Saturday, October 30, 2010

Blackhawks are scrambling for help

The Evan Brophey call up didn't work. The Ben Smith Call up didn't work. Now, the Hawks today, after a less than stellar 6-5-1 start, have recalled Ryan Potulny. My opinion, is they NEVER should have sent him down. The Hawks front office has made some their biggest mistake prior to the Marian Hossa injury. (That is the reason that Ben Smith was called up). Jack Skille has not worked out. He's been given his opportunity on the first line and he's not doing anything. Either is Fernando Pisani. Pisani has 1 point through the first 12. Bryan Bickell who started off hot and cooled down. The person that has hurt the most out of this is Tomas Kopecky. Yesterday he was a -5 +/-..... that is NUTS. He was solidly on a good line with Toews and Hossa and was doing well. But because the likes of Brouwer, Bolland, Bickell, Pisani, Stalberg, Skille, Dowell........okay anyone not named Toews, Kane, Hossa and Sharp. In other words, their superstars have come to play, but the rest of the team hasn't done a single thing.
The defense.....is just putrid. John Scott was finally sat the last game, but that didn't help. The Hawks got bomblasted by Edmonton as the Oilers won their FIRST road game ... and it happened to be at the UC.
The Hawks are going to keep spinning their wheels until Campell returns, Hossa returns and they need to retune that line up. I actually believe that the reshuffling of the lines is an attempt to find some type of unity.....and it's not there. The 4 players I mentioned...yes......they bust their asses every night, but the Hawks just aren't gelling together as a unit offensively or defensively. Hjalmarrson has turned into a total marshmallow. Keith took a few weeks to get that Norris trophy out of his butt, now he's showing up to play.
The Hawks best players have been the 4 offensive superstars and Brent Seabrook. You could argue that Tomas Kopecky and Nick Boynton could be thrown into that, until Tomas Kopecky threw up a giant -5... Let's go Hawks. Let's get some unity. Can't even make the playoffs the way you guys are heading. I tell you now, this Hawks team is going to take about half a season to start gelling. Then they will scramble to get into the playoffs, barely making it in. That's my best guess from this years team.
G

Saturday, October 23, 2010

Evan Brophey get's called up to the NHL

Blackhawks recall Evan Brophey from Rockford

Saturday, 10.23.2010 / 5:41 PM / News
By Chicago Blackhawks
Evan Brophey
The Chicago Blackhawks have recalled forward Evan Brophey from the American Hockey League’s Rockford IceHogs.

Brophey, 23, has appeared in all six of Rockford’s regular-season contests this season, sharing second on the club with two goals and pacing the IceHogs with a +4 plus/minus rating. Chicago’s fourth selection (68th overall) in the 2005 National Hockey League Entry Draft, the Kitchener, Ontario, native has registered 36 goals and 56 assists over the course of 238 career regular-season AHL tilts with Rockford from 2007-10.

The Blackhawks will host the Columbus Blue Jackets at the United Center on Saturday, October 23 at 7:30 P.M. The game can be seen locally on Comcast SportsNet Chicago and heard on Chicago’s WGN Radio.

Jordan Hendry has been struggling to get any ice time and even worse, has been struggling to get off of the "healthy scratch" list.

I like to keep a look at how the "Boys in Rockford" are doing... so, here's a quick look at how they're doing in Rockford.

