Yes. People are confusing ERIK GUSTAFSSON | #56 and GUSTAV FORSLING | #42.

Gus #42 played last night. Gus #56 did not.
- Rota's Rooter

So, we call Gustav GOOSE and Gustaffsson Gus. Problem solved

Kampf and Dauphin give you center two-way depth and speed with good hockey IQ.
- Return of the Roar

Odd man out in all this no one is mentioning is Kero. Guy can play on most NHL teams but has been passed up here. Sell high while you can. Also don't see AA here after this season with Kampf looming and if Dauphin handles 4C well this season, he can be bumped to 3C next season but all this is IF Schmaltz excels at 2C.

I wonder if Isles are the #8 because in all likelihood they will be having an opening if Tavares chooses to leave.
- wiz1901

The Montreal Canadiens, the Ottawa Senators, the Calgary Flames, the Vancouver Canucks, the Los Angeles Kings, the Nashville Predators and the Columbus Blue Jackets are who the article listed, while mentioning the Isles offer for Hamonic last year. I assume they ar the 8th.

Odd man out in all this no one is mentioning is Kero. Guy can play on most NHL teams but has been passed up here. Sell high while you can. Also don't see AA here after this season with Kampf looming and if Dauphin handles 4C well this season, he can be bumped to 3C next season but all this is IF Schmaltz excels at 2C.
- Assman22

Kampf, Dauphin, and Kero are all good center depth with only 1 C position open it seems. I was very impressed with both Kampf and Dauphin last night.

Dreger reporting 8 teams have or have had interest in Dutch. We are not on the list.
- JRoenick97

If only we knew someone with contacts to help verify these rumours.

Not that it matters but J Hayes wore #39.
- AEL_Fox

He wore #39 in 2011-13, and 17 in 2013-14 for Chicago.

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Forsberg looking VERY motivated against his former club. WHAT. A. SAVE.
- EnzoD

Enzo, Tompkins wore his OSU mask out in warmups.

Forsberg got an A- from me. Rebound control not great (but first game action and all kinds of traffic in front, cool, calm and very confident all night, exceptional positioning and tracking the puck.

Dreger reporting 8 teams have or have had interest in Dutch. We are not on the list.
- JRoenick97

I can't confirm right now, but as far as serious Duchene conversation going back to January, he is wrong. Chicago DID. Although I have not heard of any convos from my source in the last few months. And I believe the Hawks would still be interested at the right price.

I can't confirm right now, but as far as serious Duchene conversation going back to January, he is wrong. Chicago DID. Although I have not heard of any convos from my source in the last few months. And I believe the Hawks would still be interested at the right price.
- John Jaeckel

Not saying he was right. Hawks usually don't jump to the forefront of national rumors.

Enzo, Tompkins wore his OSU mask out in warmups.

Forsberg got an A- from me. Rebound control not great (but first game action and all kinds of traffic in front, cool, calm and very confident all night, exceptional positioning and tracking the puck.
- John Jaeckel

Love it! Forsberg looked like an NHL-ready goalie last night, and Panarin was a non-factor. Yes, it was one preseason game but it leads me to believe the Saad/Forsberg trade will be a HUGE win for the Hawks. If Ruuta can play LD, I thought he was the most effective Dman last night and could potentially form a solid 2nd pair with Seabrook. Kempny looked good, and you could do much worse than a 3rd pair of Kempny-Franson or Ruuta-Franson. Gustav Forsling once again looked overwhelmed by the pace of the game, and could have been LITERALLY ENDED by Nick Foligno behind the net but Nick pulled up and did not deliver a knockout hit on the fore-check. Gustav will not make the Opening Night roster unless he improves significantly over the next week or so.

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#Blackhawks lines: Saad-Toews-Panik, DeBrincat-Schmaltz-Kane, Sharp-Anisimov-Hartman, Tootoo-Kero-Wingels, probably out: Bouma-Kampf-Jurco.

Drop tootoo and add Hayden, hino, Jurco, Dauphin or Kampf and I would he happy.

Lets say Debrinct is in the top 9, I think 11 guys are locks. Jurco we are not going to expose of waivers I don't think. So that is 12. that means 1 of Buoma, tootoo, Hino, hayden, dauphin, Kampf would make it. My guess is buoma at this point but I think so far hayden or Hino deserve it more.

