It’s a game day for the Chicago Blackhawks! For the first time since Feb. 4, the Blackhawks will hold a morning skate and then take the ice for a game that matters in the standings. Tonight, the Nashville Predators on the dance card.
Teuvo Teräväinen was back with the Blackhawks on Wednesday — after spending two days doing nothing in New York because of the weather. While the USA and Canada sent their players to Miami to miss the weather, Finland’s NHL players still got into New York… but couldn’t get out. Teuvo didn’t get back to Chicago until Tuesday. He also wouldn’t tell us where he’s stashed his bronze medal, but said the Olympic experience was incredible. Wyatt Kaiser was back on the ice yesterday before the rest of his teammates came out for practice, which was a great sign. From what I saw he was moving pretty well — especially considering our initial fears watching the injury. Head coach Jeff Blashill said Kaiser wouldn’t be on the plane with the team to Nashville but could join them at some point during the four-game trip. Good steps. Blashill talked about struggling veteran forward André Burakovsky after practice on Monday. Burakovsky admitted he was fighting it before the break and his confidence needed a boost. His head coach shared some perspective with him in a conversation.“You can tell he was in a little bit of a struggle,” Blashill said. “It was interesting for me because I have an analytic mind, so I’ll go back and look at certain things. In 10-game segments, the segment that we ended with, his scoring chance plus/minus wasn’t great for us, but the prior segments were all really good. So it was only 10 games away from playing really good hockey. That was a reminder, and I told him, this is a reminder for me as much as it is for you. Because when he’s struggling, generally the coach is struggling with him. So it was a reminder that it wasn’t that long ago that he played really good hockey, let’s get back to playing really good hockey. Hopefully he comes out of the break and he can get feeling good about himself.”
An interesting comment here from Scott Powers, who wrote up ten things he’s watching as the Blackhawks start their sprint to the finish of the regular season. One guy who many fans are hoping stays in Chicago beyond the deadline might not be a slam dunk.There’s still a chance the Blackhawks re-sign Ilya Mikheyev, but that likelihood is becoming slimmer by the day. We’ll see what the next week brings. If an extension isn’t agreed upon and there are teams calling for him, the Blackhawks could move him. They could probably use that roster spot down the stretch for a young player.
I’ll say it again: I would love for Mikheyev to hang around for another year or two — but not longer than that. With prospects starting to line up like planes waiting to land at O’Hare, the Blackhawks are going to continue to have a desire to have roster flexibility and available spots in the lineup. And Mikheyev should look to cash in on two really good years in Chicago; he’s going to turn 32 in early October and this could (likely will) be his last significant NHL contract. If he can get more term than the Blackhawks could/should offer him, no faulting him in that! Powers notes that one of the young players who could see their role elevated if Mikheyev leaves is Landon Slaggert.Ten thoughts on the Blackhawks heading out of the break t.co/GTQJTiJ43G
— Scott Powers (@ByScottPowers) February 25, 2026 James Nichols shared on Twitter last night that a Blackhawks scout was on the long list of team reps watching the Devils and Sabres play last night. In the OHL, Jack Pridham stayed hot for the Kitchener Rangers last night. He scored his 37th goal of the season, which is behind only another Blackhawks prospect on the OHL leaderboard.PRIDS GETS IT TO GO IN TIGHT #RTown | #BattleBuilt | #Blackhawks t.co/a2xKoh48La pic.twitter.com/fyOgtd4TuB
— Kitchener Rangers (@OHLRangers) February 26, 2026 Pridham remains four goals behind Marek Vanacker in the OHL scoring race because Vanacker scored the dramatic game-winner for Brantford last night. The Bulldogs scored three goals in under three minutes in the third period to steal a 5-4 victory over Brampton.THE MADHOUSE IS ROCKING #BFD t.co/GsGfBvkobA pic.twitter.com/ciPG9KGcWw
— Brantford Bulldogs (@BulldogsOHL) February 26, 2026 Nice read here from Kalen Lumpkins at the Chicago Tribune on AJ Spellacy, who celebrated his 20th birthday earlier this week.AJ Spellacy had the fastest speed in the World Juniors at 23.74 mph. That would rank top 15 in the NHL, slightly behind Frank Nazar. Spellacy’s also 6’3, 204 lbs. Imagine that barreling towards you. “It’s scary for other teams going up against it.” t.co/uDGOrqZuL4
— Kalen Lumpkins (@kalenalumpkins) February 25, 2026 The biggest injury news coming home from the Olympics dropped on Tuesday morning: Sidney Crosby is expected to miss at least four weeks of action, and was placed on IR by the Pittsburgh Penguins. He wasn’t able to play in the semifinal or gold medal game for Canada. The Pens entered Wednesday’s action in second place in the Metropolitan Division, one point ahead of the Islanderes.Forward Sidney Crosby (lower-body) has been placed on Injured Reserve.Defenseman Kris Letang has been activated from Injured Reserve. pic.twitter.com/sHMiS02YHh
— Pittsburgh Penguins (@penguins) February 25, 2026 Paul Pidutti at Daily Faceoff does terrific work projecting futures in the NHL. Previously, we talked about his rankings of 12 rebuilding teams — a list that included the Chicago Blackhawks. On Wednesday, he took a look at eight teams that are either currently or about to embark on a retool. For some — the Canucks and Rangers, specifically — it’s a depressing reality. Here’s his closing statement:Make no mistake: nearly all of these retools were defendable. Each has (or had) marketable stars, enough talent to dream, and no interest in tanking via teardown. Hockey is better with retools over rebuilds.
But if you’re Toronto, Winnipeg, or St. Louis this offseason, can you look around the NHL and honestly conclude that a retool is appealing? While success looks different to every franchise, retools are simply not bringing teams to Cup contention right now.
Ranking the retools: Canucks light years from Cup contention, Islanders trending up t.co/2DPW8ooIYP
— Daily Faceoff (@DailyFaceoff) February 25, 2026 Finally, former Blackhawks head coach Joel Quenneville picked up his 1,000th win last night. Congrats!Our team had a surprise in store for Coach Q after his 1,000th win! The Bombay Jacket looks good on ya, Coach. #FlyTogether pic.twitter.com/gy6ocsCxpP
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