Pius Suter #24, Chicago Blackhawks Mandatory Credit: Dennis Wierzbicki-USA TODAY Sports
With the draft now over, every team in the NHL began dealing with the next stage of the off-season, free agency. The Blackhawks had a list of players that needed new contracts or qualifying offers before free agency began. There’s been a “will-they or won’t-they” regarding Chicago’s impending free agents for a while now. Once the deadline passed on Monday, July 26, Chicago raised a few eyebrows with who they actually made offers to.
At the top of the list of surprises for the Chicago Blackhawks was Pius Suter.