Buying the sweater of your favorite Chicago Blackhawks player can be tricky business. Anyone who bought a Brandon Saad, Andrew Shaw or Teuvo Teravainen jersey in the past couple years knows that well. You spent like $175 on the jersey of a current Blue Jacket, Hab or Hurricane. It’s probably not what you had in mind.
So with the 2016-17 season right around corner, we might as well look at which Blackhawks sweaters are definitely worth buying, and which you might want to avoid. Obviously this is subjective — if you REALLY want a Brandon Mashinter jersey, don’t let anyone crush your dreams — but I feel like someone needs to be there to remind everyone to probably wait a few months before buying that Artemi Panarin sweater.