Chicago Hockey Now’s Monday roundup flags a quiet problem on the Hawks’ blue line: Wyatt Kaiser. His pairings with Artyom Levshunov and Sam Rinzel both sit among the NHL’s ten worst at 5-on-5 by expected-goal share, and Chicago has allowed 16 goals with him on the ice through nine games.
Also in the roundup: the Hawks are off until Friday against Montreal, which could finally give them Bowen Byram, Connor Bedard and Frank Nazar in the same lineup. Sending Dominic Toninato to Rockford leaves 12 healthy forwards, a hint that Andrew Mangiapane may be close, and Ryan Roobroeck’s eighth goal for Guelph pushed him into the OHL’s top 10 in two scoring categories.