Blackhawks
Mustard has blazing speed and played well in his first season of college hockey. His next step includes learning how to convert more of his scoring chances.
The Hawks made only two small moves Tuesday, leaving their 2025-26 roster ready for a full-fledged youth movement.
Hawks general manager Kyle Davidson has made four Lafferty trades — three in which he has acquired the speedy forward.
Wyatt Kaiser, Louis Crevier and Arvid Soderblom will remain restricted free agents, while Philipp Kurashev will hit the open market.
The Hawks have selected plenty of so-called “toolsy” kids on longer developmental timelines in recent years. They followed the same strategy at this NHL Draft when picking Vaclav Nestrasil and Mason West.
The Hawks added three forwards, one defenseman and one goalie to their 2025 draft class Saturday — including two very tough guys.
The 25th and 29th selections are towering wingers who will take many years to potentially reach NHL readiness, but the Hawks can afford to wait.
The dream of top forward prospect Michael Misa slipping past the Sharks didn’t happen Friday, but the Hawks are nonetheless pleased with landing Frondell.
Also in this week’s “Polling Place,” we asked which team will win a playoff series first — the Bulls, Blackhawks, Sky or White Sox.
The new red home jerseys aren’t significantly different than usual, but there are a few additions for 2025-26.
The Hawks believe the Sharks are strongly considering taking Anton Frondell with the No. 2 pick Friday, which would give them the opportunity to nab Misa.
Burakovsky, whom the Hawks acquired from the Kraken on Saturday, wants to bring efficient scoring and an emphasis on practice to Chicago.
Keith, in his first year eligible, was one of eight 2025 inductees named Tuesday. The ceremony will take place Nov. 10.
The Hawks hold the third and 25th overall selections, but trades or unexpected selections — by them and other teams — could mix things up Friday night.
The Hawks likely will be much less busy this offseason than the last two, but they still have a number of draft picks — including No. 3 overall — to make and a trade market to explore.
The Hawks won’t save much salary-cap space but will move on from Brodie, who was a healthy scratch for the final 22 games last season.
Burakovsky has been an extremely efficient scorer throughout his career, but he’s 30 and coming off two poor seasons. The Hawks acquired him for Joe Veleno on Saturday.
Toews, the former Blackhawks captain and Winnipeg native, will sign a one-year contract with the Jets on July 1.
An average of 2.5 million viewers watched on TNT, with 2.8 million tuning in for the Panthers’ series-clinching Game 6 victory. The overall number on cable is down from 4.17 million last year when the final was on over-the-air TV on ABC.
Donato will stay in Chicago after breaking out for 31 goals and 31 assists last season. He gets a sizable bump up to a $4 million salary-cap hit.