{"id":8649,"date":"2024-12-31T23:17:51","date_gmt":"2024-12-31T23:17:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/breakingnews.azontree.com\/?p=8649"},"modified":"2024-12-31T23:17:51","modified_gmt":"2024-12-31T23:17:51","slug":"breaking-news-chicago-blackhawks-activate-craig-smith","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/breakingnews.azontree.com\/?p=8649","title":{"rendered":"BREAKING NEWS : Chicago Blackhawks Activate Craig Smith"},"content":{"rendered":"<article>\n<header><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/img-s-msn-com.akamaized.net\/tenant\/amp\/entityid\/AA1weZtV.img?w=2500&amp;h=1667&amp;m=4&amp;q=94\" alt=\"Blackhawks place Craig Smith on injured reserve\" \/><\/p>\n<\/header>\n<div>\n<p>Veteran forward <strong>Craig Smith<\/strong> has the opportunity to play in today\u2019s Winter Classic after all. The Chicago Blackhawks announced they\u2019ve activated Smith from the injured reserve after missing the last eight games with a back injury.<\/p>\n<p>Smith is expected to reprise his role on the Blackhawks\u2019 fourth line next to Pat Maroon and <strong>Lukas Reichel<\/strong>. He scored six goals and 10 points in 26 games before going down with an injury in mid-December.<\/p>\n<p>Unlike many of his fellow teammates in Chicago, this won\u2019t be the first time Smith has skated in a Winter Classic. He participated in the 2023 Winter Classic between the Boston Bruins and Pittsburgh Penguins as a member of the former but failed to find the scoresheet after skating in only 5:32 of the game.<\/p>\n<p>Beyond the 2023 matchup, Smith also went scoreless in the 2020 Winter Classic as a member of the Nashville Predators. Since today will be the third outdoor game of his career, Smith will tie for 46th on the NHL\u2019s record of outdoor games played.<\/p>\n<p>Although Smith\u2019s scoring has moderately increased compared to last year with the Dallas Stars, his defensive play has seen some shortcomings. He\u2019s typically hovered between 91% to 93% in on-ice save percentage in all situations but it has fallen to 88.7% this year with the Blackhawks.<\/p>\n<p>Thankfully, he doesn\u2019t have too much responsibility when healthy allowing some of the defensive shortcomings to be overlooked. Still, as one of multiple veteran players brought in last summer, Smith holds an important task in helping develop some of his younger peers.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This Blackhawks&#8217; forward is back just in time for the Winter Classic. 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