It's never fun for a team to go through a rebuild and lose a ton of games year after year, but sometimes it really pays off. The Chicago Blackhawks haven't been a threat for a number of years and have collected draft picks, finished low in the standings, and drafted very well.

Even if half of their higher draft picks don't hit, the ones who have been performing and the sheer number of prospects with high expectations is undeniable and will push the Blackhawks to many successful years.

The last five drafts cover the span of 2020 to 2024 and there are many talented young players already on the Blackhawks with a lot of highly talented players on their way.

Current NHLers that fill the roster include Lukas Reichel, Landon Slaggert, Wyatt Kaiser, Louis Crevier, Colton Dach, Ethan Del Mastro, Frank Nazar, Connor Bedard, and Artyom Levshunov. But on top of that, Kevin Korchinski, Nolan Allan, and Drew Commesso have all played games this season for Chicago.

It is definitely a battle for playing time amongst the young defenders and not all of these d-men who have been fighting to prove themselves and stick in the NHL will with the Blackhawks, but all of the ones mentioned will be NHLers for at least a handful of years. Eventually the Blackhawks will have to make decisions on who to trade, and it's not going to be Levshunov.

The amount of prospects doing well in other leagues is very encouraging for the Blackhawks, even though a good amount likely won't make the NHL and many won't play for Chicago for very long, if at all. Of the top tier prospects that have been proving themselves, I want to point out Nick Lardis, Roman Kantserov, Oliver Moore, Sam Rinzel, Sacha Boisvert, and Marek Vanacker.

The next tier of players, give or take one or two that may be able to move up to the top group, include Aidan Thompson, A.J. Spellacy, Adam Gajan, Victor Soderstrom, Antti Saarela, Dominic James, Jack Pridham, Ryan Greene, Ilya Safonov, Alex Pharand, and Martin Misiak.

Now that's a lot of names, but to break it down easier, these are all players who haven't played in the NHL yet (other than Soderstrom) that have impressed this season and taken steps forward in the OHL, NCAA, or overseas like the KHL or SHL.

There are a lot to choose from and some could be used as trade bait, some could burst into the NHL and be impact players, and some could fizzle out and not be able to transfer over their game.

It's hard to look at many other organizations and see this much talent. The rebuild has been tough on Bedard and company so far, but the Blackhawks are ramping up to be a threat for many years because of the great drafting and sheer number of talented players on their way.

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Another night, another milestone for Montreal Canadiens rookie blueliner Lane Hutson. On Saturday night, when he got the primary assist on Patrik Laine’s power play goal, Hutson got the 50th assist of his career, a total he took 68 games to reach.

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He became the second-fastest player to reach the milestone with the Canadiens behind Vincent Damphousse, who did it in 66 games back in 1992-93. However, he was 25 when he accomplished the feat and was already on his third team. Meanwhile, Hutson was still only 21 years old.

Even more impressive, he’s the fourth-fastest defenseman in NHL history to do it. Larry Murphy did it in 62 games with the Los Angeles Kings in 1980-81, Mark Howe in 65 games with the Hartford Whalers in 1979-80, and Stefan Persson in 66 games with the New York Islanders in 1977-78.

They were 19, 24 and 23 respectively. By the time he entered the NHL, Howe had played six seasons in the WHA, and, with Persson being Swedish, it took him a bit longer to get drafted and cross the ocean. All three went on to have great careers in the NHL.

For Comparison, New York Rangers blueliners Brian Leetch did it in 69 games, Colorado Avalanche quarterback Cale Makar did it in 71, Vancouver Canucks captain Quinn Hughes in 74 games, and former Montreal captain Chris Chelios did it in 74 games.

This is yet another category in which Hutson is in elite company. With 66 games played and 16 games left to improve his totals, the Montreal fan favourite still leads the rookie scoring race with 52 points, two ahead of San Jose SharksMacklin Celebrini and five points ahead of Philadelphia Flyers Matvei Michkov.

