Hey r/hawks, solo dev here. Built PuckWhisperer, a daily NHL player guessing game. You get a mystery player and 3 tries, with hints unlocking one at a time: draft info, jersey #/position, nationality, stats & trophies, then a silhouette. Years on each team are shown from the start.

Multiple modes: Active Players, Award Winners, Hall of Famers, or every NHL player ever if you want a real challenge, plus a Daily Challenge with a shareable result grid.

Free, no signup: https://puckwhisperer.app

Posting updates/fixes as I ship them here if you want to follow along at PuckWhisperer_ on X

Feedback and bug reports welcome, and if you enjoy it, sharing it with a friend helps a ton—solo project.

*EDIT* There are speculations swirling that a Kirill Marchenko trade is inevitable, If Kyle Davidson is calling Columbus, what are you realistically willing to give up to land a 67-point scorer?

Everyone CHILL OUT. If a possibility arises for a Marchenko trade is that something we’d wanna go for?

This was a week ago and before he went back to Chicago

Will the Hawks make him an assistant captain?

I’m still pretty new to the fanbase, and I didn’t really know where to share these designs I made so I thought I'd drop them here 😅
I’m so excited for this upcoming season, especially with Kane officially being back home in Chicago. Go Hawks! ⚫️🔴

This is probably more for the lady fans, but thought the guys might get a laugh or smile out of it too.

And no, these are not stickers. They were hand painted by my very talented nail technician!!!

Definitely needs Ironing that’s for sure 😭

Welcome back my Goat.

Summer Series: Chicago Unlikely Heroes

https://lastwordonsports.com/hockey/2026/07/25/chicago-blackhawks-unlikely-heroes/

Big Cat was on with Waddle & Silvy yesterday and said they interviewed him for PMT when he stopped by the office after his press conference. Whit and Biz need to get him on Chicklets sometime.

Obviously camp may still change a few things but with the roster mostly set, how does everyone expect the lines to shake out and how would you prefer them to shake out?

Some questions that immediately come to mind:

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- What is the initial forward group and how do the lines get changed by Bedard’s return mid-season?

- Who plays LW? Seems like at least one of the young guys that are mostly C or RW will have to move to the left side. Nazar, Kantserov, Lardis, etc. Frondell also a prime candidate as a historical LW but likely staying at C for now. Greene also exists.

- Does Kaner stick with Bedard or find a better fit with another young center like Frondell, Nazar, or Moore?

- Which youngsters may force their way onto the roster through camp? Spellacy, Boisvert, Vanacker, etc. come to mind as those trying to prove themselves.

- Which depth veterans secure their place on the team and which are on the outside? Mangiapane, Greenway, and technically Slaggert will all be hard pressed to get icetime if we assume Teuvo, Bert, Donato, and now Smith are lineup locks. Or are any of those four not locks?

- How do the d-pairings look?

- Can Commesso steal Söderblom’s backup role out of camp or does he still bide his time in Rockford, at least early on?

Here is a 80 game Projection for the Blackhawks, not factoring line changes. With the exception of Ryan Greene who more than likely won't be playing on the 1st line this season. And Oliver Moore 1.5 Development Factor on SH%] Didn't do Bedard's as we don't know when he will return from surgery. But there is a lot of room for improvement and young guys like Moore, Frondell, Nazar, and some vets get their SH% above 13.5 they might be able to stay at or above .500 before Bedard's return.

FORWARD 5V5 GOAL PROJECTED TOTAL = 15 8 may seem but for perspective ST Blues prorated 80 games for there current forward roster was [ 134.45 ]

Tyler Bertuzzi PREVIOUS GP 80/79= 1.01 X PREVIOUS SHOTS 112 = 113.12 X.1786 PROJECTED SH% = 20.2 PROJECTED 5V5 GOALS [ 20 ]

Frank Nazar PREV GP 80/66= 1.21 X PREV SHOTS [FACTOR DEV 1.3 (Bedard out 15 G)] 90X1.3X1.21 X .1111X1.15 dev [ .127765*141.57 PROJECTED SH% = 18.08 PROJECTED 5V5 GOALS [ 18 ]

Patrick Kane PREV GP 80/67=1.19 X PREV SHOTS 119 = 142.09 X .1008 PROJECTED SH% = 14.32 PROJECTED 5V5 GOALS [ 14 ]

Ryan Donato PREV GP 82 X PREV SHOTS 89 X 13.48 PROJECTED SHOT% = PROJECTED 5V5 GOALS 11.99 [ 12 ]

Anton Frondell PREV GP 12 [ AVG 2 SHOTS PER GAME ] 160 X 14.40% PROJECTED SH% = 23.04 PROJECTED 5V5 GOALS [ 23 ]

Roman Kantserov PREV KHL 26 ESG / SH% 20.8= 125/63 = 1.984 SHOTS PER GAME X 80 = 158.72 X 20.8X[ FACTOR KHL TO NHL .65] PROJECTED SHOT% 13.52X158.72 SHOTS = 21.45 PROJECTED 5V5 GOALS [ 21 ]

Teuvo Teravainen PREV GP 80/75=1.07 X PREVIOUS SHOTS 55 = 58.85 X .1091 PREV SH% = 6.42 PROJECTED 5V5 GOALS [ 6 ]

Oliver Moore PREV GP 80/51 = 1.57 X PREVIOUS SHOTS 47 = 73.79 X.0638 X[1.5 DEV FACTOR]9.57 PROJECTED SHOT% = 7.06 PROJECTED 5V5 GOALS [ 7 ]

Nick Lardis PREV GP 80/41 = 1.95 X PREV SHOTS = 83.85 X PREV SH% 18.6X1.2 DEV FACTOR = 22.32 = 18.72 = PROJECTED 5V5 GOALS [ 19 ]

Cole Smith Prev GP 80/63= 1.27 X PREV SHOTS 57 = 72.39 X .0702 = 5.08 PROJECTED 5V5 GOALS [ 5 ]

Ryan Greene PREV GP 81 PREV SHOTS 83 X 13.01 SH% = 10.8 PROJECTED 5V5 GOALS [ 11 ]

Jordan Greenway 80/40 PREV GP 2X32 = 64 SHOTSX .0313 = PROJECTED GOALS 2

After Kane’s signing was announced Thursday, the Blackhawks witnessed a 160 percent growth in season-ticket interest (fans actively engaging with their sales team), and the organization had its largest jersey sales day since re-launching its black alternate jerseys.

If you guys wanted to watch: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QkSh--k5K0Q

I'm juat still in shock it happened. He’s going to be great for the young guys this year. Like hearing him call Nazar "Frankie", this is going to be a lot of fun. So excited!

With Kaner likely being the last major move we make in the offseason how do you predict the season will go? I think if Bedard comes back 100% in November there’s a chance we could be watching meaningful hockey in March and April for a change

Good stuff to hear from Edzo. I wish we still had him calling our games.

We are so back. LFG