Whatever you think of Kyle Davidson as Chicago Blackhawks general manager, you can’t say he doesn’t put his heart in it.
Looking back on the season, Davidson dealt with several curveballs: firing a coach, a player’s very public trade request and a worse-than-expected finish in the standings.
But the biggest bombshell was learning he needed to replace a pulmonary valve in his heart, just days before his second daughter, Charlotte, was born, and a couple of weeks before he dismissed coach Luke Richardson.
“It was a challenging season for myself,” he said during end-of-season interviews Thursday at Fifth Third Arena.