Thursday Morning Bag Skate 4-24-25
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BLACKHAWKS
Blackhawks OHL prospect update, 4/23: End-of-season reports on Lardis, Vanacker and more (SCH)
Musings on Madison Episode 183 — Exit interviews, Nazar’s emergence, coaching search and more! (SCH)
IceHogs to watch in the AHL playoffs: “We’re coming into what’s hopefully going to be a very special time” (Tribune)
Blackhawks end-of-season grades: Spencer Knight, Sam Rinzel excelled as late additions (The Athletic)
Blackhawks end-of-season grades: Frank Nazar, Ilya Mikheyev headline forwards (The Athletic)
Number Munchers: Evaluating the Sorensen and Richardson eras of the 2024-25 Blackhawks season (SCH)
Blackhawks chairman: CHSN viewership nosedive is “unacceptable” (The Athletic)
Blackhawks’ few remaining veterans know they’ll rely on young core to carry team forward (Sun-Times)
WGN interested in airing Chicago Sports Network broadcasts, confident a deal can work (Sun-Times)
Kyle Davidson’s “challenging season” included a heart scare — and making tough choice for Blackhawks (Tribune)
Articles from exit interview day (SCH) (Sun-Times) (Sun-Times II) (Tribune) (The Athletic)
Breaking down 13 interesting stats from the Blackhawks’ 2024-25 season (Sun-Times)
Fun part of Blackhawks’ rebuild should be coming next — at least in theory (Sun-Times)
Five offseason questions for the Blackhawks and GM Kyle Davidson (The Athletic)
RECAPS: Blackhawks 4, Senators 3 (SCH) (Sun-Times) (Tribune) (The Athletic)
Alex Vlasic will work on conditioning after getting worn down by heavy workload (Sun-Times)
RECAPS: Blackhawks 4, Canadiens 3 (SCH) (Sun-Times) (Tribune) (The Athletic)
Why Blackhawks should root against themselves in 2025 NHL Draft (Sun-Times)
Blackhawks sign Ryan Greene to entry-level contract (SCH) (Sun-Times) (Tribune) (The Athletic)
RECAPS: Jets 5, Blackhawks 4 (SCH) (Sun-Times) (Tribune)
STANLEY CUP PLAYOFFS GAME RECAPS
Capitals 3, Canadiens 1 (NHL)
Stars 2, Avalanche 1 (NHL)
Kings 6, Oilers 2 (NHL)
STANLEY CUP PLAYOFFS NEWS
Ullmark, Senators moving on after slow start on road (NHL)
Lightning seek to rebound on penalty kill in Game 2 (NHL)
Blues look to improve at even strength in Game 3 (NHL)
Hurricanes can recharge before Game 3 against Devils (NHL)
Stars hoping Rantanen comes alive in Colorado (NHL)
Kuzmenko fitting into first-line role with Kings (NHL)
Capitals D Fehervary (knee) out for postseason (ESPN)
2025 Stanley Cup Playoffs 1st round schedule (NHL)
NHL NEWS
Drury signs multiyear contract to remain Rangers GM (NHL)
Clutterbuck, NHL’s all-time hits leader, retires (NHL)
Lamoriello will not return as Islanders president, GM (NHL)
Kraken promote Francis to prez, Botterill to GM (ESPN)
Bylsma fired as Kraken coach after 1 season (NHL)
Canucks decline Tocchet option, offer new deal (ESPN)
NHL sets attendance record with 23 million fans (Sun-Times)
Florida’s Puljujarvi banned 2 games vs. Lightning (ESPN)
Jets lock down Pionk with 6-year, $42M extension (ESPN)
Report: Rangers’ Panarin settled after accusation (ESPN) (The Athletic)
Inside the NHL’s wild world of quirky postgame victory trophies passed from player to player (The Athletic)
HOCKEY WORLD
PWHL expanding to Vancouver for 2025-26 season (The Ice Garden)
Ex-Canada world juniors player plead not guilty (ESPN)
Stories on Team USA winning gold at Women’s Worlds (ESPN) (The Ice Garden)
2024-25 PWHL Power Rankings: Week 18 (The Ice Garden)
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