I like that decision from management. Let your young guys grow into their roles.
Nazar's game is perfectly adapted to be an impact middle 6 center in today's NHL. Blackhawks have acquired a nice group of young centers from the first round in the last 3 drafts:
Bedard 5'10
Nazar 5'9
Moore 5'11
Boisvert 6'2
Some might question their size down the middle, but I'm personally not too concerned about that here. These guys have the talent to overcome that (the Lightning just won back to back cups with Brayden Point being their 2nd biggest center).
Bedard is obviously going to be an elite scorer, and the latter 3 all of the potential to be legitimate 2Cs in the NHL with well rounded games. I'd expect to see at least one of those 4 to be converted to wing full time - Bedard might make the most sense with his offensive ability and weak 200 foot game. Let one of the other speedier guys worry about defending down low.
I could foresee a 2026-27 roster looking something like the below, which is looking potentially pretty deep even without adding in any UFAs:
Bertuzzi - Nazar - Bedard
Reichel - Moore - Teravainen
Kurashev - Boisvert - Vanacker
Slaggert - Dickinson - Dach
Kantserov, Lardis, Misiak
Vlasic - Levshunov
Korchinski - Jones
Del Maestro - Rinzel
Kaiser, Allen
Commesso
Gajan
UFA
This team is shaping up to be an absolute wagon. Hawks have an embarrassment of riches. Davidson has done a terrific job.
On the Hawks board, I often have to ask about the prospect perpetually under the radar- Ryan Greene?I like that decision from management. Let your young guys grow into their roles.
Nazar's game is perfectly adapted to be an impact middle 6 center in today's NHL. Blackhawks have acquired a nice group of young centers from the first round in the last 3 drafts:
Bedard 5'10
Nazar 5'9
Moore 5'11
Boisvert 6'2
Some might question their size down the middle, but I'm personally not too concerned about that here. These guys have the talent to overcome that (the Lightning just won back to back cups with Brayden Point being their 2nd biggest center).
Bedard is obviously going to be an elite scorer, and the latter 3 all of the potential to be legitimate 2Cs in the NHL with well rounded games. I'd expect to see at least one of those 4 to be converted to wing full time - Bedard might make the most sense with his offensive ability and weak 200 foot game. Let one of the other speedier guys worry about defending down low.
I could foresee a 2026-27 roster looking something like the below, which is looking potentially pretty deep even without adding in any UFAs:
Bertuzzi - Nazar - Bedard
Reichel - Moore - Teravainen
Kurashev - Boisvert - Vanacker
Slaggert - Dickinson - Dach
Kantserov, Lardis, Misiak
Vlasic - Levshunov
Korchinski - Jones
Del Maestro - Rinzel
Kaiser, Allen
Commesso
Gajan
UFA
This team is shaping up to be an absolute wagon. Hawks have an embarrassment of riches. Davidson has done a terrific job.
Yes, as we've seen with Tampa Bay never winning anything with their core of Kucherov, Point, Palat, Gourde, Stamkos and Johnson.No amount of skill is going to stop the hawks from getting crunched in the playoffs. As we have seen time and time again skill + size and physicality trumps skill but small players. That’s just way too small of a forward group imo. Even in their primes if that group of forwards went up against this years panthers they’d get obliterated.
That lineup doesn’t look anything spectacular to me. Pretty unremarkable actually after Bedard/Nazar/Moore. Undersized center group. No real threat on the wings and again lacking size. Assuming Bedard and Moore are the top 2 centers.I like that decision from management. Let your young guys grow into their roles.
Nazar's game is perfectly adapted to be an impact middle 6 center in today's NHL. Blackhawks have acquired a nice group of young centers from the first round in the last 3 drafts:
Bedard 5'10
Nazar 5'9
Moore 5'11
Boisvert 6'2
Some might question their size down the middle, but I'm personally not too concerned about that here. These guys have the talent to overcome that (the Lightning just won back to back cups with Brayden Point being their 2nd biggest center).
Bedard is obviously going to be an elite scorer, and the latter 3 all of the potential to be legitimate 2Cs in the NHL with well rounded games. I'd expect to see at least one of those 4 to be converted to wing full time - Bedard might make the most sense with his offensive ability and weak 200 foot game. Let one of the other speedier guys worry about defending down low.
I could foresee a 2026-27 roster looking something like the below, which is looking potentially pretty deep even without adding in any UFAs:
Bertuzzi - Nazar - Bedard
Reichel - Moore - Teravainen
Kurashev - Boisvert - Vanacker
Slaggert - Dickinson - Dach
Kantserov, Lardis, Misiak
Vlasic - Levshunov
Korchinski - Jones
Del Maestro - Rinzel
Kaiser, Allen
Commesso
Gajan
UFA
This team is shaping up to be an absolute wagon. Hawks have an embarrassment of riches. Davidson has done a terrific job.
They may be a bit undersized but they are going to score a lot of goals IMO. And don't overlook Reichel, he's going to bounce back in a big way very soon. Boisvert is gonna be a great player as well.That lineup doesn’t look anything spectacular to me. Pretty unremarkable actually after Bedard/Nazar/Moore. Undersized center group. No real threat on the wings and again lacking size. Assuming Bedard and Moore are the top 2 centers.
For sure. EDM, Levs, Vlasic, Rinzel, big d core.They may be a bit undersized but they are going to score a lot of goals IMO. And don't overlook Reichel, he's going to bounce back in a big way very soon. Boisvert is gonna be a great player as well.
But it's really the D core that stands out. Vlasic is already a high end shut down dman, Levshunov is gonna be great, Korchinski is a solid PMD. Rinzel, Del Maestro looking like promising top 4 dmen.
Greene is one of the most underrated Hawks prospects. Complete Center with a very projectable NHL game, 2C or 3COn the Hawks board, I often have to ask about the prospect perpetually under the radar- Ryan Greene?