is dog shit and adding Kantserov and nothing else isn't going to fix that. #blackhawks

At this point, Ive reached the point of being on board with firing Blashill for not having benched Burakovski for the season weeks ago. This team looks worse now than they did at the end of last season under Sorensen despite more of the "future talent" being here. #blackhawks

@OviClapBomb Which one is actually willing to hit people?

@OviClapBomb @fullmetalninja I know its too early on his contract but could we hypothetically offer sheet Celibrini and offer like 20mil just to force SJ to match and put themselves in cap hell?

@fullmetalninja Pay back is a bitch

I’ve had 4 different people ask me today if I’d offer sheet Adam Fantilli this offseason.