We had so much fun doing our Countdown to Faceoff series last season that we decided to do it again. In case you’re new to the series, we’ll do a roster preview as we count down the days until the Chicago Blackhawks raise their 6th Stanley Cup Banner on October 7th season opener against the New York Rangers.
We are down to 57 days until opening night and we have arrived at a bit of a surprise last season in Trevor van Riemsdyk. TVR was a surprise starter on opening night ahead of all of the prized young defenseman like Stephen Johns or Klas Dahlbeck.