In the wake of Corey Pronman’s annual release of his NHL under-23 pipeline rankings and under-23 prospect/player rankings, he published a new one on Thursday morning that got my attention more than the previous two. In this piece for The Athletic, Pronman ranks the top 100 NHL players/prospects who were drafted outside the first round of the NHL draft. The Blackhawks have five young players/prospects on his list.
4. Roman Kantserov (“Bubble top and middle of the lineup player tier”)
16. Ryan Greene (“Middle of the lineup player tier”)
54. Xavier Villeneuve (“NHL prospect tier”)
61. Samu Alalauri (“NHL prospect tier”)
75. Nathan Behm (“NHL prospect tier”)
Kantserov has moved up from No. 44 last year into the top five on the list — an enormous jump. Similarly, Greene moved up from No. 57 a year ago to No. 16 this year. Behm slid back a bit (from 66 to 75), but Pronman shows a great deal of love for those top two Blackhawks’ list inclusions.
And yet, I’m once again left wondering where the **** Nick Lardis is on another Pronman list? Respectfully, I do not believe there are 100 players and/or prospects under the age of 23 who were drafted outside the first round who are better than Lardis at this immediate moment. Indeed, this one’s harder to justify than Lardis’ exclusion from Pronman ranking 156 under-23 players/prospects and leaving him out because this new list is exclusively players drafted after the first round. To leave Lardis off both lists is egregious.
The fine folks at JFresh want back through the 2012 NHL Draft and offered some perspective on how a historically underwhelming first round played out. That was not a great draft class for the Chicago Blackhawks. They made eight selections, and only three appeared in an NHL game (including six regular-season games from seventh-round pick goalie Matt Tomkins). Two players have appeared in at least 447 games, though, including sixth-rounder Vinnie Hinostroza. In the first round, the Blackhawks made Teuvo Teräväinen the 18th overall pick. Here’s what they wrote about Teuvo:For the third-most-productive member of his draft class, Teravainen has slid a bit under the radar during his successful 800 game NHL career. He showed promise early as a Hawk, helping them win the 2015 Stanley Cup on a line with Antoine Vermette and Patrick Sharp, and for all his dynamic draft pedigree, it was his stabilizing defensive presence that was driving his value. When he was moved in a cap dump to the Hurricanes in 2016, he got the opportunity to really break out. His playmaking took off, he became a consistent 20-goal threat thanks to his sneaky one-timer, and he fit very well in their possession-oriented system, scoring at a 76 point pace in consecutive seasons as a top-six all-situations contributor. With foot-speed never being a calling card, Teravainen has aged gracefully, and since rejoining the Blackhawks the defensive aspects of his game have once again taken priority to help insulate the team’s new generation of young players.
I went pick-by-pick through all 30 picks of the 2012 first round to compare pre-draft projections with how the players actually turned out.Let's remember some guys – Yakupov, Reinhart, Galchenyuk, Pouliot, Koekkoek, and more. t.co/ybSSLDFkjl pic.twitter.com/LSEFkeHzjS
— JFresh (@JFreshHockey) August 19, 2026 A fun piece from Sean McIndoe at The Athletic titled: “Remembering a time your NHL team got smoked by a random rookie making his debut.” Here’s the pick for the Blackhawks:The honors here go to Montreal winger Alex Smart, who had a hat trick and added an assist for four points against the Hawks midway through the 1942-43 season. Was that your all-time favorite Alex Smart game, or was it one of the other seven?
One Blackhawks player was mentioned as well. Future front office exec Marc Bergevin, then a Hawks defenseman, had two assists in his NHL debut against the LA Kings in 1984; he finished his rookie campaign with six points in 60 games. Bergevin’s helpers came on goals from Troy Murray and Curt Fraser. Fraser and Murray had the other assists on each other’s goals. On Thursday morning, the NHL announced the Oilers and Bruins will take part in the Global Series with games in Munich and Cologne. They will be the first regular-season games played in Germany. The NHL also announced “a first-of-its-kind strategic multiyear partnership designed to accelerate the growth of hockey in Germany and the development of FC Bayern in North America.” From the announcement of that partnership:“Germany continues to be one of the NHL’s most important international growth markets, and FC Bayern is among the most recognizable and respected sports brands in the world,” said Keith Wachtel, President, NHL Business. “By combining the NHL’s passion for hockey with FC Bayern’s extraordinary reach and connection to fans, we have a tremendous strategic opportunity to introduce more people to our game, deepen engagement with existing fans and create unique experiences.”
The first-ever NHL regular season games in Munich and Cologne will be part of 2027 #NHLGlobalSeries in Germany.The @NHLBruins will play two games in JJ Peterka's home city of Munich and the @EdmontonOilers will play twice in Leon Draisaitl’s native city of Cologne.Details:… pic.twitter.com/kPv5TAzgoO
— NHL Public Relations (@NHLPR) August 20, 2026 A couple interesting notes from a Bulls piece yesterday here from Alex Kirschenbaum. I’m not sure many Blackhawks fans are old enough to remember or know in general that, in 1985, Jerry Reinsdorf and his group of investors bought the Bulls from an ownership group that was led by the estate of Blackhawks owner Arthur Wirtz. The Wirtz family still owns a minority stake in the Bulls. I’ve written a bit about the unsigned NCAA players who became free agents earlier this month. An interesting trade involving one of them went down on Wednesday. The Anaheim Ducks acquired right wing Cruz Lucius from the Pittsburgh Penguins in exchange for future considerations. The Ducks, of course, still haven’t signed Cutter Gauthier. And would now need to sign Lucius as well. I noted in our bullets earlier this week that college players need to file paperwork with the NHL to officially conclude their NCAA career and become professional free agents. Apparently Lucius hasn’t done that yet, and the Penguins were able to trade his rights before he hits the market. Finally, this could be a fun one. Fanatics and the NHL announced a new program: Hometown Remix. Back in May, the folks at icethetics threw out there that the Blackhawks could be going green for this jersey. We’ll see what details come from this in the coming weeks…Something new is coming to all 32 NHL cities this season. ? The countdown is on for the first-of-its-kind Hometown Remix program by the @NHL and @Fanatics. More details to come after the puck drops on the 2026-27 season next month. pic.twitter.com/zX1uBNLNZn
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