- Chicago Sun-Times
Blackhawks' players now understand how rebuilds work, but they're growing impatient
After a Blackhawks practice in April 2022, shortly after Kyle Davidson took over as general manager and announced a full-scale rebuild, Alex DeBrincat made a comment that revealed just how little he understood that concept. Of course, DeBrincat was long gone by the time 2022-23 began, having been shipped off as part of the tear-down stage of Davidson's rebuild. Two years later — after the franchise's two worst seasons since the 1950s — Hawks players possess a much more vivid and accurate understanding of what a full-scale rebuild entails. If anyone else besides DeBrincat was initially wearing rose-tinted glasses, those glasses have been smashed to bits by now.
- NBC Sports
Blackhawks agree to a 6-year contract with defenseman Alex Vlasic
The contract runs through the 2029-30 season with a $4.6 million salary-cap hit.
- Star Tribune (Minneapolis)
Matt Boldy is selected to the U.S. world championship team
Matt Boldy of the Wild was among 15 players named to the initial U.S. roster for the World Ice Hockey Championships from May 10-16 in the Czech Republic. The team will be coached by the Wild's John Hynes. The first 15 players are from NHL teams who did not make the playoffs. They are Boldy, Chicago defensemen Alex Vlasic and Seth Jones, Ottawa forwards Shane Pinto and Brady Tkachuk, Columbus ...
All Players
| No | Player | P |
|---|---|---|
| 15 | RW | |
| 89 | C | |
| 98 | C | |
| 43 | C | |
| 16 | C | |
| 8 | C | |
| 58 | RW | |
| 17 | LW | |
| 71 | LW | |
| 90 | C | |
| 52 | C | |
| 4 | D | |
| 55 | D | |
| 23 | C | |
| 24 | D | |
| 34 | G | |
| 5 | D | |
| 91 | C | |
| 11 | RW | |
| 84 | LW | |
| 40 | G | |
| 25 | D | |
| 72 | D | |
| 22 | D |