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It seems as though the pain just keeps on coming for the Chicago Blackhawks, as the San Jose Sharks have signed second pairing defenseman Niklas Hjalmarsson to an offer sheet. The offer sheet that Hjalmarsson signed is a four-year deal worth $14 million, a cap hit of $3.5 million. Now the question becomes, will the Blackhawks match the Sharks' offer sheet, or do they just let Hjalmarsson go to their Western Conference ...

Since the start of the 2009-2010 year Chicago Blackhawks fans were anticipating that their team would need to move a massive amount of salary at the end of the season. Wednesday was the beginning of the Blackhawks salary movement as the 'Hawks shipped off fan favorite and playoff hero Dustin Byfuglien to the Atlanta Thrashers. Also included in the trade were Brent Sopel the shot blocking machine, Ben Eager, and slowly ...

The 2009-2010 season was quite a roller coaster for the Chicago Blackhawks that ended on the highest of highs in which they claimed the ultimate prize, the Stanley Cup. Although the season is now over and the celebration shall begin in the streets of Chicago there is still much work to be done in the Chicago front office before the NHL Draft, just two weeks away. Much like last season the ...

Much of the talk surrounding the Chicago Blackhawks during their series with the Vancouver Canucks has involved the reemergence of Dustin Byfuglien as a force in front of the net. However one player that many people have overlooked during this series is forward Tomas Kopecky. Unlike Byfuglien, Kopecky has not had a hat trick during these playoffs or had a target on his back like Byfuglien has but Kopecky has been ...

After quite an admirable run at defense for the Chicago Blackhawks' utility man Dustin Byfuglien, it looks as though he will return to right wing during the second round of the NHL playoffs. While on defense, Byfuglien was held scoreless during the Blackhawks' first-round matchup against the Nashville Preadators and posted a minus-two rating.  The reason for moving Byfuglien back to wing, the position he played most of the regular season, is ...

After the Chicago Blackhawks morning skate, the Blackhawks coach Joel Quenneville announced that defenseman Brian Campbell will be a game time decision for game four against the Nashville Predators  Campbell has been out of the lineup since March 14th when he was viciously put into the end boards by Washington's Alexander Ovechkin.  During the regular season Campbell had an average season scoring 38 points in 62 games and a plus-minus rating of ...

A major strength of the Chicago Blackhawks all season has been their offensive depth, but one small weakness that they have suffered from most of the season is their weakness down the middle. The Blackhawks do have four good defensive centers in Colin Fraser, John Madden, Jonathan Toews, and Dave Bolland. However, offensively the only player who has been productive this season is Toews. Toews scored 68 points during the regular season, ...

Kyle Beach's final WHL season came to an end this week as his Spokane Chiefs fell to the Portland Winter Hawks in game seven of their first round matchup in the WHL playoffs. Beach had an impressive playoff showing scoring seven goals, two assists, and 19 penalty minutes in the seven games that he appeared in. Aside from Beach's impressive playoff showing, Beach also had a very strong regular season reaching career ...

One of the few bright spots for the Chicago Blackhawks over the last few games has been Dustin Byfuglien's transition from forward back to defenseman.  Byfuglien has played admirably during his two full games on the Blackhawks' blueline recording one assist, a plus-2 rating, eight shots, and a little over twenty minutes per game of ice time. With Byfuglien's good play on defense and the limited amount of depth along the blueline ...

After learning earlier today that the Chicago Blackhawks would be without one of their top defensemen Brian Campbell for up to eight weeks, we were also informed after 'Hawks practice that Kim Johnsson will be out of the lineup as well. Johnsson was held out of the 'Hawks last game against the Washington Capitals with an upper body injury and apparently the same injury will keep him out of the game ...