• Musings on Madison, Episode 192 — Early impression of the 2025-26 Blackhawks
    Oct 15 2025

    Welcome to Episode 192 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 gathered to share their thoughts on the first four games of this Blackhawks season, covering topics ranging from the fast starts of Connor Bedard and Frank Nazar to the impressive performances from Wyatt Kaiser. A cost-effective food take wraps up their discussion.


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    1 hr and 7 mins
  • Musings on Madison, Episode 191 — Previewing the 2025-26 Blackhawks season
    Oct 2 2025

    Welcome to Episode 191 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 gathered to discuss the upcoming NHL season, starting with a lengthy discussion on the present and future of No. 2 overall pick Artyom Levshunov, followed by a series of wide-ranging discussions on expectations of players from all over the roster before a geographic-based food take wraps up the episode.


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    1 hr and 29 mins
  • Musings on Madison, Episode 190 — Talking Blackhawks preseason and prospects
    Sep 25 2025

    Welcome to Episode 190 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 return from their summer hiatus to discuss the Blackhawks initial game of the 2025 preseason, some brief training camp thoughts and then get into some prospect discussion looking back at the site's annual Top 25 Under 25 rankings before a food take that has them reflecting on their summer months.


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    1 hr and 4 mins
  • Musings on Madison, Episode 189 — Blackhawks' offseason review
    Jul 10 2025

    Welcome to Episode 189 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 gathered to recap what the Blackhawks did in the NHL Draft and in the most transaction-heavy part of the calendar before glancing ahead to the 2025-26 season. Before they depart for a few months, they kick around a food take for the end of the world.


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    1 hr and 3 mins
  • Musings on Madison, Episode 188 — Previewing the 2025 NHL Draft
    Jun 25 2025

    Welcome to Episode 188 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 add Zack to the equation to preview the 2025 NHL Draft, with lengthy discussions on all the possible options for the Blackhawks at the No. 3 and No. 25 picks in the first round. A brief discussion on memories of Duncan Keith ends the conversation, following the defenseman's recent nomination for Hall of Fame induction.


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    1 hr and 33 mins
  • Musings on Madison, Episode 187 — Looking ahead to the Blackhawks' offseason plans
    Jun 18 2025

    Welcome to Episode 187 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, it's the usual trio of Dave, Eric and Betsy together to discuss the last few weeks of whispers and rumors regarding what Chicago will do during the upcoming NHL Draft and free agency. Then, the conversation ends with a food take that tests the limits on the idea of "phrasing."


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    1 hr and 17 mins
  • Musings on Madison, Episode 186 — Reacting to Jeff Blashill's introductory press conference
    May 27 2025

    Welcome to Episode 186 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. On this special, brief episode, Eric and Dave got together in Lot C of the United Center parking lot to talk through their reactions to the introductory press conference of new Blackhawks head coach Jeff Blashill.


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    19 mins
  • Musings on Madison, Episode 185 — Draft Lottery blues
    May 7 2025

    Welcome to Episode 185 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. This week, Dave, Betsy and Eric together to discuss the Blackhawks slipping to No. 3 at the draft lottery, what type of appeal the franchise currently has as a coaching destination and the IceHogs continued Calder Cup Playoffs run before a food take wraps it all up.


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    1 hr and 14 mins