• Musings on Madison, Episode 210 — A deflating draft lottery
    May 6 2026
    Welcome to Episode 210 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. In this episode, the usual trio of Dave, Eric and Betsy assembled as Tuesday night's draft lottery occurred. Follow along with their live reactions to what ended up being an overall disappointing evening for the franchise, with discussions afterwards on what it all means for the road ahead. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See https://pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.
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    1 hr and 12 mins
  • Musings on Madison, Episode 209 — Superb Superlatives
    Apr 29 2026
    Welcome to Episode 209 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. In this episode, the usual trio of Dave, Eric and Betsy assembled to finish up their recap of the 2025-26 Blackhawks season, starting with awarding superlatives to players as guided by Eric and ending with a discussion on which players they saw "enough" from during the prior 82 games. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See https://pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.
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    1 hr and 18 mins
  • Musings on Madison, Episode 208 — Another Blackhawks season ends. So now what?
    Apr 17 2026

    Welcome to Episode 208 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. In this episode, the usual trio of Dave, Eric and Betsy assembled on Thursday night, 24 hours after the Blackhawks played their game of the 2025-26 season and extended the contract of GM Kyle Davidson, with their discussion taking a big-picture look at where the Blackhawks are in this rebuild and offering their thoughts on what lies ahead. Later on, they revisit the picks they made on some prompts prior to the season.


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    1 hr and 26 mins
  • Musings on Madison, Episode 207 — The Blackhawks' youth movement takes off
    Apr 7 2026

    Welcome to Episode 207 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. In this episode, the usual trio of Dave, Eric and Betsy assembled during Monday's game against San Jose to discuss the last few weeks of Blackhawks hockey, centered around discussions involving the younger players taking over the lineup such as Anton Frondell, Sacha Boisvert and Kevin Korchinski. A holiday-themed food take from candy corner concludes the discussion.


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    1 hr and 7 mins
  • Musings on Madison, Episode 206 — On-ice reactions and deadline transactions
    Mar 13 2026

    Welcome to Episode 206 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. In this episode, the usual trio of Dave, Eric and Betsy assembled during Thursday's game against Utah to recap the last week of news and notes involving the team, with discussions covering Foligno's time as the Blackhawks captain, what's been happening with the team on the ice, the recent controversy surrounding first-round pick Sacha Boisvert and some public interviews with GM Kyle Davidson.


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    1 hr and 10 mins
  • Musings on Madison, Episode 205 — Blackhawks busy as trade deadline approaches
    Mar 5 2026

    Welcome to Episode 205 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. In this episode, the usual trio of Dave, Eric and Betsy assembled just a few hours after another Blackhawks trade to discuss both of the moves Chicago's made this week and to explore the possibility of more in the days ahead. A brief discussion of the last week of Blackhawks games follows with a little food take seasoned on top of the end of the episode.


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    1 hr and 12 mins
  • Musings on Madison, Episode 204 — Olympic reactions and T25U25 prospect rankings
    Feb 25 2026

    Welcome to Episode 204 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. In this episode, the usual trio of Dave, Eric and Betsy assembled following the Olympics discuss the US taking home gold medals in both men's and women's hockey along with the off-ice controversies unfolding in the days since and later dove into the Top 25 Under 25 rankings revealed at the SCH website this week.


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    1 hr and 20 mins
  • Musings on Madison, Episode 203 — What's left for the Blackhawks to do this season?
    Feb 11 2026

    Welcome to Episode 203 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. In this episode, the usual trio of Dave, Eric and Betsy assembled during the Olympic break to discuss what the Blackhawks have accomplished this season and what else they need to do for the 2025-26 campaign to feel like a successful one. They also talked about some young prospects who may be attractive trade targets for other teams and then shared some thoughts on the upcoming Olympic tournament.


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    1 hr and 16 mins