Hutson is currently on pace for 65 points. To put this number in perspective, back in 2015-16, Max Paccioretty led the Canadiens in points with 64. Something special is happening in Montreal. For years, we’ve been saying that the future was bright, and slowly but surely, the future is becoming the present and Hutson is hushering it in.

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Better late than never.

Former Detroit Red Wings forward David Perron is heating up lately. Unfortunately, the season as a whole hasn’t been going his way.

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Perron has played 28 games this season. During his first 12 games, he didn’t record a single point. He has been dealing with a few injuries this season and health concerns surrounding his newest child, born at the end of October 2024.

Things are going great for Perron now, particularly on the ice. 

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Over his last six games, he has one of the best stat lines on the Ottawa Senators. Perron has recorded three goals and two assists, for five points. He’s also recorded 11 hits while averaging 14:40 of ice time per game.

The only Senators with more points in that time are Jake Sanderson, Drake Batherson, and Brady Tkachuk. 

In Saturday’s game against the Toronto Maple Leafs, he skated on a line with Dylan Cousins and Batherson. Perron scored his fifth goal of the season at 12:16 of the second period to tie the game 2-2.

The Senators defeated the Maple Leafs 4-2. Perron had one goal, two shots, and two hits in 14:04. He now has 10 points this season, averaging 13:38 of ice time.

Perron is heating up at the right time, which should make Senators fans happy. The Senators hold the top Wild Card position. With the regulation win over Toronto, they are only four points behind them in the standings.

This has made the Wild Card picture more competitive in the Eastern Conference. With the Senators pulling ahead, it’s a dogfight for the final playoff position. The Red Wings are behind the New York Rangers by four points but also have a game in hand.

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ST. PAUL - Despite losing seven of its last ten games, the Earth isn't falling in the eyes of the Minnesota Wild. Even after one of the most sluggish games of the year, the Wild have to flush a 5-1 loss on home ice to the St. Louis Blues and move on. 

It is a quick turnaround with the Los Angeles Kings in town on Monday and you know that Kevin Fiala will be hungry to pounce on the Wild right now, like Jordan Kyrou did on Saturday night. 

"You gotta take the lessons quick out of it," Wild head coach John Hynes said. "You gotta get ready for the next game and get going. We got another, a day of rest tomorrow and then we got another big week coming. So, it’s a great time of year. It’s a highly competitive time of year. You can’t get too low when you lose, you can’t get too high when you win. And I think that’s the most important thing.

"Even for you. I think it’s ones where, we don’t, we lose a game and it’s like the earth’s not falling apart. Like we got a really good team. Tonight, we didn’t play our best. There’s a couple areas we could be better at. We will be better, and then we got another swing of games coming up this week. So, we’re excited for that."

One bad game happens. A stretch of two, three, or maybe four bad games happens. But in this current stretch for the Wild, it seems like it's just going to keep happening.

In their first four games of a seven game homestand, the Wild have scored a total of five goals. Two of them have been at 5-on-5 and one of the two was on the heels of the Blues' goaltender Joel Hofer making a poor decision behind the net.

“They scored goals. We don’t. Simple as that," Mats Zuccarello said. "That’s no secret that we’re struggling to score goals as of late. We got a find a way to do it. They score on their chances, and we don’t. They also pinned us in a couple times in our own zone, but I think we had some really good O-zone time, had some great chances, but that’s the difference. They score and we don’t.

"I mean, I can stand here and tell you but at the end of the day if we lose 5-1 at home, it’s not acceptable. Everyone in here knows it’s embarrassing for us to play like that, but what are we going to say? You gotta take it on the chin right now and it’s not good enough. There’s a hungry team coming in here Monday. We gotta be ready to compete and win hockey games.”

The Wild spent most of the first period in their own zone. They allowed chance after chance and were being dominated on possession time, it seemed.

Any chance the Wild would get in the offensive zone, they would fire it over the net. The Wild's fourth line created the most chances in the first period. They had four shot attempts and missed the net on every single one. 

