Daily Blackhawks news and league-wide notables.
- The Blackhawks and Wirtz are quite pleased with realignment. [Tribune] [Sun-Times]
- Q is quite pleased with Marcus Kruger's performance at 2C. [Sun-Times]
- The Player of the Week is...who else? [Madhouse Enforcer]
- Q and A with the Rockford GM. [blackhawks.nhl.com]
- Jeremy Morin's had a pretty good week in Rock Vegas. [blackhawks.nhl.com]
- Several Hawks high in the player power rankings. [Hockey Prospectus]
- Friedman's 30 Thoughts on realignment and trade rumors. [CBC]
- A children's treasury of counter-intuitive NHL divisions. [Arctic Ice Hockey]
- Bettman weighs in about fighting and CTE. [nhl.com]
- Players say what happened to Boogaard is part of the price of the game. [Globe&Mail]
- The league won't consider banning fighting. [Globe&Mail]
- ETA: 85 Years has Yzerman on Jonathan Toews. [blackhawks.nhl.com]