Rockford IceHogs 2010-11 Individual Stats

# Player GP G A PTS +/- PIM PP SHG SOG SH%
22 Jeff Taffe 7 2 3 5 1 2 1 0 10 0.200
9 Shawn Lalonde 6 1 4 5 4 19 0 0 10 0.100
19 Jeremy Morin 6 3 1 4 1 4 3 0 16 0.188
37 Rob Klinkhammer 6 2 2 4 3 6 0 0 13 0.154
27 Brandon Pirri 5 1 3 4 -3 4 1 0 11 0.091
10 Brian Connelly 6 0 4 4 -2 2 0 0 9 0.000
34 Ivan Vishnevskiy 7 0 4 4 -3 6 0 0 9 0.000
7 Evan Brophey (X) 6 2 1 3 4 4 0 0 12 0.167
16 Ryan Potulny 6 2 1 3 1 4 1 0 12 0.167
12 Kyle Beach 7 1 2 3 0 13 0 0 15 0.067
21 Ben Smith 7 0 3 3 -2 2 0 0 6 0.000
8 Simon Danis-Pepin 4 1 1 2 -1 2 0 0 2 0.500
26 Igor Makarov 6 1 1 2 -4 4 0 0 9 0.111
4 Ryan Stanton 4 0 2 2 -1 0 0 0 3 0.000
15 Wade Brookbank 4 1 0 1 0 5 0 0 1 1.000
18 Brandon Bollig 5 1 0 1 -1 4 0 0 6 0.167
32 Peter LeBlanc (X) 2 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0.000
5 Jassen Cullimore (X) 3 0 1 1 4 6 0 0 2 0.000
14 Kyle Hagel 7 0 1 1 -1 32 0 0 1 0.000
6 Nick Leddy 1 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 3 0.000
33 Hannu Toivonen 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
25 Chris DiDomenico 4 0 0 0 -4 0 0 0 1 0.000
35 Alec Richards 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
2 Garnet Exelby 6 0 0 0 -1 15 0 0 6 0.000
BENCH 6 1 0 1
TOTALS 6 19 35 53 -5 134 6 0 158 0.115

# Goalies GP Mins W L SOL SO GA GAA SVS SV%
35 Alec Richards 5 265 3 1 0 1 13 2.94 103 0.888
33 Hannu Toivonen 3 120 0 2 0 0 10 5.00 42 0.808
TOTALS 6 385 3 3 0 1 23 3.59 145 0.863

X indicates players not on active roster

Wednesday, October 20, 2010

Stanley's Journey comes to an end



It's been a good summer. The cup has been nearby and as far as Slovakia, Finland and Sweden.
It has had babies pictured in the cup, Fruit Loops cereal eaten out of it and been touched not only the hands of near passer byes, but has touched the hearts of many,...including the hearts and souls of many Chicagoans. Many of the 40 something gang (myself included), had never had the experience to see them win. And many of the 50 year olds were too young to know a cup from saucer. Now the cup heads home to Toronto to it's resting place. I don't wish to say "good bye", but rather,... "take care Stanley, we'll see you real soon". Not only does that sound more prophetic, but it ere of return certainty to it. Yes, Stanley will make a return visit to Chicago,... we hope it is quite often with #88 and # 19 still wearing the Indian head sweater.



It was a great summer. I am looking forward to seeing how the team can mesh with their new teammates and to see if they can do it again. Tough task, but, definitely worth watching.
LET'S GO HAWKS !!
G

Tuesday, October 19, 2010

The Sharp and Hossa show...



Oh, that is EXACTLY what it has been. 13 goals between the two of them in ONE week. That's Lemieux -Jagr(esque), Gretzky-Messier(ish), ...yes simply an "ish"... Sharp and Hossa aren't quite at that level,...yet.




The Hawks have actually played "DEAD" the first several periods in the last few games, but have managed to come back in the third with strong efforts in each of them (Buffalo at St.Louis: both at home), and managed to win. The new guys in the line-up? Stalberg, Skille, Pisani, Scott, Leddy, Dowell, ...yuk !

Pisani tricked me. I thought after camp he was going to do well. He's started off with some unknown virus called the 10day flu,... or he better have some excuse for he's putting up more donuts than a Chicago cop can put down in an evening.


Skille and Stalberg...give them time. I like their games. Both need to be more consistent, but shingles of talent,...the both of them.


Scott,...U-S-E-L-E-S-S...what's that spell? Get-the-hell-off-my-team, is what that spells. Here's a proposition. While Campbell is down,...keep Cullimore in...Good move "Q". Dump the 6'8'galute. Potulny you can bring back. Or Morin or even the underlooked at Jeff Taffe. (Just a thought...look at his output and video of him in Rockford...not bad).

But, whatever the case.......dump him. Useless.


You're always going to sit someone,... but bring one of them along for the NHL ride. Stalberg is doing ok.


