Poor Marcus Kruger can’t catch a break.
The fourth-line center was the last major Chicago Blackhawks player to re-sign with the club this offseason, opting to take a very team-friendly one-year, $1.5 million deal in hopes of getting a longer-term deal down the line.
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As happy as we were and are that Kruger got back in the Blackhawks fold before camp, it turns out it didn’t happen soon enough for him to actually show up at camp.