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Blackhawks Offseason Road Map: Key Dates, Awards, Deadlines, More

Tab Bamford Tab Bamford
Apr 26, 2024
Chicago Blackhawks

The Blackhawks won’t play another meaningful game until October, but that doesn’t mean the world stops turning folks. There’s plenty going on in Blackhawks-land between now and the start of August that will have my attention.

Blackhawks fans only have to wait a couple short weeks for the first big date on our offseason calendars: the 2024 NHL Draft Lottery. On Friday, the NHL announced the lottery will take place on May 7 and will be broadcast on ESPN.

That will go a long way in determining some other elements of this summer’s plans for the front office. The No. 1 pick might accelerate the plan even more than the pressure to win games this coming season. A fall to 3 or 4 means the Hawks — and their fans — will have to wait a year or two to see this summer’s addition to the pipeline on NHL ice.

Here’s a full checklist of the key dates to add to your calendars for the Blackhawks this summer.

  • May 7 — 2024 NHL Draft Lottery

  • May 10-26 — 2024 IIHF Men’s World Championship (Prague and Ostrava, Czechia)

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  • June 2-8 — 2024 NHL Scouting Combine (LECOM Harborcenter; Buffalo, N.Y.)

  • June 24 — Last possible day of the 2024 Stanley Cup Final

  • TBD — Deadline for first club-elected salary arbitration notification (4 PM CT); date is later of June 15 or 48 hours after the conclusion of the Stanley Cup Final.

  • June 27 — NHL Awards (TBD location in Las Vegas)

  • June 28-29 — 2024 NHL Draft (Las Vegas)

  • July 1 — Free agency begins

  • TBD Early July — Blackhawks Development Camp (will be off-ice again)

  • July 5 — Deadline for player-elected salary arbitration notification (4 PM CT)

  • July 6 — Deadline for second club-elected salary arbitration notification (4 PM CT)

  • July 20 – Aug. 4 — Salary arbitration hearings

  • Aug. 6 — Deadline for salary arbitration decisions to be rendered

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    Tab Bamford

    Tab Bamford has been writing about the Chicago Blackhawks for almost two decades. He joined Bleacher Nation as the lead Blackhawks writer in May 2022. Tab is a member of the Professional Hockey Writers Association and is the author of two books about the Blackhawks: "100 Things Blackhawks Fans Should Know & Do Before They Die" (Triumph Books) and "Chicago Blackhawks: An Illustrated Timeline" (Reedy Press, 2021). Find him on Twitter/X/Instagram/Threads at @The1Tab

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