{"id":359518,"date":"2025-12-20T06:45:07","date_gmt":"2025-12-20T06:45:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/359518\/"},"modified":"2025-12-20T06:45:07","modified_gmt":"2025-12-20T06:45:07","slug":"breaking-down-blackhawks-goalie-depth-chart-with-laurent-brossoit-stuck-arvid-soderblom-struggling","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/359518\/","title":{"rendered":"Breaking down Blackhawks’ goalie depth chart with Laurent Brossoit stuck, Arvid Soderblom struggling"},"content":{"rendered":"

KANATA, Ontario \u2014 Spencer Knight continues to give the Blackhawks<\/a> strong goaltending, even during their recent struggles without Connor Bedard. He has established himself as a No. 1 goalie in the NHL.<\/p>\n

After Knight, however, the goaltending depth chart is getting more complicated.<\/p>\n

Laurent Brossoit\u2019s return to health<\/a>, combined with the Hawks\u2019 inability to find a new home for him because of his sizable $3.3 million salary-cap hit, is the biggest X-factor. Brossoit just cleared waivers and was sent back to Rockford, where he recently went 2-1-0 with a .900 save percentage (and scored a goal) during a two-week AHL conditioning stint.<\/p>\n

General manager Kyle Davidson, during a wide-ranging conversation Friday with the Sun-Times, explained where things stand with Brossoit, 32, and related trade discussions.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe understands he needs to continue to play and show that he\u2019s durable; we believe there\u2019s no issues there,\u201d Davidson said. \u201cThen there\u2019s got to be an [NHL] opportunity. And there\u2019s also things like the money aspect \u2014 that has to fit. There\u2019s a bunch of different factors that go into this.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe\u2019s been a true pro, great guy and great teammate, both in Rockford and in Chicago. We\u2019ve tried to be reciprocal with that respect and keep him up to date with everything. .\u2009.\u2009. [He\u2019s] depth for us until something comes up that makes sense outside of the organization.\u201d<\/p>\n

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\"Laurent<\/p>\n

Laurent Brossoit has played well in his first three games back from injury with Rockford.<\/p>\n

Kristin Ostrowski\/Rockford IceHogs<\/p>\n

Some fans have questioned why Brossoit isn\u2019t receiving an opportunity with the Hawks, considering his results in his last two healthy NHL seasons were impressive: He had a .927 save percentage in both.<\/p>\n

Hawks backup Arvid Soderblom, who received a two-year contract extension last summer, has never been a fan favorite, and his recent struggles have generated more ire.<\/p>\n

Soderblom, 26, has allowed 23 goals in his last four starts, dropping his save percentage to .876 and his career mark to .888. His GSAA has fallen to minus-7.0, according to Natural Stat Trick, which is in stark contrast to Knight\u2019s plus-11.1 (third-best in the league).<\/p>\n

But the Hawks remain committed to Soderblom, with Davidson pointing out the team has played poorly in front of him lately. Minimal goal support has been a common theme throughout his Hawks tenure.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe know Arvid is a really good goalie,\u201d Davidson said. \u201cHe has shown that over a period of time. There\u2019s no real discussion at this point to making any change. We just have to be a little more consistent in front of him.\u201d<\/p>\n

That leaves the Hawks with a goalie surplus in Rockford, where they want to give Brossoit opportunities but not disrupt incumbent Drew Commesso\u2019s momentum. They\u2019ll likely split two games this weekend against Manitoba, the Jets\u2019 affiliate.<\/p>\n

Commesso, 23, has a .913 save percentage through his first 16 AHL appearances this season, improving on .911 and .906 marks from his first two. He said during training camp he believes he\u2019s NHL-ready, but the Hawks are asking him to stay patient for now. It\u2019s worth noting that his entry-level contract expires after this season.<\/p>\n

\u201cDrew has established himself as a frontline starter in the AHL and a top prospect around the league,\u201d Davidson said. \u201cWe want to make sure we keep him progressing in a positive way, too, because we do believe very strongly in what he\u2019s done.\u201d<\/p>\n

That leaves rookie Stanislav Berezhnoy, who has an .896 save percentage in his first seven AHL games since coming over from Russia as an undrafted free agent last summer, as the odd man out temporarily.<\/p>\n

Davidson suggested that Berezhnoy, 22, might spend time with the Indy Fuel after the Christmas break. Indy is the Hawks\u2019 ECHL affiliate \u2014 the hockey equivalent of Double-A baseball. Although it\u2019s unusual for NHL-relevant forward or defensive prospects to end up there, it\u2019s less rare for goalies.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"KANATA, Ontario \u2014 Spencer Knight continues to give the Blackhawks strong goaltending, even during their recent struggles without…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":359519,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[66],"tags":[385,99],"class_list":{"0":"post-359518","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-nhl","8":"tag-nhl","9":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/359518","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=359518"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/359518\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/359519"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=359518"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=359518"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=359518"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}