Blackhawks Season Recaps: Alex Vlasic | Albert Smits 2026 NHL Draft Profile

About this episode

The episode features a draft profile of Albert Smits and a season recap of Alex Vlasic's performance with the Blackhawks.

Wednesday's episode begins with another left-handed defenseman's 2026 NHL Draft Profile, as host Jack Bushman breaks down the strengths, weaknesses, stats, NHL projection, and everything in between for 18-year-old Albert Smits. Then, Bushman dives into 24-year-old defenseman Alex Vlasic's 2025-26 season recap and dishes out a grade for his performance in his third full season with the Chicago Blackhawks. The episode concludes with Corey Pronman's 2026 NHL Mock Draft 2.0 for The Athletic, where he projected the Blackhawks to draft Ivar Stenberg with the fourth overall pick.

People in this episode

Host: Jack Bushman

Topics covered

• NHL Draft Profile
• Chicago Blackhawks
• player performance
• season recap
• hockey analysis

Keywords

• Albert Smits
• Alex Vlasic
• 2026 NHL Draft
• Chicago Blackhawks
• Corey Pronman
• Ivar Stenberg
• hockey

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: The Athletic

Products: Ivar Stenberg

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