Young forwards key to Blackhawks season

CHICAGO - There are a lot of nice pieces, which starts NHL MVP Patrick Kane, the star center Jonathan Toews Jersey and Calder Trophy winner Artemi Panarin.

How do they fit together is a big question Chicago coach Joel Quenneville.


Blackhawks traded Andrew Shaw and Teuvo Teräväinen and lost Andrew Ladd in free agency during the summer, leaving three large holes. Dale Weise and Tomas Fleischmann also leave free will, and Marian Hossa, Chicago's most consistent long forward, is coming off a down year.

The result is an unstable situation in the Blackhawks' four lines that Quenneville might be for some time to find out.

2016-17 season preview: Chicago Blackhawks

It was another full of changes perennial contender for the Chicago Blackhawks Jersey, an organization offseason for which the salary cap gymnastics have become a rite of summer. The Blackhawks continue to set the bar very high in terms of the way to stay in the mix, despite dealing with moving parts every year.

GM Stan Bowman is one of the best at his job, finding ways to plug holes and keep his team in the elite. In the spring of 2015, Artemi Panarin plucked out of the KHL as a free agent, a free addition of assets, and watched as the Russian striker won the Calder Trophy last season as NHL rookie of the year. It's that kind of movement that has kept Chicago ahead of the curve.

Still, the offices of salary cap last offseason Andrew Shaw and Teuvo Teräväinen will prove that the formula of this year. Chicago begins the season with more question marks up front what we have seen, perhaps all the way Hawks coach Joel Quenneville.

I made the first-round playoff exit last spring after a monster series with the St. Louis Blues sign of a new era, more deadly to the Blackhawks?

Or was the right time to reset and stronger around the nucleus of talent led by Jonathan Toews, Patrick Kane, Duncan Keith, Brent Seabrook and Corey Crawford time - a quintet that had turned against any group in the NHL?

In another vein, I would say that the hawks are deeper on defense now than they have been in a long time.

This season will actually tell the tale. Moreover, as Bowman has shown time and again, the team that starts the season is not necessarily the same club that going into the playoffs. He is as aggressive as any GM in the NHL when it comes to make changes before the trade deadline.

Wings' youngsters shine in win over Blackhawks

Detroit - the youth movement The Red Wings were in the forefront against the Chicago Blackhawks on Sunday in a 6-3 exhibition.

The problem is, it was not true Blackhawks they faced. They were much like the Rockford Ice Hogs, AHL affiliate of Chicago.

In a preseason where the hockey World Cup took stars and regulars out lists of NHL contenders perennial Stanley Cup as the Blackhawks are judicious in their use of their "big pieces", it is more hard to say how good players like Martin Frk, Anthony Mantha, Ryan Sproul and other play - even if they had the good Sunday air.

Frk, who must clear waivers to return to Grand Rapids, had a goal and an assist. Andreas Athanasiou had a goal and an assist.

Using his new body mass, seven to eight meals per day-all-been, Mantha scored one of the slot, looking not unlike Tomas Holmstrom.

Sproul, a defender with at least part of the offensive capabilities Wings looking to launch their ex quick strike attack, had two assists.

Dylan Larkin also scored for the fashion Wings Henrik Zetterberg-like, banking a shot on the back of a goalkeeper and in.

Just 59 seconds in the case of the Red Wings got a highly qualified Luke Glendening goal on a blind flow Steve Ott, who deftly Glendening exclude his left skate to his stick and fired in.

Danny DeKeyser had a goal point, assisted by Brendan Smith and Tyler Bertuzzi.

With a significant portion of the solid fan base of the team in their corner, judging by social media and fan reaction to Joe Louis Arena, it can feel like a heady time for young players.

But they are more aware of their situation by trying to break into the NHL.

Coach Jeff Blashill Wings said it is what it is.

"Obviously, I have spoken of this preseason batch queues that you face are very different that we will face in a little over a week," said Blashill, reiterating a point he had done after the morning training 11 hours earlier.

"I thought there were things we did good. There were some outbreaks we've done a very good job with it," he said.

"I thought at times we were a little erratic ... Obviously, you give up two breakaways flat on: It's not good enough."

Both Alexandre Fortin and Brandon Mashinter scored on long breakaways ice near the center against Petr Mrázek - which was almost not tested in its first game of the World Cup of Hockey, except when his teammates leave Blackhawks skate 100 feet by them -Same right to their enclosure.

Frk was pleased with his performance, but there is a big chance that the 22-year-old Czech - 23 Wednesday - is auditioning for another NHL team.

"I am happy because I can play in preseason games and I get a chance to be in that locker room and, you know, fans and enjoy playing in front of a big crowd," said Frk after.

"I am a goal and an assist, so for me it was good. But for the team, it was perfect. You want to keep winning. "

Frk said he has worked hard over the summer.

"Fortunately, I do well. I do not know. You have to ask the coaches how I do."

STAN BOWMAN LIKES BLACKHAWKS PROSPECTS' POTENTIAL TO FILL HOLES

The Blackhawks have holes to fill on their list, especially among the attackers. And the general manager Stan Bowman reiterated that the team will look from within to fill them.