Love it! Forsberg looked like an NHL-ready goalie last night, and Panarin was a non-factor. Yes, it was one preseason game but it leads me to believe the Saad/Forsberg trade will be a HUGE win for the Hawks. If Ruuta can play LD, I thought he was the most effective Dman last night and could potentially form a solid 2nd pair with Seabrook. Kempny looked good, and you could do much worse than a 3rd pair of Kempny-Franson or Ruuta-Franson. Gustav Forsling once again looked overwhelmed by the pace of the game, and could have been LITERALLY ENDED by Nick Foligno behind the net but Nick pulled up and did not deliver a knockout hit on the fore-check. Gustav will not make the Opening Night roster unless he improves significantly over the next week or so.
- EnzoD

Enzo, i agree with most of your analysis... but i didn't think kempny was that great either. liked what i saw from ruuta. also good were forsberg, schmaltz, hayden, dauphin, kampf and i liked what drew miller brought when on PK (not so good rest of game).

Love it! Forsberg looked like an NHL-ready goalie last night, and Panarin was a non-factor. Yes, it was one preseason game but it leads me to believe the Saad/Forsberg trade will be a HUGE win for the Hawks. If Ruuta can play LD, I thought he was the most effective Dman last night and could potentially form a solid 2nd pair with Seabrook. Kempny looked good, and you could do much worse than a 3rd pair of Kempny-Franson or Ruuta-Franson. Gustav Forsling once again looked overwhelmed by the pace of the game, and could have been LITERALLY ENDED by Nick Foligno behind the net but Nick pulled up and did not deliver a knockout hit on the fore-check. Gustav will not make the Opening Night roster unless he improves significantly over the next week or so.
- EnzoD

Ulfie S and Q will have taken note of all of this re Forsling. He's still a kid, nothing wrong with more time in the AHL Men's League, toughens a player up good, especially defenceman.

But defence pairings and who fills out 4-7 is a little premature at this point, nobody has even seen Connor Murphy, Gustafsson, Oesterle, Pokka or Snuggerud in action as yet.

There may be a body or 2 that leaves in trade before the season starts.

Do you think there will be a couple of big trades in the NHL before the season begins? (not necessarily the Hawks). I think that would both be unusual and possible.

Ulfie S and Q will have taken note of all of this re Forsling. He's still a kid, nothing wrong with more time in the AHL Men's League, toughens a player up good, especially defenceman.

But defence pairings and who fills out 4-7 is a little premature at this point, nobody has even seen Connor Murphy, Gustafsson, Oesterle, Pokka or Snuggerud in action as yet.

There may be a body or 2 that leaves in trade before the season starts.
- RickJ

I don't think Raddysh got any playing time last night either. We have a glut of possible d-men this season. A couple just need to step up, especially after how Ruuta looked last night.

Ulfie S and Q will have taken note of all of this re Forsling. He's still a kid, nothing wrong with more time in the AHL Men's League, toughens a player up good, especially defenceman.

But defence pairings and who fills out 4-7 is a little premature at this point, nobody has even seen Connor Murphy, Gustafsson, Oesterle, Pokka or Snuggerud in action as yet.

There may be a body or 2 that leaves in trade before the season starts.
- RickJ

I'm very excited to see Murphy in game action. Based on what we know so far, who is your Opening Night Defense group?

Ulfie S and Q will have taken note of all of this re Forsling. He's still a kid, nothing wrong with more time in the AHL Men's League, toughens a player up good, especially defenceman.

But defence pairings and who fills out 4-7 is a little premature at this point, nobody has even seen Connor Murphy, Gustafsson, Oesterle, Pokka or Snuggerud in action as yet.

There may be a body or 2 that leaves in trade before the season starts.
- RickJ

Rick, Pokka is not an NHL defenseman.
If guys thought TVR was slow afoot, this guy's got him beat by a country mile.
Think "skating in cement" and I think the thought becomes clear.

Rick, Pokka is not an NHL defenseman.
If guys thought TVR was slow afoot, this guy's got him beat by a country mile.
Think "skating in cement" and I think the thought becomes clear.
- savvyone-1

There was just a "TheAthletic" article on how Pokka got his ass in gear int he offseason, dropped fat, added muscle, is lighter, and worked on his skating. I guess she has a pretty bad knee injury 2 seasons ago so he couldn't train.

