The-Rink.com co-hosts "Gatekeeper" and "JJ" are joined by staff writers Mario Tirabassi, Eric Andrews, Ray Napientek to talk about the end of the Blackhawks season.

• The Blackhawks moved up from 12th to third in the NHL Draft Lottery!
• What should/could the Blackhawks do in the draft?
• Is it possible they trade up or down?
• How does the change in draft order change summer free agency?
• Airing of grievances. 
• We answer some listener and reader questions

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The-Rink.com co-hosts Jeff “Gatekeeper” Osborn and John "Double J" Jaeckel are joined by NBC Chicago's Charlie Roumeliotis to talk about this dead-man-walking week for the Blackhawks.

• Mario Tirabassi has a lengthy #Warpigs report
• Where do the Blackhawks go with defensemen?
• Where do the Blackhawks look for depth scoring?
• Gate looks to fire up the Erik Gustafsson fan club
• How realistic is this Kevin Hayes stuff?
• We examine many different trade and free agent scenarios
• We have a new review (thanks "The Cyto")
• We answer some listener and reader questions

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The-Rink.com co-hosts Jeff “Gatekeeper” Osborn and John "Double J" Jaeckel are joined by The-Rink Junior / Chicago Steel writer Ray Napientek to talk about the Blackhawks and the Steel.

• We have a new review (thanks Mark from Algonquin)
• The Blackhawks are basically eliminated "officially" from the postseason
• Chad Krys and Jack Ramsey enter the organization
• More talk about what the team needs to do this summer
• What is going on with the Chicago Steel?
• Stan Bowman talk
• Dylan Sikura talk
• We answer some listener and reader questions

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The-Rink.com co-hosts Jeff “Gatekeeper” Osborn and John "Double J" Jaeckel are joined by surprise guest Mark Lazerus, formerly of the Chicago Sun-Times and currently of The Athletic, as the Blackhawks roll into the final ten games of the season.

• We open up with the statistical breakdown of the week.
• What kind of player are the Blackhawks rumored to go after in the offseason?
• Mario Tirabassi gives us a War Pigs report.
• We open up with Laz about the great Erik Gustafsson
• Are the Blackhawks a playoff team?
• The unrealistic "wish" that will never die, Artemi Panarin
• We talk about the reality of the "vocal minority" on Twitter and dealing with them
• We answer some listener and reader questions
• We wrap up with some random Blackhawks fodder.

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The-Rink.com host Jeff “Gatekeeper” Osborn goes solo and is joined once again by NHL Radio Blackhawks Correspondent Al Cimaglia to discuss the suddenly hot (again) Blackhawks.

• Blackhawks sign draft pick Philipp Kurashev this week
• Rockford signs college free agent Dylan McLaughlin today
• Dylan Sikura and Brendan Perlini talk
• Who do Gate and Al think the Blackhawks may target this summer
• We wrap up by answering some listener and reader questions

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The-Rink.com co-hosts Jeff “Gatekeeper” Osborn and John "Double J" Jaeckel are joined by The-Rink NCAA expert Aaron "A-A-Ron" Goldschmidt and convene to talk about the Blackhawks west coast road trip.

• Once again, we start off with the positives (we know, we're shocked too)
• What happened on the road trip?
• Suddenly the mainstream media is reporting some very familiar sentimentsJohn has some Blackhawks rumors!!
• The NBCSN poll.
• Evan Miller gives us an indy report
• Ward hurt, Delia recalled
• We wrap up by answering some listener and reader questions

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The-Rink.com co-hosts Jeff “Gatekeeper” Osborn and John "Double J" Jaeckel wrap up an uneventful Blackhawks trade deadline.

• The Blackhawks drop 2 games to division rivals.
• Are we happy with Stan Bowman standing pat?
• WHY DID UNT DA HOCKS TRAYD FER DAT STONE AN DA BRED GUY?
• Corey Crawford is back but, once again, temper expectations
• Are we now the Statler and Waldorf of the Official Stan Bowman fan club?
• Our homage to the Daily Herald's John Dietz.
• We wrap up by answering some listener and reader questions

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The-Rink.com co-hosts Jeff “Gatekeeper” Osborn and John “Double J” Jaeckel are joined by returning Rinkcast guest Tyler Cameron aka Justin Lowe from www.HockeyBuzz.com to talk about the Blackhawks latest streak and the trade deadline.

• The triumphant return of the Warpigs report with Mario Triabassi.
• Let’s start off with some positive thoughts.
• The Blackhawks made a small trade.
• We go through Tyler’s bold and not-so-bold predictions.
• Crawford might be back soon, now what?
• Carl Dahlstrom hate?
• Gate brings up Jesse Puljujärvi, as a wild swing
• We wrap up by answering some listener and reader questions

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The-Rink.com co-hosts Jeff “Gatekeeper” Osborn and John “Double J” Jaeckel are joined by the great Forklift from www.HockeeNight.com to discuss what is going on with this Blackhawks franchise and their 5 game winning streak.

• Fork tells some HockeeNight history, has many quips in the middle, and tells a few stories at the end.  
• Has the 5 game winning streak made a difference in where the Blackhawks should be looking long term?
• Why these silly theories are just that; silly theories.
• Erik Karlsson and Artemi Panarin.
• We answered some great listener and reader questions
• New for 2019, the Rinkcast is also available on YouTube

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The-Rink.com co-hosts Jeff “Gatekeeper” Osborn and John “Double J” Jaeckel are joined by NHL Network Radio Blackhawks correspondent Uncle Al Cimaglia to discuss what we can expect from this Blackhawks franchise.

• There is actually some positivity (contrary to some beliefs)
• More “Gus”. (We know, we’re sick of it too)
• We cover the Blackhawks from stem to stern with Uncle Al for almost an hour!
• NCAA head writer Aaron Goldschmidt comes on to discuss his much-maligned Patrick Kane trade article
• We answered some great listener and reader questions
• New for 2019, the Rinkcast is also available on YouTube

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