2004–05 Chicago Blackhawks season

The 2004–05 Chicago Blackhawks season was the 79th National Hockey League season, its games were cancelled as the 2004–05 NHL lockout could not be resolved in time.

2004–05 Chicago Blackhawks
Division	Central
Conference	Western
2004–05 record	Did not play
Team information
General manager	Bob Pulford
Coach	Brian Sutter
Captain	Vacant
Arena	United Center
Minor league affiliate(s)	Norfolk Admirals Greenville Grrrowl
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Offseason

Schedule

The Blackhawks preseason and regular season schedules were announced on July 14, 2004.^[1][2]

2004–05 schedule
Preseason Game Date Opponent 1 September 24 Calgary Flames 2 September 26 Columbus Blue Jackets 3 September 29 @ Columbus Blue Jackets 4 September 30 @ Calgary Flames 5 October 2 @ St. Louis Blues 6 October 4 @ Minnesota Wild 7 October 8 St. Louis Blues 8 October 10 Minnesota Wild
Regular season Game Date Opponent 1 October 13 Minnesota Wild 2 October 15 @ St. Louis Blues 3 October 16 Columbus Blue Jackets 4 October 20 Colorado Avalanche 5 October 22 @ Detroit Red Wings 6 October 24 Dallas Stars 7 October 25 @ Philadelphia Flyers 8 October 28 Anaheim Mighty Ducks 9 October 31 @ Carolina Hurricanes 10 November 3 @ Dallas Stars 11 November 4 @ Phoenix Coyotes 12 November 7 Phoenix Coyotes 13 November 10 Los Angeles Kings 14 November 12 Anaheim Mighty Ducks 15 November 14 Edmonton Oilers 16 November 17 @ Vancouver Canucks 17 November 18 @ Edmonton Oilers 18 November 20 @ Calgary Flames 19 November 24 @ San Jose Sharks 20 November 26 @ Anaheim Mighty Ducks 21 November 27 @ Los Angeles Kings 22 December 2 Nashville Predators 23 December 3 @ Detroit Red Wings 24 December 5 Los Angeles Kings 25 December 9 @ Phoenix Coyotes 26 December 10 @ Colorado Avalanche 27 December 12 New Jersey Devils 28 December 14 @ Detroit Red Wings 29 December 15 San Jose Sharks 30 December 17 Detroit Red Wings 31 December 19 Dallas Stars 32 December 22 Tampa Bay Lightning 33 December 23 @ Columbus Blue Jackets 34 December 26 Colorado Avalanche 35 December 28 @ Nashville Predators 36 December 29 Buffalo Sabres 37 January 2 Philadelphia Flyers 38 January 3 @ Buffalo Sabres 39 January 5 Phoenix Coyotes 40 January 7 @ Pittsburgh Penguins 41 January 9 Detroit Red Wings 42 January 12 @ Columbus Blue Jackets 43 January 14 Toronto Maple Leafs 44 January 16 Calgary Flames 45 January 18 @ Minnesota Wild 46 January 20 Nashville Predators 47 January 22 @ St. Louis Blues 48 January 23 Ottawa Senators 49 January 26 Detroit Red Wings 50 January 28 Columbus Blue Jackets 51 January 30 St. Louis Blues 52 February 1 @ Tampa Bay Lightning 53 February 2 @ Florida Panthers 54 February 5 @ Boston Bruins 55 February 8 @ Nashville Predators 56 February 9 @ Dallas Stars 57 February 16 Atlanta Thrashers 58 February 18 Nashville Predators 59 February 20 Columbus Blue Jackets 60 February 21 @ New York Rangers 61 February 23 Edmonton Oilers 62 February 25 @ Columbus Blue Jackets 63 February 27 San Jose Sharks 64 March 1 @ Washington Capitals 65 March 2 Montreal Canadiens 66 March 4 Calgary Flames 67 March 6 St. Louis Blues 68 March 8 @ Vancouver Canucks 69 March 10 @ Calgary Flames 70 March 12 @ San Jose Sharks 71 March 13 @ Anaheim Mighty Ducks 72 March 15 @ Los Angeles Kings 73 March 17 Vancouver Canucks 74 March 20 New York Islanders 75 March 23 Minnesota Wild 76 March 24 @ Minnesota Wild 77 March 26 @ Nashville Predators 78 March 29 @ Edmonton Oilers 79 March 31 @ Colorado Avalanche 80 April 1 Vancouver Canucks 81 April 6 St. Louis Blues 82 April 9 @ St. Louis Blues

Transactions

The Blackhawks were involved in the following transactions from June 8, 2004, the day after the deciding game of the 2004 Stanley Cup Finals, through February 16, 2005, the day the 2004–05 season was officially cancelled.^[3]

Trades

Date	Details		Ref
June 27, 2004 (2004-06-27)	To Chicago Blackhawks Future considerations[a]	To Atlanta Thrashers Rights to Adam Berkhoel	[4]

