Morning Chirps: Bedard & Nazar's Olympic chances, IceHogs keep on rolling

New Jersey Devils v Chicago Blackhawks | Daniel Bartel/GettyImagesThe Chicago Blackhawks will enjoy a well-deserved morning off before heading to the airport. They begin a season-long six-game road trip tomorrow night against Jonathan Toews and the Winnipeg Jets. We will learn a lot about this Blackhawks team over the next six games and have a better idea if they are contenders or pretenders.

Blackhawks Chirps

Things got sideways for the Blackhawks in the second period, but they recovered and closed out the Ottawa Senators in the third period. Check out my Postgame Musings from late last night for all my thoughts on the big 7-3 win.

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