During Tuesday’s morning skate, Chicago Blackhawks coach Jeff Blashill was asked about upcoming roster decisions, specifically the competition between remaining defenseman such as Sam Rinzel, Artyom Levshunov and Kevin Korchinski, among others. They’re tough decisions, but Blashill thinks highly of all his skaters.

“The good thing for us is whoever we end up sending down, whoever doesn’t start here, our guys are capable of being NHL defenseman,” Blashill said. “We’re going to be making hard decisions on which guys start up top (and) hopefully over the next few games some guys grab these roles and separate themselves.”

That was around 11:30 a.m. Fast-forward to about 2 p.m., when Korchinski was assigned to the AHL’s Rockford IceHogs. The decision happened faster than expected with three p

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