Chicago Blackhawks Morning Links- Arch Enemy

Good morning Chicago Blackhawks fans! For the second straight Wednesday night the Chicago Blackhawks will be one of the featured teams on NBCSN’s Rivalry night, and for the second straight week the title actually fits unlike a month ago when they faced the New York Rangers on rivalry night.

The Chicago Blackhawks will be traveling to the city of the Arch to face a team that we all hate, but I truly believe in the back of all Hawks fans minds believe they will beat in a 7 game series if they meet up in the playoffs.  They did meet up in 2014 in the first round and as we all know Game #5 had one Pat Foley’s best calls of his career.

The best part of tonight is the fact that Marian Hossa is likely to play today meaning that the Hawks will be one step closer to being back to completely healthy before the playoffs. The only missing piece is the one piece that got a pay raise yesterday and that pieces name is Marcus Kruger.

It was nice to see Kruger who sacrificed money this season to get a nice extension, they only problem is that this is the salary cap era and the cap looks to be going in the wrong direction. We all trust Stan Bowman though.

It’s Gameday for the Blackhawks against another hated rival, I can’t wait for puck drop, while we wait here are some morning links to kick off your Wednesday.

See and hear what happened at Tuesday’s practice as Marian Hossa made his return (Blackhawks)

Looking at the Chicago Blackhawks powerplay success and how it translates to the upcoming Stanley Cup playoffs (The Committed Indian)

The Chicago Blackhawks and Marcus Kruger came together for a pretty big three year extension on Tuesday (Madhouse Enforcer)

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The road ahead for the Chicago Blackhawks is stacked with Central Division foes all fighting for first place (CSN)

Marian Hossa and Andrew Ladd are eager for #81’s return to the lineup to reunite on the Chicago Blackhawks top line (Tribune)

Which teams around the NHL have the best salary cap position following the NHL trade deadline (Bleacher Report)

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Nashville Predators Shea Weber‘s slapshot took out the goalie the other night (Predlines)

The Dallas Stars injuries continue to mount and they lost in overtime to Montreal but take over first in the Central (Blackout Dallas)

Amanda Kessel reverse trolls a Pittsburgh Penguins fan (Puck Daddy)