— How Kyle Davidson envisions the Chicago Blackhawks will play in the future has been mostly an idea up to this point. “It’s an exciting group,” said Rockford IceHogs assistant coach Rob Klinkhammer, who coached the Blackhawks prospect rookie team in the two games. “I think that’s one of the things Chicago talks about is playing fast, playing with speed,” …
When the Canadiens acquired Kirby Dach from the Chicago Blackhawks on the NHL draft floor, it was the most striking example of something general manager Kent Hughes said he would do very early on in his tenure with the club. The faceoff and usage problems Among the 112 players who took at least 500 faceoffs last season, Dach’s winning percentage …
The long-anticipated dismantling of the Chicago Blackhawks’ roster begun Thursday with the team trading Alex DeBrincat to the Ottawa Senators and Kirby Dach to the Montreal Canadiens. “I think they’re trying to do something that maybe we were trying to do a few years ago,” Senators general manager Pierre Dorion said at the draft in Montreal. “Now we’re trying to …
The Blackhawks were optimistic about a lot of things last offseason. The Blackhawks hockey operations staff talked about a lot of different possibilities of what they’d be comfortable paying Dach if he elevated his game. It became clear after a few months the Blackhawks wouldn’t have to worry so much about what Dach’s next contract would look like. Dach has …
Imagine living in a world in which Will Smith slaps Chris Rock at the Oscars and you don’t even know it happens. “I think he’s still untapped,” interim coach Derek King said. The other side is he defends against the top lines, he plays well in his end, he gets out in crucial moments of the game.” Dach takes a …