Second City Hockey: for Chicago Blackhawks fans

Welcome to Episode 214 of Musings on Madison, here on the Second City Hockey podcast network, your weekly destination for a roundup of all things involving the Chicago Blackhawks. In what's likely the final episode before the 2026-27 season draws closer, the usual trio of Dave, Eric and Betsy gathered to discuss the Connor Bedard injury update and what it means for both the short and long-term pic...

Welcome to Episode 213 of Musings on Madison, here on the Second City Hockey podcast network, your weekly destination for a roundup of all things involving the Chicago Blackhawks. In this episode, the usual trio of Dave, Eric and Betsy gathered for a lengthy discussion on the big Bowen Byram trade from a week ago and then also offered a recap of Chicago's selections in the 2026 NHL Draft. Hosted b...

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Welcome to Episode 210 of Musings on Madison, here on the Second City Hockey podcast network, your weekly destination for a roundup of all things involving the Chicago Blackhawks. In this episode, the usual trio of Dave, Eric and Betsy assembled as Tuesday night's draft lottery occurred. Follow along with their live reactions to what ended up being an overall disappointing evening for the franchis...

Welcome to Episode 209 of Musings on Madison, here on the Second City Hockey podcast network, your weekly destination for a roundup of all things involving the Chicago Blackhawks. In this episode, the usual trio of Dave, Eric and Betsy assembled to finish up their recap of the 2025-26 Blackhawks season, starting with awarding superlatives to players as guided by Eric and ending with a discussion o...

Welcome to Episode 208 of Musings on Madison, here on the Second City Hockey podcast network, your weekly destination for a roundup of all things involving the Chicago Blackhawks. In this episode, the usual trio of Dave, Eric and Betsy assembled on Thursday night, 24 hours after the Blackhawks played their game of the 2025-26 season and extended the contract of GM Kyle Davidson, with their discuss...

Welcome to Episode 207 of Musings on Madison, here on the Second City Hockey podcast network, your weekly destination for a roundup of all things involving the Chicago Blackhawks. In this episode, the usual trio of Dave, Eric and Betsy assembled during Monday's game against San Jose to discuss the last few weeks of Blackhawks hockey, centered around discussions involving the younger players taking...

Welcome to Episode 206 of Musings on Madison, here on the Second City Hockey podcast network, your weekly destination for a roundup of all things involving the Chicago Blackhawks. In this episode, the usual trio of Dave, Eric and Betsy assembled during Thursday's game against Utah to recap the last week of news and notes involving the team, with discussions covering Foligno's time as the Blackhawk...

Welcome to Episode 205 of Musings on Madison, here on the Second City Hockey podcast network, your weekly destination for a roundup of all things involving the Chicago Blackhawks. In this episode, the usual trio of Dave, Eric and Betsy assembled just a few hours after another Blackhawks trade to discuss both of the moves Chicago's made this week and to explore the possibility of more in the days a...

Welcome to Episode 204 of Musings on Madison, here on the Second City Hockey podcast network, your weekly destination for a roundup of all things involving the Chicago Blackhawks. In this episode, the usual trio of Dave, Eric and Betsy assembled following the Olympics discuss the US taking home gold medals in both men's and women's hockey along with the off-ice controversies unfolding in the days...

Welcome to Episode 203 of Musings on Madison, here on the Second City Hockey podcast network, your weekly destination for a roundup of all things involving the Chicago Blackhawks. In this episode, the usual trio of Dave, Eric and Betsy assembled during the Olympic break to discuss what the Blackhawks have accomplished this season and what else they need to do for the 2025-26 campaign to feel like...

Welcome to Episode 202 of Musings on Madison, here on the Second City Hockey podcast network, your weekly destination for a roundup of all things involving the Chicago Blackhawks. In this episode, the usual trio of Dave, Eric and Betsy assembled just after Chicago's rough 6-2 loss in Pittsburgh to discuss trends emerging from the recent handful of games, largely focused on the struggles of Artyom...

