To anyone on the fence about Kane...he'd be a phenomenal addition to our team and I wouldn't be opposed to giving him more than a year if he wanted it. He's still an offensive force who magnifies the offense of the guys around him. Vanacker, Moore, Frondell, Boisvert, Nazar, Spellacy are all going to be decent to plus level two way players, and there's some worry that we don't have enough high end offense...Kane is who we need let's get him back and get it done!

Via @CHGO_Blackhawks on X…

Kyle from Chicago made an appearance on a radio program and made a pretty clear statement that Kane coming back is a real possibility - and is right now coming back is almost entirely in Kane’s hands.

I remember this guy on 670 had a hatred for the Hawks even when they were winning Cups. He'd go out of his way to talk about anything but hockey because he hated the sport and it was upstaging his beloved Bulls.

I am looking for a high quality image of Bedard’s “Michigan goal” around 12/23/23 against the Blues (FTB). I guess my google skills suck today. Can any of my fellow Hawks bros help me out?

Video transcript: “Chicago is the only place I want to play and just seeing the growth of our young guys and just how good of a group we are, in the room, and how tight it is, how much fun we have. So, I’m very happy to get this deal signed and just focus, focus on the team and excited to get back and get going”

little more detail here compared to Lazarus.

really like that his agent is already telling us he’s itching to be cleared to play at 3.5 months

A lot of people seem to be wondering about the 5-year deal for Bedsy instead of 6-8 years. My take is this basically tells Kyle Davidson to build a team around him in 4 years, or he'll want out before the 5th. As for the $15 mil AAV, with the cap going up and those like Carlsson grabbing the $18, he gave Chicago a $4-$5 million discount.

Either way, I'm happy he's staying, so all the speculation he wanted out ends. Now, to get healthy and play.

Both of them go straight into UFA years, I just learned that today, What do you guys think.

I created an article about it if you'd like to look at it.

Curious what the community thinks?

This is my hope for the season w/o Bedard for probably 20 games.

Chicago Blackhawks — Start of 2026 Season

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