I shared some thoughts on the annual Blackhawks fan survey at The Athletic yesterday that were specifically focused on the job of general manager Kyle Davidson. There were a few others questions/answers that were noteworthy as well, though.
50.2% of fans said the last few weeks of the regular season (when Rinzel, Moore, Greene joined the team) boosted their confidence “a little.” 22.4% said “a lot.” 23.0% said “not at all.” 44.0% of fans think Connor Bedard will score between 31-40 goals this season. 51.5% think he’ll be between 21-30. 41.4% said Bedard should be the next captain of the Blackhawks. I was surprised to see Alex Vlasic receiving 25.7% of the vote as well. The overwhelming majority of 2,544 votes (50%) said the next non-Bedard jersey they’ll buy is Frank Nazar. 83.9% of Blackhawks fans said the Blackhawks made the right choice when they picks Anton Frondell at No. 3 overall in the 2025 NHL Draft. Finally, 40% of fans said Duncan Keith‘s No. 2 should be the next jersey retired by the Blackhawks. 20% said Steve Larmer. Both should be up there.The results of our annual Blackhawks fan survey are in. How many of you are on board with the rebuild? And how many of you won't be able to watch anyway? t.co/sU7DSuk2MA
I still believe in the sublime talent – look how many years it took MacKinnon to take off – but the Chicago Blackhawks haven’t added much to help Bedard going into 2025-26. I hope to see him improve into a 40-40-80 type of player this year, but I can’t rank him above the guys who post those numbers in their sleep.
FWIW: Macklin Celebrini was ranked No. 52 on Larkin’s list. Other Blackhawks to make his list: Spencer Knight (200), Teuvo Teräväinen (212), Ryan Donato (215), Frank Nazar (217), Sam Rinzel (224), Tyler Bertuzzi (276), André Burakovsky (282) and Anton Frondell (286). Alex Vlasic, Artyom Levshunov, Nick Foligno and Ilya Mikheyev were honorable mentions. As was Jonathan Toews. My thoughts: Nazar’s too low. And I would have ranked Mikheyev before Bertuzzi and probably included Levshunov over Frondell (who’s going to be in Sweden this season).Matt Larkin’s fantasy hockey top 300 player rankings for 2025-26 t.co/XNLiLMfBbP
— Daily Faceoff (@DailyFaceoff) July 29, 2025 Dom Luszczyszyn at The Athletic ranked the ten best contracts in the NHL based on projected value over the duration of the deal. The Blackhawks do not receive a mention, which isn’t a huge shock because (as I wrote about earlier this week) so many players who should be the future of the franchise are still on rookie contracts. But I would love to know how his grading system views Alex Vlasic over the rest of his deal ($4.6M thru 2030).NHL’s 10 best contracts, 2025 edition: Jack Hughes, Brandon Hagel and more t.co/Dz31i6d71m
— The Athletic NHL (@TheAthleticNHL) July 29, 2025 Hey, it looks like Lukas Reichel spent some time on the ice with Jack Quinn and JJ Peterka. That’s neat! twitter.com/dubeskills/status/1950277043079290919 His USA “Blue” team has lost both games thus far at the World Junior Summer Showcase, but Steven Ellis at Daily Faceoff had some good things to say about AJ Spellacy‘s performance in the second game of the event.Spellacy was in the running to make the team a year ago and he’ll definitely get some serious consideration this year, too. He’s a hard-hitting forward who loves to do whatever it takes to win a puck battle. He had a great chance near the end of the first period, and then did a good job of getting his stick into passing lanes to break up plays.
Mike Morreale from NHL.com tweeted the lineups for Canada’s intrasquad scrimmage at the WJSS on Wednesday. And yes, I’m intrigued by both Sacha Boisvert on the wing (again) and Marek Vanacker at center. How about this assist from Boisvert on a goal from Michael Hage?Michael Hage takes a feed and makes it 1-0. Big week for Montreal Canadiens prospects.Porter Martone and Sacha Boisvert with the assists. #WorldJuniors pic.twitter.com/PR8kzvFOrE
— Steven Ellis (@SEllisHockey) July 29, 2025MORE FROM BLEACHER NATION: Go Ad Free | Subscribe to the BN Newsletter
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