Welcome to Episode 201 of Musings on Madison, here on the Second City Hockey podcast network, your weekly destination for a roundup of all things involving the Chicago Blackhawks. In this episode, the usual trio of Dave, Eric and Betsy gathered for a discussion that veered off course plenty of times but covered topics such as the Blackhawks' roller-coaster ride of results in the last month, the pl...

Welcome to Episode 200 (that's right: 200!) of Musings on Madison, here on the Second City Hockey podcast network, your weekly destination for a roundup of all things involving the Chicago Blackhawks. In this episode, the usual trio of Dave, Eric and Betsy gathered to discuss the overall positive state of things with the Hawks thanks to their recent run of success. That initial topic leads into si...

Welcome to Episode 199 of Musings on Madison, here on the Second City Hockey podcast network, your weekly destination for a roundup of all things involving the Chicago Blackhawks. In this episode, the usual trio of Dave, Eric and Betsy assembled minutes after the Hawks lost to the Canadiens on Thursday night to discuss where their levels of concern with the team stand during this 4-game skid befor...

Welcome to Episode 198 of Musings on Madison, here on the Second City Hockey podcast network, your weekly destination for a roundup of all things involving the Chicago Blackhawks. In this episode, the usual trio of Dave, Eric and Betsy assembled to discuss the fallout from a pair of lopsided losses in California, including Sam Rinzel being sent to Rockford and whether or not those defeats were ind...

Welcome to Episode 197 of Musings on Madison, here on the Second City Hockey podcast network, your weekly destination for a roundup of all things involving the Chicago Blackhawks. In this episode, the usual trio of Dave, Eric and Betsy got together to during the first period of Tuesday night's game against the Golden Knights to share their thoughts on the Blackhawks as a possible playoff team by t...

Welcome to Episode 196 of Musings on Madison, here on the Second City Hockey podcast network, your weekly destination for a roundup of all things involving the Chicago Blackhawks. In this episode, the usual trio of Dave, Eric and Betsy got together to during the first period of Tuesday night's game against the Flames to discuss their impressions of coach Jeff Blashill during his first month as the...

Welcome to Episode 195 of Musings on Madison, here on the Second City Hockey podcast network, your weekly destination for a roundup of all things involving the Chicago Blackhawks. In this episode, the usual trio of Dave, Eric and Betsy got together to recap the second half of the Hawks' largely successful road trip out west before a tough loss at home to NJ, touching on all the "fun" thi...

Welcome to Episode 194 of Musings on Madison, here on the Second City Hockey podcast network, your weekly destination for a roundup of all things involving the Chicago Blackhawks. In this episode, the usual trio of Dave, Eric and Betsy gathered during the first period of Wednesday night's game against the Canucks to discuss the first half of the Hawks road trip out west. Hosted by Simplecast, an A...

Welcome to Episode 193 of Musings on Madison, here on the Second City Hockey podcast network, your weekly destination for a roundup of all things involving the Chicago Blackhawks. In this episode, the usual trio of Dave, Eric and Betsy analyzed the first 10 games of the Blackhawks season relative to their own expectations of the team, with side discussions focusing on Bedard, Nazar, Knight, Kaiser...

Welcome to Episode 192 of Musings on Madison, here on the Second City Hockey podcast network, your weekly destination for a roundup of all things involving the Chicago Blackhawks. In this episode, the usual trio of Dave, Eric and Betsy gathered to share their thoughts on the first four games of this Blackhawks season, covering topics ranging from the fast starts of Connor Bedard and Frank Nazar to...

Welcome to Episode 191 of Musings on Madison, here on the Second City Hockey podcast network, your weekly destination for a roundup of all things involving the Chicago Blackhawks. In this episode, the usual trio of Dave, Eric and Betsy gathered to discuss the upcoming NHL season, starting with a lengthy discussion on the present and future of No. 2 overall pick Artyom Levshunov, followed by a seri...

Welcome to Episode 190 of Musings on Madison, here on the Second City Hockey podcast network, your weekly destination for a roundup of all things involving the Chicago Blackhawks. In this episode, the usual trio of Dave, Eric and Betsy return from their summer hiatus to discuss the Blackhawks initial game of the 2025 preseason, some brief training camp thoughts and then get into some prospect disc...