{"id":258023,"date":"2025-10-21T17:52:42","date_gmt":"2025-10-21T17:52:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/258023\/"},"modified":"2025-10-21T17:52:42","modified_gmt":"2025-10-21T17:52:42","slug":"goaltender-out-permanently-for-the-chicago-blackhawks-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/258023\/","title":{"rendered":"Goaltender Out Permanently for the Chicago Blackhawks"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/b\/brossla01.html?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=nhltradetalk.com&amp;utm_campaign=2025-09-19_hr\">Laurent Brossoit<\/a>\u2019s contract, unfortunately, turned out to be a waste. <\/p>\n<p>Two years ago, Kyle Davidson signed the former William M. Jennings Trophy winner from the Winnipeg Jets to a two-year deal. However, he couldn\u2019t have predicted what followed. Brossoit required offseason knee surgery, which placed him on long-term injured reserve. Despite several \u201cwill he, won\u2019t he\u201d return moments last season, the Chicago Blackhawks have now officially announced that he will not be returning and has been placed on permanent long-term injured reserve.<\/p>\n<p>The Good News From This Bad News<\/p>\n<p>The positive side of all this is that Blackhawks rookie goaltender <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/s\/soderar01.html?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=nhltradetalk.com&amp;utm_campaign=2025-09-19_hr\">Arvid S\u00f6derblom<\/a> has been given a shot at the NHL level. With mixed results, he has officially established himself as the backup goaltender for Chicago. <\/p>\n<p>He first played behind <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/m\/mrazepe01.html?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=nhltradetalk.com&amp;utm_campaign=2025-09-19_hr\">Petr Mr\u00e1zek<\/a>, who was later traded along with <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/s\/smithcr01.html?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=nhltradetalk.com&amp;utm_campaign=2025-09-19_hr\">Craig Smith<\/a> for <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/v\/velenjo01.html?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=nhltradetalk.com&amp;utm_campaign=2025-09-19_hr\">Joe Veleno<\/a>, and is now backing up <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/k\/knighsp01.html?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=nhltradetalk.com&amp;utm_campaign=2025-09-19_hr\">Spencer Knight<\/a>, the goaltender acquired in the <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/j\/jonesse01.html?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=nhltradetalk.com&amp;utm_campaign=2025-09-19_hr\">Seth Jones<\/a> trade. S\u00f6derblom has appeared in 33 games, posting 10 wins and 18 losses, but has improved his analytical numbers from a .880 save percentage to a .898. For a young goalie, those are encouraging signs.<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Arvid-Soderblom-Blackhawks.jpg\" alt=\"&lt;a rel=\" nofollow=\"\" noopener=\"\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/s\/soderar01.html?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=nhltradetalk.com&amp;utm_campaign=2025-09-19_hr\"\/>Arvid Soderblom Blackhawks\u201d class=\u201dwp-image-96373\u2033\/&gt;Arvid Soderblom Blackhawks<\/p>\n<p>Overall, the Blackhawks and Kyle Davidson probably regret that the contract didn\u2019t work out, but it has created a huge opportunity for Arvid. It will be interesting to see what the Blackhawks decide to do once Arvid\u2019s contract is up in two years and Spencer Knight\u2019s in four years.<\/p>\n<p>Next: <a href=\"https:\/\/nhltradetalk.com\/breaking-who-is-out-and-who-is-in-on-goaltender-carter-hart\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Breaking: Who Is Out and Who Is in On Goaltender Carter Hart?<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/NHLTradeTalkweblogo4.png\"\/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Laurent Brossoit\u2019s contract, unfortunately, turned out to be a waste. 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