{"id":18285,"date":"2025-03-22T01:37:19","date_gmt":"2025-03-22T01:37:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/breakingnews.azontree.com\/?p=18285"},"modified":"2025-03-22T01:37:19","modified_gmt":"2025-03-22T01:37:19","slug":"breaking-3-blackhawks-players-who-have-entered-their-final-month-with-the-team","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/breakingnews.azontree.com\/?p=18285","title":{"rendered":"BREAKING: 3 Blackhawks players who have entered their final month with the team"},"content":{"rendered":"
The Blackhawks need a lot of work if they feel like even remotely contending in 2025-26, meaning there will be a few roster revamps.<\/p>\n
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Mar 3, 2025; Chicago, Illinois, USA; Chicago Blackhawks defenseman Alec Martinez (25), center, celebrates his goal against the Los Angeles Kings with teammates during the first period at the United Center. Mandatory Credit: Matt Marton-Imagn Images | Matt Marton-Imagn Images<\/em><\/p>\n
The Blackhawks remain a team in transition and it\u2019s something fans are probably getting tired of hearing. Still, they found one more roster and lineup combination that didn\u2019t work, so they can take some positivity from that.<\/p>\n
But when you\u2019re as dismal as this team\u2019s been over the past four seasons at least, with another awful year in 2024-25, it means a lot of turnover is a requirement. So, which players will be out once the 2025-26 league year begins and why?<\/p>\n
Below, I got one ineffective forward whose drop-off was nothing short of spectacular but in the worst ways. Another player is a solid but aging defenseman who looks like the odd man out in the group. And the third is a goaltender who will lose the numbers game with a pair of youngsters in the crease now for the Blackhawks.<\/p>\n
1 – Philipp Kurashev<\/h2>\n
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Oh yes, Philipp Kurashev has long since worn out his welcome in the Windy City in a season that comprised one of the more shocking drop-offs. Kurashev had gone from a 54-point, 18-goal scorer in 2023-24 to a player who\u2019d tacked on just 10 points and six goals.<\/p>\n
He\u2019d lost nearly five minutes of ice time this past season, and it\u2019s easy to understand why when you look at what is right now a 44-point drop-off. So, will general manager Kyle Davidson even bother re-signing the restricted free agent?<\/p>\n
Yeah, probably, but only for purposes in which he\u2019d trade Kurashev elsewhere, much like what we\u2019d seen over in New York this season regarding Kaapo Kakko. While Kakko wasn\u2019t moved until well after the regular season started, everyone knew his days in a Blueshirts sweater were numbered.<\/p>\n
In Kurashev\u2019s case, I don\u2019t even see him lasting that long. But if there\u2019s any upside regarding potential interest in him, it\u2019s that he still put up a decent season in 2023-24. And that\u2019s more than what even Kakko\u2019s most die-hard proponents can say.<\/p>\n
2 – Alec Martinez<\/h2>\n
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Alec Martinez was a stopgap, so if I were writing this piece in October 2024, he would\u2019ve been a strong candidate to be a one-and-done player. That said, the former three-time Stanley Cup winner put up a respectable season with Chicago so far, with 12 points and five goals in 42 games.<\/p>\n
He also blocked 80 shots, proving he still has a nose for where the puck\u2019s going when an opponent tries to fire it toward the net. The problem here is that Martinez will be entering his age-38 season with what is still a rebuilding team.<\/p>\n
Sure, he\u2019s already won his Stanley Cups, but logic states Martinez wants to make another run or two while he still can as opposed to droning through this rebuilding effort in Chicago. But even if he wanted to come back, would Kyle Davidson want an aging defenseman to take part in a rebuilding project?<\/p>\n
There\u2019s no way, especially when you have talents like Artyom Levshunov and other youngsters like Wyatt Kaiser and Ethan Del Mastro potentially going full-time in the NHL. Others in the defensive rotation are under contract for next season, leaving Martinez as the odd man out.<\/p>\n
3 – Laurent Brossoit<\/h2>\n
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Wow, what a difference nine months makes. Here I was, thinking Arvid Soderblom was finished, and that Petr Mrazek and Laurent Brossoit would at least provide a patchwork alliance in the crease.<\/p>\n
Now, Mrazek is in Detroit, Soderblom figured out how to play goaltender in the NHL, Spencer Knight came over in the Seth Jones trade, and Brossoit spent the entire season on injured reserve. Hey, Brossoit is a good goaltender, but he\u2019ll end up resuming his role as an elite backup goaltender for a contender.<\/p>\n
In the meantime, this is Knight\u2019s and Soderblom\u2019s net, and Blackhawks fans everywhere should rejoice that Kyle Davidson fixed at least one unit. Or, at least it seems like he fixed it. But with that being said, Brossoit\u2019s services will no longer be needed.<\/p>\n<\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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