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Blackhawks sign forward prospect Frank Nazar to 3-year contract Associated Press Apr 13, 2024, 08:36 PM ET   CHICAGO -- The Chicago Blackhawks have agreed to a three-year contract with Frank Nazar, one of the team's top prospects.   The Blackhawks announced the deal on Saturday, two days after Nazar and Michigan lost 4-0 to Boston College in the Frozen Four. The entry-level agreement runs through the 2025-26 season at a $950,000 salary-cap hit. Chicago (23-51-5) plays its home finale Sunday against Carolina, and then finishes the season with games at Vegas on Tue ..read more

Bedard will miss ~6 weeks with a broken jaw.   Was it a dirty hit yes or no?   (Full transparency .... Bedard is a Keeper on my FHL team, whom I drafted #2 overall this past fall, so yes I have a vested interest here ....)   Part of me wants to say it was dirty and part of me just does not know ... what says the masses ..read more

https://www.dailyfaceoff.com/news/chicago-blackhawks-taylor-hall-out-for-season-with-knee-injury   Well ….. that is not exactly what the Hawks envisioned when they signed him ..read more

Connor Bedard's first NHL Goal 10/11/23     ..read more

LAST SEASON 26-49-7 59 points. Last in division, minus 97 goal differential   ADDITIONS Well Bedard is the next superstar in Chicago right as Kane and Toews leave. Taylor Hall will be one of his new linemates by way of Boston. Also Foligno joins the middle six. Ryan Donato and Corey Perry bring veteran skill to the bottom six.   SUBTRACTIONS Kane was dealt away, Toews saw his career derailed by Covid and may never play again. Caleb Jones and Stalock wont be back.    PROSPECTS bEDARD WILL come right to the NHL and stick around for the next 20 years. Lukas Reichel will stick ..read more

https://ruiksport.com/under-immense-pressure-super-talent-bedard-is-about-to-have-his-debut-season-in-the-nhl-what-does-the-star-mcdavid-advise-him/   What do you think, will the only 18-year-old prospect have as successful a career as his star namesake ..read more

Bedard signs with Blackhawks, No. 1 pick of 2023 NHL Draft Forward, who turned 18 on Monday, has earned comparisons to Crosby, McDavid NHL.com @NHLdotcom  10:10 AM     Connor Bedard, the No. 1 pick of the 2023 NHL Draft, celebrated his 18th birthday Monday by signing his first NHL contract, a three-year, entry-level deal with the Chicago Blackhawks.   "Being drafted by an Original Six team has been such a surreal experience and I couldn't be more thrilled to be a part of this team's future," Bedard said. "The Blackhawks organization and the city of Chicag ..read more

The Hawks had oodles of draft picks this year.  Many consider Bedard to be the highlight, if the Trib front page this morning is any indicator.   But perspicacious insiders, and lovers of linguistic reduplication, were more enamored of Chicago’s 5th round selection of Czechia’s Marcel Marcel.  Great times are anticipated.   NOTE:  Rumors of Marcel’s distant genealogical relationships with French actress Simone Simon, and with English literarian Ford Maddox Ford remain unproven ..read more

Chicago is adding the #1 overall pick this year and this is the rest of their forwards corps   Bedard could wind up skating with an entirely new forward corps in Year Two. If they wanted...   That's Seventy One Million Dollars of cap space in 2024-25. Only Murphy and Jones are (currently) under contract ..read more