The Chicago Blackhawks finished their 2025-26 campaign 31st in the league, with a record of 29-39-14 and 72 points. It was an improvement from last season’s totals of 25-46-11 (61 points), but the organization had more progress in mind when they embarked on this campaign.
The Chicago Blackhawks finished their 2025-26 campaign 31st in the league, with a record of 29-39-14 and 72 points. It was an improvement from last season’s totals of 25-46-11 (61 points), but the organization had more progress in mind when they embarked on this campaign.
There is no team in the NHL that is going to be facing more pressure this offseason than the Edmonton Oilers. That pressure is already starting, and it is coming from the franchise's two best players, forwards Connor McDavid and Leon Draisaitl.
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The Chicago Blackhawks head into another offseason after missing the playoffs for a third time under phenom forward Connor Bedard and for the sixth consecutive year overall.
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While the rest of the hockey world focuses on the first round of the playoffs, the Chicago Blackhawks are settling in to their offseason routines. It’s never fun to finish 31st in the NHL, and Chicago has been there three years in a row now.
The Chicago Blackhawks have been looking to find ways to improve the roster after finishing the regular season with the second-worst record. They have a lot of cap space and draft capital to help them improve during the offseason as well.
The Chicago Blackhawks’ 2025 third overall draft pick, Anton Frondell, made his NHL debut on March 24 after coming over from a successful season with Djurgårdens IF in Sweden.
The Chicago Blackhawks need to undergo a transformation. You have players making statements about playoffs or bust. Media members are making bold predictions that the team will be hunting for top wingers.
The 2026 NHL Draft Lottery is a day full of wonder. What teams will move up and what teams will move down? Will there be a repeat like last year, when the New York Islanders moved up nine spots in the lottery and were able to take Matthew Schaefer?
The New Jersey Devils are entering a new era. With the recent hiring of first-time general manager Sunny Mehta, the Devils are hoping to turn around a franchise that has won just one playoff series in the last 14 years.
Scott Powers of The Athletic: Looking at the Chicago Blackhawks roster and tiering who is staying and who could be gone. Returning for sure – Connor Bedard,
“The Chicago Blackhawks eagerly anticipate the upcoming NHL Draft Lottery, after which they’ll be picking in the top five no matter what…” …is a sentence we could’ve written in 2026, 2025, 2024, or 2023.
The Chicago Blackhawks finished their 2025-26 campaign 31st in the league, with a record of 29-39-14 and 72 points. It was an improvement from last season’s totals of 25-46-11 (61 points), but the organization had more progress in mind when they embarked on this campaign.
The Chicago Blackhawks‘ season ended on April 15 with a 5-2 win over the San Jose Sharks. That game showed what the team could be: a young, hungry group with potential.
The Blackhawks have reportedly bought in on bringing ‘impact wingers’ into the organization. With Connor Bedard and Anton Frondell looking likely to be the one-two punch up the middle for the Blackhawks, the team will look to surround them with high-level wingers.
Daily Faceoff: David Pagnotta, when asked about the Chicago Blackhawks and what’s next for them. Connor Bedard needs a new deal, likely a mid-term deal.
“This kind of has to be the last year of, you know, obviously, the games aren’t meaningless, but not playing until the end of the year. Playing for something in the playoff standings…” That was a comment made, in part, by Connor Bedard during exit interviews, and his teammates shared that sentiment.
Despite showing some brief signs of improvement and getting a further glimpse at some young talent that the club hopes will carry them for the next several years, the Chicago Blackhawks once again weren’t able to clinch a berth in the Stanley Cup Playoffs.
The offseason has arrived for half of the league’s teams that aren’t taking part in the playoffs. Accordingly, it’s now time to examine what they will need to accomplish over the coming months. Next up is a look at Chicago.
Top Chicago Blackhawks prospect Anton Frondell is set to head back overseas after joining Chicago for the final 12 games of the regular season. He will join Team Sweden at the 2026 World Championships set to take place in Switzerland per Ben Pope of the Chicago Sun-Times.
The Chicago Blackhawks were arguably the best team in the NHL during the early 2010s. They won three Stanley Cups with Patrick Kane and Jonathan Toews leading the way, but things haven’t been pretty ever since.
With the 2025-26 season wrapping up last week, there were a lot of areas that the Chicago Blackhawks were either disappointing or needed improvement, but there were some areas of surprise.
The Chicago Blackhawks could be preparing for an aggressive offseason, with NHL insider Frank Seravalli suggesting the club may pursue a major move for a young impact forward, such as Toronto Maple Leafs winger Matthew Knies or Dallas Stars star Jason Robertson.
We are back with another player grade article. Like in previous articles, I will give a grade for individual Chicago Blackhawks and Rockford IceHogs players.
Is success in the Windy City coming sooner than later? The Chicago Blackhawks failed to qualify for the Stanley Cup Playoffs for the sixth straight season, and are a favorite to win the NHL Draft Lottery once again.
It hasn’t been a successful last few seasons in the win-loss column for the Chicago Blackhawks, as the team is set to miss the postseason for the sixth straight year and eighth time in the last nine seasons. However, the general consensus is that the team is on the way up as their rebuild continues.
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