Blackhawks coach Jeff Blashill said before Sunday’s game against Nashville that Frondell was headed for Chicago from his native Sweden “we hope as soon as possible.”<\/p>\n
And while Blashill stopped short of saying that Frondell would skate with third-year star center Connor Bedard<\/a>, the No. 1 pick in the 2023 draft, the coach said the 6-foot-2, 200-pound forward would “be with a good player, for sure.”<\/p>\n Editor’s Picks The Blackhawks signed Frondell to a three-year, entry-level contract last summer, then lent him to Djurgardens of the Swedish Hockey League, the country’s top league.<\/p>\n In 43 games as an SHL rookie, Frondell became the fourth 18-year-old to score 20 goals in the league and the first since Daniel Sedin in 1998-99. After helping Sweden win the gold medal at the world junior championships in January, Frondell finished strong with Djurgardens, scoring in 10 of 18 regular-season games before his team was eliminated Saturday in a first-round playoff series.<\/p>\n After Sunday, the Blackhawks play at the New York Islanders<\/a>, Philadelphia Flyers<\/a>, New York Rangers<\/a> and New Jersey Devils<\/a> on a four-game trip that opens Tuesday.<\/p>\n Blashill said he would know more about Frondell’s exact debut date Monday.<\/p>\n “We’re just working through flights, stuff like that,” Blashill said. “I know he wants to get here. We want to get him here.”<\/p>\n Once Frondell arrives, he should get ample ice time for rebuilding, last-place Chicago, which entered Sunday at 26-31-12 and in 30th place overall in the 32-team NHL.<\/p>\n “Probably in his situation, based on the level of play he’s had all year, how well he’s played the last part of the year … I’m a ‘going to throw him into the fire’ kind of coach,” Blashill said.<\/p>\n![](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/r1631533_1296x1296_1-1.jpg&w=130&h=130&scale=crop&location=center.jpeg\")
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