In yesterday’s bullets I shared Chris Peters’ projection for the USA roster at the World Junior Championship this winter with the World Junior Summer Showcase in the rearview mirror. The good news: he had AJ Spellacy on his forward lines.
The decisions could be tougher for Canada’s coaches, with a number of returning players and underagers ready to go (Gavin McKenna and Keaton Verhoeff, specifically). The Blackhawks had two prospects in their camp, and both Sacha Boisvert and Marek Vanacker had good camps by most accounts. Steven Ellis at Daily Faceoff put together his projected roster for Canada and had just one of them, Boisvert, making the cut. He has Boisvert as an extra forward, and Vanacker just not quite making the roster.
The good news is all three made a strong case to be there. And all three are healthy and looking forward to big seasons in their respective development. I hope the Hawks have at least two players heading to Minnesota after Christmas for the tournament.
The World Junior Summer Showcase is in the rearview mirror.So here's my latest prediction for Canada's #WorldJuniors roster: t.co/xWRDprmRa6
— Steven Ellis (@SEllisHockey) August 4, 2025 The Blackhawks will release their promotional schedule for their centennial season today. I’ve seen it. Y’all are gonna be very happy — and broke from buying tickets. I’ll have more details this morning so stay tuned. Anton Frondell is going to play this season in Sweden. And he won’t be at the Blackhawks’ training camp in September. Scott Powers at The Athletic shared a terrific piece on Monday detailing the decisions that went into Frondell being in Sweden again this year, including him not playing for Sweden at the World Junior Summer Showcase last week (he’ll still play for his country). Apparently Frondell spoke with Djurgården about staying there all the way back in October — before his pre-draft season got rolling. This quote from Djurgården general manager Niklas Wikegård makes the entire plan make a lot more sense:“If we hadn’t talked to the junior team national coach, he would be with the junior national team now and then he would go to the camp with Chicago and then go back to us, then in November go to another camp with the international team and then the junior World Championship and so on and so on,” Wikegård said. “So that’s going to be like a wasted season for a guy like that. So we talked to his agent and Chicago too — I think they understand it — that this guy, this type of player in this age, he needs to go to the rink, put his physical clothes on, go to the gym, put his hockey gear on, practice day after day after day after day, play games.
“That’s going to be an incredibly important season for this guy, and that’s going to be extremely important for him in the coming 10 to 15 years.”
Why Blackhawks first-round pick Anton Frondell plans to stay in Sweden this season ⤵️ t.co/QxdlAdvUK6
— Scott Powers (@ByScottPowers) August 4, 2025 The New York Islanders didn’t wait until Matthew Schaefer turned 18 to get his entry-level contract handled. They announced the No. 1 overall pick from the 2025 NHL Draft signed his ELC on Monday evening; he doesn’t turn 18 until Sept. 5. And how the Islanders made the deal official was pretty special, too.What a moment. ??20 kids who have lost a parent were invited to meet Matthew Schaefer and were tasked with a big assignment, to give Schaefer his first NHL contract to sign. pic.twitter.com/KwYUw4rg4v
— New York Islanders (@NYIslanders) August 4, 2025 Good read here on the United States putting together a roster that wants to win gold at the Winter Olympics this coming February. I’ll be fascinated with the depth of available players to see if the strong performances from Blackhawks Frank Nazar and Alex Vlasic at the World Championship this summer helps their case to be part of the roster in Italy. Nazar led the US offensively in the tournament (playing the wing primarily).United States GM Guerin says ‘we have to win’ at 2026 Olympics t.co/0eNYpvKgWa
— NHL.com (@NHLdotcom) August 4, 2025 Tony Androckitis broke the news on Monday morning that former Blackhawks interim and assistant coach Derek King is moving on to be the head coach of the Hershey Bears. He’ll replace Todd Nelson, who moved up to an assistant coach role with the Pittsburgh Penguins this summer.Stacked the deck ?We are thrilled to announce Derek King as the 29th head coach in franchise history! ?: t.co/7zVh0WSRdx pic.twitter.com/9liSA1PWWC
— Hershey Bears (@TheHersheyBears) August 4, 2025 We’ve got a cover athlete for NHL26. Matthew Tkachuk, with the Stanley Cup above his head, will grace the game’s front. We’ll see more about the cover tomorrow!He’s a tone-setter, a leader, and now a cover star.Matthew Tkachuk is the face of #NHL26.See the full reveal August 6th: t.co/gsLeVReKbu pic.twitter.com/S24tmSe834
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