Is Frank Nazar the Next BIG Thing for the Chicago Blackhawks?

Is Frank Nazar the Next BIG Thing for the Chicago Blackhawks?

I thought he was ultimately a third line score on a contender. I think he could be a core fourth best forward on a champion. I mean, this is big news that Labowski 5 is come around on Frank Nazar because this is one of the regulars in the chat was just like fighting upstream with with Frank Nazar. So, shout out Labowski 5. I just I I mean seeing the light. I I still am I am a little unclear on what Frank Nazar ultimately is superstar, but he’s got the reason a lot of people don’t say superstar for Frank Nazar is because there was a lot of hype on him coming out of the draft. He didn’t absolutely light things up at Michigan. He was a really good player on a really good team, but it wasn’t like the stats were jumping off the page like to a bard level or oh my god, these are comical statistics we’re seeing here like Dave Bowling with the London Knights with his 120 something points. Maybe ultimately when the Hawks are Stanley Cup contenders again, Nazar is a third line guy, but that means a lot of other stuff has gone really really well, right? I He’s got speed. He’s got the willingness to defend. He looks like he’s added the ability to put the puck in the back of the net. He converted on his first breakaway chance this year. There’s nothing in his game that is a red flag to me. It’s just a matter of what is the ultimate endgame for him statistically. But right now, there’s nothing he can’t do. He is Frankie franchise. He is Frankie Franchise. Yeah. I I I think I think the the way he played in the back half of last season, what he carried through the World Championships, being invited to the USA Olympic orientation camp, the way he played through the preseason, like things are just rolling. Got the extension, things are snowballing so positively for him. And this is a guy that has a ton of self-confidence. Um, and he he backs it up on the ice. Like I I’ I’ve said it for a while since Jeff Blash’s come in that Frank Nazar is going to be a guy that I think can quickly maybe not better maybe not more than Ethan Delro, but I think Frank Nazar could become Jeff Blashel’s favorite player because of the way that he plays, the skill, the speed, the it just feels like a systematic fit for what he wants this team to be. And I I I think Kyle Davidson probably looks to Frank Nazar and say that’s exactly that that speed, that mentality. Um that’s what you want to build with. And I I think he’s it’s infectious. You see Connor Bdard I feel like finally has his best friend and his running mates with, you know, in the locker room with him and and have it be Frank Nazar. And it’s a guy that like I don’t know. I just I I’m I’m as excited as we were on draft night when it was like, “Oh my god, they didn’t take Frank Nazar.” No, now they did take Frank Nazar. Um as excited as we were for him at that point to become a Blackhawk and see his his progress now that he’s squarely in the NHL, I’m even more excited to see what what he can become because all this talk about like Bedar’s got to get someone to help him. It could be him. I think Nazar’s Nazar is an in-house guy that is the first one that you point to and be like that’s that’s a guy that helps him. It takes pre takes pressure off of Baddard, takes eyes off of Bard. It gives another uh weapon that the Blackhawks have that opposition has to care about. You put them on different lines. You split up you split up the talent. It’s two guys that can drive their own line. And and yeah, I’m just I’m I’m very excited to see what Frank Nazar in a few years tops out at. Like I still don’t believe fully in this statement, but I there’s a better than 0% chance that Frank Nazar could lead this team in scoring this year. I I don’t think it’s impossible.

Frank Nazar is quickly turning heads as one of the most exciting young players in the Chicago Blackhawks’ rebuild. Under new head coach Jeff Blashill, Nazar’s elite skating, vision, and chemistry with Connor Bedard could help shape the next era of Blackhawks hockey. The CHGO Blackhawks crew breaks down his potential, his development, and what his rise means for the future of the franchise. Join Jay Zawaski and Mario Tirabassi as they discuss why Frank Nazar might be the next big thing in Chicago hockey.

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