Hall broke down the timeline of the blockbuster trade from his perspective Thursday. He claimed he's "definitely a better player than the amount I was playing" during his final weeks in Chicago.

Taylor Hall seems to be fitting in nicely with his new team, the Carolina Hurricanes. He has now played two games after being traded by the Chicago Blackhawks and just recorded his first point in his second game that came against the New York Rangers.

Landon Slaggert’s offensive game isn’t all that nuanced. To the Chicago Blackhawks forward, scoring goals is pretty much black-and-white. Or, better yet, blue. “Just getting to the blue paint,” he said hours before he was set to make his NHL season debut Tuesday against the Tampa Bay Lightning.

The Chicago Blackhawks allowed the Tampa Bay Lightning to tie it with the goalie pulled and then win it in overtime last week at United Center. This time around, they wanted to make things right against the Lightning.

Connor Bedard scored from a seemingly impossible angle, Arvid Soderblom stopped 34 shots and the Chicago Blackhawks beat the Tampa Bay Lightning 4-1

Connor Bedard scored the first of four straight goals for the Chicago Blackhawks, who came from behind to defeat the Tampa Bay Lightning 4-1 at Amalie Arena on Tuesday. Arvid Soderblom made 15 of his 34 saves in the third period for the Blackhawks (16-29-5),