I’m sure that I am not the only one who is confused about the Blackhawks ending their “rebuild” a season after it was announced. Patrick Kane and Jonathan Toews are getting older by the day but they agreed to go along with the remaining years of the project (as far as I know). Adding players like Lukas Reichel in 2020, then one of Cole Sillinger, Sebastian Cossa, or Jesper Wallstedt was expected in 2021 to jumpstart the prospect pool.
Patrick Kane is the franchise superstar, that’s no question. But the idea of trading him was circling around a while last season to fully rebuild.