2023-24 Chicago Blackhawks Season Preview

[@HawksPassedDemidovAndEiserman]

Hawks didn’t bring in Taylor Hall to play with Bedard, they brought in Hall to win next years draft lottery.

[@ND_22_6_SOCCER]

What

[@csolivais1979]

@@ND_22_6_SOCCER it's a joke, because for the longest time every team he played for either that team, or that team's draft pick, won the draft lottery

[@jonah.donohue]

​@@csolivais1979Bruins broke that. It's over

[@mattm4306]

LOL

[@blackrocks8413]

Do we consider Hall playing for the Blackhawks? In reality isn't he playing for Taylor Hall....

[@catmelvin997]

the blackhawks uniform and that black Sens one with the centurion they had in the early 2000s are 2 of my favorite jerseys in hockey. Big fan of the face theme

[@jexywexy]

I’m sure everyone will be very respectful when the Blackhawks draft first again in 24. I believe in Kyle from Chicago

[@newschooler720]

Hoping we finish bottom 3 again, Celebrini would look great with Bedard in Chicago...

[@dangshnizzle6929]

Give me Levshunov

[@gaberzucek8397]

I am done with their tanking I hope we see some success, they already have Nazer and Moore as soon as those guys get in the line up within the next few seasons we are good. I hope they can figure out a way to start making playoffs because it’s been way too dry for way too long.

[@jimlewis1992]

​@gaberzucek8397 Dude you made playoffs in 2020 stfu

[@dangshnizzle6929]

@@gaberzucek8397 Solid strategy to limit the ceiling and window.

[@joshmajka4980]

Celebrini, Fantili, Power, etc. The Chicago Steel having been pumping out studs lately.

[@jacobhowland623]

Hawks fan here… not expecting much this year. Can’t wait to watch Bedard

[@scott4259]

Chicago has 7 of 9 on the road in October. The two home games are Vegas and Boston! Bedard 35-45-80. Kid's going to be amazing.

[@BSAnime]

Looking forward to the season regardless of how bad it maybe. Ordered myself a Regina Pats Bedard jersey as well

[@tt128556]

60-70 points is realistic for Bedard if he plays a full sesson. If he manages to pull off a 90+ point season I'll start to believe that he could equal McDavid one day.

[@diceman3616]

I agree with you, anyone who is projecting much higher than this isn't taking into account who is surrounding him. One player can only do so much.

[@interstellarsynthesis5654]

I may be weird, but I have just as much fun watching the theme developed as I do watching them win. I think this is a team that’s going to be surprising.

[@patward8542]

Just want to see the kid play. After losing Toews and Kane within months of each other, Hawks fans need someone to bring back the excitement again. It will be a few years til they get back to the playoffs but I’m keeping the faith that Bedard will lead them to the promised land.

[@dangshnizzle6929]

Arguably the best prospect pool in the league and they still have the most 1st round picks of any team and second most 2nd round picks (8x in 3 years, only behind Arizona's 10x)... league's not ready.

[@kenkunz1428]

Patience Blackhawk fans, patience.

[@dangshnizzle6929]

@@kenkunz1428 Obviously. Gonna take like 6 years to be a contender.

[@orebrotribune8302]

I think it will be an exciting season, fun to see how Bedard develops and how Hall and Reichel will work during a full season with the Hawks. I think Chicago will overachieve but still end up in the bottom five. But it is only positive because then you will get to choose another player who will be a building block for the future.

[@Wlightning25]

I’m hoping to see a good improvement from the Hawks this season, but I don’t know if they rise in the standings that much if at all. For the Hawks to move up, other teams need to move down and I can’t think of teams that would move down in the Central or in the league that they could jump over.

[@tylerharaf5901]

As a hawks fan, I think we could pass San Jose/az/cbj but that’s really about it. Similar to the chicago bears I think we’re another year way with our upcoming prospects + having that year two bump from bedard

[@jry0511]

As a Hawks fan, I fully embrace the hate. 😈

[@bigdaddyd6592]

The only player on earth putting up 100 points with this team is McDavid. I love Bedard’s upside but let’s be a little realistic

[@Marvio12]

ya thats why I predicted 99 points for Bedard 😆. Realistically, if he gets 60-70 that would be awsome

[@diceman3616]

I doubt even McDavid could get 100 points surrounded by this team right now. He's definitely the only one who would have any hope in doing so, he's the only player in the modern era to even break 150 points.

