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Eddie Olczyk joining Kraken's TV broadcast team

A league source has confirmed that longtime NHL player-turned-broadcaster Eddie Olczyk will be joining the ROOT Sports booth for Kraken games this coming season alongside play-by-play man John Forslund, whom he's paired with on national telecasts throughout the years.

Tribune News Service

Eddie Olczyk unlikely to return as the Chicago Blackhawks TV analyst — and the team was ‘blindsided’ by the news

CHICAGO — In a potentially seismic event in the Chicago sports market, the Blackhawks and TV analyst Eddie Olczyk appear to be parting ways.

Chicago Tribune

Blackhawks TV analyst Eddie Olczyk joining Seattle Kraken’s broadcast team

Olczyk couldn’t reach an agreement with management on a new contract. His deal expired after the season. According to a source, the Hawks would not give him the same contract length that the Kraken did.

Chicago Sun-Times

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July is supposed to be a sports snoozer, but not this year in Chicago — it’s wild and weird

Our teams — the Cubs, the White Sox, the Blackhawks, the Bears — are up to all sorts of strange business and busyness.

Chicago Sun-Times

Polling Place: If you ruled the White Sox and Cubs, would you make a managerial change?

Even though the Cubs are on pace for 100 losses, David Ross came out smelling like a rose. Tony La Russa, not so much.

Chicago Sun-Times

Anatomy of a teardown: Why the Blackhawks are doing what they’re doing

The Hawks’ recent rate of turnover on the ice, behind the bench, in the front office and beyond has been stunning. But for the most part, this was a mess that needed this kind of deep cleaning.

Chicago Sun-Times

Blackhawks prospect Frank Nazar turning heads with elite skating, awareness

Nazar dominated the scrimmage that concluded Hawks development camp Friday. The 13th overall pick already rivals Lukas Reichel as the best forward prospect in the Hawks’ system.

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Blackhawks notebook: Dominik Kubalik excited for ‘fresh start’ with Red Wings

Plus, new assistant coach Kevin Dean says the Hawks will use a zone defensive scheme next season.

Chicago Sun-Times

Kyle Davidson has ‘healthy’ conversation with Patrick Kane, Jonathan Toews as Blackhawks’ offseason winds down

The Hawks GM said he doesn’t have a “fully formed opinion...one way or another” on whether Kane or Toews might eventually request trades.

Chicago Sun-Times

If Patrick Kane, Jonathan Toews stay, what will Blackhawks’ lines look like?

It appears increasingly unlikely the two veteran cornerstones will be traded this summer. If they aren’t, the Hawks’ forward depth chart — weak as it is — is pretty much now set.

Chicago Sun-Times

The Blackhawks’ rebuild and those innocent times when being bad was considered a bad thing

The team sure asks a lot from its fans. Patience. A high pain threshold. Amnesia. And money.

Chicago Sun-Times

Blackhawks sign Max Domi, Andreas Athanasiou, 4 others as NHL free agency opens

Domi and Athanasiou signed one-year, $3 million contracts Wednesday. Fellow forward Colin Blackwell inked a two-year deal at $1.2 million per year and backup goalie Alex Stalock signed for one year at $750,000.

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Duncan Keith reflects on times with Blackhawks teammates upon his retirement: ‘We wanted to be great’

CHICAGO — Duncan Keith and his Chicago Blackhawks teammates hoisted three Stanley Cups with thousands of fans looking on from the stands and millions more watching on TV.

Chicago Tribune

Jeff Gordon: Armstrong makes tough decisions needed to keep Blues in chase

Blues general manager Doug Armstrong doesn’t want his team to end up like the poor Chicago Blackhawks.

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Blackhawks notebook: Anders Sorensen named Rockford IceHogs’ full-time coach

Sorensen went 35-26-5 as an interim last season and certainly earned the right to stay. Plus, Scotty Bowman leaves the Hawks and Colton Dach discusses Kirby’s departure.

Chicago Sun-Times

Blackhawks could be busy again Wednesday as NHL free agent market opens

The Hawks absolutely need a second goaltender, probably need a few more forwards and might look into acquiring a bad contract for assets.

Chicago Sun-Times

Duncan Keith retires; says of Blackhawks, ‘We wanted to be great every single night’

Keith thanked Hawks fans, who can have fun debating whether he was the team’s best defenseman since Chris Chelios, Doug Wilson or Pierre Pilote — or ever.

Sports Illustrated

Three-Time Stanley Cup Champion Duncan Keith to Retire

The longtime Blackhawks defenseman, a two-time Norris Trophy winner, announced his retirement Tuesday.

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Kevin Korchinski skating in different lane than Blackhawks’ other prospect defensemen

The Hawks view Korchinski, the 2022 seventh overall pick, as a future first-pairing offensive defenseman and power-play quarterback. Most of their other ‘D’ prospects are more defensive defensemen.

Chicago Sun-Times

Blackhawks walk away from Dylan Strome, Dominik Kubalik, Henrik Borgstrom, Brett Connolly

Strome and Kubalik did not receive qualifying offers, as expected; Caleb Jones and Philipp Kurashev were the only Hawks who did. Borgstrom and Connolly were placed on waivers for buyout purposes.

Chicago Sun-Times

Blackhawks hire Derek King, Kevin Dean as assistant coaches

King will stay with the Hawks’ organization — in the NHL — after an admirable stint as interim head coach last season.

Chicago Tribune

Paul Sullivan: Uncertain futures of Patrick Kane and Willson Contreras are just the way of the world in the age of the rebuild

Patrick Kane and Willson Contreras are two elite players in their respective sports and fan favorites in Chicago, where they’ve spent their entire careers.

Chicago Sun-Times

Bold decisions made, GM Kyle Davidson now on the clock for Blackhawks’ successes and failures

Cleaning up Stan Bowman’s mess was the easy part. Now Davidson will have to be accountable for his own inevitable mistakes — and handle the unpopularity of being a general manager through a rebuild.

Chicago Sun-Times

Salary-cap flexibility keeps dictating NHL trade market

The Blackhawks’ decisions to trade Alex DeBrincat and acquire Petr Mrazek, along with almost every other trade recently completed around the NHL, have been heavily affected by cap implications.

Chicago Sun-Times

Alex DeBrincat, Kirby Dach ‘shocked’ by trades away from Blackhawks

Dach’s move to Montreal could be a beneficial fresh start, but it’s difficult to imagine DeBrincat thriving in Ottawa more than he did in Chicago.

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