Second City Hockey: for Chicago Blackhawks fans

Welcome to Episode 189 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 recap what the Blackhawks did in the NHL Draft and in the most transaction-heavy part of the calendar before glancing ahead to the 2025-26 season. Befor...

Welcome to Episode 188 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 add Zack to the equation to preview the 2025 NHL Draft, with lengthy discussions on all the possible options for the Blackhawks at the No. 3 and No. 25 picks in the...

Welcome to Episode 187 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, it's the usual trio of Dave, Eric and Betsy together to discuss the last few weeks of whispers and rumors regarding what Chicago will do during the upcoming NHL Draft and free agency. Then, the conversat...

Welcome to Episode 186 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. On this special, brief episode, Eric and Dave got together in Lot C of the United Center parking lot to talk through their reactions to the introductory press conference of new Blackhawks head coach Jeff Blashill. Hosted...

Welcome to Episode 185 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. This week, Dave, Betsy and Eric together to discuss the Blackhawks slipping to No. 3 at the draft lottery, what type of appeal the franchise currently has as a coaching destination and the IceHogs continued Calder Cup Pl...

Welcome to Episode 184 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. This week, Dave, Betsy and Eric together to discuss the the latest round of news involving Blackhawks head coach candidates, which Blackhawks veterans they'd want to keep for the short-term future and the upcoming Calder...

Welcome to Episode 183 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. This week, Dave, Betsy and Eric together to discuss the exit interviews from the end of the Blackhawks season, Frank Nazar's impressive rookie season in the NHL, options for the Blackhawks next coaching hire, a little mo...

Welcome to Episode 182 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. This week, it's back to the usual trio of Dave, Betsy and Eric who had a lengthy discussion on Connor Bedard's second full NHL season along and how the paths towards the NHL have unfolded for 2022 first-round picks Kevin...

Welcome to Episode 181 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. This week, Dave and Eric are joined by Zack to dive into the recent NHL debuts of first-round picks Oliver Moore and Sam Rinzel, along with a lengthy discussion on the progress of 2024 No. 2 overall pick Artyom Levshunov...

Welcome to Episode 180 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. This week, Dave, Betsy, and Eric gathered to look back at another trio of Blackhawks games, including Sunday's wild matinee against the Flyers. They also looked towards the upcoming NCAA tournament and which Blackhawks p...

Welcome to Episode 179 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. This week, Dave, Betsy, and Eric gathered after a particularly bleak stretch of Blackhawks hockey to dissect how bad everything has been recently before shifting their focus towards the future and what it might take in t...

Welcome to Episode 178 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. This week, Dave, Betsy, and Eric, gathered to discuss the NHL debut of 2024 No. 2 overall pick Artyom Levshunov while also looking at his overall development, along with a recap of everything the Blackhawks did and did n...

Welcome to Episode 177 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. This week, it's back to the typical trio of Dave, Betsy, and Eric, who dive into all angles of the Seth Jones/Spencer Knight trade from over the weekend and what it says about the Blackhawks rebuild going forward. A disc...

Welcome to Episode 176 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. This week, Dave, Betsy, and Eric are reunited with Mil, who joined the group during Tuesday's game against Utah to offer his thoughts on the current Blackhawks season before the discussion shifts into what it'd take to m...

Welcome to Episode 175 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. This week, Dave, Betsy, and Eric are joined by the podcast debut of Zack, with that quartet filling in the Hawks-less part of the schedule with a long discussion on several of the team's prospects, a look ahead to who co...

Welcome to Episode 174 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. This week, it's Dave, Betsy, and Eric together as the NHL enters the 4 Nations break to discuss Ryan Donato's short and long-term future, Connor Bedard's criticisms from the media and an early sample of our midseason ran...

Welcome to Episode 173 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. This week, it's Dave, Betsy, and Eric together again to catch up on an eventful stretch involving the Blackhawks, including a trade of Taylor Hall, a midseason media session with GM Kyle Davidson and a steady stream of d...

Welcome to Episode 172 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. This week, it's Dave, Betsy, and Eric together to discuss the last week of Blackhawks games, including conversation around the newest top line that evolves into a lengthier chat about Tyler Bertuzzi and the "vibes&q...

Welcome to Episode 171 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. This week, it's Dave, Betsy, and Eric together to reflect on the status on the Blackhawks ongoing rebuild at the midway point of the '24-25 season, which spins off into a comparison with another rebuilding franchise wher...

Welcome to Episode 170 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. This week, it's Dave, Betsy, and Eric together to commiserate after the Hawks' dreadful outing at the Winter Classic. That spirals into some discussions about the big picture around the team before some a few quick holid...

Welcome to Episode 169 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. This week, it's Dave, Betsy, and Eric together to discuss the team's first five games under interim coach Anders Sorensen, with additional conversations on young players like Kevin Korchinski, Frank Nazar, Connor Bedard...

Welcome to Episode 168 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. This week, it's Dave, Betsy, and Eric together for a lengthy discussion on the Blackhawks firing head coach Luke Richardson on Thursday, with thoughts on why it happened and what the road forward looks like under interim...

Welcome to Episode 167 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. This week, it's Dave, Betsy, and Eric together to discuss the Blackhawks recent slide that sees them looking up at the rest of the NHL once again and what that could mean for the guy behind the bench. They also touched o...

Welcome to Episode 166 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. This week, it's Dave, Betsy, and Eric together to discuss whether or not the 2024-25 Blackhawks are in line what what their expectations for the season while touching on Connor Bedard's slump and Lukas Reichel's resurgen...

Welcome to Episode 165 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. This week, it's Dave, Betsy, and Eric together after a week off to offer their thoughts on the first 10 games of the 2024-25 Blackhawks season before exploring a wedding-related food take. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWiz...