Welcome to Episode 163 of Musings on Madison, here on the Second City Hockey podcast network, your weekly destination for a roundup of all things involving the Chicago Blackhawks. This week, it's Dave, Betsy, and Eric together to preview the upcoming 2024-25 season of Blackhawks hockey, including discussion on the generally dour mood following the dismal preseason, expectations for Connor Bedard's sophomore NHL season and a whole lot more! And, of course, there's a food take in there as well.

Welcome to Episode 162 of Musings on Madison, here on the Second City Hockey podcast network, your weekly destination for a roundup of all things involving the Chicago Blackhawks. This week, it's Dave, Betsy, and Eric together during the third period of Tuesday's preseason debacle against the Minnesota Wild to talk about that game, the difficulties in watching that game on CHSN's debut broadcast and a couple of roster spot battles still unfolding as the preseason winds down. And there's a...

Welcome to Episode 161 of Musings on Madison, here on the Second City Hockey podcast network, your weekly destination for a roundup of all things involving the Chicago Blackhawks. This week, it's Dave, Betsy, and Eric returning from the summer hiatus to explore the early news and notes from the Blackhawks training camp while also recapping the Top 25 Under 25 series that's been running at the website for the last few weeks. And, of course, some food takes are offered by the end of the...

Welcome to The Friday Show here on the Second City Hockey podcast network, where we sit down for in-depth discussions with people from all over the hockey world. This week, Dave and Eric are joined by ESPN's Emily Kaplan, the network's hockey reporter who's also a Chicago resident. We discussed her time covering the Olympics and professional background before diving into some Blackhawks topics. And, of course, we dove into some food takes, all centered on Kaplan's Twitter bio suggesting she's...

Welcome to The Friday Show here on the Second City Hockey podcast network, where we sit down for in-depth discussions with people from all over the hockey world. This week, Dave and Eric are joined by two guests. Up first is Minnesota associate head coach Steve Miller for conversations on Sam Rinzel and Oliver Moore, followed by Michigan State director of player development Brad Fast for some information on Artyom Levshunov. We also briefly touched on some other Blackhawks prospects with...

Welcome to The Friday Show here on the Second City Hockey podcast network, where we sit down for in-depth discussions with people from all over the hockey world. This week, Dave and Eric are joined by Josh Nelson of the Sox Machine, one of the best sources on the internet for White Sox coverage. The conversation explored the overlap between the two franchises now and a similar discontent with White Sox ownership that older Blackhawks fans know all too well. And, yeah, there are some food...

Welcome to The Friday Show here on the Second City Hockey podcast network, where we sit down for in-depth discussions with people from all over the hockey world. This week, Dave and Eric are joined by Ben Pope, the Blackhawks beat reporter for the Chicago Sun-Times. Ben was on this same podcast about four years ago, with that conversation largely focused on Ben's background and path to his current gig. This chat focused more on covering the present-day Hawks, including life on the road,...

Welcome to The Friday Show here on the Second City Hockey podcast network, where we sit down for in-depth discussions with people from all over the hockey world. This week, Dave and Eric are joined by Chris Peters, the senior content creator for FloHockey. Chris brought his wealth of knowledge on hockey prospects to the episode, offering information on players like Artyom Levshunov and Marek Vanacker that joined the organization this summer along with others, like Oliver Moore, who were added...

Welcome to Episode 160 of Musings on Madison, here on the Second City Hockey podcast network, your weekly destination for a roundup of all things involving the Chicago Blackhawks. This week, it's Dave, Betsy, and Eric together for what'll likely be the final show until next season. During the discussion, they get into Levshunov signing with the Blackhawks and what that'll mean for his immediate hockey future and then look ahead to the upcoming '24-25 Blackhawks season with a whole bunch of...

Welcome to Episode 159 of Musings on Madison, here on the Second City Hockey podcast network, your weekly destination for a roundup of all things involving the Chicago Blackhawks. This week, it's Dave, Betsy, and Eric together to discuss the massive free-agent class signed by Chicago on Monday, including a special Finish product, and then recap Chicago's weekend at the 2024 NHL Draft.