Returning veterans. Keith.........what the hell are you doing? Is that Norris trophy stuck so far up the ole' caboose you forgot how to play? Get your crap together. You're playing like 2007-8 season where I wanted to kill you everytime you touched the puck. No excuses from you........or Hjalmarrson for that matter.
Seabrook and Boynton have done a wonderful job,...and I was hard on Hendry before the season started...he's trying to keep himself dressed for every game,
and he's playing like it too.


The good news about the Hawks is that most of the Stars have decided to carry the Hawks through this beginning stage of "getting to play well with our new linemates"... (Toews, Kane, Sharp, Hossa,Seabrook, Kopecky, Bolland, Brouwer).
Speaking of Tomas Kopecky,...what a fantasy pick up... He's on both of my teams and raking points...just think about it okay?
The man is playing out his gourd. At this pace he'll equal last years point total before October is up. Way to go Tomas !!! Maybe the media will NOW know how to finally pronounce your last name.
Fun things that happened and things that I've noticed
* Hawks chopper designed by Orange County Choppers. I saw the piece on BHTV and yes,...I WANT IT !!! It rocks !
* Marty is actually playing well. He plays better under pressure it appears.
* Nice that Toews and Kane aren't always needed. They'll be there and continue to support.
* Nashville..starting off hot. They usually play the Hawks tough. I was scared of them as a first round match up (and you saw why)...they match up well with the Hawks.
* This week is Luongo week. Hello Roberto...remember us?
Thank you for supporting my blog and hope to get some comments from you.

G


Friday, October 15, 2010

Can Anyone Recall The October Firing Of Denis Savard?

I can recall that firing. It was the start of the second season of the "NEW" regime and it was only 4 games into the season. 1-2-1 was their start. At that time, there was a lot of hype about how the Hawks were good enough to make the playoffs. They had just missed out on it the previous year, (that being the rookie seasons of Kane and Toews)...and this was going to be the season. Dale Tallon was the General manager, and whether or not it was a popular decision, he made the right one. He fired Denis Savard and hired Joel Quenneville. Coach "Q" proceeded" to bring home the cup the first time in 49 years, so it was arguably the least popular , but most correct decision Dale Tallon ever made.
Two years later, the Hawks have 1/2 a new team, and talks of repeating have diminished, but haven't depleted to non-existence. They did proceed to keep the core players, but the season has started out rocky.......to say the least. The last day of training camp, one of their core defensemen, who was pivitol in the playoffs, (my least favorite defensemen because of his salary...and I don't think he's worth the money) Brian Campbell, got injured thereby keeping him out for 4-5 weeks.
Then 4 games into the season, there have already been 2 short suspensions. First game of the season: Nick Boynton with his preseason "throat slash" gesture and Nick Hjalmarsson with his 2 game suspension for an illegal hit to the head.
The camaraderie isn't there. I think they are seriously hurting on defense right now. Nick Leddy, as talented as he will become is being forced to play defense at age 19 and is doing a commendable job, but he doesn't have support back there. Nick Hjalmarsson has played awfully. He's been on the ice for EVERY single goal in the first 3 games. That's horrific. Seabrook has been there best defenseman so far, and Keith hasn't played to his potential either. John Scott is a joke. He's a big thug who cannot skate. It actually cost the Hawks as he tripped over himself and allowed the winning goal against Detroit. Jordan Hendry isn't doing poorly, but he hasn't been a beeming ray of sunshine either.

So, the Hawks have to rely on their forwards to pick them up. Hossa has played out of this world. Kane is starting to score the past two games. Kopecky is playing on the top line and is being rewarded with assist points,...but hasn't scored himself. Bickell is filling the net. Toews got a two point night the other night...but, Stalberg, Pisani, Dowell.........NOTHING... we need more from the new guys that we picked up. Donuts are for cops, not for forward stat sheets.

Okay,......not panicking, however it needed to be pointed out that Savard was replaced with the same exact record that "Q" has right now........so, what's next for the Hawks? How can they get out of this mess?
First line of Kopecky/Toews/Hossa is wonderful.......the next three lines........NEED WORK...
Defense: uterly pathetic.
Goal: hard to tell. They are making wonderful saves, but are both allowing in too much and getting way too many shots on goal. Untypical of a Hawks team. Let's go Hawks !!!!