"The guys we have are those here, and our team will come from this group," said Bowman, who spoke to the media Tuesday. "We only had a few days of camp here, but it was a promising start. They are all full of energy, enthusiasm, knowing they have a chance to make the team. perhaps it was different from previous years when they looked at the tail and wondered where they could agree. And now they know there is a possibility that they can make the team if they pay well. That's what these games are going to be, from tomorrow we will have the opportunity to see how they play in a game setting. "

It is too early to tell where some of these younger players adapt; Patrick Kane has joined the camp on Tuesday and several other veterans Blackhawks Jersey were playing hockey World Cup are either still there or just back from Toronto. But Bowman liked what he saw from several perspectives. Some of them, including Nick Schmaltz, Tyler Motte and Alexandre Fortin, the Blackhawks signed Sunday should play in the first preseason game Wednesday against the Pittsburgh Penguins.

A big concern is still that will play on the first line with Jonathan Toews. Richard Panik and Nick Schmaltz are two possibilities - Schmaltz was on the left side during the Tuesday morning workout. He was primarily a center, but as it usually goes with the Blackhawks before must be versatile. But Bowman was not sure who would play there in the top left of the wing, or in other locations at this stage.

"I think it is difficult to give a direct answer to that because we have to see what Joel [Quenneville] think when it happens here, as well," said Bowman on Quenneville, who is always with Team Canada world Cup of hockey. "We have to see how they play in exhibition matches. But stability is good. I think I have a familiar online companion can help you in many situations. But as the year continues, sometimes things get obsolete or injuries occur. You must have the flexibility for different players to float in these roles. "

fun North America

Bowman himself recently returned from the World Cup of Hockey, where he was co-CEO of the North America team. This group has a tremendous amount of excitement in the tournament despite not move to the semifinal round.

"It was a blast to be part of this group. I had so much fun. You never know how it will go when you are first asked to be part of that, but we had a great time. It was the same treat to watch these guys in practice. "

Liking Forsling

Bowman liked what he saw of the defender Gustav Forsling, who is vying for a place on the list of the Blackhawks. Forsling could also return to the Swedish league.

"It was very impressive there [in Traverse City]. I thought at ease, poised, very talented both the transition of the offense, which plays. So there are many things to love there "said Bowman. "We will certainly see how it performs in these exhibition games. That benefited from go to Sweden? This is a great league, so if he does eventually return there, it will continue to grow his game. But we have not yet made that decision. We want to see how things are done here. "

Blackhawks Sign Alexandre Fortin to 3-Year Contract

Chicago Blackhawks are eagerly trying to add punch to mark their range, and they added a perspective to their system on Sunday morning, they agreed to a three-year agreement with Alexandre Fortin.
Fortin, who joined the Blackhawks in their Prospect Camp earlier this year and was a star in the early stages of training camp, notched 43 points in 54 games with Rouyn-Horanda Huskies last season in the QMJHL. He scored 19 goals in those games, and scored four more during the playoffs.

The Blackhawks signed Fortin as they look to add depth to their list of rating after the departures of players like Teuvo Teravainen during the offseason.
It is unlikely that will Fortin NHL outgoing team alignment of training camp, but the fact that they have signed an entry-level contract suggests that the team thinks much of his chances of making the team at some point in the near future.


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BLACKHAWKS' DUNCAN KEITH FEELING ENCOURAGED AT DAY 1 OF CAMP

Duncan Keith did not feel right about a month ago.

It was the right knee, one on which he had surgery last October, so Keith decided not to play for Team Canada at the World Cup of Hockey in Toronto. Instead, he focused on getting that knee fully heal and prepare for this season with the Blackhawks.

A month later, it turns out to be a wise decision.

Keith will not play in Saturday's scrimmage, but he practiced on Friday when the Blackhawks opened training camp at Johnny's Icehouse West. While he will not make it all the preseason - assistant coach Mike Kitchen said Keith may not play in any scrimmages - Keith feels better than it did when they bowed out of the World Cup.

"It's kind of been basically happening for a while now. I tried to use some time in the summer it is to relax and do some different things. Once I started skating did not respond well, so I had to do a few different things to try and get ready for this, "said Keith. "It was disappointing, I was ready to go to the World Cup. But maybe I would not be where I am now if I did not have time to get rest and start skating again until a few weeks ago."

BLACKHAWKS: ARTEM ANISIMOV HEALED, READY TO PLAY AT 'FULL FORCE'

TORONTO - Artem Anisimov scored a pair and Patrick Kane with the latest postseason Artemi Panarin most of the year following a very successful partnership.

But on the face-off, the Russian center was late in the regular season and the playoffs. Now, hit the right wrist after having surgery in May, Anisimov ready to start healthy this season.

"I do not have any pain in the wrist, and it's nice."

Anisimov three goals in the Blackhawks' seven-game St. April was the last in the series against the St. Louis Blues. Face-offs, however, where he fought. Anisimov said his wrist was bothering him "a lot".

"I take every Faceoff and, as usual, it is painful," he said. "I decided to make the playoffs after surgery, and it is better."

Anisimov, Panarin and make Kane Blackhawks' most successful and consistent line last season. In terms of what has to fulfill three this season, they can do more Anisimov said.

"It's just elevate every aspect of the game we need," he said. "Each team is going to know how we behave, and twice a year they need to be ready for us. We just have to be better."