Author: Randy Holt

Brent Seabrook Extension: Great move or financial detriment?

By Randy Holt | Sep 27th 2015 | 5 min read |

Earlier this summer, when the Chicago Blackhawks were in a spot where they were desperate to move some cash in order to find some relief against the s...

How concerned should we be about Trevor Daley?

By Randy Holt | Jul 15th 2015 | 4 min read |

On Tuesday afternoon, fans of the Chicago Blackhawks were hit with the inevitable: Johnny Oduya will not be returning to the Hawks on a new deal. An u...

Analyzing the return in the Patrick Sharp trade

By Randy Holt | Jul 11th 2015 | 5 min read |

When you’re trading a player that has the type of longevity and success in his career that Patrick Sharp has had with the Chicago Blackhawks, no...

Patrick Sharp: A Blackhawks career retrospective

By Randy Holt | Jul 11th 2015 | 4 min read |

Regardless of when it took place and where he was sent and who was acquired in exchange, the Patrick Sharp trade was never going to be easy to stomach...

Blackhawks should explore an Andrew Shaw trade

By Randy Holt | Jul 10th 2015 | 5 min read |

The Chicago Blackhawks have found themselves in the dire financial straits that we all expected coming into the summer. That element in itself is not ...

Blackhawks may lack goaltending depth with trade of Anders Nilsson

By Randy Holt | Jul 7th 2015 | 4 min read |

On Monday, with fans of the Chicago Blackhawks waiting for the larger pieces to fall, Stan Bowman made a rather minor deal in trading goaltending pros...

What does Kris Versteeg's future in Chicago look like?

By Randy Holt | Jul 3rd 2015 | 5 min read |

With much of the hockey world staring at Stan Bowman and the Chicago Blackhawks in anticipation of a trade featuring either Patrick Sharp or Bryan Bic...

Finding the positives in the Brandon Saad trade

By Randy Holt | Jun 30th 2015 | 6 min read |

The shock of the Chicago Blackhawks‘ trade of Brandon Saad is going to take some time to get over. After all, this was a player virtually guaran...

Is it time to worry about the Blackhawks' salary cap issues?

By Randy Holt | Jun 29th 2015 | 4 min read |

With the NHL Draft set to begin earlier this weekend, all eyes were on the Chicago Blackhawks. Not because of who they could potentially select, but w...

Evaluating the Blackhawks' goaltending without Antti Raanta

By Randy Holt | Jun 28th 2015 | 4 min read |

It took until after the NHL Draft was complete, but the Chicago Blackhawks finally made a trade of some sort. It just wasn’t the one that many w...