Sunday, October 10, 2010

Dear Jesus, let there be no Stanley Cup Hangover

Dear Jesus,

After an 0-1-1 start, I am praying the Hawks are merely trying to find themselves , with all the new faces in the locker room. I am hoping there is no
Stanley Cup Hangover. I want them to be as focuses as last year,... if not more so. For this year, they aren't even projected to win the cup.

I see the Defense is already "all over the place" not knowing where to play or where to pass the puck. I do hope that fat contract hasn't already gotten to Niklas Hjalmarsson's head, Lord. Let's hope that the desire to succeed is there, just like last year.

Sincerely the biggest Hawks fan on this side of the ocean.
Giovanni

Saturday, October 9, 2010

Game 2 lineup

The Blackhawks made a valiant effort coming back from a 3-1 deficit after allowing 3 straight goals after Bryan Bickell's opening goal of the game. However, the Hawks did pick up a point in that overtime loss.
Brandon Perri makes his NHL debut (Patrick Sharp is sitting out...must be injured)...and Nick Boynton returns to the line up.
Here is the lineup for game #2:

Kopecky , Toews, Hossa
Pisani, Perri, Kane
Stalberg, Bolland, Brouwer,
Skille, Dowell, Bickell

Keith, Seabrook,
Boynton, Hjalmarsson,
Scott, Leddy

Turco , Crawford

Wednesday, October 6, 2010

Opening day starting line-up

Welcome to the defense of the Stanley Cup. The year...2010... the day October 7th, Thursday.
The Blackhawks travel to Denver, CO with half of their team not on last years roster. So, here is the line up that "Q" has come up with. (Now, realize that if you know anything about Coach Quenneville, he'll change lineups left and right, backwards and forwards, ...but here is your team).

LEFT WING CENTER RIGHT WING
1st Tomas Kopecky Jonathan Toews Marian Hossa

2nd Fernando Pisani Patrick Sharp Patrick Kane

3rd Troy Brouwer Dave Bolland Viktor Stalberg

4th Bryan Bickell Jake Dowell Jack Skille

back up: Ryan Potulny: ( he should be in Rockford, unless he got claimed off waivers)

DEFENSE DEFENSE
1st Duncan Keith Brent Seabrook

2nd Niklas Hjalmarsson Nick Leddy

3rd John Scott Jordan Hendry

Suspended: 1 game suspension for Nick Boynton

back up: Jasson Cullimore (he should be in Rockford, unless he got claimed off waivers)

Injured Reserve: Brian Campbell (out 4-5 wks with a knee injury )

GOALIES

1st Marty Turco

Backup: Corey Crawford


Kyle Beach, Brandon Perri and Jeremy Morin are back in Rockford, but don't be surprised if they get called up throughout the season. Same goes for Shawn Lalonde.


Sunday, October 3, 2010

This may be the current team

LEFT WING CENTER RIGHT WING
Kopecky Toews Hossa
Morin Sharp Kane
Bickell Bolland Pisani
Stalberg Dowell Brouwer
---------------------------------------------- Jack Skille sitting (injured),

Defense Defense
Keith Seabrook
Hjalmarsson Leddy
Scott Boynton
----------------------------------------------Campbell (out 4-5 weeks injury)

Goalies
Turco
Crawford

Olimb, Potulny, Hendry and Cullimore didn't dress.

Olimb and Cullimore are most likely not on the team. That leaves 24.
Joel Queneville likes 7 defensemen. Meaning most likely that Hendry will stick until Campbell comes back.

Potulny or even perhaps Dowell. Both are centermen. This could mean newly aquired centermen Ryan Potulny doesn't make the team. Find out this week.
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5Oct2010 Well, the surprise was that Jeremy Morin was sent back down to Rockford. Ryan Potulny made the squad.
The 23 (24 due to Campbell on the IR) will have some fluctuation ...usually does the first month.
This is where Stalberg, Dowell, Potulney, Hendry, Leddy, Scott, Cullimore and Bickell have to play for ice time. Since 20 dress, that means there will be 3 at all times that aren't dressing. Morin, Beach, Perri and Lalonde will be waiting...

