While the early-season outlook might be bleak for the 3-6-2 Blackhawks, their future got a big boost on Wednesday.
The team announced this afternoon that third overall pick Kirby Dach will be staying with the team in the NHL all season, and then later in the evening, their premier blue-line prospect, Adam Boqvist, scored his first professional goal.
First AHL goal for Mr. @BoqvistAdam ! 🚨 pic.twitter.com/MdPgGs57Ed
— Rockford IceHogs (@goicehogs) October 31, 2019
After going five games without a point - while also dealing with some bumps and bruises - the 19-year-old Boqvist finally scored for the Blackhawks' American Hockey League affiliate Rockford IceHogs.
Boqvist was one of the top defensemen in the Ontario Hockey League last season, registering 30 goals and 43 assists between the regular season and playoffs for the London Knights. It was his first season in North America after being drafted eighth overall in the NHL Draft in 2018.
If the Blackhawks defensive struggles continue, it's possible we could see Boqvist in the NHL sooner rather than later if he can start to rack up points in Rockford.
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Blackhawks head coach Jeremy Colliton announced Wednesday that No. 3 overall pick Kirby Dach will remain in the NHL and is expected to be with the group all season. He will not be returned to his junior team.
"It's thrilling and exciting for me," Dach told reporters in Los Angeles. "It's something I've dreamed of my whole life. I came into camp wanting to make this team and to finally get that recognition from Jeremy and the management group is awesome and I'm thrilled to be here."
With the decision to keep him past the nine-game mark, Dach's entry-level contract with the Blackhawks will kick in this season. The next benchmark to watch is 40 games, which would count as an official full season and pull him a year closer to unrestricted free agency, but it appears Dach is here for good.
"Stan [Bowman] and I sat with him yesterday and told him he's going to be here," Colliton said. "He's played well. He's shown he can help us and he's only going to get better. I think the player he is now, there's likely going to be a huge improvement as the year goes on and the player [he is] in February I'm sure is going to be an impact player for us."
The 18-year-old Fort Saskatchewan native has two points (one goal, one assist) in six games this season and is averaging 11:59 of ice time. The Blackhawks would prefer to get him roughly 12-14 minutes per game at least, but that should come over time.
Dach has looked more comfortable each game he's played in and has been one of their most noticeable forwards over the last week and a half.
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The Blackhawks’ loss in Nashville last night was ugly and the 3-0 score didn’t fully indicate that.
Robin Lehner’s standout performance, which featured 48 saves, kept the game from really getting ugly. Predators goaltender Pekka Rinne took notice of his counterpart’s big game.
“He was on fire,” Rinne said of Lehner after the game. “He was the only reason this game was reasonable for them. I haven’t been a part of that kind of game, I don’t think, in my career.”
“I haven’t been part of that kind of game, I don’t think, in my career...”
-Rinne on the #Preds domination of the Blackhawks pic.twitter.com/fPxqhcZeHj
— AtoZSports Nashville (@AtoZSports) October 30, 2019
Rinne almost sheepishly admitted that he didn’t have much to do in net to earn the shutout. He finished with 20 saves.
“For me personally, it was one of the, for sure, easier shutouts,” Rinne said.
So not only did the Blackhawks need their goalie to be “unreal” to keep the game reasonable, the Predators goalie had an easy time between the pipes. Ouch!
That’s not the most ringing endorsement for the 3-6-2 Blackhawks. The Blackhawks’ eight points is tied for fewest in the Western Conference.
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