The Buffalo Sabres will be down a forward to start the season, and possibly a defenseman, too. On Wednesday, Sabres general manager Jarmo Kekalainen revealed that winger Jason Zucker will not be ready for the start of the season as he is recovering from offseason surgery to repair a sports hernia.
It is hard to believe but training camp is upon the Buffalo Sabres. It is time to move past the success of last season and find new pieces that can help them stay near the top of the NHL standings.
Having a strong, puck-moving defenceman who can hit, score, and lock down elite talents is what every team in the NHL wants, and being 6'8" makes that combination nearly impossible.
How many of the players to grace the cover of each EA NHL video game going back to 'NHL 2000?"
The Buffalo Sabres yesterday acquired the fourth overall pick, along with the 45th overall pick, and Louis Crevier. The Sabres sent defenseman Bowen Byram and forward Jordan Greenway to the Blackhawks.
The NHL has had an interesting new millennium. It was a league sans a salary cap when the 2000s started… and then the owners locked the players out for an entire season.
The Chicago Blackhawks acquired defenseman Bowen Byram and forward Jordan Greenway from the Buffalo Sabres Tuesday in a trade that includes the 2026 No.
Earning time on the blue line was not easy early in the season. The Chicago Blackhawks deployed an 11 forward, seven defensemen system in October. At that point, Louis Crevier was seemingly the seventh man.
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.
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 have a load of talent on defense. Most importantly, they built up their defensive core throughout the rebuild, and it’s finally coming together as the light at the end of the tunnel becomes brighter.
People will talk about the “Mount Rushmore” for a franchise, which is to say the four people, usually four players, that most define the franchise. Not always the four-best players, but the four that evoke the essence of the franchise.
The Chicago Blackhawks are doing the best they can to return to relevance. As we know, they’ve been in rebuilding mode for quite a few seasons now. General manager Kyle Davidson wants to build a contending team mostly from within, through draft picks and development of young players.
#46 D Chicago Blackhawks Defense Active 2026 Season Stats 4 G 11 A 15 PTS -1 +/- ChiCitySports › Chicago Blackhawks › Louis Crevier Louis Crevier is a defense for the Chicago Blackhawks, wearing number 46.
Defenseman Louis Crevier wasn’t even sure he would ever make it to the NHL. He went undrafted in 2019, his first year of eligibility. But then he was selected in the seventh round (188th overall) by the Chicago Blackhawks in the 2020 NHL Draft.
It’s easy to root for the underdog, and it’s well known that Chicago Blackhawks defenseman Louis Crevier has been one his whole career. A seventh-round draft pick, to now a constant in head coach Jeff Blashill’s lineup.
The Chicago Blackhawks have an important season ahead of them. The organization has committed to building through the draft, and a plethora of draft picks are NHL-ready, or on the cusp of being NHL-ready.
The Blackhawks have locked up one of their towering 6-foot-8 defensemen, as Louis Crevier has agreed to sign a two-year contract worth $900,000 per year.
The Chicago Blackhawks have had a quiet offseason, making only a few trades here and there, and signing one player, C/W Ryan Donato, to a four-year deal.
A large man who has become a capable blueliner is staying in the Windy City. On Thursday, the Chicago Blackhawks announced that the team has re-signed defenseman Louis Crevier to a two-year contract.
The Chicago Blackhawks had to call upon some unexpected reinforcements throughout the season. With injuries to veterans like Connor Murphy and Alec Martinez, youngsters who weren't garnishing a ton of attention got meaningful run on the blue line. Insert Louis Crevier.
The Chicago Blackhawks announced Monday that center Philipp Kurashev has been placed on the injured reserve retroactive to February 27 due to a hand injury.
After a “get-back-to-work” practice on Tuesday, the Chicago Blackhawks had a more standard session at the Fifth Third Arena today. They are preparing for a busy weekend with back-to-back games against the Columbus Blue Jackets on Saturday and the Toronto Maple Leafs on Sunday.
The second overall pick of the 2024 NHL Draft is set to make his debut.
The Chicago Blackhawks (13–25–2) fell to the New York Rangers (18–20–1) Sunday afternoon at the United Center 6–2 in front of a young and quiet crowd. Connor Bedard assisted on the opening goal to extend his point streak to seven games and defenseman Wyatt Kaiser scored his first career NHL goal late in the game when it did not matter.
Chicago Blackhawks defenseman Louis Crevier registered his first NHL goal on Wednesday night against the Dallas Stars. Crevier, drafted in the seventh round of the 2020 NHL Draft, has played in 26 NHL games over the course of the past two seasons.
The Blackhawks have placed defenseman Seth Jones on injured reserve with a right foot injury.
The center could become a trade chip for Chicago as we near the NHL trade deadline.
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