Blackhawks head coach Anders Sorensen advised reporters Tuesday that heart Jason Dickinson is completed for the 12 months after sustaining a wrist damage (through Ben Pope of the Chicago Solar-Occasions). For now, Chicago nonetheless has 12 wholesome forwards, so don’t anticipate a corresponding transfer — not less than not instantly.
A few weeks in the past, Dickinson returned to the lineup after a excessive ankle sprain sustained simply earlier than the 4 Nations break held him out of a month’s price of motion. He then damage his wrist whereas preventing Blues ahead Jake Neighbours within the first interval of Saturday’s loss and missed Sunday’s sport in opposition to the Flyers.
He ends his season with 7-9–16 in 59 video games, a far cry from his career-best 2023-24 marketing campaign that earned him a two-year, $8.5M extension. His profession excessive was 22 factors when Chicago acquired the pivot from Vancouver throughout coaching camp in 2022, however he put up back-to-back 30-point campaigns to start his Blackhawks tenure — together with 22 targets and 13 assists for 35 factors final 12 months whereas enjoying in all 82 video games. It was Dickinson’s first time hitting double-digit targets in his 10-year profession, and his plus-four score on a crew with a -111 aim differential earned him outdoors Selke Trophy consideration.
Whereas Dickinson’s capturing share has remained at a decent 12.5%, he’s not producing particular person possibilities close to the speed he did final 12 months. He averaged 0.95 pictures on aim per sport in 2024-25 in comparison with 1.54 in 2023-24. He’s additionally making an attempt 12% fewer pictures per sport than final season. A few of that may be attributed to a marginal lower in common ice time (15:42, down from 16:34), but it surely’s nonetheless a disappointing regression.
He stays an efficient checking ahead, successful below 49.5% of his attracts whereas contributing 53 blocks and 102 hits. Sadly, his substantial possession impacts from final 12 months additionally nosedived in 2024-25. His anticipated score dropped from -4.3 to -10.9 at even energy, whereas his CF% decreased from 46.4 to 43.4. That’s amid a slight general enhance in Chicago’s 5v5 possession play, checking in at 44.7% of shot makes an attempt up to now in 2024-25 after ending with 44.3% in 2023-24.
Dickinson had spent the vast majority of his time within the lineup centering a line with Ilya Mikheyev and Teuvo Teräväinen. Captain Nick Foligno assumed that position in opposition to Philly and will accomplish that for the rest of the 12 months, though the Hawks have shuffled their strains ceaselessly previously few months.