Players acquired

Date	Player	Former team	Term	Via	Ref
July 2, 2004 (2004-07-02)	Matthew Barnaby	Colorado Avalanche	3-year	Free agency	[5][6]
	Curtis Brown	San Jose Sharks	4-year	Free agency	[5][6]
July 22, 2004 (2004-07-22)	Jassen Cullimore	Tampa Bay Lightning	3-year	Free agency	[7]
July 29, 2004 (2004-07-29)	Rene Bourque	University of Wisconsin (WCHA)	2-year	Free agency	[8][6]

Players lost

Date	Player	New team	Via[b]	Ref
July 7, 2004 (2004-07-07)	Johnathan Aitken	Vancouver Canucks	Free agency (VI)	[10]
July 12, 2004 (2004-07-12)	Ryan VandenBussche	Pittsburgh Penguins	Free agency (III)	[11]
July 13, 2004 (2004-07-13)	Igor Korolev	Lokomotiv Yaroslavl (RSL)	Free agency (III)	[6]
July 20, 2004 (2004-07-20)	Jason Strudwick	New York Rangers	Free agency (UFA)	[12]
July 22, 2004 (2004-07-22)	Brett McLean	Colorado Avalanche	Free agency (VI)	[13]
July 23, 2004 (2004-07-23)	Burke Henry	Florida Panthers	Free agency (VI)	[14]
August 30, 2004 (2004-08-30)	Steve Passmore	Adler Mannheim (DEL)	Free agency (III)	[15]
October 12, 2004 (2004-10-12)	Yorick Treille	Providence Bruins (AHL)	Free agency (UFA)	[16]
November 3, 2004 (2004-11-03)	Matt Underhill	Mississippi Sea Wolves (ECHL)	Free agency (UFA)	[17]
December 20, 2004 (2004-12-20)	Deron Quint	HC Bolzano (ITA)	Free agency (UFA)	[18]
January 5, 2005 (2005-01-05)	Theoren Fleury	Horse Lake Thunder (NPHL)	Free agency (III)	[19]

Signings

Date	Player	Term	Contract type	Ref
July 1, 2004 (2004-07-01)	Ajay Baines	1-year	Option exercised	[20]
	Quintin Laing	1-year	Re-signing	[20]
	Scott Nichol	1-year	Option exercised	[20]
July 15, 2004 (2004-07-15)	Kyle Calder	2-year	Re-signing	[21][6]
	Eric Daze	2-year	Re-signing	[21][6]
July 27, 2004 (2004-07-27)	Jim Vandermeer	2-year	Re-signing	[22][6]
July 28, 2004 (2004-07-28)	Jocelyn Thibault	1-year	Re-signing	[23]
July 29, 2004 (2004-07-29)	Jason Morgan	2-year	Re-signing	[8][6]
	Steve Poapst	1-year	Re-signing	[24]
	Stephane Robidas	1-year	Re-signing	[24]
August 2, 2004 (2004-08-02)	Craig Anderson	1-year	Re-signing	[25]
	Steve McCarthy	2-year	Re-signing	[25]
August 10, 2004 (2004-08-10)	Mark Bell	1-year	Re-signing	[26]
August 16, 2004 (2004-08-16)	Bryan Berard	1-year	Re-signing	[27]
September 15, 2004 (2004-09-15)	Michael Leighton	1-year	Re-signing	[28]

Draft picks

Chicago's picks at the 2004 NHL entry draft, which was held at the RBC Center in Raleigh, North Carolina on June 26–27, 2004.^[29]

Round	Pick	Player	Position	Nationality	Team (league)
1	3	Cam Barker	Defense	Canada	Medicine Hat Tigers (WHL)
2	32	Dave Bolland	Center	Canada	London Knights (OHL)
2	41	Bryan Bickell	Left wing	Canada	Ottawa 67's (OHL)
2	45	Ryan Garlock	Center	Canada	Windsor Spitfires (OHL)
2	54	Jakub Sindel	Center	Czech Republic	HC Sparta Praha (Czech Extraliga)
3	68	Adam Berti	Left wing	Canada	Oshawa Generals (OHL)
4	120	Mitch Maunu	Defense	Canada	Windsor Spitfires (OHL)
4	123	Karel Hromas	Left wing	Czech Republic	Sparta Jrs. (Czech)
5	131	Trevor Kell	Right wing	Canada	London Knights (OHL)
5	140	Jake Dowell	Center	United States	Wisconsin Badgers (WCHA)
6	165	Scott McCulloch	Left wing	Canada	Grande Prairie Storm (AJHL)
7	196	Petri Kontiola	Center	Finland	Tappara (SM-liiga)
7	214	Troy Brouwer	Left wing	Canada	Moose Jaw Warriors (WHL)
7	223	Jared Walker	Left wing	Canada	Red Deer Rebels (WHL)
8	229	Eric Hunter	Center	Canada	Prince George Cougars (WHL)
8	256	Matthew Ford	Right wing	United States	Sioux Falls Stampede (USHL)
9	260	Marko Anttila	Right wing	Finland	Lempaala (Finland)

Notes

1. 7th-round pick in 2005.
2. In parentheses is the player’s free agency group on July 1 if applicable.^[9]