Jake Neighbors

And I know that might sound a little bit like silly, but it really is something that I do think about, like who is going to be the voices, who is going to be the personality.

And that's where I'm hoping a guy like Jake neighbors continues to bring his personality again, because I feel like the past couple of seasons, he's just been so mellow now.

I don't know exactly what goes on right now, But Jake Neighbors used to be so full of life and he used to be loud and pull pranks.

And I just want that Jake Neighbors back.

I also think that Robert Thomas is going to showcase his personality a lot more this season.

I think that was something in seasons past we didn't really get to see from RT18 a whole bunch because...

So it's Holloway.

Like, I just, okay.

I

actually handwrite mine to Jake Neighbors every year.

Speaking of Jake Neighbors, if he is on that second power play, if Juracek is, we could see like Neighbors, Dvorsky, and Juracek all on a power play together and like How about that? This time a couple years ago, we would have been like, that's

fun.

And Neighbors is the freaking vet in that group, too.

And I think that the depth pieces here are really fascinating.

I'm really excited for guys like Connor McMichael, Mason McTavish.

If Jake neighbors is going to be on that third line, I think that's kind of a cheat code.

You know, they're trying to get younger.

Jake Neighbors.

I don't think it's all there yet.

The defense concerns me.

So Soderblom got the start in between the pipes for his second start here of the preseason.

While the Blues, they had guys like Colton Pareko, Jake Neighbors, Cam Fowler, Pavel Buchnevich, Connor McMichael, Jordan Binnington was the one who got the start in net for them.

So I would say it was like a decently even amount of NHLers on both sides in this one but altogether man it was not the showing that I think we wanted to see from our Blackhawks to put it nicely as the offense just really couldn't muster up all that much at even strength recording just 17 shots on goal also the Blackhawks for the second time in their first three preseason games, just spent way too much time in the penalty box.

They took six penalties last night, which really just limited the amount of ice time some guys could get at five on five and the amount of time they could spend in the offensive zone.

You look at the Holloways, of course, the Parekos.

You look at the Jake Neighbors.

I mean, there is a lot of support around him right now for him to kind of lead this group.

But I am very encouraged by what I've seen from big Robert Thomas.

People love it.

The re- more and more and more people shout, again, shout out Jake Neighbors.

If you haven't watched the interview with Jake Neighbors from earlier this summer, go watch it.

The way he talks about St. Louis, the way all of these guys talk about St. Louis, the way Prongs talked about St. Louis- EJ ... uh, EJ talks about St. Louis, the w- guys go back to St. Louis.

When they retire they go, "I am going to settle down and live my life in St. Louis." This team has done a great job with cap.