Welcome to ‘Brooke’s Blackhawks Notebook,’ a recurring series that will discuss all the latest topics surrounding the team in a notebook fashion. This means all grievances will be aired, and all peaks will be celebrated (depending on the day, of course!). If you have strong opinions on all the latest happenings in the Blackhawks’ world, you have come to the right place! The Chicago Blackhawks are heading into their fifth preseason game (out of six), and lots have occurred since the first game on Sept.
25. Some star prospects didn’t cut the NHL roster, while concerns were raised on and off the ice for different reasons. So, let’s discuss the latest.
The CHSN Debacle I promised all grievances would be aired in this notebook, so let’s start with the biggest one: the Chicago Sports Network (CHSN). The new network replaces NBC Sports Chicago, which aired the White Sox, Bulls, and Blackhawks games and currently only has deals with DirecTV, U-Verse, and Astound Broadband. The Blackhawks preseason game against the Minnesota Wild on Oct.
1 aired on CHSN for the first time. Fans who didn’t have the three networks could only watch the game if they got an over-the-air antenna for their TVs, which frustrated many fans, including me. The Blackhawks’ final two preseason games will be aired on CHSN, so unless they get deals with any other networks/streaming services by Oct.
4 and 5, fans are in the same inconvenient boat of having possibly no access to the games. I don’t .