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BLACKHAWKS
Blackhawks to celebrate 2025-26 centennial season in four chapters (Sun-Times) (The Athletic)
The NHL website did some stuff on the Blackhawks: Article on the youth, “3 Questions,” Fantasy preview, NHL EDGE stats
What are the Blackhawks getting with No. 29 overall pick Mason West? (SCH)
Why Blackhawks first-rounder Anton Frondell plans to stay in Sweden this season (The Athletic)
Blackhawks lineup projection: Ultra-young defense will form backbone of 2025-26 roster (Sun-Times)
Celebrini, Bedard invited to Canada Olympic Camp (NHL)
Why Blackhawks prospect Marek Vanacker has “a lot of untapped potential” (The Athletic)
Blackhawks fan survey 2025-26: Your thoughts on rebuild, direction, CHSN, much more (The Athletic)
Bedard hopes diligent offseason training leads to explosive third Blackhawks season (Sun-Times)
Reports: Blackhawks agree to terms with Arvid Soderblom on a two-year contract (SCH) (Sun-Times) (Tribune)
What I’m hearing about the Blackhawks: How committed is Mason West to hockey over football? (The Athletic)
Lazerus mailbag, Part I: Perils of tanking, costs of fandom and intrigue of Nick Lardis (The Athletic)
What are the Blackhawks getting in No. 66 overall pick Nathan Behm? (SCH)
Blackhawks fan survey: Are you as confident in the rebuild as Kyle Davidson is? (The Athletic)
Mason West plays hockey with quarterback’s perspective — because he is one (Sun-Times)
Blackhawks re-sign defenseman Louis Crevier (SCH) (Sun-Times)
Blackhawks sign Russian goalie Stanislav Berezhnoy (SCH)
Blackhawks release schedule for the 2025-26 regular season (SCH) (Sun-Times)
Blackhawks sign Anton Frondell to entry-level contract (SCH) (Sun-Times) (The Athletic) (Tribune)
Examining the ’24-25 seasons of the Blackhawks’ young blue-liners who’ll be on the ice even more in ’25-26 (SCH)
NHL NEWS
Pettersson out for revenge in 2024-25 (Sportsnet)
McDavid, Kaprizov central to 2026 UFA market (Sportsnet)
Manson pays tribute to late mother for Players’ Tribune (NHL)
Khudobin retires from NHL after 14 seasons (NHL)
Kraken mascot has run-in with bear at video shoot (ESPN)
Goals king Ovechkin finds partner for movie rights (ESPN)
Canucks bring back Kravtsov with one-year, two-way contract (TSN)
Leafs re-sign Villeneuve to one-year, two-way deal (TSN)
Schaefer signs entry-level contract with Islanders (NHL)
Panthers’ Tkachuk revealed as cover athlete for NHL ’26 (NHL)
Yakemchuk focused on NHL this season with Senators (NHL)
Laferriere, Kings agree to 3-year, $12.3M deal (ESPN)
Gaudreau Family 5K raises $500K for playground (ESPN)
Kaepernick, Lynch join hockey diversity event (ESPN)
Sabres sign G Levi to 2-year, $1.625M contract (ESPN)
Samberg gets 3-year deal with Jets, avoids arbitration (NHL)
Pospisil gets 3-year contract with Flames (NHL)
Oilers GM Bowman “very encouraged” by early talks on McDavid extension (TSN)
Report: Wild, RFA Rossi haven’t talked since early June (TSN)
Struble gets 2-year deal with Canadiens, avoids arbitration (NHL)
HOCKEY WORLD
PWHL Roster Recap: July 2025 (The Ice Garden)
Column: The PWHL has a hiring problem (The Ice Garden)
Gwyneth Philips signs two-year contract extension (The Ice Garden)
Backstrom returning to Sweden to resume hockey career (NHL)