Prospect Info: 2020-21 Blackhawks' Rookies

[Blackhawkswincup]

Hardman with his 1st NHL goal tonight

 

[Blackhawkswincup]

Lankinen at a crossroads. Is he going to be an NHL goaltender, or is he a Blaine Lacher/Jim Carey?

All we can say is he hasn't shown enough for Hawks to go into another season with no viable alternative

Lankinen has shown enough to be in mix for #1 job but we need a vet who can be a 1B option

UFA market this offseason has some interesting names

Philipp Grubauer
Mike Smith
James Reimer
Tuukka Rask
Frederick Anderson
Chris Dreidger
Jonathan Bernier
Jaroslav Halak
Pekka Rinne
Linus Ullmark

Bolded = Guys I would chase who I think are realistic targets as guys like Rask and Grubauer likely dont leave teams they are with

 

[Pez68]

All we can say is he hasn't shown enough for Hawks to go into another season with no viable alternative

Lankinen has shown enough to be in mix for #1 job but we need a vet who can be a 1B option

UFA market this offseason has some interesting names

Philipp Grubauer
Mike Smith
James Reimer
Tuukka Rask
Frederick Anderson
Chris Dreidger
Jonathan Bernier
Jaroslav Halak
Pekka Rinne
Linus Ullmark

Bolded = Guys I would chase who I think are realistic targets as guys like Rask and Grubauer likely dont leave teams they are with

Why would the Sabres not bring back Ullmark? To the rest of that list.....vomit.

 

[Brightwing]

All we can say is he hasn't shown enough for Hawks to go into another season with no viable alternative

Lankinen has shown enough to be in mix for #1 job but we need a vet who can be a 1B option

UFA market this offseason has some interesting names

Philipp Grubauer
Mike Smith
James Reimer
Tuukka Rask
Frederick Anderson
Chris Dreidger
Jonathan Bernier
Jaroslav Halak
Pekka Rinne
Linus Ullmark

Bolded = Guys I would chase who I think are realistic targets as guys like Rask and Grubauer likely dont leave teams they are with

It would be amazing if the Kraken took like a ton of goalies and cornered the market on them like when someone corners the market on sheep in Settlers of Catan.

 

[Northernhawk]

All we can say is he hasn't shown enough for Hawks to go into another season with no viable alternative

Lankinen has shown enough to be in mix for #1 job but we need a vet who can be a 1B option

UFA market this offseason has some interesting names

Philipp Grubauer
Mike Smith
James Reimer
Tuukka Rask
Frederick Anderson
Chris Dreidger
Jonathan Bernier
Jaroslav Halak
Pekka Rinne
Linus Ullmark

Bolded = Guys I would chase who I think are realistic targets as guys like Rask and Grubauer likely dont leave teams they are with

Chris Driedger all the way boys and girls!

 

[Blackhawkswincup]

Why would the Sabres not bring back Ullmark? To the rest of that list.....vomit.

Ullmark is UFA

Its up to him if he wants to go back to Buffalo

And Bernier is a hell of a 1B option for any team and Halak is a reliable vet who can give you 25-35 games

 

[Pez68]

Ullmark is UFA

Its up to him if he wants to go back to Buffalo

And Bernier is a hell of a 1B option for any team and Halak is a reliable vet who can give you 25-35 games

Not a fan of either of them, but admittedly haven't watched them this season.

 

[Blackhawkswincup]

Bernier has been respectable behind horrid Wing teams last two seasons

15-22-3 with 2.95 GAA and .907 sv pct in 19-20
9-11-1 with 2.99 GAA and .914 sv pct this season

Would be good partner in a 1A/1B situation with Lankinen

 

[Northernhawk]

Chris Driedger people

26 year old UFA

6'4" 204lb BIG goalie, which is what works in today's NHL

Excellent numbers

This has got to be our guy

 

[Northernhawk]

Hardman first NHL goal!
Entwistle first NHL point(assist)!
Mitchell an assist

Still lost...

