What Does the Chicago Blackhawks Lineup Look Like WITHOUT Connor Bedard? | CHGO Blackhawks
7/9/20261 hr 3 min
What will the Chicago Blackhawks' lineup look like without Connor Bedard? Jay Zawaski, Mario Tirabassi, and Greg Boysen build the Blackhawks' forward lines and defensive pairings while discussing how the team will adjust with Connor Bedard missing the beginning of the 2026-27 NHL season. Plus, the crew reacts to the Anaheim Ducks matching the offer on Leo Carlsson, Ian Cole after his first media availability with Chicago, discusses Nico Hischier's remarkable act of heroism, and congratulates Mark Bernard on his latest award recognition.
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First 90 secondsJay Zawaski· Host0:00
[upbeat music] Happy Thursday. Welcome in to the CHGO Blackhawks Podcast. I'm Jay Zawaski with Greg Boyesen and Mario Tirabassi. Chloe Thiel is running the show today. As you can see, we are remote. We had some scheduling issues with the Cubs game getting moved up to the, uh, early afternoon today. So here we are with you either way, doesn't matter if we're home or road. Hit that like button for us. Make sure you are subscribed to our YouTube page as well. If you're checking us out on your favorite podcast app, we thank you, we love you, we are like you. Uh, hit that follow button, subscribe button, whatever your favorite podcast app calls for. We've got a lot to get to today. We are going to try to project how the Hawks might line up as currently constructed without Connor Bedard, uh, on opening day. We'll find out who the opponent is on opening day next week. We're gonna talk about potential, uh, additions now that Bedard is out. Leo Carlsson's offer sheet was matched by Anaheim, Mark Bernard wins an award, and Ian Cole met the media yesterday, so a lot to get to and only an hour to do so. But with Greg back today, he was not on the show yesterday, wanted to open the floor up for him to give his initial thoughts on the Connor Bedard injury and what it means, uh, for next season. Gregory, the floor is yours.
Greg Boysen· Host1:24
Uh, it's not good. There you go.
Jay Zawaski· Host1:27
All right. Thanks, everybody.
Greg Boysen· Host1:28
[laughs] Print that. Put it on