#blackhawks-roster-moves

#blackhawks-roster-moves

The Eastern Conference features the top-seeded Branford Bulldogs, who will face the Barrie Colts, with games scheduled from April 22 to May 4.

Tahaad Pettiford, who could've easily been a first-round pick last year, chose to stay with Auburn for another season despite a strong performance.

Frank Nazar reacted immediately to being hit in the face by a puck, throwing his gloves down and heading straight to the locker room, indicating serious concern about his injury.

Jiří Felcman signed a PTO contract with the Rockford IceHogs for the rest of this season, followed by a three-year entry-level contract with the Chicago Blackhawks.

Sam Reinhart is listed as day-to-day, with more tests scheduled for tomorrow. Brad Marchand's rehabilitation plan will be clearer in the next 10 days, while Anton Lundell is also day-to-day. Nike Mikkola and Uvis Balinskis are expected to be out for 4-6 weeks, and Mackie Samoskevich is sidelined for 7-10 days.

They're a better team than people think. Look at their game, before they played us last game, they had just lost in overtime against Dallas. They're in the game every night. Before the break, they had a hell of a stretch where they were in the game all the time. They can skate, they have size, and their goaltending is really good, so they're in the game every night, so you need to be as close as possible to perfection.

As we continue with the Olympic break, I thought this was an interesting read from Thomas Drance and Harman Dayal at The Athletic. They wrote about the Vancouver Canucks possibly targeting reclamation projects as they embark on their rebuild - and there's a Blackhawks twist. The irony, of course, is the Blackhawks getting really good hockey from Jason Dickinson and Ilya Mikheyev AND two second-round picks as... wait for it... reclamation projects. Nice job of internal asset evaluation there by Vancouver for sure, eh?

From the team's release: Rodrigue, 25, appeared in two NHL games with the Edmonton Oilers during the 2024-25 campaign, logging a 0-1-0 record, a 3.10 goals-against average and a .862 save percentage. He also competed in a career-high 41 American Hockey League (AHL) games with the Bakersfield Condors last season, posting an 18-16-8 record, a 3.12 GAA, a .897 SV% and one shutout.