{"id":575080,"date":"2026-05-14T22:57:24","date_gmt":"2026-05-14T22:57:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/575080\/"},"modified":"2026-05-14T22:57:24","modified_gmt":"2026-05-14T22:57:24","slug":"blackhawks-sign-prospect-khls-leading-scorer-roman-kantserov-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/575080\/","title":{"rendered":"Blackhawks sign prospect, KHL\u2019s leading scorer Roman Kantserov"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a data-ylk=\"elm:icon;slk:WGN Chicago;\" href=\"http:\/\/wgntv.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><img alt=\"WGN Chicago\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"fill\" class=\"pr-2.5 max-w-[150px] max-h-[40px] min-[601px]:max-w-[115px]\" style=\"position:absolute;height:100%;width:100%;left:0;top:0;right:0;bottom:0;color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/s.yimg.com\/lo\/mysterio\/api\/232C1E841BC0BB863E0E9B74B574D5BADEBDCEDD7912DF6C56EBCD799BAD61E9\/subgraphmysterio\/resizefill_w0_h40;quality_80;format_webp\/\"\/><\/a>Thu, May 14, 2026 at 7:16 PM UTC<img alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"976\" height=\"549\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"standard-img w-full w-full h-auto\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/https:\/\/media.zenfs.com\/en\/aol_wgn_chicago_articles_559\/a7bbb0b9df622bbbcf0901837626cc10.jpeg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>CHICAGO \u2014 One of the most exciting Blackhawks prospects in recent years is finally headed over from Russia.<\/p>\n<p>Roman Kantserov, 21, is headed to Madison Street and joins a young core of Bedard and company in what \u2018Hawks fans hope will be a march to the playoffs in \u201926-\u201927.<\/p>\n<p>Kantserov owns Russia\u2019s Kontinental\u00a0Hockey League\u2019s goals and points record (36 goals, 28 assists) for a player under the age of 22. He lead the league in goals last season.<\/p>\n<p>The 5\u20199\u2033 product likely will stick with the \u2018Hawks as a winger but has played center in the KHL.<\/p>\n<p>He signed a 3-year deal with a $1,075,000 cap hit for the next seasons.<\/p>\n<p>The Magnitogorsk, Russia native was selected 44th overall in the 2023 NHL Draft. The Blackhawks own the 4th overally pick in the upcoming 2026 NHL Draft.<\/p>\n<p>Copyright 2026 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.<\/p>\n<p><a data-ylk=\"slk:For the latest news, weather, sports, and streaming video, head to WGN-TV.;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;\" href=\"https:\/\/wgntv.com\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">\u00a0For the latest news, weather, sports, and streaming video, head to WGN-TV.\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Thu, May 14, 2026 at 7:16 PM UTC CHICAGO \u2014 One of the most exciting Blackhawks prospects in&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":575008,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5115],"tags":[521,37,96,5263,5,4,858,298],"class_list":["post-575080","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-chicago-blackhawks","tag-blackhawks","tag-chicago","tag-chicago-blackhawks","tag-chicagoblackhawks","tag-hockey","tag-nhl","tag-roman-kantserov","tag-russia"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nhl\/116575407202299809","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/575080","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=575080"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/575080\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/575008"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=575080"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=575080"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=575080"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}