It appears that Kopecky is ready for his promotion and has played his tail off this preseason.
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Tuesday 05Oct2010...The Blackhawks put Ryan Potulny and Jasson Cullimore on waivers.
The Chicago Blackhawks placed Ryan Potulny and Jassen Cullimore on waivers on Tuesday.

If they clear waivers, they'll be sent to Rockford of the AHL..... news from the Blackhawks.
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Friday, September 24, 2010

2010 Blackhawks Training Camp Stats thru 21Sep2010

2010 Training Camp Scrimmage Composite Stats (Through 9/21)

Forwards
# Player Goals Assists Points
12
Kyle Beach
5 0 5
29
Bryan Bickell
6 0 6
36
Dave Bolland
0 2 2
52
Brandon Bollig
2 0 2
63
Steele Boomer
0 0 0
47
Evan Brophey
0 4 4
22
Troy Brouwer
0 2 2
49
Chris DiDomenico
0 2 2
28
Jake Dowell
1 0 1
67
Rob Flick
0 1 1
58
Byron Froese
2 0 2
68
David Gilbert
3 0 3
61
Mirko Hoefflin
0 1 1
81
Marian Hossa
2 2 4
46
Hugh Jessiman
1 0 1
88
Patrick Kane
2 6 8
59
Rob Klinkhammer
3 0 3
82
Tomas Kopecky
3 0 3
26
Igor Makarov
3 3 6
27
Jeremy Morin
2 2 4
54
Philippe Paradis
0 0 0
14
Brandon Pirri
2 0 2
41 Rastislav Pavlikovsky 0 1 1
15
Fernando Pisani
3 0 3
16
Ryan Potulny
1 0 1
44
Ludvig Rensfeldt
0 1 1
10
Patrick Sharp
0 5 5
20 Jack Skille 1 1 2
57
Ben Smith
0 1 1
25
Viktor Stalberg
2 1 3
23
Jeff Taffe
0 1 1
65
Nick Tarnasky
2 0 2
19
Jonathan Toews
3 2 5


Defensemen
# Player Goals Assists Points
24
Nick Boynton
0 1 1
45 Wade Brookbank 0 2 2
51
Brian Campbell
1 1 2
43
Jonathan Carlsson
0 2 2
56
Brian Connelly
1 1 2
5
Jassen Cullimore
0 0 0
48
Simon Danis-Pepin
0 0 0
6 Jordan Hendry 0 0 0
4
Niklas Hjalmarsson
1 2 3
64 Dallas Jackson 1 0 1
2
Duncan Keith
1 1 2
42
Shawn Lalonde
1 0 1
37
Nick Leddy
0 1 1
32
John Scott
0 1 1
7
Brent Seabrook
1 0 1
55
Ryan Stanton
0 1 1
34
Ivan Vishnevskiy
0 2 2

Goaltenders
#
Player
Minutes Goals Against
50
Corey Crawford
100 4
70
Joe Palmer
100 13
38
Alec Richards
138 8
33
Hannu Toivonen
118 9
30
Marty Turco
135 8
40
Kent Simpson
125 12

Tuesday, September 21, 2010

2010 Training Camp Roster for first Pre-Season game against T.B.

Chicago Blackhawks Roster (Subject to change)
September 22, 2010 at Tampa Bay (Winnipeg, Manitoba)
Preseason Game #1
No. Name Position
30 Marty Turco G
33 Hannu Toivonen G
50 Corey Crawford G
2 Duncan Keith D
5 Jassen Cullimore D
6 Jordan Hendry D
7 Brent Seabrook D
24 Nick Boynton D
37 Nick Leddy D
51 Brian Campbell D
56 Brian Connelly D
10 Patrick Sharp F
12 Kyle Beach F
15 Fernando Pisani F
19 Jonathan Toews F
20 Jack Skille F
22 Troy Brouwer F
25 Viktor Stalberg F
26 Igor Makarov F
27 Jeremy Morin F
28 Jake Dowell F
29 Bryan Bickell F
47 Evan Brophey F
59 Rob Klinkhammer F
65 Nick Tarnasky F
68 David Gilbert F
81 Marian Hossa F
88 Patrick Kane F


Names I noticed (outside of the goalies. that aren't on the roster for the first game include: (N.Hjalmarsson), along with recruits: J.Scott, I.Vishnevskiy, S.Lalonde,J.Carlsson,S.Danis-Pepin,R.Stanton, for Defensemen, ...

