All of us at The-Rink would like to thank Josh and the CLTV team for inviting Mario to represent the website on their program.

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Part 2

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The-Rink.com co-hosts “Gatekeeper” is joined again by staff writers Ray Napientek and Juliana Nikac to talk about the current state of the Blackhawks.

• The Blackhawks are 2-4-2 after losing to the Flyers, Thursday night.
• Kirby Dach recalled from Rockford and played 3 games thus far.
• Connor Murphy injured against the Vegas Golden Knights
• Aleksi Saarela sent to Florida for Ian McCoshen
• Mario Tirabassi gives us another award-winning #Warpigs report.
• Gate, Ray and Juliana discuss the last 6 games and the state of the Blackhawks.
• We also discuss Corey Crawford, Robin Lehner, Brendan Perlini, Brandon Saad, and much more
• We wrap with the Rinkrat PuckBag segment where we discuss #HongKongClassic jerseys.

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The-Rink.com co-hosts “Gatekeeper” and “Double J” are joined by staff member and Chicago Steel head writer  Ray Napientek to talk about the first two games of the Blackhawks regular season.

• The Blackhawks lay an egg in Prague.
• Some roster moves happen, including Carl Dahlstrom moving to balmy Winnipeg.
• Mario Tirabassi gives us another award winning #Warpigs report.
• The three old guys talk about the Blackhawks loss to San Jose.
• We also discuss Corey Crawford, Robin Lehner, Brendan Perlini, Erik Gustafsson, Dominik Kubalik and much more
• We wrap with Rinkrat PuckBag segment.

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The-Rink.com host “Gatekeeper” is joined by staff members Mario Tirabassi, Aaron Goldschmidt, Eric Andrews, Juliana Nikac and Ron Luce to talk in-depth about Blackhawks prospects.

• The Blackhawks sit at 2-1-1 with two preseason and an exhibition game remaining.
• Roster is not finalized but is starting to shape up.
• We take a long look at the six prospect tiers and why the writers rated players the way they have.
• Don’t miss the hot takes.
• We wrap with Rinkrat PuckBag segment.

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The-Rink.com co-hosts “Gatekeeper” and “JJ” step back into the dusty Rink podcast studio to discuss the prospect camp and the Blackhawks fan convention with staff writers Mario Tirabassi and Aaron Goldschmidt.

• Blackhawks traded Artem Anisimov to Ottawa for Zack Smith
• Thoughts on Development camp
• Fan convention came and went.
• Chris Kunitz retires and joins the Blackhawks player development staff
• New jersey leak?
• Ian Mitchell corner, Brent Seabrook’s trial, Gus’s garage, Sekac street.
• We are only scratching the surface.  Many good things and guests to come!!!!
• We wrap with The-Rink #RinkratPuckBag segment.

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The-Rink.com co-hosts “Gatekeeper” and “JJ” are joined by staff writers Mario Tirabassi, Eric Andrews, Ray Napientek to talk about the end of the Blackhawks season.

• The Blackhawks moved up from 12th to third in the NHL Draft Lottery!
• What should/could the Blackhawks do in the draft?
• Is it possible they trade up or down?
• How does the change in draft order change summer free agency?
• Airing of grievances.
• We answer some listener and reader questions

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The-Rink.com co-hosts Jeff “Gatekeeper” Osborn and John “Double J” Jaeckel are joined by NBC  Chicago’s Charlie Roumeliotis to talk about this dead-man-walking week for the Blackhawks.

• Mario Tirabassi has a lengthy #Warpigs report
• Where do the Blackhawks go with defensemen?
• Where do the Blackhawks look for depth scoring?
• Gate looks to fire up the Erik Gustafsson fan club
• How realistic is this Kevin Hayes stuff?
• We examine many different trade and free agent scenarios
• We have a new review (thanks “The Cyto”)
• We answer some listener and reader questions

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The-Rink.com co-hosts Jeff “Gatekeeper” Osborn and John “Double J” Jaeckel are joined by surprise guest Mark Lazerus, formerly of the Chicago Sun-Times and currently of The Athletic, as the Blackhawks roll into the final ten games of the season.

• We open up with the statistical breakdown of the week.
• What kind of player are the Blackhawks rumored to go after in the offseason?
• Mario Tirabassi gives us a War Pigs report.
• We open up with Laz about the great Erik Gustafsson
• Are the Blackhawks a playoff team?
• The unrealistic “wish” that will never die, Artemi Panarin
• We talk about reality of the “vocal minority” on Twitter and dealing with them
• We answer some listener and reader questions
• We wrap up with some random Blackhawks fodder.

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They talked about the recent powerplay explosion, line combinations, thoughts on Stan Bowman, Artemi Panarin talk, defensive prospects and expectations, Corey Crawford and the goaltending, and can they make the playoffs?

On today’s Stebbins Sports 60: @tim_stebbins rants about Sunday’s NFC and AFC Championships and Tuesday’s Baseball Hall of Fame announcements. @Mario_Tirabassi joins the show at 1:30 to talk NHL. Tune in live on https://t.co/rnMBA7KlOB at 1 pm!

— Radio DePaul Sports (@rdpsports) January 23, 2019

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The-Rink.com co-hosts Jeff “Gatekeeper” Osborn and John Jaeckel get together with The Rink Rockford Icehogs Head Writer Mario Tirabassi to talk about the Blackhawks firing Joel Quenneville and his assistants, then promoting Jeremy Colliton.

