Happy Opening Day, Blackhawks fans! Make sure you’ve got your late lunch/early dinner scheduled so you can land somewhere comfortable to get the first Hawks game of the regular season on by 4 PM when the puck drops. You’ve gotta love the early evening/late afternoon starts because ESPN wants to run three games in one night!
If you’re are looking for somewhere to enjoy the game and enjoy cigars and an adult beverage, I’ll be at Ultimate Cigar Lounge in Villa Park with the fine folks from Oliva Cigars to watch the game. Swing thru!
Since the season starts tonight, let’s take a look at some predictions for the 2025-26 NHL season:
The Athletic analysts react to team point projections NHL.com playoff predictions ESPN’s top breakout candidates (including Connor Bedard) ESPN’s top regression candidates Ben Pope’s season predictions (Chicago Sun-Times) Matt Larkin’s 25 bold predictions for the 2025-26 NHL season (Daily Faceoff) The Fourth Period staff predictions (yours truly included) Our bold predictions for the Blackhawks this seasonBold Blackhawks Predictions for the 2025-26 Season #blackhawks t.co/xheJLZhPxC
— Bleacher Nation Blackhawks (@BN_Blackhawks) October 6, 2025 With the news that Landon Slaggert will start the season on IR, here are the lines the Blackhawks skated at practice in Florida yesterday. Alex Vlasic was on the ice, but skating on the fourth pair.Blackhawks lines in practice today:Donato-Bedard-BurakovskyTeravainen-Nazar-BertuzziDach-Dickinson-MikheyevFoligno-Greene-Lafferty(Reichel)Grzelcyk-RinzelKaiser-LevshunovDel Mastro-MurphyVlasic-Crevier
— Ben Pope (@BenPopeCST) October 6, 2025 Blashill said Vlasic won’t play this afternoon in the season opener, but it sounds like he’s close. Which is great news when he shared the injury details with reporters in Florida. Blashill also said Slaggert likely won’t need more than the minimum time on IR, but he didn’t make the trip to start the season.Alex Vlasic had a moment of panic in Minnesota when he looked down and saw his leg “bleeding pretty good.” He thought he might take a step and his Achilles would snap, but fortunately the cut missed that. He still couldn’t walk for a few days, but he’s feeling better now and…
— Ben Pope (@BenPopeCST) October 6, 2025 Good read from Scott Powers at The Athletic on the impact of the improved skating of Connor Bedard.Connor Bedard appears to have found another gear in his skating after focusing on it this offseason. My story on what that could mean for the Blackhawks this season ⤵️ t.co/7dqe3hR4Mu
— Scott Powers (@ByScottPowers) October 6, 2025 According to David Pagnotta at The Fourth Period, “The Canucks have reportedly been linked to Chicago Blackhawks winger Lukas Reichel, who has a $1.2 million cap hit, as have the Detroit Red Wings, Edmonton Oilers and San Jose Sharks.” Here’s the Blackhawks updated cap situation to start the regular season:The #Blackhawks opening roster has $14M proj Cap Space with 23 active players (13F/8D/2G)IR: Slaggert, Anderson, Weber, BrossoitDead Cap Hit: Brodie Buyout $3.2M, Jones Retention $2.5MWith no roster moves, this can fit $65M annual Cap Hit @ Deadline t.co/8A1Nfev3tT
— PuckPedia (@PuckPedia) October 6, 2025 The new USA Hockey men’s college rankings dropped on Monday. The Blackhawks have prospects at Nos. 3 — Boston University (Sacha Boisvert), 6 — Providence (John Mustard, Julius Sumpf) and 14 — UMass (Václav Nestrašil).First week in the books ?@WMUHockey remains on top of the USA Hockey Men’s College Hockey Polls!Polls → t.co/yMZDnlzOEN pic.twitter.com/HwfsdKz1I9
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