Stained Silver: Blackhawks at Bruins Preview

Stained Silver: Blackhawks at Bruins Preview

It’s weird to have afternoon hockey this early in the season yet that’s exactly what we’re getting with the Blackhawks and the Bruins facing off in Boston on this Halloween afternoon. Boston enters this game atop the Atlantic Division with 19 points (9-4-1) through 14 games, although they have come back down to Earth a touch after a nine-game stretch earlier this month Boston didn’t lose a game in regulation (8-0-1). After beating the Sharks at…

Searching for Answers, College Firsts, Russia Reinstated, and Other Blackhawks Halloween Bullets - Bleacher Nation

Get your Halloween plans in order, folks. The Blackhawks play at noon in Boston! After a scary (bad) performance in Detroit, the Hawks face a Bruins team that’s been really good to start this season — a regular reality early on the schedule for Chicago. Head coach Jeff Blashill was pretty direct with his comments after the loss to the Red Wings. We’ll see if that resonated in the room at lunchtime today. The Blackhawks cancelled their Friday pra…

As Blackhawks search for solutions, Anton Frondell's usage could be one place to start

<p>BOSTON — The <a class="Link" href="https://chicago.suntimes.com/blackhawks" target="_blank" >Blackhawks</a>' list of problems runs so long at the moment that it's clear no singular fix will turn things around. </p><p>Most of the problems are interconnected, too, making it impossible to isolate each one. The Hawks aren't scoring because they don't have the puck enough, which is because they don't defend well enough. But they can't overcome the…

As Blackhawks search for solutions, Anton Frondell’s usage could be one place to start

BOSTON — The Blackhawks’ list of problems runs so long at the moment that it’s clear no singular fix will turn things around. Most of the problems are interconnected, too, making it impossible to isolate each one. The Hawks aren’t scoring because they don’t have the puck enough, which is because they don’t defend well enough. But they can’t overcome their flawed defense because they’re not scoring. General manager Kyle Davidson likely is wrackin…