Yakov Trenin made two great moves to get to the net in the first period and missed twice. Deadline acquisition Justin Brazeau had a point-blank chance in the slot with no one on him and he fired it 10 feet to the right of Hofer. 

To put salt in the wound, Marat Khusnutdinov, who the Wild traded for Brazeau, scored his second goal in as many games with the Boston Bruins. 

The tide shifted in the second period though. Or so it seemed. Jake Neighbours opened the scoring in the second and Kyrou scored his first of three goals just over two minutes after Neighbours scored his 17th of the season. 

"We just had more, you know? I think that goes back to us reacting like I said. It's like we were just kind of waiting for it and then in the second period, we took it to them and played our game," Jake Middleton said. "Even their goals. It wasn't like we were playing bad. Their goals were, they got lucky bounces. We didn't and that's just the way it's going. We definitely need more jam in our game, especially at this time of year. We were just kind of waiting, I thought."

Middleton got the Wild's lone goal thanks to a mistake by Hofer and the Blues. Kyrou then scored the next two goals to end it for the Wild. 

The process to score a goal right now feels like a daunting task. With no Kirill Kaprizov or Joel Eriksson Ek, the Wild simply can't put the puck in the back of the net. It is an exhausting process.

"It's almost like, I agree with you, but it's almost like we're waiting for it. We're waiting for the next guy to do it, the guy beside you," Middleton said. "When we're not scoring as a team we all got to do it together, right? And that was kind of tonight. In recent games, the work ethic is there. But we gotta start stepping up as a team here and put the puck in the back of the net and just (start) playing harder."

In a time where the Wild are, and will continue to be, without Kaprizov and Eriksson Ek, they need guys to step up. 

So that being said, it's not a good time for a guy like Matt Boldy to go into a slump. The 23-year-old forward has zero goals in his last ten games. He had three goals in two games before his ten game drought but also went scoreless in nine-straight before the two-game goal streak. 

Marco Rossi hasn't scored in nine games. Gustav Nyquist, the Wild's other trade deadline acquisition, has zero goals in seven games with the Wild and zero in his last 17 games with the Nashville Predators and Wild. He has not scored since Jan 25. 

He has one 5v5 goal in his last 55 games with six goals in that span. One of them was on the power play and four of them were empty net goals. His last 5v5 goal was Jan 25. His one before that was Oct 28. 

Zuccarello has three goals in his last 18 games, Marcus Johansson has one goal in his last 18 games and Ryan Hartman has one goal in his last 14 games. 

To Middleton's point, it seems like every Wild player is just sitting on the bench and looking at the guy beside them and hoping they will be the one to score. 

That can't keep happening. It isn't like the Wild are a lock for the playoffs. They just dropped a game to the Blues who now entered the wildcard picture, and the schedule the rest of the month for the Wild doesn't get easier. 

Minnesota plays the New Jersey Devils twice, the Dallas Stars, Vegas Golden Knights, Washington Capitals, and the Kings to end the month. They have a game against the Buffalo Sabres and Seattle Kraken who both aren't in playoff spots, but neither were the Pittsburgh Penguins or the Blues at the time and the Wild still dropped those.

Nonetheless, the concern level has to be a little bit high. But as Hynes said, the earth isn't falling apart. They still are a good hockey team. This is still the same team that started the season 18-4-4 and was the best team in the league.

They had proven to be the best team in the league at times and stats back that up.

But it is also the team that is 11-14-1 since Jan 8. Which is 29th in the NHL. It's the same team that has scored the fewest goals in the NHL since Jan 8 but also the same team that allowed the fewest goals per game in the NHL through the first 28 games. 

It's just a matter of what team will show up for the final 15 games of the season. 

“Honestly, everyone wants to go and score goals and win hockey games. No difference in here," Zuccarello said. "Right now the puck doesn’t go in and it’s not a lack of trying or whatever but maybe when you get in a situation a little bit extra poise that you usually have when things go well is not there. Yeah, I don’t know. It’s frustrating for you guys to watch but imagine being out there and feeling the same way and you want to do but it’s no excuses. It’s not good enough. Next game we gotta compete and we gotta show up and be hungry. We gotta bounce back after this.”

