The Chicago Blackhawks have traded ahead Ryder Rolston to the Nashville Predators in alternate for future concerns.
The transfer comes after Rolston solely performed six video games this season with the Blackhawks’ American Hockey League (AHL) affiliate, the Rockford IceHogs, scoring one aim. Final season, in his first skilled season with Rockford, Rolston scored 10 objectives and added 9 assists for 19 factors in 62 regular-season video games.
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The 23-year-old Rolston was chosen within the fifth spherical of the 2020 NHL Entry Draft by the Colorado Avalanche, then was traded with Josh Dickinson to Chicago in April 2021 as a part of the Carl Soderberg commerce.
After being drafted in 2020, Rolston enrolled on the College of Notre Dame, the place in three seasons with the Preventing Irish, he scored 18 objectives and added 35 assists for 53 factors and 59 penalty minutes in 93 video games. After ending his third season with Notre Dame, Rolston signed a three-year, entry-level contract with the Blackhawks.
Earlier than enrolling at Notre Dame, Rolston spent components of three seasons in the USA Hockey League (USHL), together with time with the U.S. Nationwide Group Improvement Program. His greatest season got here in 2019-20 with the Waterloo Black Hawks, the place he scored 16 objectives and added 17 assists for 33 factors in 42 video games, resulting in him being drafted by the Avalanche later that spring.
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Going into the Nov. 27 slate of video games, the Blackhawks are lifeless final within the NHL with a 7-12-2 report and 16 factors. Ahead Connor Bedard leads the staff with 15 factors, however his season has been comparatively disappointing, with simply three objectives by means of the primary quarter of the marketing campaign. Depth ahead Ryan Donato has stunned followers with sturdy manufacturing, with a team-leading eight objectives, and defenseman Seth Jones has 10 factors in 17 video games.