• Joel Quenneville out, Kevin Dineen out, Ulf Samuelsson out.  Jeremy Colliton in, Barry Smith in, Don Granato stays, Jimmy Waite stays.
• Derek King takes over in Rockford while Sheldon Brookbank stays there as an assistant.
• We dissect yet another awkward press conference in Blackhawks lore.
• Mario give us more insight into Coach Colliton.
• Very in-depth talk about the move, what led up to it, what the future could hold.
• We spend a good hour focussing on some great listener and reader questions

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The-Rink.com co-hosts Jeff “Gatekeeper” Osborn and John Jaeckel discuss the Blackhawks pending start of the regular season with Rink Rockford Icehogs writer Mario Tirabassi .

• Blackhawks finish the preseason
• The Corey Crawford saga continues
• The opening night lineup, what are our thoughts?
• What happens now?
• We have added a “@Pappy_Hour” to The-Rink’s coverage
• We wrap up the episode with some great listener/reader questions.

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The-Rink.com co-hosts Jeff “Gatekeeper” Osborn and John Jaeckel are joined by NBC Sports Chicago’s Charlie Roumeliotis for a 2 hour extravaganza to talk about the dog days of the Blackhawks summer with Rink writers Mario Tirabassi and Aaron Goldschmidt .

• Mario has a sit down with Rockford head coach Jeremy Colliton
• Back with this Troy Brouwer talk, and other PTO potenials
• A whole bunch of defensive prospects.
• Aaron talks NCAA prospects.
• Charlie unloads a prospect HOT TAKE!
• Will Quenneville be around all season.  If not, who will be?
• We wrap up the episode with some great listener/reader questions.
• And lastly, John battles Charlie in a heated battle of the Hair Wars (Gate still wins the beard wars)

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The-Rink.com co-hosts Jeff “Gatekeeper” Osborn and John Jaeckel are joined by Rink prospect expert Eric Andrews to wrap up Blackhawks Prospect and Development Camp.

• The Blackhawks trade Marian Hossa’s contract, Vinnie Hinostroza and Jordan Oesterle for some prospects and the corpse of Marcus Kruger.
• What about Tobias Enström?
• Stan Bowman has another virtually useless press conference regarding trades and Corey Crawford full of more fluff, empty words and lisp service
• Lots of prospect talk but did any really stand out?
• RIP, Ray Emery
• We wrap up the episode with some great listener/reader questions.

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The-Rink.com host Jeff “Gatekeeper” Osborn is joined by Rink writers Mario Tirabassi and Aaron Goldschmidt to wrap up the draft and free agency.

• The Blackhawks draft plenty of players, but make no moves. #LoseForHughes (Shout out to Sean White)
• Free agency hits and the Blackhawks barely register on the scale.  Is this a #SilentRebuild? (shout out to John Jaeckel)
• Stan Bowman has another virtually useless press conference full of more fluff, empty words and lisp service
• The Corey Crawford saga is still no closer to being answered
• Seems like a lot of doom, gloom and #RinkRage
• We wrap up the episode with some great listener/reader questions.

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The-Rink.com host Jeff “Gatekeeper” Osborn and co-host John Jaeckel “ruin” another podcast by actually talking hockey and are joined by Tyler Majewski and Jake Martin of the The Rink staff to commiserate over a low key NHL playoff season without the Chicago Blackhawks.

• Happy Mothers Day to all the mothers who listen, read, and have supported us all.
• The “terrible” Michal Kempny seems to be doing just fine in Washington
• Dustin Byfuglien is taking his legend to a whole new level with Winnipeg
• The wild Jonathan Toews to Montreal trade rumor floated today
• Just who is to blame, Joel Quenneville or Stan Bowman?
• Draft talk and what the Blackhawks may do when their number is up
• The Rockford Icehogs continued their unbeaten streak by eliminating the Manitoba Moose, and Mario Tirabassi gives us another “War Pigs” report.
• We wrap up the episode with some listener/reader questions.

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The-Rink.com host Jeff “Gatekeeper” Osborn and co-host John Jaeckel answer mailsack questions and chat with PUCKHCKY CEO Matt Marini about the release of The-Rink.com PUCKHCKY apparel line

• The connections with The-Rink, PUCKHCKY and heavy metal
• The Rockford Icehogs can close out the Chicago Wolves as we record, and Mario Tirabassi gives us a “War Pigs” report.
• The Indy Fuel season ended as we wrapped up last podcast
• Gate and John go through the mailsack.

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In this special mini episode, The-Rink.com Rockford Icehog beat writer Mario Tirabassi give you the low down on the team and their clinching of an AHL playoff berth last week.  They will face the Chicago Wolves beginning Saturday:

• Game One – at Chicago, Saturday, April 21 – 7pm
• Game Two – at Rockford, Sunday, April 22 – 4pm
• Game Three – at Chicago, Thursday, April 26 – 7pm
• Game Four * – at Rockford, Sunday, April 29 – 4pm (if necessary)
• Game Five * – at Chicago, Monday, April 30 – 7pm (if necessary)

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The-Rink.com co-hosts Jeff “Gatekeeper” Osborn and John “JJ” Jaeckel reconvene after John’s bout with the black plague.  They are joined by lead The-Rink.com Rockford Icehogs writer Mario Tirabassi to talk about the Blackhawks slowly fading season, and the Icehogs more promising season.

• Back to back Jeff Glass starts vs Calgary.
• We follow-up John’s article about the Blackhawks bungling the goalie situation.
• More talk on just what the Blackhawks “should” do. Will they?
• Connor Murphy sits again while Brandon Saad has been banished to the fourth line.
• Mario gives a very comprehensive Rockford Icehogs update.
• Jeff, John and Mario tease some in-depth content coming out this week on The-Rink.com.
• Wait until you hear the lineup of future Rinkcast guests.
• And, as always, some great listener questions.

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