For Forwards, those missing on this list are: B.Perri, R.Potulny, J.Taffe, (D.Bolland),L.Runsfeldt, H.Jessiman, C.DiDomenico, B.Bollig, B.Smith, M.Olimb, (T.Kopecky).

Other than those I put in ( ),... I think that spells the end for them this season. So, Shawn LaLonde looks like he may go back to Rockford. Ivan Vishnevskiy's game appears to have fallen short. I do not know what they plan to do with John Scott. I don't think he cuts the mustard, but his SIZE and his enforcer ability may allow him to still make the roster. The first cut was just posted.... so I made an "edit" on this post.

Here is the new roster.

The Chicago Blackhawks have assigned forwards Rob Flick, Byron Froese, Mirko Hoefflin and Phillipe Paradis, and goaltender Kent Simpson to their junior clubs. In addition, the Blackhawks have assigned goaltender Joe Palmer to the American Hockey League’s Rockford IceHogs and released forward Steele Boomer and defenseman Dallas Jackson.

2010 Training Camp Chicago Blackhawks Composite Stats thru 21Sep2010

2010 Training Camp Scrimmage Composite Stats (Through 9/21)

I have highlighted some players to keep an eye on through the rest of camp.

Forwards
# Player Goals Assists Points
12
Kyle Beach
5 0 5
29
Bryan Bickell
6 0 6
36
Dave Bolland
0 2 2
52
Brandon Bollig
2 0 2
63
Steele Boomer
0 0 0
47
Evan Brophey
0 4 4
22
Troy Brouwer
0 2 2
49
Chris DiDomenico
0 2 2
28
Jake Dowell
1 0 1
67
Rob Flick
0 1 1
58
Byron Froese
2 0 2
68
David Gilbert
3 0 3
61
Mirko Hoefflin
0 1 1
81
Marian Hossa
2 2 4
46
Hugh Jessiman
1 0 1
88
Patrick Kane
2 6 8
59
Rob Klinkhammer
3 0 3
82
Tomas Kopecky
3 0 3
26
Igor Makarov
3 3 6
27
Jeremy Morin
2 2 4
54
Philippe Paradis
0 0 0
14
Brandon Pirri
2 0 2
41 Rastislav Pavlikovsky 0 1 1
15
Fernando Pisani
3 0 3
16
Ryan Potulny
1 0 1
44
Ludvig Rensfeldt
0 1 1
10
Patrick Sharp
0 5 5
20 Jack Skille 1 1 2
57
Ben Smith
0 1 1
25
Viktor Stalberg
2 1 3
23
Jeff Taffe
0 1 1
65
Nick Tarnasky
2 0 2
19
Jonathan Toews
3 2 5


Defensemen
# Player Goals Assists Points
24
Nick Boynton
0 1 1
45 Wade Brookbank 0 2 2
51
Brian Campbell
1 1 2
43
Jonathan Carlsson
0 2 2
56
Brian Connelly
1 1 2
5
Jassen Cullimore
0 0 0
48
Simon Danis-Pepin
0 0 0
6 Jordan Hendry 0 0 0
4
Niklas Hjalmarsson
1 2 3
64 Dallas Jackson 1 0 1
2
Duncan Keith
1 1 2
42
Shawn Lalonde
1 0 1
37
Nick Leddy
0 1 1
32
John Scott
0 1 1
7
Brent Seabrook
1 0 1
55
Ryan Stanton
0 1 1
34
Ivan Vishnevskiy
0 2 2

Goaltenders
#
Player
Minutes Goals Against
50
Corey Crawford
100 4
70
Joe Palmer
100 13
38
Alec Richards
138 8
33
Hannu Toivonen
118 9
30
Marty Turco
135 8
40
Kent Simpson
125 12

Monday, September 20, 2010

2010 Chicago Blackhawks Training Camp Invitees

This stats sheet was taken directly from http://blackhawks.nhl.com All rights are of the NHL.

