While no one is going to complain too much about the Chicago Blackhawks defense right now if you were asked to compare it to last season’s group, the blue line unit is far from settled. And it’s certainly an interesting situation.
We haven’t seen any call-ups. No Erik Gustafsson. No Viktor Svedberg. No Ville Pokka. But the Blackhawks started the regular season with eight defensemen, and they’ve all seen at least two games of action.
The latest switch was to sit Michal Kempny down for the last two games as Michal Rozsival gets a spell.