{"id":919425,"date":"2026-10-03T19:36:08","date_gmt":"2026-10-03T19:36:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/919425\/"},"modified":"2026-10-03T19:36:08","modified_gmt":"2026-10-03T19:36:08","slug":"chicago-blackhawks-defenceman-bowen-byram-to-miss-home-coming-against-buffalo-sabres-because-of-family-matter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/919425\/","title":{"rendered":"Chicago Blackhawks defenceman Bowen Byram to miss home-coming against Buffalo Sabres because of family matter"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"c-paragraph\">BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) \u2014 Chicago Blackhawks coach Jeff Blashill ruled out top defenceman Bowen Byram from playing in Buffalo on Saturday night because of a family matter.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Byram\u2019s absence came as he prepared to face his former team for the first time since the Sabres traded him to Chicago in a multiplayer deal in June. <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">The 25-year-old Byram of Cranbrook, B.C., subsequently signed a six-year, US$75 million contract with the Blackhawks in becoming the team\u2019s top-paid defenceman.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">The offensive-minded player had 21 goals and 89 points in 182 games with Buffalo.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">He didn&#8217;t register a point in Chicago&#8217;s two straight losses to open the season. <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">After playing Buffalo, the Blackhawks open their home schedule hosting St. Louis on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">___<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\"> See AP\u2019s full NHL coverage here <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">The Associated Press<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) \u2014 Chicago Blackhawks coach Jeff Blashill ruled out top defenceman Bowen Byram from playing in&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":919426,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[433],"tags":[49,48,448,82],"class_list":["post-919425","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nhl","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-nhl","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/919425","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=919425"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/919425\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/919426"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=919425"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=919425"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=919425"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}