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BLACKHAWKS
What I’m hearing about the Blackhawks: Loaded AHL roster, Artyom Levshunov, Roman Kantserov (The Athletic)
Is Luke Richardson the right coach for the Blackhawks? This season should help answer that (The Athletic)
Meet the new Blackhawks: Who’s this Laurent Brossoit guy? (SCH)
Blackhawks prospect rankings: Artyom Levshunov claims top spot above Frank Nazar, Oliver Moore (Sun-Times)
Blackhawks 2024-25 season projection: How much could Chicago improve? (The Athletic)
Musings on Madison, Episode 160 — Levshunov signs and looking ahead to the next Blackhawks season (SCH)
Articles on Teuvo Teravainen’s media session from Tuesday (Sun-Times) (Tribune) (NHL)
Recapping the news and notes from the Blackhawks’ 2024 Development Camp (SCH)
Artyom Levshunov signs with Blackhawks (SCH) (Sun-Times) (Tribune) (The Athletic)
Blackhawks GM Kyle Davidson: Offseason moves will create better development path in NHL, AHL (The Athletic)
Musings on Madison, Episode 159 — Teuvo’s back! Also some free agency and draft stuff (SCH)
How Nick Foligno helped Blackhawks’ front office woo free agent like Tyler Bertuzzi (Sun-Times)
Blackhawks plan to hold young players in AHL until they’re ready to “thrive” in NHL (Sun-Times)
Sam Rinzel maturing physically while taking long route to NHL (Sun-Times)
After free-agent frenzy, Blackhawks walk a line between win-now, win-later at development camp (The Athletic)
Alec Martinez hoping to “give back to the game” after signing with Blackhawks (Sun-Times)
Blackhawks release 2024-25 regular season schedule (SCH) (Sun-Times)
How will the Blackhawks’ free-agent feast affect their prospects and rebuild? (Sun-Times)
Turn pro or return to school? Blackhawks, Artyom Levshunov have a decision to make (The Athletic)
Blackhawks sign Teuvo Teravainen (SCH) (The Athletic)
Blackhawks free agency recap articles (Sun-Times) (Tribune) (The Athletic)
NHL NEWS
2024 NHL Free Agent Tracker (NHL)
Kuznetsov placed on unconditional waivers by Hurricanes (NHL)
Islanders sign RFA Holmstrom, 23, to 1-year deal (ESPN)
Krug out indefinitely; could miss season for Blues (NHL)
Silovs signs 2-year contract with Canucks (NHL)
Byfield signs 5-year contract with Kings (NHL)
Avalanche acquire goalie Mandolese from Senators (ESPN)
Pavelski retires from NHL after 18 seasons (NHL)
Schneider signs 2-year contract with Rangers (NHL)
NHL educates officials at European combine (NHL)
Rangers re-sign Ruhwedel to one-year contract (ESPN)
Iginla signs contract, 1st draft pick in Utah history (NHL)
Moser signs 2-year deal with Lightning, avoids hearing (NHL)
Way-too-early predictions for the 2024-25 NHL season: Stanley Cup winner, dark horse, playoff field, awards, more (The Athletic)
Why Patrick Sharp gave up a blossoming TV career to join the Flyers’ front office (The Athletic)
Suter signs 1-year, $775,000 contract with Blues (NHL)
Capitals ‘not lowering the bar’ with Patrick as GM (NHL)
Panthers, Boqvist agree to 1-year contract (ESPN)
NHL, New Era announce multiyear agreement (NHL)
Emptying my notebook of the 2023-24 NHL stories that weren’t quite fit to print (The Athletic)
Each NHL team’s biggest unaddressed need a week into free agency (The Athletic)
Patrick named Capitals GM, MacLellan remains president (NHL)
HOCKEY WORLD
Late NHLer Greg Johnson diagnosed with CTE (The Athletic)
PWHL free agency: Mid-July roster update (The Ice Garden)
Color of Hockey: Egypt program impactful on, off ice (NHL)
2024-25 Rivalry Series schedule announced (The Ice Garden)
US projected roster for 2025 4 Nations Face-Off (NHL)
Sweden projected roster for 2025 4 Nations Face-Off (NHL)