While the Blackhawks will be missing the playoffs once again this season, there could still be roster reinforcements coming down the stretch. Top prospect Anton Frondell is expected to come to North America once his season in Sweden ends and it appears another center will be joining him. Ben Pope of the Chicago Sun-Times relays that Chicago plans to sign Sacha Boisvert when his college campaign comes to an end and have him debut in the NHL.
The 19-year-old was a first-round pick in 2024, going 18th overall after a strong showing with USHL Muskegon. Since then, Boisvert has played in college. Last season, Boisvert notched 18 goals and 14 assists in 37 games with the University of North Dakota but still opted to transfer to Boston University this season. Production has been harder to come by in 2025-26 as he has just three goals and 13 assists in 24 games.
However, that doesn’t appear to be deterring Chicago’s desire to sign him. Assistant GM Mark Eaton indicated that he feels Boisvert’s style of play is better suited to the professional ranks than the college game and their intention to sign him coming off a quiet year suggests they’re not too concerned about the limited production.
While it might seem counterintuitive to have a young player burn the first year of his entry-level deal in a lost season (something that won’t be the case for Frondell given his age), GM Kyle Davidson hasn’t shown much hesitance in doing so. Just last year, Sam Rinzel, Oliver Moore, and Ryan Greene did just that, as did Frank Nazar the year before. It appears that Boisvert will be joining that group in the near future.
Boisvert is something the Hawks need because he will probably end up being a wing for the Hawks. He’s big, Tough, Fast and has skills around the net despite the lack of goals this year. He could be the perfect wing for Bedard because Greene isn’t the physical guy Bedard really needs. Boisvert can be a net front presence type guy which is why Davidson isn’t really bothered by the stats. I just need to temper my expectations after Arty, Nazar and Rinzel all had some growing pains after good starts at the end of last year. Hawks have been good this year at keeping in he game but not finishing. Hopefully the guys coming are finishers.
I actually have him on the Nazar line, as Frondell will be soon here and teaming with Bedsy. Have 2 “kids” to 1 vet on each line. I recall during the draft announcers were telling us about he needed to work on his skating, and he was headed to ND State to do that. I just hope that part of his game has come around.
a big body like him is definitely needed after losing Dach, Frondell likely jumps in with Bedard on the top line though when his SHL playoff ends
But can he play defense?
I looked it up, the Hawks lead the league in blown leads.