I’m not convinced Blake has made it. They’ve given him a shot to show what he can do, and rewarding him for doing his impression of Rod the bod in the 80’s. Which was impressive and undoubtedly earned the coaches respect. They have more vet guys that are good for the bottom six, the supposed open spot was a top six spot. It wouldn’t shock me if they kept him for a bottom six role but I still think it’s likely he’s playing top minutes in Chicago pretty quickly.
He’s had a good camp but I don’t know that he blew the doors off enough to steal a spot from a vet. Interesting to watch. Suzuki didn’t run with it at all, but it didn’t really seem like he was a featured player coming in vs the big new shiny toys. He’s going to have to surprise people from Chicago.
