Blackhawks Considering Massive NHL Draft Trade to Appease Connor Bedard

Blackhawks Mock Draft Buzz: New Defensive Prospect Emerges At No. 4 Overall

With only nine days until the 2026 NHL Draft kicks off in Buffalo, all eyes will be on the Maple Leafs, Sharks, Canucks, and Chicago Blackhawks as the first four teams to get their new franchise cornerstones. It seems all but certain that Toronto will snag Gavin McKenna first overall, but after that is where things get a little more tricky. Several analysts have previously had winger Ivar Stenberg falling to the Blackhawks at No. 4, but that see…

Blackhawks considering massive NHL Draft trade to appease Connor Bedard

The Chicago Blackhawks have missed the playoffs six years in a row and finished last in the Central Division this season, but they may not be as far as you might believe.The Blackhawks are teeming with young talent, a group led by Connor Bedard and Frank Nazar that also contains a bunch of impressive young defensemen. Not only that, but Chicago is loaded with draft capital heading into the offseason, and it also lays claim to a fair chunk of cap…

Draft Approach, Prospect Survey, Torts OUT, a Toronto Trade, and Other Blackhawks Bullets

Scott Powers at The Athletic wrote about the Blackhawks plan as we get closer to the 2026 NHL Draft. There were three comments from Powers in the piece that stood out to me, beginning with this on the Hawks’ chances of landing Ivar Stenberg: The Blackhawks don’t seem to be that confident in [Stenberg being available at No. 4], but others are. But even if that is a possibility, Blackhawks fans aren’t going to blame Davidson if he’s overly aggres…