Wednesday, September 28, 2016

BLACKHAWKS: KEITH UNLIKELY TO PLAY FIRST FOUR PRESEASON GAMES


Duncan Keith Jersey has been deemed unlikely to play in many, if any, the Blackhawks game preseason, when training camp opened. As of now, it does not look like it will be in the first few.

Keith probably will not play in the first four preseason games Blackhawks assistant coach Kevin Dineen said following the training camp sessions Monday. Whether or not Keith will play at all, which is still in the air.

"That's a question Dunc and medical staff, Stan [Bowman] Joel [Quenneville], we will all come to this. I foresee certainly in these first four games. I would say it will not happen" Dineen said. "We'll let him continue to make progress on his schedule he is now."

Keith attended a practice every day, but not in one of the scrimmages. The assistant coach Mike Kitchen said Keith asked to skate in the second team training every day - each session is approximately 20-25 minutes - but the Blackhawks Jersey have said no. From now on, both Dineen and Figure Kitchen Keith will be ready for the regular season opens but the Blackhawks will continue to be cautious with him.

Monday, September 26, 2016

Strong camp helps Alexandre Fortin earn 3-year deal with Blackhawks

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Even when he was bypassed in two consecutive projects in the NHL, Alexandre Fortin Jersey never wavered in his belief that he could play professional hockey.

On Sunday, this belief became reality when the Blackhawks signed the 19-year-old forward from Laval, Quebec, to a three-year entry-level contract.

"I have to thank the Chicago Blackhawks - this is the first team that really believed in me, it's great," said Fortin. "I know what I can do on the ice."

He said not to be written was "mentally difficult, but ... I know what I'm capable of, so I showed."

After Fortin scored 19 goals and added 24 assists in 54 regular season games with Rouyn-Noranda of the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League last season, the Hawks invited free agent prospect camp, where it is fairly skill to be added to the training camp of the alignment.

"I wanted to come here and prove who I am," he said. "I was always rather low profile and now I have what I wanted and it's perfect."

"He got a contract," said Hawks assistant coach Mike Kitchen. "From the beginning, he stepped up and played. He has been very consistent in all scrimmage (and) it was a threat to score. I think he did a great job (and) it is ideal for 'organization."

Due to age restrictions, if Fortin does not make the Hawks list - and it is more than likely it will not - it will return to the QMJHL for further development.

"I like his willingness to learn," said assistant coach Kevin Dineen. "He is an intelligent brain child with a beautiful offensive skill set that he was able to show here at the beginning. It is off to a real good start and he worked his way to try to find a place in one of our exhibition games. "

Saturday, September 24, 2016

Chicago Blackhawks’ biggest storylines entering training camp

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Chicago Blackhawks open training camp Friday, which means that the 2016-17 season is just around the corner. After another offseason of major changes in Chicago, the team is dipping its toes into the youth movement with the season just a few weeks away.

There are still many big questions for the Hawks to answer the following active offseason. Other than a dozen guys who are locks to make the roster, uncertainty fills the rest of the list. There are always educated guesses, but that is when the players actually consolidate its spots. Expect the younger group than Joel Quenneville has rolled in years.

With so much to be decided during the camp, even with a few big names still in Toronto at the World Cup of Hockey, it should be an interesting few weeks for those of us who follow the Hawks. Here are some key matter that we supervise.

Wednesday, September 21, 2016

'Very content' Artemi Panarin in contract talks with Blackhawks

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He currently plays for the Russian team at the World Cup of Hockey, Artemi Panarin Jersey is not concerning himself with thoughts of signing a new contract with the Blackhawks.

That, Panarin, who is leaving to agent Tom Lynn said.

On Tuesday, Lynn confirmed it has had talks with Hawks general manager Stan Bowman on a contract extension for Calder Trophy winner reigning as the top rookie in the NHL.

Panarin is entering the second season of a two-year contract entry level leading to a base salary of $ 812,500. However, the striker also earned approximately $ 2.6 million in bonds to eliminate 30 goals along with 47 assists while playing in the same line with Patrick Kane. If Panarin is not signed before or during this season, it will become a restricted free agent.

After the victory of the Russian team 4-3 victory over Team North America on Monday night in Toronto, Panarin said he is leaving his agent to handle his contract situation.

Monday, September 19, 2016

Alex DeBrincat continues to quash concerns about his size

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TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. - Alex DeBrincat has always been one of the smallest players on the ice and it could have been an obstacle to his career.

In a sport where traditional coaches and the size of the value of management, does not DeBrincat lot to the table at 5'7 "and 165 pounds. In fact, it's probably why DeBrincat dropped in the second round draft pick in 2016 - a player with his talent would not be available 39th he was 6 feet or taller.

This helped contribute to the monstrous chip on the shoulders pint size Debrincant. He is not afraid of contact and plays with a physical edge, often toeing the line and get under the skin of an opponent effectively.

"It kind of just developed by itself," said DeBrincat. "I've always been smaller and I had to find ways out of situations and just manage myself. It's just become a part of my game at this stage. "

It is a game that the Chicago Blackhawks Jersey are very pleased to see the development, starting with the performance DeBrincat in Traverse City Prospects Tournament.

DeBrincat was a centerpiece on the top line of Chicago in the tournament. He scored in a 5-0 victory against the Detroit Red Wings and came close again when he fired four shots in a loss against the St. Louis Blues 3-2.

A dynamic offensive force, Debrincat may be the best pure sniper in the system of Chicago.

Sunday, September 18, 2016

Minnesota Wild: Central Division Preview; Chicago Blackhawks

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Minnesota Wild defeated many demons of last season, covering their season series with the Blackhawks with a record of 5-0-0. This season may not be as simple as the Blackhawks will look to rebound and compete, as always do for the Central Division crown.

No other team did not give the Minnesota Wild climbs in recent seasons than the Chicago Blackhawks. From season to season 2014-15 2012-13 Blackhawks eliminated the Wild from three consecutive playoffs. Although these two teams met in the playoffs last season, the Wild got his revenge kind of radical hated Hawks with a record of 5-0-0 in the regular season.

Season 2015-16 biennium was a step back for the Stanley Cup content Blackhawks perennial. When I say, step back, a step back from the normal Blackhawks performances, because the team is still exhibited an impressive 47-26-9 record to finish third in the standings the Central Division. Their first round of Blues loss was hard fought and went to seven games and could have swung the way the hawks' easy to six of the seven games decided by only one goal.

Saturday, September 17, 2016

Duncan Keith's status unclear for start of Blackhawks regular season

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Does not play for the team Canada of knee problems that prolonged because of the hockey World Cup Blackhawks defense Duncan Keith, it is set to get underway this weekend without.

Keith, after the press conference of the team for North America during the media day of the World Cup at the Air Canada Centre in Toronto, ready for the start of the Hawks season and general manager Stan Bowman was uncommitted Thursday If you have questions it is now.

"I am that you do not put any expectations on it," a GM for North America Bowman said. "Are we just display. When he is ready, he is ready and I have. Although there is nothing to worry about, now, we are not trying to put it in the time frame. we you get if we ne exhibition game Ya of have a better feel in , if he was ready to play, he will play. "

Keith, he and suffered during the 2015 Stanley Cup final he received nearly a month of meniscus tears October 20 surgery to repair in his right knee, which missed the last season . On August 24, Keith had to withdraw from the World Cup because of the ongoing recovery of his knee.

"It was a decision of Duncan Keith Jersey," said Bowman said. "He just he is he did not feel the run to the level required in such a tournament (possibility).