Isaac Nielsen is a University of Nebraska–Omaha graduate with a degree in Journalism & Media Communication and four years of experience in sports journalism. He has spent the past two years as the Lead Blackhawks Writer at Sports Mockery, covering the team’s rebuild and focusing on roster construction, and has also reported on the Bears, Colts, Omaha Athletics, and Nebraska football.
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It’s somehow already been a year since the Blackhawks franchise was altered forever. Last May, Chicago, who owned the third-worst record in the NHL the season before, made the unlikely jump to the first overall pick, which they used on star prospect Connor Bedard. At 5:30 p.m. CDT tonight, the...
For each team that isn’t still playing meaningful hockey, the month of May can be a period where wild rumors run rampant and fans and insiders alike speculate on whether teams could move their biggest stars. That list of teams obviously includes the Blackhawks, who finished with the second-worst...
A few weeks ago, I wrote about the tricky situation the Blackhawks are in with pending RFA Lukas Reichel. The team appears to have three main options: extend a qualifying offer or short-term deal, trust him with a long-term contract, or get rid of him via trade or free agency. Though the young...
The Blackhawks had plenty of issues as a team this season, but perhaps the biggest was the amount of goals they let in the net. Chicago allowed 3.52 goals per gam over the course of the year, good for fourth-most in the league. On the other hand, Blackhawks goalies battled for a save percentage of...
From the moment the Blackhawks’ season ended a few years ago, summer vacation started for the entire team. The players will train hard, sure, and will look to come back in the fall even stronger than when they left. But the summer represents a much-needed and much-appreciated time for players to...
On Tuesday morning, the NHL announced perhaps the most obvious news of the year: Connor Bedard is a Calder Trophy finalist. The league’s most successful rookie emerged this season as the favorite to win the award, which is given annually to “the player selected as the most proficient in his first...
A Blackhawks team is playing in the playoffs tonight! Well, not the real Blackhawks, and not the NHL playoffs, either. That future is still a few years off. But that doesn’t take anything away from the fact that Chicago’s AHL affiliate, the Rockford IceHogs, has set themselves up nicely for a deep...
From the second the Blackhawks’ dismal season wrapped up a week ago, the main mission of the front office was simple: extend. Alex. Vlasic. Chicago’s top defenseman came out of nowhere this past season in a contract year and facing restricted free agency, the Blackhawks HAD to get a deal done. On...
The most polarizing player on the 2023-24 Blackhawks is about to find himself at the center of even more uncertainty. At the start of this past season, forward Lukas Reichel faced massive expectations. Looking to capitalize on a strong finish to the previous campaign while being given more room on...
Throughout this season, veteran defenseman Seth Jones has been the focus of a rather unsettling trend: most of the headlines he makes are from what he says off the ice. As the calendar flipped from February to March with the Blackhawks in the middle of what would end up being a seven-game losing...
All season, we’ve been watching rookie phenom Connor Bedard like a hawk, monitoring his progress on a monthly basis with reports and check-ins. Those progress reports are simply a microcosm of the immense pressure the 18-year-old faced even before he was drafted. Even with enormous expectations...
With the Blackhawks set to play the final game of their 2023-24 season on Thursday night, it’s clear this season wasn’t exactly what anyone had hoped for. Though the pieces are in place for a championship contender to be born in the next few seasons, this year’s team just didn’t have enough NHL...
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