The Blackhawks tried desperately to come all the way back from a dumpster fire of the first period in Vegas last night, out-scoring the Golden Knights 4-2 over the final 40 minutes. The concern this morning — other than the Blackhawks remaining winless since the break — is captain Nick Foligno leaving the game after the first period.
Nick Foligno is day to day with a lower body injury, Sorensen said
Ethan Del Mastro's first career NHL goal! ? pic.twitter.com/rZI5F5a0CE
— Sportsnet (@Sportsnet) February 28, 2025 I cannot think of a good reason to dress TJ Brodie again this season if the Blackhawks have six other healthy defensemen available. After the game, here’s what interim head coach Anders Sorensen said about Brodie’s game after once again dressing him instead of Nolan Allan:“He’s been in and out of the lineup a little bit. He knows that he hasn’t played well. We’ve talked about it. I think you put extra weight on your own shoulders at times, and it goes the wrong way.”
If this is sincerely the take of the interim head coach of the team right now, I have a serious problem. I have done my best to somehow rationalize Brodie’s spot on the roster — much less in the lineup — as him being a veteran left-handed defenseman who can play the right side and could show the younger defensemen how to handle pressure. If his confidence is gone and he’s doing all of the things that you desperately want young players not to do… as the great Jon Miller used to say, ¡Adióóós Pelotaaa! His play has been atrocious. If the mental side of the game is this far off, too, he cannot skate again for the Blackhawks. And no, do not send him to Rockford. Send him to the press box until Game 82 and then get out your favorite buyout calculator.NHL GameScore Impact Card for Chicago Blackhawks on 2025-02-27: pic.twitter.com/0Eq51Hyhs3
— HockeyStatCards (@hockeystatcards) February 28, 2025 From a late night written edition of “32 Thoughts” from Elliotte Friedman:Whenever the time comes for Seth Jones, the Blackhawks are not interested in a futures deal. They need youngish players ready to make an impact now.
On Friday morning’s “32 Thoughts” podcast, the guys talk about how the players around Jones in the room likely reacted to his comments after the loss in Utah. Foligno’s pregame interview with Darren Pang felt… chilly. Friedman says Jones’ teammates felt “probably not great” and went on to say “It was interesting, there were some people who were really upset about it. And they said that it didn’t come out until after he had indicated he wanted to leave.” Friedman says he believes the Blackhawks would have a case to tell Jones to can it while they try to make a complicated deal. Something Friedman said that got my attention more than the comments on Jones: he said the Blackhawks are on “heightened sensitivity” since the Winter Classic, especially around comments about Connor Bedard. “The Blackhawks are just sitting there saying ‘We’re down. Can’t kick us any more.'” I will say again here: the Blackhawks trading both of their veteran right-handed defensemen complicates their roster construction now and into next season as they try their best to avoid rushing Artyom Levshunov and Sam Rinzel to the NHL. Murphy’s been a great leader in the room and would be missed if he’s moved. But it sounds like he could have a pretty strong market — especially at his cap number with term beyond this season.We are ONE WEEK from the NHL Trade Deadline, #Blackhawks fans! pic.twitter.com/GoSTCnU0qS
— Bleacher Nation Blackhawks (@BN_Blackhawks) February 28, 2025 Interesting read here from Ben Pope. I’ve cited the number of people in/around the Blackhawks organization who have compared Landon Slaggert to Brandon Hagel over the last year or so. He’s been watching Hagel film to help tune his game.Anders Sorensen sees some similarities between Landon Slaggert and Brandon Hagel.And as it turns out, Slaggert has actually been studying Hagel for years.New story: t.co/EwZ0q47kMe
— Ben Pope (@BenPopeCST) February 27, 2025 Corey Pronman at The Athletic ranked the top prospects from the 2020-23 NHL Drafts who were selected with picks that were traded. It’s a fascinating consideration set at this point for the Blackhawks because they’ve moved so many players for picks and moved up/down the draft board. I will note that he hasn’t been as high on some Blackhawks prospects as other — especially Frank Nazar. He lists 22 players, some of which have little/no NHL experience. The only two Blackhawks on his list: Oliver Moore at No. 6 and Allan at No. 11 (though he doesn’t adequately note that the Hawks got that pick from Columbus in the Jones trade). I would personally put Nazar, Kevin Korchinski and Sam Rinzel on this list with confidence. But that’s me… Frank Seravalli was on the CHSN pregame show and talked about Nick Lardis."He's a guy that you get excited about if you're a Hawks fan." @frank_seravalli joined #Blackhawks Countdown Live to talk about Nick Lardis and the special year he's having in the OHL. pic.twitter.com/Mq9ZS6rEHb
— Blackhawks on CHSN (@CHSN_Blackhawks) February 28, 2025 In the OHL last night, Windsor hammered Peterborough 7-1. AJ Spellacy scored the third goal of the night for the Spitfires. And then, late in the third period, all hell broke lose and he got involved in what sounded like a bit of a line brawl. Spellacy picked up a misconduct penalty for the effort. Martin Misiak scored twice for Erie in a 5-4 win over Niagara. He’s now up to 18 goals this season. Here’s the first of his two scores:The first of two goals ?? on Thursday night for #Blackhawks prospect Martin Misiak for @ErieOtters pic.twitter.com/NACSHacjTF
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