ANALYSIS: Newcomers Make Early Impact as Trade Deadline Nears

Chicago couldn't quite complete the comeback against the Winnipeg Jets on Sunday night, digging a three-goal hole over the back half of the second period that proved too much to overcome in a 6-4 loss at home.
Now, the Blackhawks roster waits to see what the next 18 hours hold with the NHL trade deadline approaching at 2 p.m. CT on Monday.
"Good job coming back in the third. We started playing the game right, but going in the rest of the way, this is on us. We have to compete and play the right way for three periods," interim head coach Derek King said. "We didn't do that tonight. We cheated it and that cost us, so that's on us as a whole, not just the players, it's on everybody.
"Going forward, I told them, 'It's out of our control,'" King continued of the impending deadline and more possible moves to come as the Blackhawks look to recoup assets for the future. "We'll see what happens tomorrow and whoever's here, we're going to compete and play the right way."

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What is known at least is that the already altered Blackhawks roster will depart for a three-game road trip to Southern California and Vegas just two hours after the trade deadline to embark on the home stretch of 19 games.
"The nice thing that's going to happen right now is that we're getting out of here and we're going on a road trip," King added. "We're going to get some sun, we'll get a couple days there before get into that three-(games)-in-four-nights, guys get together, go for dinner and you'll just get comfortable getting to know everybody more and more."

NEWCOMER IMPACT

It's been a long, whirlwind weekend for the Blackhawks' early deadline acquisitions, Taylor Raddysh and Boris Katchouk.
The duo learned late Friday afternoon they had been dealt from their first NHL homes in Tampa and scrambled onto a flight to meet their new club in Minnesota, landing late Friday evening and jumping right into action for a 1 p.m. CT puck drop against the Wild. They played 15 and 12 minutes, respectively on the afternoon in St. Paul and flew back to Chicago with the team after the game, finally able to catch their collective breath for a short time Saturday night before facing the Jets on Sunday evening at the United Center.
"The last couple days have been quite hectic, just trying to get on a flight once you find out and get into Minnesota and play a quick game there," Raddysh said before Sunday's game. "Last night was good to have a first night here and get a good sleep for the first time in a couple days."
"They traveled, the shock of being traded and then I throw them in the fire and played them a lot. Hopefully they slept good last night. They'll get comfortable," King said. "When you get traded as a player, you've got to get comfortable. That's the hardest thing. Playing the game is the easy part. It's just being comfortable and being part of it. But they're good character kids and they'll fit in perfectly here."
The sleep paid off -- and the comfort level was evident for both in game No. 2.
Raddysh had the Blackhawks' first scoring opportunity of the game on an early breakaway and then logged his first point with a perfect centering feed to Jonathan Toews for a 1-1 equalizer early in the second. He found the net in the third, burying a pass from Patrick Kane on the power play in the slot to pull Chicago back to a 5-3 deficit in the comeback bid. He tied the team lead with four shots on goal and logged two hits on the night as well.

It was perhaps a good omen that the last time he played in the United Center -- exactly two weeks prior as a member of the Lightning -- he scored the most recent of his five goals with Tampa on the year.
"I actually thought about that the other night," Raddysh said with a laugh. "I didn't have that many goals, but this was a place I did score, so hopefully that's a good sign."
Katchouk made an impact on both sides of the puck, putting three shots on goal with a takeaway and a blocked shot as well in 10:24 of ice time. He also got into a scuffle with Pierre-Luc Dubois in the third period, drawing matching roughing minors in the process.
"I'm an intense player that brings energy throughout the lineup," he said. "That's just part of my game, for sure."
"They're going to be real nice additions to this team," King said. "The two of them played good again today, I felt, and it was good to see Rads get on the board. It was good for them."
Making the jump from a team in search of a third straight Stanley Cup to one in the midst of a well-known rebuild is undoubtedly a somewhat tough pill to swallow. But for a pair of rookies who found it tough to crack the stacked offensive group in Tampa, the chance to play a bigger role is one that still proves exciting in its own right.
"I'm excited," Raddysh said of his new-found opportunity. "Tampa was kind of a tough situation with how good of a team they had and they had a lot of guys that I was behind and low on minutes, in and out of the lineup, so I'm excited to be here and to get a good opportunity to play and show myself and be able to put myself out there."
"It's just finding a positive attitude towards everything right now," Katchouk added. "It sucks to leave such a winning culture coming to a rebuild, but it's a part of the process. I won't be the first and I definitely won't be the last to be traded. It's just coming in with more opportunity in the Chicago organization. There's such a rich history in that locker room and I'm just going to take the positive from it."