Pro Hockey Rumors

The Athletic’s Scott Powers relayed the following injury updates from Chicago Blackhawks training camp – André Burakovsky was held out of practice due to a lower-body ailment, while Landon Slaggert and Brett Seney exited practice for undisclosed reasons. No further detail on the latter two players was provided, but head coach Jeff Blashill did indicate he “hoped to have more … [Read more...] about Latestr Blackhawks Injury Updates

Ottawa Senators goaltender Linus Ullmark is ready to enter the year with a high bar. He was heavily critical of his performances through the first two days of training camp, describing them as “terrible” to Bruce Garrioch of the Ottawa Citizen. Head coach Travis Green wasn’t as harsh, telling Garioch that he thought Ullmark was fine through both days, and only being hard on … [Read more...] about Snapshots: Ullmark, Buium, Sturm, Grzelcyk

Although he hasn’t been mentioned in much of the extension buzz that dominated a quiet summer, Connor Bedard of the Chicago Blackhawks is entering the final year of his entry-level contract and became extension eligible on July 1st. Still, Bedard and the Blackhawks don’t seem rushed to get anything figured out soon. Speaking with Charlie Roumeliotis of WGN Radio, General … [Read more...] about No Extension Talks Between Blackhawks, Connor Bedard

The Chicago Blackhawks have announced that defenseman Wyatt Kaiser has been signed to a two-year, $1.7MM AAV contract. Yesterday, we covered how the Blackhawks and Kaiser hadn’t made much progress on a new deal. The fact that he’s signed his new contract today is a testament to just how quickly things can change in the hockey world. Kaiser, 23, will see his compensation rise … [Read more...] about Chicago Blackhawks Sign Wyatt Kaiser

With two days to get a deal done before missing some of training camp becomes a reality, there’s not much progress to report on contract talks between the Blackhawks and restricted free agent defenseman Wyatt Kaiser, Scott Powers of The Athletic reports. Chicago is offering Kaiser a modest increase on his sub-$950K entry-level cap hit on a one-year deal, Powers reports. That … [Read more...] about Latest On Wyatt Kaiser