Puck Chatter Podcast: Blackhawks Halfway Home
Chris Block and Al Cimaglia return with New Years Cheer and a new podcast talking Chicago Blackhawks hockey.
Wishing all an exciting and prosperous New Year.
Hopefully, something similar will be in store for Chicago’s west side hockey club.
The Blackhawks are just about to hit the halfway point of the 2025-26 regular season. On this 78-minute edition of Puck Chatter, Al and I sift through the good and bad of the first half of this Blackhawks’ season while sizing up where thing stand as we apparently reach the halfway point of this Kyle Davidson-orchestrated rebuild.
Among the topics discussed…
-Connor Bedard’s rise
-Coaching changes and Jeff Blashill’s impact thus far
-Veteran forwards and keys to Blackhawks’ being competitive so far
-Blackhawks were bad before Connor Bedard’s injury
-Artyom Levshunov
-Kyle Davidson says he’ll evaluate his rebuild after 2026-27
-Sam Rinzel’s current struggles
-Kevin Korchinski’s future
-How the Blackhawks’ defense prospects stack up today
-Building a winning roster from here
-The Blackhawks litmus test
-Self-evaluation and player development
-Spencer Knight
-Bedard’s injury
All this and more on this slightly-hungover (at least for me) edition of Puck Chatter.
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