IF THE NAME IS HIGHLIGHTED IN YELLOW, IT MEANS THEY DIDN'T MAKE THE SQUAD. I WILL CONTINUALLY GO BACK TO THIS POST TO REVISE THE ROSTER DURING CAMP.

18 and 19Sep2010. The first week of scrimmage at the Blackhawks training camp.
There appears to be a few names that are doing well this first weekend. Jeff Taffe is one that surprises me, however the talk of the first weekend is Igor Makarov and Corey Crawford.
Jeremy Morin, though not on the score sheet, has raised eyebrows. I see that Fernando Pisani the new signee from Edmonton is doing well as well as Bryan Bickell. Marty Turco hasn't been "lights out", but it's still early. I will update this blog as the weeks progress to finally give you the fan,...the "final roster" and what is going on with our prospects as they leave camp.

25Sept2010 update: from http://blackhawks.nhl.com :
Blackhawks assign Gilbert to juniors
Friday, 09.24.2010 / 1:51 PM / News
By Chicago Blackhawks
David Gilbert
The Chicago Blackhawks have assigned forward David Gilbert to his junior club, Acadie-Bathurst Titan of the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League.The Blackhawks’ training camp roster now stands at 47 active players, which includes 27 forwards, 16 defensemen and four goaltenders.
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Blackhawks trim training camp roster to 37 players

Saturday, 09.25.2010 / 5:56 PM / News
By Chicago Blackhawks
The Chicago Blackhawks have assigned forwards Brandon Bollig, Rob Klinkhammer and Brandon Pirri, and defensemen Jonathan Carlsson, Simon Danis-Pepin, Ryan Stanton and Ivan Vishnevskiy to the American --Hockey League’s Rockford IceHogs. In addition the Blackhawks have released forwards Rastislav Pavlikovsky and Nick Tarnasky, and defenseman Wade Brookbank.

Chicago’s training camp roster now stands at 37 active players, which includes 22 forwards, 11 defensemen and four goaltenders.

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Lalonde, DiDomenico assigned to Rockford

Sunday, 09.26.2010 / 10:26 AM / News
By Chicago Blackhawks
The Chicago Blackhawks have assigned forward Chris DiDomenico and defenseman Shawn Lalonde to the American Hockey League’s Rockford IceHogs.

Chicago’s training camp roster now stands at 35 active players, which includes 21 forwards, 10 defensemen and four goaltenders.

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Blackhawks assign Brophey, Taffe to Rockford, Huet to HC Fribourg-Gotteron SA

Monday, 09.27.2010 / 5:19 PM / News
By Chicago Blackhawks
Cristobal Huet
The Chicago Blackhawks have assigned forwards Evan Brophey and Jeff Taffe to the American Hockey League’s Rockford IceHogs. In addition, the Blackhawks have assigned goaltender Cristobal Huet to HC Fribourg-Gotteron SA of the Swiss National League A.

Chicago’s training camp roster now stands at 33 active players, which includes 19 forwards, 10 defensemen and four goaltenders.
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Hawks trim training camp roster to 31

Jessiman assigned; Rensfeldt returned to Swedish team

Tuesday, 09.28.2010 / 4:29 PM / News
By Chicago Blackhawks

The Chicago Blackhawks have assigned forward Hugh Jessiman to the American Hockey League’s Rockford IceHogs and returned forward Ludvig Rensfeldt to his junior club, Brynas IF, in Sweden.

Chicago’s training camp roster now stands at 31 active players, which includes 17 forwards, 10 defensemen and four goaltenders.