[@romanm9718]

The best jersey in hockey. Let's go Hawks!!!

[@Wogger72]

Selanne had 76 goals and 132 points as a rookie. Bedard hasn't played a game yet give him a few games see hows its going? Nhl very fast several HOT SHOTS.

[@dwaynew8297]

The Hawks can only get better from here. I see them getting 5-10 more wins. Soderbloom will be a solid goalkeeper. Helps to have C. jones gone from the defense. Bedard will help the scoring and PP.

[@dangshnizzle6929]

​​@geoff3103 honestly top 6 is a win. Really depends when the first RD is off the board. A way too early prediction is Levshunov around 3rd OA after Cellebrini and Demidov, so yeah top 3 would be nice. But top 6 nets us the choice between Henry Mews and Adam Jiříček

[@bjp1920]

Bedard and Hall should be a good combo. However, the rest of the team is Reichel, Raddysh, and Seth Jones. Last in the Central with 59-64 points.

[@vipeholmskolan6052]

The rebuild still has a long way to go.

[@kenkunz1428]

The Blackhawks should be much more exciting to watch this year, and while there will be improvement, I see them finishing 7th or 8th in the Central. It's a rebuild and when the team is a cup contender again, guys like Perry and Foligno will be long gone. I'm a Blackhawks fan living in Chicago....I don't know any Hawks fans who care that other fan bases don't like the Blackhawks.

[@clydeblair9622]

If Bedard is even an Yzerman it took Him 14 years to get a Cup. The scandal didn't help.

[@Toole8]

It was a combination of old age and the old ownership core (I.e the name that won't be mentioned) that refused a complete rebuild

[@TylerMorganShow]

Excited to watch them in WPG

[@jamesruscheinski8602]

attractive play in regular season

[@jamesruscheinski8602]

team defense back in own zone, transition offense puck movement

[@Tallglassofsoymilk]

“Tough sledding” very Canadian

[@kevinsobiski5212]

I look for a 12-15 point improvement. Around 7th worst team. The season will be about getting Bedard and Korchinski into the NHL.

[@jimmiller6704]

I see the Hawks doing better than most do here. 3rd in their div.

[@faunbudweis]

I think Lukas Reichel has a good chance to break out next season

[@jaycutler118]

An established superstar like Kane couldn't even put up decent stat sheet on a dumpster team last year, people predicting Bedard to get 40/55 are just absolutely ridiculous and ignorant (probably not a Hawks fan themselves) 70+ points for Bedard seem like a positive scenario for me.

[@goodeye6373]

They have insulated this kid with the team they built around him. Not saying the team does great, but Bedard to me will have all the chances to shine. Chicago should improve to low to mid 70s. Be competitive. I can see him getting a point per game +-. Some other star players played on teams on the rebuild. Almost no protection for those guys. He has super hockey IQ. Practiced with pros for a while. He sees the ice like Sidney Crosby.

[@timothycurrell5712]

I have seen Korchinski play in person. I do *not* understand why everyone is saying he can make the club this year. He is a HORRIFIC defender, and has some absurd on-ice habits that regularly put him out of position and lead to chances against. Chicago needs reliable, stay-at-home defensemen, not another Seth Jones. Korchinski has a LOT to learn about playing his position -- he would be much better suited as a winger -- and I expect Luke Richardson to send him down to the T-Birds in the first round of cuts.

[@alcostello6114]

People need to get over the Kyle Beech scandal, they just use it as a club to beat up on the team they already didn’t like. They don’t actually care about what happened to him. That’s the worst part of all this hate

[@starchmonkey]

The fact that you assume other people don't care about him, and that they should "get over it" is a horrible reflection of your own character, not others.

[@NRTHKR]

I think people predicting Connor Bedard only scoring 70 points are living in a past decade and don’t actually understand why he deserved all the hype, he could contend for 40 goals and 50-55+ assists this very season.

[@KobeLoverTatum]

Steve Dangle predicted Bedard flirting with 100 points, anyone who actually knows anything about hockey knows this is the reality of the situation.

[@people3865]

​@HogEnjoyer If Steve Dangle said it, then I'd say it never happens lol. Reality is, we don't know. He could come out the gate as a stud, or need a bit to get going.

[@KobeLoverTatum]

@@people3865oh wow man, what amazing insight you have. here i was assuming his entire career was already over and it had been 20 years, thank you kindly sir!!

