You know what’s awesome? Waiting almost ten days for a Blackhawks’ game and then having multiple days off in between. Two games this week is just marvelous for fans who want to watch games. It is helpful for a team that still has some guys working through some stuff physically, however. The three highest-paid players on the roster were all absent from practice yesterday; the Captain is still sick and the others needed a maintenance day. There’s a lot going on off the ice right now, so let’s get to it.
You can remove Florida from the Jakob Chychrun sweepstakes as they are not willing to move the assets to make it happen. But as our Dennis Bernstein first reported over All-Star Weekend, keep an eye on Boston here.