Jeff has covered the Blackhawks since 2009 with his former website www.puckinhostile.com and podcast The Puckin Hostile Shoutcast until 2017, when he moved over to The Rink.
After a short hiatus to cover the inaugural Seattle Kraken season, he came back to Blackhawks coverage and started "The Net Perspective" podcast to discuss goaltending and goaltender development.
A story from the website Swiss Hockey News was released this afternoon stating that former Blackhawks fourth liners Tommy Wingels and Lance Bouma had signed to play with Geneve-Servette HC… Read more »
Yesterday, the entire professional hockey world lost a gentleman, a legend and a warrior. Legendary former Blackhawks player, captain and team ambassador Stanislav “Stosh” Mikita (born Stanislav Gvoth) passed away… Read more »
It has now been a full week since the Blackhawks held their annual fluff & fan festival (aka the Fan Convention), where they trot out their newest show ponies and… Read more »
In our efforts to bring you the best Blackhawks coverage possible, we will be providing video content of prospects in the system that you may not yet be familiar with…. Read more »
In our efforts to bring you the best Blackhawks coverage possible, we will be providing video content of prospects in the system that you may not yet be familiar with…. Read more »
In our efforts to bring you the best Blackhawks coverage possible, we will be providing video content of prospects in the system that you may not yet be familiar with…. Read more »
In our efforts to bring you the best Blackhawks coverage possible, we will be providing video content of prospects in the system that you may not yet be familiar with…. Read more »
This morning the Blackhawks announced that they are welcoming back Chris Chelios as an ambassador. Chelios joins Tony Esposito, Bobby Hull, Stan Mikita and Denis Savard in representing the organization… Read more »
The 2018 Chicago Blackhawks prospect camp wrapped up Friday at MB Ice Arena in Chicago. The fans were treated to a scrimmage with the first full-ice five-on-five action of the… Read more »
The Blackhawks began their annual prospect and development camp on Monday at the MB Ice Arena. If you are expecting high intensity scrimmages, this would not be the place to… Read more »
The Blackhawks finally announced a trade on Thursday afternoon. It was not the fireworks and sparkler that the fans were hoping for but it did open up some cap room… Read more »
The staff here at The Rink will be keeping you up to date on the latest Chicago Blackhawks free agent signings as the window opens at noon (EDT) on July… Read more »
The Blackhawks announced this afternoon that they had acquired center / left wing Jordan Schroeder from the Columbus Blue Jackets for goaltender Jean-Francois Berube. The 27 year old Schroeder is… Read more »
After, it was reported yesterday that Pierre McGuire mentioned, in a radio interview, that it was of his opinion that Cam Ward was headed to the Blackhawks, Jay Zawaski from… Read more »
Seeing as how the Blackhawks “hype video” was underwhelming, here are some more extensive highlight packages of Swedish defenseman Adam Boqvist. There is no doubt that he has high-end skill…. Read more »
Following this weekend’s fairly uneventful draft, the Blackhawks announced a minor trade this afternoon with the Vancouver Canucks. The Blackhawks sent center Tanner Kero to Vancouver for another center, Michael… Read more »
The Chicago Blackhawks made made eight selections in the NHL Entry draft this year, and made two trades during the draft. The players that the organization selected are listed below,… Read more »
The Blackhawks announced this afternoon that pending restricted free agent forward Vinnie Hinostroza has agreed to a two year extension worth a reported $1.5M per season. Hinostroza was sent to… Read more »
Among the flurry of post season signings, The Athletic’s Scott Powers floated a story on Wednesday regarding 24-year-old Russian goaltender Ivan Nalimov. The Blackhawks chose Nalimov in the 6th round… Read more »
The Blackhawks announced this morning that they had extended 2013 3rd round draft pick and pending restricted free agent John Hayden for two more seasons. This comes on the heels… Read more »
The Chicago Blackhawks announced earlier this morning that they had agreed to terms with Portland Winterhawks defenseman Henri Jokiharju on a three year entry level contract. Jokiharju was drafted by… Read more »
The Blackhawks announced earlier today that they had extended 6’3″ 229 lbs Andreas Martinsen for the 2018-19 season, agreeing to a one-year contract. The 27-year-old Norwegian left-wing was acquired from… Read more »
The Blackhawks announced this morning that they have signed 24 year old center/left wing Jacob Nilsson to a one-year entry level deal. The 5’11”, 180lbs left-handed Swedish born forward tallied… Read more »
The Blackhawks formally announced the signing of four players to NHL entry level deals. Forward Dominik Kahun, defenseman Darren Raddysh and goalie Kevin Lankinen all signed two-year deals while defenseman… Read more »
The USA Hockey team earned a bronze medal earlier today by beating Canada 4-1. After getting shutout by Sweden 6-0, on Saturday, the United States team drew the Canadian team,… Read more »