[@NothingToPointOut24]

Anyone predict Bedard will struggle are probably looking more at the lack of talent that he is playing with. Its not about him. He might eventually make lesser players around him better, but I doubt that happens right out of the gate. Personally I'd be shocked if he scored 40 goals or had 90 points in his first season. If he did I would be convinced he is going to be better than McDavid.

[@GG-ng6zm]

@@NothingToPointOut24 he had no one in the whl and still broke records

[@FrankieHresko]

I believe Caleb Jones signed for Carolina already 🤔

[@LatinxGoyslop1994]

I feel bad for Bedard, all these people predicting him getting 100 points his first season. Now if he ends up with like 75 or 80 points it'll be seen as a failure of a season which is absolutely absurd. As for the Blackhawks, they'll still likely be bottom of the division

[@Yo_Adrienne]

I feel sorry for him in that people will already be judging this 18-year-old kid in his first year in the NHL as a "bust," if he doesn't meet their expectations. It's sickening. Luckily, he seems to be one who is able to ignore all of that kind of noise.

[@csolivais1979]

@@geoff3103 they can always send him back to Juniors, even better if they do so before he plays 9 games. But maybe they don't care if they burn a year of his elc.

[@Bruce-oe2ie]

@@geoff3103How is that a bad move for the Blackhawks to play Bedard. Most 1st overall picks go to the NHL immediately and it works out fine for them. Even ones worse than Bedard

[@tylerharaf5901]

I agree, as a hawks fan people are overestimating him his rookie year. I think he gets that 100 point mark his second year, but he’ll be in the 65-80 point range this year

[@blackrocks8413]

I do feel bad for him to. He is going to be influenced by Perry. So sad

[@Mechanicsville804]

They’ll be .500 after October

[@Oldpucker]

Kane woulda been the best guy to Shepard this kid in. Don’t party or behave like I did but definitely win the same way. Hall doesn’t even have close to the same pedigree. Too bad Kaner wouldn’t take a huge pay cut and go back to Chicago.

[@lukecullen7934]

flames whennnn

[@JeikobuNippon]

Interesting MVP choice and logic. I respect that. But I don’t get you not choosing Bedard is the “next one” just because everyone already expects him to be great. You could choose Bedard but then talk about other up-and-coming Hawks in addition to him. 🤷‍♂️ But no biggie.

[@Jay-fl5yr]

Hawks brought on Darren Pang. They’re unstoppable. And I HATE IT

[@BuriedFlame]

Season Preview: Connor Bedard. See you next video.

[@mattlovespeebee]

I’ve said it before but I think the hate towards the Hawks was anger towards the owners and their handling of the abuse scandal. I honestly thought that they should have been punished severely for their indiscretions but instead Bettman gave them Bedard instead. 12:28

[@TheChronicFiend]

When was this filmed?3 weeks ago??caleb jones signed a while ago with the canes lol

[@Tyler-B91-i8e]

Hawks make playoffs this season

[@robertpetero3701]

caleb is with carolina

[@phillytheflyerable]

Bedard will be a disappointment if he doesnt get atleast 70 points

[@blackrocks8413]

70 points minimum? no

[@eirikrdberg1161]

Ovechkin scored 50 goals and 50 assists in his first season. Beaded won’t.

[@MrDuds1984]

Their stats from last year are meaningless, meaningless. This is a new era and new team.

[@hockeyinalabama]

Still hoping the hockey gods punish the org when the NHL did not BUT I do hope Arvid Soderblom gets better! I want to see Elmer and Arvid play each other again.

[@jakerobson5096]

I know bedard has nothing left to prove in junior. But putting bedard in the nhl I don’t know if that’s necessarily the right call but who know what’s really going to happen

[@jakerobson5096]

Maybe it works out

[@bigdaddyd6592]

@@geoff3103I don’t think he has much more room to physically grow. He’s already filled out his frame. There’s a reason he has this much hype. Probably had an NHL-ready body for years

[@aeroluckyagent3833]

Yeah, I am a bit scared we will rush him like Kirby Dach or Bedard gets injured in the World's Canada Junior team. I think sending him to the AHL isn't a bad thing to grow mentally and physically.

