Blackhawks' Prospect Is The Team's Best Goal Scoring forward since
The Chicago Blackhawks have an excellent draft record lately, as evidenced by Frank Nazar and Kevin Korchinski being future NHL stars.
But there's one Blackhawks prospect who is silently lighting up the OHL, and that isNick Lardis .
Lardis scored 50 points(29 G, 21 A) in 32 games last season with the Brantford Bulldogs. He hasn't missed a bit as he's been over a point-per-game player in the OHL, with 32 points(22 G, 10 A) in 20 games this season.
Lardis is one of Kyle Davidson's picks in the 3rd round, 67th overall in 2023.
He's been on fire since his draft year, as even with a wrist injury cutting his season short he scored 29 goals in 37 games for the Bulldogs.
This season he hasn't slowed down scoring 22 goals in 20 games, and could be one of the highest-scoring Blackhawks prospects "in a generation" per Bleacher Nation's Tab Bamford.
Who are his comparables?
In his post-draft season in the OHL, Ryan Hartman scored 25 goals in 52 games for Plymouth. He was in Rockford and Chicago the following season.
More recently, Gavin Hayes scored 41 goals in 66 games for Flint in the OHL in his post-draft season. He then scored 37 goals in 55 games (with a mid-season trade included) in his draft plus-one season. He's now in Rockford.
These are really great names to be put next to especially, as a forward who has a bright future in the Windy City. But one of the names we neglected to mention until now is: Alex DeBrincat.
Fortunately for the Hawks, he's already signed his ELC, and will bolster the Blackhawks pro-ranks next season.
Lardis signed his ELC on April 4th, 2024 with an AAV of 896K over 3 seasons.
Per DailyFaceOff it's expected Lardis could join the team very soon:
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NOVEMBRE 22 | 111 ANSWERS Blackhawks' Prospect Is The Team's Best Goal Scoring forward since Do you think Nick Lardis is the next top prospect in the Chicago Blackhawks pipeline? | ||
| Yes | 61 | 55 % |
| No | 50 | 45 % |
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