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Blackhawks General Manager Kyle Davidson has given head coach Jeff Blashill a vote of confidence after a very disappointing start to the season for Connor Bedard's team. Max, Gentille and Shayna discuss and compare the rebuild in Chicago to rebuilds in Vancouver, San Jose and Calgary and Hailey Salvian joins us from Denmark, the host country for the 2026 Women's World Championships, the jersey controversy for team USA and team Canada, and we debate the new PWHL names and logos for expansion Hamilton, Detroit, San Jose and Vegas.
This podcast was recorded live at 3pm ET on Thursday, November 12th, 2026
Hosts: Max Bultman & Sean Gentille
With: Shayna Goldman and Hailey Salvian
Executive Producer: Chris Flannery
Producer: Jeff Domet
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"What’s going wrong with the Blackhawks rebuild?" is an episode of The Athletic Hockey Show. Runtime 1 hr 1 min. Published November 12, 2026. Hit play above to stream it here, or open the free Spot Sports app for background play and offline downloads.