DENVER — Nathan MacKinnon notched his seventh career hat trick as part of a four-point performance, and the Colorado Avalanche broke out of a two-game funk with a 5-2 win over the Minnesota Wild on Tuesday night. “Obviously, it’s not a very fun position to be in,” Wild defenseman Zach Bogosian said of being out of the playoffs. A player …
MONTREAL — Seth Jones had big plans when he came to Chicago. And now it’s kind of taken a turn.” Now when Jones looks around the room, he sees future vacant stalls, like the ones already cleaned out by the departed DeBrincat, Dach, Hagel and Strome. “I know Kyle says four or five years, but I’m hoping two or three,” …
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 last year has been one of the longest and darkest in Blackhawks franchise history. The early years were dismal, but 1986 was glorious.” “It’s a difficult time to be a Blackhawks fan. Comments: “Don’t remove the Hull statue, but move it to a less prominent location.” “I get it, Hull wasn’t perfect, but he earned that statue because of …
