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02/01/2012 - Chicago Blackhawks got Patrick Kane in 2007 Draft

The Blackhawks came away from the 2007 draft with only one regular player, but they made that one count by making Patrick Kane the first overall pick.

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01/08/2012 - Blackhawks minor-league affiliate undergoing giant youth movement

The Chicago Blackhawks' AHL affiliate Rockford IceHogs are again icing one of the youngest teams in the AHL in the 2011-12 season.

11/30/2011 - Chicago Blackhawks boast giant pool of talented CHL players

The Blackhawks have 10 prospects developing at the junior level. Three of their top four picks from the 2011 draft, Mark McNeill, Phillip Danault, and Brandon Saad, skated well in the team's training camp but were ultimately assigned to their CHL teams.

10/27/2011 - Chicago Blackhawks Depth Analysis, Fall 2011

The Blackhawks are re-stocked and loaded with talent after a couple summers of auctioning established players for picks and prospects.

10/04/2011 - Rockford IceHogs 2011-12 season preview

The Chicago Blackhawks reloaded prospect system will again lead the way for the Rockford IceHogs in the 2011-12 season.

08/23/2011 - Leddy remains number one in Blackhawks top 20

Nick Leddy continues to lead an extremely deep and talented prospect pool for the Chicago Black Hawks.

06/29/2011 - Chicago Blackhawks 2011 draft review

The Chicago Blackhawks had 11 picks in the 2011 NHL draft.

06/19/2011 - Chicago Blackhawks 2011 draft preview

The Chicago Blackhawks possess the 18th overall pick in the 2011 draft.

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Organizational Depth Chart

  • Team Strengths:
  • Team Weaknesses:
    1 Goaltending quality and depth

Player Highlighted Legend
(defines league playing in)

  • Playing in N.A. Pro (NHL, AHL, ECHL, etc.)
  • Playing in CHL (OHL, QMJHL, WHL)
  • Playing in NCAA
  • Playing in Europe
  • Playing in Junior 'A' (USHL, BCHL, AJHL, etc.)
  • Not Categorized Yet

The player is projected on making it to the NHL on a grading scale of 1-10.
Player Rating System Rules - Hockey's Future Prospect Criteria

Left Wingers

  1. Jeremy Morin 7.0B
  2. Kyle Beach 7.0C
  3. Ludvig Rensfeldt 7.0C
  4. Phillip Danault 7.0C
  5. Brandon Saad 7.5D
  6. Philippe Paradis 6.5C
  7. Brandon Bollig 6.0C

Centers

  1. Marcus Kruger 7.0B
  2. Mark McNeill 7.5C
  3. Brandon Pirri 7.0C
  4. Kevin Hayes 7.0C
  5. Byron Froese 6.5C
  6. David Gilbert 6.5C
  7. Joakim Nordstrom 6.5C
  8. Chris DiDomenico 7.0D
  9. Andrew Shaw 6.0C
  10. Alex Broadhurst 6.5D
  11. Dan DeLisle 6.5D
  12. Mirko Hoefflin 6.5D

Right Wingers

  1. Ben Smith 6.5B
  2. Jimmy Hayes 7.0C
  3. Maxim Shalunov 7.0D
  4. Igor Makarov 6.5D

Defensemen

  1. Dylan Olsen 7.5C
  2. Adam Clendening 7.0C
  3. Justin Holl 7.0C
  4. Shawn Lalonde 7.0C
  5. Stephen Johns 7.0C
  6. Klas Dahlbeck 6.5C
  7. Michael Paliotta 6.5C
  8. Simon Danis-Pepin 6.5C
  9. Ivan Vishnevskiy 7.0D

Defensemen

  1. Braden Birch 6.0C
  2. Jonathan Carlsson 6.0C
  3. Paul Phillips 6.0C
  4. Joe Gleason 6.5D
  5. Joe Lavin 6.5D
  6. Nick Mattson 6.5D
  7. Ryan Stanton 6.5D
  8. Sam Jardine 6.5D

Goaltenders

  1. Alexander Salak 7.0C
  2. Alec Richards 6.5C
  3. Kent Simpson 7.0D
  4. Mac Carruth 6.0C
  5. Johan Mattsson 6.5D

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