 

[Blackhawkswincup]

Chris Driedger people

26 year old UFA

6'4" 204lb BIG goalie, which is what works in today's NHL

Excellent numbers

This has got to be our guy

No thanks on Andrew Hammond 2.0

 

[Northernhawk]

No thanks on Andrew Hammond 2.0

He's a 'gift' the Panthers signed Bobrovsky to a monster deal, then draft Knight at the next draft...Driedger is very very solid...just not gonna see any time in F L A

 

[Blackhawkswincup]

Is Delia still considered a rookie technically?

If so I dont think he has an NHL future

Just way too many flaws in his game

 

[Callidusblackhawk]

It would be amazing if the Kraken took like a ton of goalies and cornered the market on them like when someone corners the market on sheep in Settlers of Catan.

Most overrated game ever imo. It all comes down to the first 2-3 turns. You either get lucky and are able to expand quick or you're just f***ed forever.

 

[Northernhawk]

Is Delia still considered a rookie technically?

If so I dont think he has an NHL future

Just way too many flaws in his game

No not a rookie

 

[Northernhawk]

Alec Regula dresses for his first NHL, making him the 12th rookie to play for the Hawks this season

Kalynuk an assist
Suter an assist

Hawks win!

 

[Northernhawk]

2nd to last game of the season and 10 rookies dressed and impressed!

Hagel goal and assist
Entwistle first NHL goal
Hardman an assist
Suter an assist
Kurashev an assist
Lankinen with the win in front a LIVE FANS!

 

[Northernhawk]

Blackhawks still waiting for an all-rookie team player from the D Corp... been a few goodies over the years but still no rep...no Keith, no Seabrook, no Hjalmarsson, no Boqvist...Ian Mitchell?

All time Blackhawks' all-rookie team members
1982-83 Steve Larmer,f
1987-88 Darren Pang,g
1990-91 Ed Belfour,g
1991-92 Dominik Hasek,g
1995-96 Eric Daze,f
2002-03 Tyler Arnason,f
2007-08 Patrick Kane,f and Jonathan Toews, f
2008-09 Kris Versteeg,f

2010-11 Corey Crawford,g
2012-13 Brandon Saad,f
2015-16 Artemi Panarin,f
2019-20 Dominik Kubalik,f

Gonna be tough to get rep on this years squad...Lankinen with that beat chance I think...

 

[Northernhawk]

Good news is next year Beaudin, Kalynuk, Hardman, Johnson, Entwistle and Regula will still be rookies!

 

[Northernhawk]

Season done, here's our final rookie stat lines on our 12 rookies

Goal
Kevin Lankinen started most games for Blackhawks this season
37gp 2175mins 109ga 17-14-5rec 2so 3.01avg .909pct

Defence
Ian Mitchell
39gp 3G 4a 7pts 10- 14pim

Wyatt Kalynuk
21gp 4g 5a 9pts 6- 4pim

Nicolas Beaudin
19gp 2g 4a 6pts +1 2pim

Lucas Carlsson eventually traded to FLA
12gp 0g 1a 1pt +1 2pim

Alec Regula
3gp 0g 0a 0pts 1- 0pim

Forwards
Plus Suter
55gp 14g 13a 27pts 5- 14pim

Philipp Kurashev
54gp 8g 8a 16pts 9- 12pim

Brandon Hagel
52gp 9g 15a 24pts 7- 11pim

Mike Hardman
8gp 1g 2a 3pts 0+- 0pim

MacKenzie Entwistle
5gp 1g 1a 2pts +1 2pim

Reese Johnson
5gp 0g 0a 0pts 2- 9pim

Look forward to seeing this group grow into that same group from 2007-08

 

[Northernhawk]

So none of our group rookies made it onto the allrookie team this year, Pius Suter was 11th, Kevin Lankinen was 13th and Brandon Hagel was 18th in voting for rookie of the year.