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Blackhawks recall Pirri, assign Richards
Thursday, 09.30.2010 / 11:37 AM / News
By Chicago Blackhawks
Brandon PirriThe Chicago Blackhawks have recalled forward Brandon Pirri from the American Hockey League’s Rockford IceHogs and assigned goaltender Alec Richards to Rockford.Chicago’s training camp roster now stands at 31 active players, which includes 18 forwards, 10 defensemen and three goaltenders.
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Interesting....The Hawks recall Pirri on Thursday to then turn around and reassign him back to Rockford...hmmm.
The end of the Kyle Beach and Igor Makarov dream come to an end. They'll both be up shortly.
Here is the Hawks post.

Blackhawks trim training camp roster to 26

Friday, 10.01.2010 / 12:47 PM / News
By Chicago Blackhawks
Kyle Beach
The Chicago Blackhawks have assigned forwards Kyle Beach, Igor Makarov, Brandon Pirri and Ben Smith, and defenseman Brian Connelly to the American Hockey League’s Rockford IceHogs.

Chicago’s training camp roster now stands at 26 active players, which includes 14 forwards, 9 defensemen and three goaltenders.
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Blackhawks assign Toivonen to Rockford

Saturday, 10.02.2010 / 5:22 PM / News
Hannu Toivonen
The Chicago Blackhawks have assigned goaltender Hannu Toivonen to the American Hockey League’s Rockford IceHogs.

Chicago’s training camp roster now stands at 25 active players, which includes 14 forwards, 9 defensemen and two goaltenders.

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With Brian Campbell out for the next 4-5 weeks due to a knee injury, this will probably give Nick Leddy an extended audition to making the team.

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Blackhawks assign Morin to Rockford

Monday, 10.04.2010 / 2:30 PM / News
By Chicago Blackhawks
Morin
The Chicago Blackhawks have assigned forward Jeremy Morin to the American Hockey League’s Rockford IceHogs.
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This may be the final cut...............The Hawks put Ryan Potulny and Jasson Cullimore on Waivers Tuesday. Here is the post by the Chicago Blackhawks.
he Chicago Blackhawks placed Ryan Potulny and Jassen Cullimore on waivers on Tuesday.

If they clear waivers, they'll be sent to Rockford of the AHL.
Does this mean that Jeremy Morin could be on his way back to the squad? Hope so as a Jeremy Morin fan.
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2010 Training Camp Scrimmage Composite Stats (first week...other updates for the camp will be on other posts)

Forwards
#PlayerGoalsAssistsPoints
12
Kyle Beach
202
29
Bryan Bickell
303
36
Dave Bolland
022
52
Brandon Bollig
202
63
Steele Boomer
000
47
Evan Brophey
022
22
Troy Brouwer
011
49
Chris DiDomenico
022
28
Jake Dowell
101
67
Rob Flick
000
58
Byron Froese
101
68
David Gilbert
202
61
Mirko Hoefflin
011
81
Marian Hossa
123
46
Hugh Jessiman
101
88
Patrick Kane
101
59
Rob Klinkhammer
101
82
Tomas Kopecky
101
26
Igor Makarov
336
27
Jeremy Morin
011
54
Philippe Paradis
000
14 Brandon Perri
101
41Rastislav Pavlikovsky000
15
Fernando Pisani
303
16
Ryan Potulny
101
44
Ludvig Rensfeldt
011
10
Patrick Sharp
033
20 Jack Skille011
57
Ben Smith
011
25
Viktor Stalberg
112
23
Jeff Taffe
336
65
Nick Tarnasky
000
19
Jonathan Toews
314


Defensemen
#PlayerGoalsAssistsPoints
24
Nick Boynton
011
45Wade Brookbank011
51
Brian Campbell
101
43
Jonathan Carlsson
000
56 Brian Conelly
112
5 Jasson Cullimore
000
48
Simon Danis-Pepin
000
6Jordan Hendry000
4
Niklas Hjalmarsson
123
64Dallas Jackson011
2
Duncan Keith
101
42
Shawn Lalonde
000
37
Nick Leddy
011
32
John Scott
011
7
Brent Seabrook
101
55
Ryan Stanton
000
34
Ivan Vishnevskiy
011

Goaltenders
#
Player
MinutesGoals Against
50
Corey Crawford
752
70
Joe Palmer
7510
38
Alec Richards
492
33
Hannu Toivonen
505
30
Marty Turco
757
40
Kent Simpson
755