• Musings on Madison, Episode 185 — Draft Lottery blues
    May 7 2025

    Welcome to Episode 185 of Musings on Madison, here on the Second City Hockey podcast network, your weekly destination for a roundup of all things involving the Chicago Blackhawks. This week, Dave, Betsy and Eric together to discuss the Blackhawks slipping to No. 3 at the draft lottery, what type of appeal the franchise currently has as a coaching destination and the IceHogs continued Calder Cup Playoffs run before a food take wraps it all up.

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    1 hr and 14 mins
  • Musings on Madison, Episode 184 — Continuing our recap of the 2024-25 Blackhawks season
    Apr 30 2025

    Welcome to Episode 184 of Musings on Madison, here on the Second City Hockey podcast network, your weekly destination for a roundup of all things involving the Chicago Blackhawks. This week, Dave, Betsy and Eric together to discuss the the latest round of news involving Blackhawks head coach candidates, which Blackhawks veterans they'd want to keep for the short-term future and the upcoming Calder Cup Playoffs series for the IceHogs. And, before they go, a food take sends them back in time a bit.

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    1 hr and 16 mins
  • Musings on Madison, Episode 183 — Exit interviews, Nazar's emergence, coaching search and more!
    Apr 23 2025

    Welcome to Episode 183 of Musings on Madison, here on the Second City Hockey podcast network, your weekly destination for a roundup of all things involving the Chicago Blackhawks. This week, Dave, Betsy and Eric together to discuss the exit interviews from the end of the Blackhawks season, Frank Nazar's impressive rookie season in the NHL, options for the Blackhawks next coaching hire, a little more CHSN griping and, of course, a food take.

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    1 hr and 21 mins
  • Musings on Madison, Episode 182 — Thoughts on Bedard's sophomore season and the developmental arcs of Korchinski, Rinzel
    Apr 10 2025

    Welcome to Episode 182 of Musings on Madison, here on the Second City Hockey podcast network, your weekly destination for a roundup of all things involving the Chicago Blackhawks. This week, it's back to the usual trio of Dave, Betsy and Eric who had a lengthy discussion on Connor Bedard's second full NHL season along and how the paths towards the NHL have unfolded for 2022 first-round picks Kevin Korchinski and Sam Rinzel.

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    1 hr and 5 mins
  • Musings on Madison, Episode 181 — Moore, Rinzel debut as Blackhawks youth movement continues
    Apr 2 2025

    Welcome to Episode 181 of Musings on Madison, here on the Second City Hockey podcast network, your weekly destination for a roundup of all things involving the Chicago Blackhawks. This week, Dave and Eric are joined by Zack to dive into the recent NHL debuts of first-round picks Oliver Moore and Sam Rinzel, along with a lengthy discussion on the progress of 2024 No. 2 overall pick Artyom Levshunov. A conversation about the overall strength of the Blackhawks prospect pool on defense follows before a pizza-centric food take ends the show.

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    1 hr and 20 mins
  • Musings on Madison, Episode 180 — A moment of madness among the mundane
    Mar 25 2025

    Welcome to Episode 180 of Musings on Madison, here on the Second City Hockey podcast network, your weekly destination for a roundup of all things involving the Chicago Blackhawks. This week, Dave, Betsy, and Eric gathered to look back at another trio of Blackhawks games, including Sunday's wild matinee against the Flyers. They also looked towards the upcoming NCAA tournament and which Blackhawks prospects are involved before diving into a food take that was appropriate for this part of the calendar.

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    1 hr and 8 mins
  • Musings on Madison, Episode 179 — It's back to bleak for the Blackhawks
    Mar 20 2025

    Welcome to Episode 179 of Musings on Madison, here on the Second City Hockey podcast network, your weekly destination for a roundup of all things involving the Chicago Blackhawks. This week, Dave, Betsy, and Eric gathered after a particularly bleak stretch of Blackhawks hockey to dissect how bad everything has been recently before shifting their focus towards the future and what it might take in the offseason to have things trend in a positive direction next season.

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    59 mins
  • Musings on Madison, Episode 178 — Levshunov's debut and a trade deadline recap
    Mar 12 2025

    Welcome to Episode 178 of Musings on Madison, here on the Second City Hockey podcast network, your weekly destination for a roundup of all things involving the Chicago Blackhawks. This week, Dave, Betsy, and Eric, gathered to discuss the NHL debut of 2024 No. 2 overall pick Artyom Levshunov while also looking at his overall development, along with a recap of everything the Blackhawks did and did not do at this year's trade deadline.

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    1 hr and 21 mins
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