Davidson extension is official

Ya he’s done a great job, took the hawks from 30th before the bedard draft to 31st.

Are you high? There are no good free agents and you have to overpay for third line players. Plus, why would any good player want to come to the Hawks when they are a tire fire. Not every draft pick hits? That is the point yet Kyle thinks he can build a team through the draft.

Levshunov over Demidov gets rewarded! Wow

It’s official. You sold out. “Solid pieces on the D-core.” WHO?

Vlasic, Kaiser, Rinzel, Crevier are all capable nhl dmen. Lev. All have room to grow.

Rinzel can’t stay on his feet against pros, and there are so few “highs” with Lev to offset the numerous “lows” Kaiser, Crevier and Vlasic are 3rd pair guys on decent teams. We needed Schaefer

Besides, it’s slighty more likely than not that both Lev and Korchinski are not NHL players. That is a remarkable indictment on the man who chose those two players at Number 2 and Number 7

@BarstoolChief Korchinski doesn’t look good. What player picked behind him does? Mintyukov maybe? Otherwise it’s Frank Nazar at 13. Does he get credit for that one?

@BarstoolChief Snuggerud, Ohgren, Mateychuk, Mintyukov, Yurov. And OBVIOUSLY Hutson

@BarstoolChief Okay I meant realistically. You brought up 19, 23, 24, and 62 as guys to take at 7. We also should’ve taken Brayden Point in 2014 instead of Schmaltz then. Either of the other defensemen fine I hear you but that’s beyond disingenuous to use those guys as examples

@BarstoolChief I do get the Hutson claim. But all those other fires were fair game. That draft fell off quickly after the top couple

Anyone overreacting needs to be sentenced to 5 years of Stan Bowman watch. Competent drafting. Built from the ground up. Set up to push go when needed on a big fish. KD has got us to the right spot, it’s the right move.

“Everyone just chill out” -guy who hasn’t chilled out on the hawks in the last 10 years

Lmao you hated the rebuild before tho!

Another 4-5 years for this rebuild? They hawks just rewarded failure

Chief, I have a genuine question. About two years ago you were calling for Poles to be fired and he has built a team that can compete in the playoffs within a 4 year period. Why do you not hold KD to the same standard when he’s had a 5 year window & still no playoff appearances?

This is the most insane thing I’ve ever watched

*Bedard star, not superstar (as of now) i'm ok with KD but this summer it's time to put his big boy pants and bring in BiG BOYS players

Cool! Maybe he will come on your podcast again! Huge get bro!

Must be good cash you are getting from the team….. WOW

You can feel the ship turning? Are we watching the same team?

From 1997-98 to 2008 they had 8 EIGHT coaches and 4 FOUR GMs… didn’t get better results for 10 years! I’m looking forward to the Blackhawks winning more games… feels like they’re headed that way even if they suck now.

Rare Chief L

Giving him until 2027-2028 season. I will start making shirts if they are a bottom 3-5 team in the NHL again next season. Can’t take this anymore. We were blessed with 3 cups. But the NHL needs Chicago to be good and I want that feeling again

How can he be doing a good job when he hasn't hit the goal that he set for himself for two seasons now lol

Exactly what part of having the backing of a guy that is clueless a good thing? Wirtz doesn't know jacksquat about how to run a hockey team. His father learned the hard way. He fixed what his father had broken.

You chose a midget over Carl that’s Berkshire for ya

Nice pieces on the back end? Strong disagree. Kaiser has flashes, Lev just doesn’t look like a guy who wants to put in the work. You’ll have to force him into that that. Everyone else trade . Maybe keep Rinzel

Slurp him up more. Chicago media, so clearly you won’t be negative, you have no balls to tell the truth and ask the big questions. They won’t make the jump. You’re banking on him to get big talent free agents, and he won’t.

You wouldn’t be saying this if you didn’t meet him

If you actually think being at the bottom of the conference means they’re “closer”… Cmon man.

He’s picked top 3, 3 years in a row. Nothing impressive about that, and he hasn’t brought in any help. They’ve been a bottom 5 team for 3 years as well lol. Off season will say a lot but to extend a guy but then “hope Frondell & kanz take the next step” isn’t worthy for extension

Summer Mission: Serious aggression

“I want a big summer, they have a jagillion draft picks, they have millions in FA(where there are no good free agents), and U can’t hit on every draft pick.”U know what u sound like? Kinda like a drunk that gets hammered at your local pub and tells u how he can be GM. Holy moly🤣

Well, that was one way to go🤷‍♂️🤦‍♂️

Failing up isnt only for Shanny, Stevie Y, Poile, Bowman, Citarelli, etc

Keep cookin’ KD! This summer will be good for us fans.

I don’t think people remember how bad the Hawks situation was when KD took over. Aging/retiring stars, very few young players, no prospects, no draft picks, and worst of all probably the worst goalie situation in the league. It’s not surprising it’s taking this long

You are awful Gm and you look funny

am not happy