Author’s note: with the Chicago Blackhawks locked in to the No. 8 pick for the 2018 NHL Entry Draft, we’ve shifted the focus of our weekly “Former Blackhawk of the Week” series to players the franchise previously selected with that eighth pick. This week, it’s current NBC Sports analyst Jeremy Roenick.
Accurately detailing the importance of Jeremy Roenick to the Chicago Blackhawks in the late 1980s and early 1990s requires an explanation longer than this medium allows, but let’s try to make it happen, anyway.