Welcome to Episode 158 of Musings on Madison, here on the Second City Hockey podcast network, your weekly destination for a roundup of all things involving the Chicago Blackhawks. This week, it's Dave, Betsy, and Eric together to discuss the roller-coaster ride of a Stanley Cup Final, dive back into more debate about who the Blackhawks will select with the No. 2 overall pick in the 2024 NHL Draft and then peak at the Blackhawks offseason activity by exploring the team's remaining free agents....

Welcome to Episode 157 of Musings on Madison, here on the Second City Hockey podcast network, your weekly destination for a roundup of all things involving the Chicago Blackhawks. This week, it's Dave, Betsy, and Eric together to catch up on the last few weeks of Blackhawks news and Stanley Cup Playoffs action before taking a deep dive into the discussion around the two players expected to be in consideration when the Blackhawks draft second overall at the 2024 NHL Draft. Then, Dave offers a...

Welcome to Episode 156 of Musings on Madison, here on the Second City Hockey podcast network, your weekly destination for a roundup of all things involving the Chicago Blackhawks. This week, it's Dave, Betsy, and Eric together to look back on a pair of contracts recently handed out to a few younger Blackhawks skaters before reacting live to the unveiling of the 2024 NHL Draft Lottery results. And then, of course, they end on a food take.

Welcome to Episode 155 of Musings on Madison, here on the Second City Hockey podcast network, your weekly destination for a roundup of all things involving the Chicago Blackhawks. This week, it's the full lineup of Dave, Betsy, Mil and Eric together to look back on all the comments from players and GM Kyle Davidson during Saturday's exit interviews, dive into conversation of the first few rounds of the Stanley Cup Playoffs and, of course, talk about a food take.

Welcome to Episode 154 of Musings on Madison, here on the Second City Hockey podcast network, your weekly destination for a roundup of all things involving the Chicago Blackhawks. This week, it's the Dave, Betsy and Eric together to discuss the NHL debut of Frank Nazar, look back on some of their predictions from the preseason and participate in a lightning round of questions regarding the teams feature before, of course, exploring a food take.

Welcome to Episode 153 of Musings on Madison, here on the Second City Hockey podcast network, your weekly destination for a roundup of all things involving the Chicago Blackhawks. This week, it's the full group of Dave, Mil, Betsy and Eric together to give some overall thoughts on the last season of Blackhawks hockey with just a handful of games remaining and then the group discussed Joel Quenneville's first public comments regarding the team's mishandling of sexual assault allegations from...

Welcome to Episode 152 of Musings on Madison, here on the Second City Hockey podcast network, your weekly destination for a roundup of all things involving the Chicago Blackhawks. This week, it's the trio of Dave, Eric and Betsy together to discuss the Blackhawks last few weeks of games, the fates of some first-round picks playing in the NCAA and, of course, a food take that was taken from the SCH comment section.

Welcome to Episode 151 of Musings on Madison, here on the Second City Hockey podcast network, your weekly destination for a roundup of all things involving the Chicago Blackhawks. This week, it's again the full lineup of Dave, Mil, Eric and Betsy together as the Blackhawks started their game against the Kings to discuss the Blackhawks winning three out of four before that loss, a couple of recent lineup moves, a quick check on the IceHogs and, of course, a food take. Oh: and there's a big...

Welcome to Episode 150 of Musings on Madison, here on the Second City Hockey podcast network, your weekly destination for a roundup of all things involving the Chicago Blackhawks. This week, it's again the full lineup of Dave, Mil, Eric and Betsy together to discuss the Blackhawks trading of Anthony Beauvillier, the long overdue ending of the road losing streak and the flurry of trade activity that happened ahead of Friday's trade deadline. Oh ... and there's a food take, too.

Welcome to Episode 149 of Musings on Madison, here on the Second City Hockey podcast network, your weekly destination for a roundup of all things involving the Chicago Blackhawks. This week, it's again the full lineup of Dave, Mil, Eric and Betsy together to talk about the jersey retirement for Chris Chelios, the upstaging of that event by Patrick Kane's return, the Blackhawks' recent prospect pool ranking by The Athletic and, of course, a food take.