[@ryannovak553]

@@aeroluckyagent3833 he’s much more nhl ready then Kirby Dach was. Plus he can’t play in the AHL this year or even next year even, just like dach when he was drafted. With the Whl rules prospects under 20 years old can only play in the nhl or juniors. He will be fine in the nhl though I wouldn’t worry

[@jakerobson5096]

@@aeroluckyagent3833 Ya the AHL wouldn’t be bad but, that’s why I said the WHL just bacause I’m not 100% positive he’s even eligible to play in the American League yet. Putting him on a line with Hall and I guess foligno (really the only options) might help his development at least give him a couple half decent nhlers to play alongside. The one thing I will say is Chicago has a dirty prospect system.

[@jonah.donohue]

Hawks dont deserve Bedard

[@gregofthelake]

I'm hoping for improvement from the Hawks, but I'm not expecting making it to the playoffs. I'm a lifelong and ups and downs are all part of it. Thanks for all the work into the previews. I am ready for the season to get going.

[@YvonjrPierre-mb9hp]

Macklin.celebrini.ok.

[@gordonmacdowell8117]

Bedard could end up only getting 25 goals in his first season, comparable to someone like Tavares in his first outing. I see Chicago competing for the first overall pick in the Entry Draft, because when you have a team in year one, after stripping their team down to the studs, they need a lot better goaltending going forward. Perry and Foligno could easily be sold off as rentals at the deadline, with Chicago being in a position to easily retain their salaries.

[@0SGE0]

Ok, but what if Kane comes back to Chicago? You could have a line of 1'st overall picks. Hall - Bedard - Kane

[@Bruce-oe2ie]

Management has already said they aren’t going to sign him

[@crozierjackson7580]

Bedard is too small. Probably get injured

[@TheHockeyGuy]

McDavid is 6'1". Crosby is 5'11". Bedard is 5'10". I don't think size will be an issue.

[@matthew3925]

@@TheHockeyGuynot to mention Patrick Kane

[@TheHockeyGuy]

Yep, size isn't an issue for elite talents, not in today's game.

[@conormulcahy6203]

Hall-Bedard-Reichel is goi to be a scary line

[@Lebowski55]

Korchinski will be 19 the entire NHL season. There are usually very few teenage defenseman in the NHL. There is no reason to rush him in general, and specifically for where the Blackhawks are at. For context, Duncan Keith was drafted at 19 in 2002 and didn't play full time in the NHL until 2006. That development time helped him tremendously.

[@sakamalaRL]

Korchinski is too good for the minors or AHL, he’s ready to take the jump, yes he’s young but that doesn’t mean he as an individual isn’t ready, he’s a special case.

[@Lebowski55]

@@sakamalaRL He isn't to good for the AHL. He is too young for the AHL.

[@MrSandman730]

Caleb Jones signed In Carolina

[@Yo_Adrienne]

And, Anders Bjork signed with the IceHogs, so he's actually still in the organization.

[@TheChronicFiend]

The man thinks the yotes have their place in arizona...hes obviously not thinking clearly

[@Lazzar1958]

I hope Bedard can withstand the pressure! Expectations can be a tricky beast!

[@tomfilipiak3511]

Once again,in their history,they only have had 2 first round picks!The hawks,won the pick,legally!Bruins,Leafs,CHOKE!

[@jreiland07]

Never fully appreciated how much the other fan bases in the league hate my hometown Penguins until the Hawks drafted Bedard a year after Kane and Toews left. Like, I finally get it.

[@jreiland07]

@@bradwiszowaty9573 Yeah I’m actually starting to question 2005 now lol. I was really hoping to see Bedard’s first game here in Pittsburgh but I have night class. If he’s anything like his idol Crosby - especially the work ethic - you’re getting a special one.

[@jayvardy]

Bedard 33 Goals, 42 assists.

[@people3865]

Seems high to me, but he will have some ok line mates.

[@Zaghzackio]

​@@people3865 seems a bit low to me

[@siimtokke3461]

Hate for Hawks will never end.

[@ronaldwayne7092]

For those looking for a reason for Bedard to bust...look at the other time the #1 overall draft pick wore the number 98.

[@steadyrhythms9571]

I honestly think Bedard's ceiling for this season is like 66 points. Don't have any reasoning behind it, just feel that way. Honestly surprised to hear "70 points minimum" from THG here, thought he'd have lower expectations. Guess we'll see, it'd be cooler if he proved me wrong.

[@fubartotale3389]

To all the haters, give it a rest please, every member of the team, front office and ownership from the Beach era are either dead or out of hockey.