The Montreal Canadiens welcomed the Florida Panthers Saturday night at the Bell Centre for the first of three duels in three weeks. The Stanley Cup champions came to town without elite defenseman Aaron Eklad, ace scorer and agitator Matthew Tkachuk, and newly acquired, longtime Boston Bruins pest Brad Marchand. Even without those players, the Cats remain a force to be reckoned with and the Canadiens passed the test with flying colours. 

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A Much Better Start

Compared with the Seattle game, this was night and day, effort level-wise in the first frame. Against the Kraken, Jakub Dobes had to fend for himself, with the Canadiens giving up 15 shots in the first 20 minutes. On Saturday night, everybody was skating hard and trying to be first on the puck at both ends of the ice.

Montreal was also much brighter with the puck, not giving it away too much. They only committed two turnovers in the first, and it was through Jayden Struble and Joshua Roy. The game appears to be going a wee bit too fast for Roy. He found himself on the receiving end of a turnover in the slot, but he had two Panthers on him before he could launch his shot. The same is true when deciding whom to pass to; he tends to run out of room and time, which rarely leads to good decisions.

The Canadiens were able to maintain a high level of play all the way through the 60 minutes, only giving Florida nine giveaways, while the Cats cough up 25. Even though the Panthers had an 11-2 edge in shots in the final frame, Montreal played a smart game, controlling the puck as much as they could and committing very few mistakes. 

The way Martin St-Louis' men were able to kill Dvorak penalties at six on four with so little time left in the game was clear evidence that this team is maturing nicely. In Seattle, they failed that same test and they learned from it. 

Attacking As A Five-Men Unit

While the Canadiens had their best scoring opportunities on the power play on Saturday night, they seemed to consciously try to generate more attack involving the five players on the ice.

Whether it was Mike Matheson, Lane Hutson, or Arber Xhekaj, the forwards used the blueliners more. Perhaps it’s just because the chemistry’s improving, but it was refreshing to see Xhekaj get a couple of clear looks on the net in the same sequence in the second frame.

The Canadiens were also looking for deflections, and it worked like a charm on Christian Dvorak’s goal, the 100th of his career which came off a David Savard shot deflection.

The Benefits Far Outweigh The Downsides

Patrik Laine may not be as complete a player as some would like, but the chatter about a buyout is downright ridiculous. This is a player who cost next to nothing to acquire and who, granted, has a big contract, but it’s not like the Canadiens need the cap space.

Whichever way you look at it, the benefits of having Laine in the lineup far outweigh the downsides. Some would like to make you believe he’s bad for the team culture, but considering how Martin St-Louis handles him, that’s a baseless claim. When the big Finn isn’t pulling his weight on the defensive side of the puck, he plays less; that’s as simple as that.

He may not like it, but the coach holds firm: give me what I want, and I’ll give you what you want. Tonight, Laine gave him what he wanted, given what he had to say about the second line:

Newie’s line played well, Patty had a lot of minutes tonight, and it was deserved. He was then asked if he felt it was one of Laine’s best games, and the reply immediately came: “Yes, that’s what we’re looking for.”

For a second game in a row Laine set the tone with a timely power play goal and that's invaluable. A working power play can be so important to a team's momentum and it truly is for the Canadiens right now. 

La deuxième tentative est la bonne!

Second time's a charm!
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— Canadiens Montréal (@CanadiensMTL) March 15, 2025

The atmosphere was simply magical in the Bell Centre, especially in the third frame; the wave went around and around the rink for such a long time; it was impressive. By the end of it, I was wondering if the Panthers’ players were seasick, to be honest. As for the coach, he loved it:

From start to finish, it was one of the best games we've played since I’ve been here. The fans gave us a treat in the third, and we want to give our all to them. It was a great experience for everyone who was in the building tonight. I had a lot of fun in the third, with how we behaved, the atmosphere, and everything else. We must go try to earn moments like these.

