Adam Boqvist needs no introduction to Blackhawks fans by now, nor hopefully do I after racking up a few columns on fellow prospect MacKenzie Entwistle. But since this is my first similar column about the young defenseman, let’s set the table a bit.
Boqvist is an 18-year-old Swedish-born defenseman who was selected eighth overall by Chicago at the 2018 NHL Draft, and who is currently honing his game with the OHL’s London Knights.
He made the move to the Southern Ontario city prior to the beginning of this season after coming up through the Swedish system, and to say the transition has been relatively smooth would be an understatement, as attested to by Tony Carr from Dobber Prospects.