People getting back on the Hino bandwagon again? What is this, preseason 2016? He'll be depth kept in Rockford to start guys. I really do want Hayden to make the team and Bouma to kick rocks, but paying him $1 mil I think they'll at least start the season with Bouma on the 4th. Replace Hino with Jurco and Jurco with Wingels in your lineup and that's my squad
- Assman22

Well really hard to make much of a projection from one preseason game. But if Vinnie doesn't make the team it won't be due to lack of effort. Hinostroza spent the summer training with Kane and Hartman overseen by Brian Keane.

This Duchene scenario is similar in fashion to when Kyle Turris and his representation decided they wants big bucks based more on Turris' 3rd overall selection and not production that lasted six months...

And other team's were necessarily lining up to pay Turris a fat new contract that was more on the job training money.
and it looks like so far they were right and Turris is not in my eyes some impact guy, just a getting better all the time NHL with a handsome yet at this junucture salary that he may actually improve enough to earn.

And to Ottawa it was a nice pick-up...it's not easy to get a young centre who has the potential to be a force and fill one of your top three, but I don't think you can make the case that turris is Johansen in terms of physicality and over all prowess.
He cost Ottawa the rights to David Rundblad and a second rounder in2012 that turned out being a Flyer selection of Anthony Stolarz, 23, who has played 30 - 40 games seaspons the last three years in their AHL farm team, but now is out with a meniscus tear.

I just wonder if the Duchene situation ends up very similar...with a move and the player never reaching high impact status.

Maybe just maybe, 1) Vancouver, 2)Ottawa,3)Montreal, 4)Columbus, 5)Carolina, 6)Chicago, and 7)Nashville do have interest in Dutch past the Turris interest levels, but you have to wonder if Bluejackets forward Josh Anderson and defender Ryan Murray is the best they are gonna do in terms of ready to help the Avs return.

I am just not so sure GM Jarmo Kekäläinen is willing to give THAT much...
- wiz1901

So what you're saying is...if Stan trades Rundblad and a 2nd round pick he can land Duchene? Sweet, sign me up!

You're right my misunderstanding was somebody referenced his *old number which was worn in 2015 for the same reason....guess Im guilty of A--uming. Sorry
- moms2sense1puck

No problem I create the /U/ part for myself all the time...

Saad Toews Panik
Cat Schmaltz Kane
Sharp Anisimov Hartman
Wingles Dauphin/Kampf Hayden

Keith-Murphy
Seabs-Kempny
Franson-Rutta

Crawford
Forsberg

Saad Toews Panik
Cat Schmaltz Kane
Sharp Anisimov Hartman
Wingles Dauphin/Kampf Hayden

Keith-Murphy
Seabs-Kempny
Franson-Rutta

Crawford
Forsberg
- SoftServe

probably pretty close if they give ADB a shot. If not. Sharp to 2 LW Hino or Wingels on 3/4LW

probably pretty close if they give ADB a shot. If not. Sharp to 2 LW Hino or Wingels on 3/4LW
- JRoenick97

I'm still quite skeptical of that ADB - Schmatz - Kane line. It seems like a preseason experiment that will be tucked away for future reference when ADB gets sent to Rockford before the season. I'd love to be proven wrong on that but I'm Missouri on him until further notice - show me!

Saad towes panik

Sharp AA kane

Hartman smaltz wiggles

bouma micthell jurco/hayden/ tooto

Kieth Murphy

Kempney Seabrook

Stuart Franson/Rutta

Crawford - Forsberg

Barring any trades or major injuries this most likely the starting lineup for Oct 5.

Hino kero daupin forsling would be first call ups from now to the start of the regular season things can change bouma and wiggles were not signed to play in the ahl they were signed to play in opening day roster so really the open spots are 4th line center and 5 6 7 d man. If the hawks do try and trade for duchence ADB and forsling will be probably be part of that package along with other assets. And since the new hot line of ADB smaltz and kane that everyone is raving about who wins the board battles who does the dirty work who goes to the net and creates a screen all 3 are very skilled and talented players but are perminter players need a roadgrater or a center with size AA to offset that. Go hawks