#Paul Ludwinski

ANAHEIM, Calif. - The Blackhawks didn't like reading and hearing all the things the hockey world said about them leading into this season; that they were sure to be terrible, that they were designed to fail, that they were in contention to be the worst team in the league. They shrugged it off as "outside noise," sure, but they didn't forget it,…

Chicago has fully embraced their rebuild with new general manager Kyle Davidson. That means their prospect pool will be a major focus of the team for the next few years. The jettisoning of young franchise building blocks such as Kirby Dach and Alex Debrincat at the draft is a prime example of that. Debrincat and Dach are just 24 and 21 years old…

As much as Luke Richardson has learned about Chicago since his hiring by the Blackhawks in June, the Montreal transplant occasionally shows he still is learning a few things about his adopted city. "I didn't even know Goose Island was from Chicago before I got here," said Richardson, who handed out a few beers at his news conference Monday - the…