Jack Pridham

It is a good question.

I think with Pavlich and Pridham, they've got some good core senior people.

Leon Cameron.

Leon Cameron as well, and Dean Cox, who's been around a long time.

the NHL roster is better, and that's what you want.

And you know, this is why guys like Jack Pridham leave the organization is you see-

'Cause they're quitters.

[laughs] Well-

No cameras, no footage, no nothing like that, because it was just like the sacrosanct moment in the, you know, the cathedral of junior hockey, something that you want to witness forever.

And then dear friend of the pod, Jack Pridham comes over with this blank eating smirk on his face.

looking us dead in the eyes, holding the Robertson.

And basically after Justin tried to carry it, I grabbed it.

Plus it was nice and easy for me to grab those and then having the rest of the leagues on flow like it was.

But one guy that I noticed pretty quick was Jack Pridham up at Kitchener with the Rangers who went to the, went to the Memorial cup, uh, two-part question number one what was it like watching one of your future players play in the memorial cup because we haven't had that often very much in college hockey in recent years obviously and two what kind of player do you think jack could be in his freshman year for you

Yeah, he's got a great season in Kitchener, a player that we've recruited hard throughout the season and comes from a hockey family with his dad, a longtime executive in the league, in the league office, and then with the Toronto Maple Leafs, now with Pittsburgh Penguins.

And so Jack's grown up around the game and pretty bright, intelligent player.

The guy who he's playing for Denver University.

Oh, Jack Pridham?

Jack Pridham, thank you.

I was drawing a blank on his name.

We don't care about him anymore.

Yeah.

Good luck making the Tampa lineup.

Him and Dominic James and Jack Pridham conform the ex-Blackhawk draft pick line.

Who was your standout MVP of the Memorial Cup?

You got to go Jack Pridham, a guy we were like, oh, when's he going to score? He had, what, five goals in four games? Showcased why he was the top goal scorer for Kitchener, finished second in points and goals in the OHL last year.

He came alive when Kitchener needed him to come alive, and really in that third period where he sealed the deal on that five-on-three power play to begin the third period against Everton in the Memorial Cup final.

I mean, when he put that puck in the back of the net, you're like, okay, this team's going to they got to close out this period because, you know, it's junior hockey, anything can happen, but they're just, you know, 18 minutes away from being a Memorial cup champions.

He's still a point-of-game player, but the goals aren't coming.

that positively regressed and bang, you know, four and four and oh, they, they take it and, and, and win it all.

And, and he's, yeah, definitely like I, I felt like it, obviously Sam O'Reilly had the historic run, but I think between Jack Pridham and Christian Kirsch, I thought that he, you kind of almost had that three-headed monster for Kitchener in that Memorial Cup run.

And I think that's a perfect segue because all of these guys are gone.

AJ Spellacy, 16.

Pour one out for Jack Pridham at number 17.

John Mustard at 18.

Pour another one out for Nolan Allen at 19.

Just turned 22 this summer.

Scratching the surface on 110 NHL games should be a full-time part of the Blackhawks roster this season because of his situation as I broke down a few days ago.

So I'm not including Korchinski, even though you could make a case for Korchinski despite you know him having 109 NHL games most came when it was NHL or WHL for him back in 2023-24 and then Ryan Green as well because he was strictly an NHL player for the Blackhawks last year well over 60 NHL games now each of those five players I am no longer considering as prospects and then of course both Jack Pridham and Nolan Allen as I said were traded by the Blackhawks since I went through this list last time around.

So kicking things off for part one of my 2026 preseason Blackhawks top 20 prospects list.

Wickenheiser's gone.

Pridham's gone.

Gilman's gone.

Leach is gone.