David Tews

David is entering his final year as a sport management and operations and information management double major at UMass Amherst. Originally from the West Suburbs of Chicago, David has enjoyed watching the Blackhawks for as long as he can remember. When not watching or writing about hockey, he can be found working on the McCormack Future Leaders Conference on the UMass campus.

Blackhawks Roster Preview: Goaltenders

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A position group devoid of ambiguity, the Blackhawks’ goaltenders are led by one of the best players at the position in the world: Corey Crawford. The 31-year-old Canadian recently won…

Blackhawks Roster Preview: Defensemen

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In more ways than one, Chicago’s defensive unit is moving in the opposite direction of its forward group. While salary cap issues pushed out several talented players up front this…

Blackhawks Roster Preview: Forwards

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The Chicago Blackhawks don’t get to start their season until Oct. 12 against the St. Louis Blues, but speculation about the team’s opening day roster is already running rampant. With this…

Hawks Strikeout on Depth Additions

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While Jimmy Vesey’s highly-anticipated decision to sign with the Rangers has taken up most of the free agency news in the NHL over the past two weeks, two other notable…

Vesey Pursuit Is About Fit Over Talent

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After stealing Artemi Panarin away from the KHL to play alongside Patrick Kane, Stan Bowman is aggressively pursuing a player that could play next to Jonathan Toews for the foreseeable…

Hawks Should Bring Back ‘Flash’

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It wasn’t that long ago that an aggressive trade deadline from Stan Bowman seemed to put the Blackhawks in a prime position to pursue their second consecutive Stanley Cup. The…

What Andrew Shaw is Worth to Chicago

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Unlike so many off-seasons before this one, Stan Bowman actually won’t be forced to trade away a large portion of his roster to keep the team under the salary cap. Instead,…