• Musings on Madison, Episode 197 — Playoffs?!
    Dec 3 2025

    Welcome to Episode 197 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 got together to during the first period of Tuesday night's game against the Golden Knights to share their thoughts on the Blackhawks as a possible playoff team by the end of this season and whether or not they think it'll happen. Additional conversations follow centering on Frank Nazar's slump and Connor Bedard's surge.


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    1 hr and 3 mins
  • Musings on Madison, Episode 196 — Who's the boss?
    Nov 19 2025
    Welcome to Episode 196 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 got together to during the first period of Tuesday night's game against the Flames to discuss their impressions of coach Jeff Blashill during his first month as the team's bench boss, followed by discussions that centered on Louis Crevier's surprising numbers and a handful of prospects who are having strong starts before a Google review-centric food take ends the conversation. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See https://pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.
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    59 mins
  • Musings on Madison, Episode 195 — Hawks back at home
    Nov 14 2025

    Welcome to Episode 195 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 got together to recap the second half of the Hawks' largely successful road trip out west before a tough loss at home to NJ, touching on all the "fun" this team is producing while also exploring the contrasting results from a couple of first-round blue-liners.


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    49 mins
  • Musings on Madison, Episode 194 — Process Over Results
    Nov 6 2025
    Welcome to Episode 194 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 during the first period of Wednesday night's game against the Canucks to discuss the first half of the Hawks road trip out west. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See https://pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.
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    1 hr and 3 mins
  • Musings on Madison, Episode 193 — Great Expectations
    Oct 30 2025

    Welcome to Episode 193 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 analyzed the first 10 games of the Blackhawks season relative to their own expectations of the team, with side discussions focusing on Bedard, Nazar, Knight, Kaiser and more. A quick check-in on a pair of prospects in Rockford followed before the group ended with a holiday-themed food discussion.


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    1 hr and 24 mins
  • 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