The Chicago Blackhawks No. 17 overall pick in the 2020 NHL Draft may be on his way to the NHL.
According to a report from NBC Sports Chicago’s Charlie Roumeliotis, the Blackhawks are calling up Lukas Reichel. Per the report, the plan is to put Reichel on the team’s taxi squad with the intention of preparing him for his NHL debut “soon.”
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He will be assigned to the taxi squad, which is likely the first step towards ramping him up for NHL action soon.