{"id":708004,"date":"2026-06-01T09:50:11","date_gmt":"2026-06-01T09:50:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/708004\/"},"modified":"2026-06-01T09:50:11","modified_gmt":"2026-06-01T09:50:11","slug":"jack-pridham-makes-final-blackhawks-decision-before-nhl-draft","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/708004\/","title":{"rendered":"Jack Pridham makes final Blackhawks decision before NHL Draft"},"content":{"rendered":"

Jack Pridham makes final Blackhawks decision before NHL Draft<\/a> originally appeared on The Sporting News<\/a>. Add The Sporting News as a Preferred Source by clicking here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The Chicago Blackhawks<\/a> and Jack Pridham weren’t meant to be.<\/p>\n

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The Athletic’s Scott Wheeler reported that Pridham won’t be signing with the Blackhawks by the June 1 deadline.<\/p>\n

That means he won’t join Chicago’s organization. Instead, he’ll be eligible to be drafted again.<\/p>\n

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Pridham may only be a mid-round talent, but it’s still not the kind of thing the Blackhawks would’ve wanted.<\/p>\n

They originally took him No. 92 in the 2024 NHL Draft, part of the third round.<\/p>\n

At the time, he was playing in the BCHL for the West Leowna Warriors.<\/p>\n

He has since played two seasons for the Kitchener Rangers in the OHL. This year, he had 46 goals and 44 assists in 65 games for a total of 90 points.<\/p>\n

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The 20-year old right wing is 6-foot-2 and 185 pounds with a righty shot, and he’s got legitimate potential.<\/p>\n

It appears Pridham saw where he’d sit in the Blackhawks’ prospect pecking order and chose a different path.<\/p>\n

He decommitted from Boston University, which allowed him to return to the OHL to keep playing for Kitchener and opened up this path.<\/p>\n

Not every team signs every player they draft, but Chicago seemed to get it right that Pridham would keep improving as he moved through the ranks. It’s a bummer that the Blackhawks don’t close the deal here.<\/p>\n

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