Alex DeBrincat #12, Chicago Blackhawks (Photo by Stacy Revere/Getty Images)
The Chicago Blackhawks sent out a letter to their fans a year ago saying they were going to try and gear up for their next championship run. I do not think many thought the next season would see them back at a competitive place.
The Blackhawks rebuild saw Adam Boqvist, a couple of first-round draft picks, Duncan Keith, and the Brent Seabrook contract all get traded away oh and Marc-Andre Fleury get added to the roster for basically nothing. If someone had said that over a year ago I would have been shocked at that.