Remember how the Blackhawks' strong finish to last season created so much optimism? Frank Nazar does, and he wants to replicate it. "What I’m focusing on right now is to...take steps forward, as a group, to become a great hockey team." New story: chicago.suntimes.com/blackhawks/2...

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Missed this guy. Oh, and my wife and kids, I guess. Them, too.

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I’d go a step further and call it a brutal take for a player that cost nothing, has been analytically the best defender, and can be a deadline asset to flip to open a roster spot for a prospect to fill…unless the Hawks try to make a run at the playoffs - something none of the pundits predicted.

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No one was more critical of Kyle Davidson's ruthless teardown than I was. I called the tank "contemptible." And I was right. But it's clear now that Davidson was, too. I felt it was only fair to give him a chance to say, "I told you so." My column: www.nytimes.com/athletic/686...

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Do people really put much credence into the work of Sean and Dom? Power rankings are made for clicks. They are based on no proven models and are at best subjective related to national writers who know a little about a lot of teams and certainly not a lot about any of the teams.

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