After this much deserved 3-1 win over the Stanley Cup champions, the Canadiens will enjoy a day off on Sunday, but the coach will still be watching some hockey. He’s headed to Clarkson to see his son Lucas and his Harvard side take on the Knights in game three of the ECAC quarterfinals.

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The Florida Panthers did not get off to a good start on Saturday night in Montreal, and it cost them.

If the Cats want to bounce back on Sunday and avoid a pair of losses in consecutive days, they’ll need to show up from the start.

Just as hungry as the Canadiens were in their home barn, you better believe the New York Islanders are just as desperate for every point in the standings they can get.

Entering play Sunday, the Isles find themselves six points back of the New York Rangers for the final Wild Card spot in the Eastern Conference, and with four teams to climb over just to reach their crosstown rivals.

Florida, meanwhile, remains atop the Atlantic Division, currently holding a four point lead on the Toronto Maple Leafs and Tampa Bay Lightning, who each have 81 points.

Only four points back of the Bolts and Leafs and turning some heads as they climbed up the standings are the Ottawa Senators, another team the Cats will need to keep an eye on as the postseason draws closer.

In terms of recent play, both the Panthers and Islanders have left something to be desired.

Florida has dropped two of three on their current six-game road trip while the Islanders have lost three straight and are in danger of falling too far behind in the Wild Card race.

The Panthers will likely turn to Vitek Vanecek in goal on the back end of the back-to-back after Sergei Bobrovsky played on Saturday night in Montreal. 

Here are the Panthers projected lines and pairings for Sunday’s tilt on Long Island:

Carter Verhaeghe – Sasha Barkov – Sam Reinhart

Mackie Samoskevich – Sam Bennett – Evan Rodrigues

Eetu Luostarinen – Anton Lundell – Jesper Boqvist

A.J. Greer – Nico Sturm – Tomas Nosek

Gus Forsling – Seth Jones

Niko Mikkola – Dmitry Kulikov

Nate Schmidt – Uvis Balinskis

Scratches: Jonah Gadjovich, Brad Marchand

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The hometown fans left their arena happy on Saturday night following the battle between the Florida Panthers and Montreal Canadiens.

Unfortunately for the Panthers, and their fans, the Cats were not the home team.

Montreal came out swinging, jumping out to an early multi-goal lead that proved to be enough to take down their division rivals and keep pace in a tight Eastern Conference playoff race.

As for the Cats, they have now dropped two of three to open their extended road trip and will need to figure things out quickly before things start to get out of hand.

After Sunday’s game on Long Island against a desperate Islanders team, Florida will battle Columbus and Washington to finish their roadie.

So yeah, there is nowhere for the Cats to hide.

Let’s get to Saturday’s takeaways:

NOT PANTHERS HOCKEY

It was pretty clear after the game that the Panthers did not think much of their collective result in Montreal.

The effort is never lacking with this squad, but on this night, the Canadiens found a way to get Florida off their game.

Perhaps falling behind early played a part, though the Panthers generally don’t come out of their style when needing to come from behind.

For whatever reason, the Cats didn’t look very much like the Cats on Saturday night.

“Well, I don’t want to tell you how I thought we played because I want to be respectful Montreal’s effort, they played hard and fast,” said Panthers Head Coach Paul Maurice. “I can't really give you an assessment of how good that was, because I’m not sure that relates to how we played, but I think we own that one. Our play, that was on us. We would have to play considerably better before I could assess what the other team did to us.”

STRUGGLES AGAINST MONTREAL

Florida is now 0-2-0 against the Canadiens this season.

The Cats have been outscored 7-1 against Montreal and frankly they did not look good in either loss.

While the Panthers were a much different team in many ways back in late December, it is still worth wondering if Montreal has some kind of edge over the Panthers.

It isn’t out of the realm of possibility for the Cats and Habs to meet in the first round (though Ottawa’s hot streak may have something to say about that).

