The Blackhawks made more cuts on Wednesday, assigning forwards Victor Ejdsell, Alexandre Fortin and Matthew Highmore to the Rockford IceHogs of the American Hockey League to trim their roster to 28 players. The Opening Day product is getting close.
But there is still a heated battle going on among the forwards, with 14 of them left:
— Artem Anisimov
— Alex DeBrincat
— John Hayden
— Luke Johnson
— Dominik Kahun
— David Kampf
— Patrick Kane
— Marcus Kruger
— Chris Kunitz
— Andreas Martinsen
— Brandon Saad
— Nick Schmaltz
— Dylan Sikura
— Jonathan Toews
Coach Joel Quenneville said after practice he expects to make three more cuts: one forward, one defenseman and one goaltender.