[@KobeLoverTatum]

dude who cares that people don’t like the blackhawks, plenty of hockey fans don’t like certain teams, boohoo cry about it some more😂

[@sakamalaRL]

“you have to like my hockey team guys”

[@JoeMazzullaaa]

you mean they’re not with the blackhawks, as they are still in the nhl on other teams or currently sitting in free agency waiting to sign - because there were no consequences handed out besides the hawks paying Beach for sweeping it under the rug, a number of front office personnel and players are still employed in the league. Just stating the facts.

[@HawksPassedDemidovAndEiserman]

Literally no one has made a single comment about Kyle Beach on this video before you, isn’t that ironic? That the people who want everyone to move on from the Kyle Beach situation won’t stop bringing him up themselves, completely unprompted.

[@tomfilipiak3511]

Look in the mirror!

[@XaviRonaldo0]

Thanks for trolling the hockey fandom with that thumbnail!

[@TheChronicFiend]

???youre that salty bud?

[@fratzogmopars]

Anaheim was the team that really tanked, not Chicago.

[@TheChronicFiend]

Im a hawks fan but common man...trading hagel at the deadline then dach n debrincat over the summer...im sry but thats tanking😂

[@peterolbrisch8970]

Kane and Toews first year.....one point from missing the playoffs. Second year final four. Third year raise the cup.

[@inDefEE]

had a much better team back then. You’ve got bedard, hall and few older guys on their way out for the purpose of mentoring, and another 18 or so 3rd to 4th liners at best.

[@peterolbrisch8970]

@@inDefEE Yeah, I know that. Bedard will be more of a veteran like Keith when things turn around.

[@peterolbrisch8970]

@@geoff3103 Kane played his first year, won the Calder. Bedard will be fine.

[@mjk06]

Well done too the Hawks for winning the most obviously rigged lottery. Kane/Toews leave Chicago. NHL "Oh no Chicago doesn't have a star anymore..........oh here have Bedard"

[@TheChronicFiend]

The salt is real!!🧂🧂

[@kenkunz1428]

I love your agony about as Bedard already loves Chicago!

[@mjk06]

@@kenkunz1428 I don't care that he ended up in Chicago. What I do care about is the NHL blatantly rigging things.

[@kenkunz1428]

@@mjk06 If you think it's rigged, then why even follow it? Why pay any attention to it?

[@chrisbelos2834]

bottom 5 of the league, even with Bedard. just imagine if they had hold to Debrincat and Dach... but tanking for bedard was the right move. having Gary in their backpocket helped them alot to get Bedard too

[@csolivais1979]

So all the other teams there were just willing to go along with getting screwed over?

[@Yo_Adrienne]

@@csolivais1979 Not to mention that the accounting firm that oversaw the drawing isn't about to throw away their reputation for him, either. I'll take Korchinski, Nazar, and the other prospects they got via those trades over injury-prone Dach, and over DeBrincat and his giant contract. At least they now have a top prospect pool and a light at the end of the tunnel.. They wouldn't have that if they hadn't traded those guys.

[@chrisbelos2834]

@@Yo_Adrienne it was a smart move from the blackhawks to send Dach to Montreal and Debrincat to Ottawa. both teams were better than them and it raised their chance to get the #1 draft pick.

[@TheChronicFiend]

Salt salt n more salt!🧂🧂🧂🧂

[@modeisin7]

Personally I love to see this team be terrible I just can’t stand anything about the Blackhawks most of all the jerseys

[@GraveVibrations]

Best jersey in hockey :P

[@kschro03]

Don Cherry only thinks Bedard will only get 15 goals 🫤

[@JustJesse123]

They should sign some free agents

[@xBLACKSWANx]

Blackhawks are a joke. The 2 million dollar fine isnt even 1% of the revenue they generate.

[@mrplow2843]

Wehhhh 😢 wehhhhhhh 😢 wehhhhhhhhhhh 😭

[@TheChronicFiend]

🧂🧂🧂have this stanley cup shaped salt!!put it on your burn twice a day for a few weeks..you should feel better afterwards!!😂

[@xBLACKSWANx]

@@TheChronicFiend I've seen 4 stanley cup championships to your 3...so gfy

[@xBLACKSWANx]

@@mrplow2843 I'm glad you take the sexual assault of one of your players serious. That's good to know.

[@mrplow2843]

@@xBLACKSWANx yes... yes.... that's exactly what my comment means. You simpleton.

[@zackeryjones3589]

Shannon maybe for some other off-season content try trade trees

[@philcarlson5313]

No hawks fans don’t Give A SINGLE FLYING FAQ if we get hate 😂