For his part, Maurice made clear that he felt Saturday’s loss had more to do with what Florida didn’t do well than anything Montreal did to them, and he did it without showing any disrespect to what their opponents did.

“Listen, they beat us,” Maurice said. “They're in the fight for their lives, and they play the butts off tonight, and that should be the story here.”

DEEP BREATHS

It’s been a funky week with a couple of frustrating, unorthodox losses for the Panthers.

Now it’s probably no coincidence that both have come after Florida added Aaron Ekblad to the list of key players who are currently unavailable, as few on the team play as key a role as Ekblad does.

In similar situations, the Panthers have found ways to persevere.

Their depth and style of play allow the team-first mentality to shine through, but if that’s going to happen again this time, they have a bit of a gauntlet to get through on this road trip.

“We've gone from December 28th to today, and I've been pretty happy with our game most nights,” Maurice said. “There’s a couple we didn’t love, but…we'll leave this one here.”

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The vibes were high after the Chicago Blackhawks' big overtime win over the Utah Hockey Club on March 7th. They looked to take that momentum on the road for four games but they did no such thing. 

After going 0-2-1 in the first three, they had a chance to get a little something out of the trip when they paid a visit to the Vancouver Canucks. Connor Bedard's homecoming is always exciting but it didn't go his team's way. 

Vancouver was winning 2-0 at first intermission thanks to goals from Quinn Hughes and Tyler Myers. Despite playing a solid opening period on the road, the Canucks were opportunistic and took the multi-goal lead.  

In the second period, Vancouver extended their lead to three with a Connor Garland goal at 8:08. This was a beautiful passing play that Garland completed with Nils Hoglander and Pius Suter. 

Alex Vlasic scored one to get Chicago on the board at 18:51. That 3-1 score went to the second intermission. At that point, it felt like the Blackhawks were back in the game. 

At 4:01 of the third, something happened that you don't see every day. Elias Pettersson took a shot that appeared to hit the post. That left the Blackhawks scrambling in the defensive zone before Nils Hoglander found it and rifled it into the net. 

After further review, however, it was determined that Pettersson's initial shot didn't hit the post. It went in the net. It was going to be 4-1 anyway but Pettersson got his rightful credit for the goal. 

Just over a minute later, Wyatt Kaiser responded with a beautiful wrist-shot goal to make it 4-2. On the play, Artyom Levshunov earned his first career NHL point with an assist. He sent Kaiser in for the good chance that led to a goal. 

In his three NHL games so far, Levshunov has had some learning moments but it has mostly been great for him. He has a ton of confidence when the puck is on his stick and he's been defending well. 

Next up for Levshunov is his first career NHL goal which is coming soon. He loves to shoot the puck and he's quite good at finding the net through traffic. Eventually, one will sneak through. He's also going to collect a lot of points from deflection goals in the coming years with that talent. 

Any chance of Chicago coming back was shut down by Vancouver later in the third as they scored two more goals in eight seconds about midway through the final frame. The 6-2 score was the final. 

Things looked good for Chicago in terms of how they were playing in the first half of the game. Things fell off hard in the third period though which made the final score look even worse. 

With under three minutes left in the game, there were some skirmishes at the whistle. The referees started handing out ten-minute misconducts and Connor Bedard was one of the players to get one.

This is the second game in a row where Bedard was handed this penalty. Frank Nazar, Filip Hronek, and Conor Garland were also given ten-minute misconduct penalties. 

Chicago only gave up 15 shots on goal in this one which is their lowest total allowed this season. Arvid Soderblom didn't have his best night in the net which was obvious. The Hawks didn't allow a ton of shots in the game but they weren't as good in the second half. Vancouver was able to make good plays and capitalized when given the chance. 

Now, the Hawks will return home for seven of their next eight games. They must learn from this 0-3-1 road trip ahead of their match against the Seattle Kraken on Tuesday night if they want to keep the good play at home going. 

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