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Blackhawks’ ticket sales booming, optimism soaring after snagging No. 1 draft pick

The Hawks sold $5.2 million worth of new season-ticket packages, including 1,200 full-season plans, in just 12 hours after winning the NHL draft lottery Monday.

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Inside NHL draft lottery Blackhawks won for Connor Bedard

The Chicago Blackhawks won the NHL draft lottery and the chance to take Connor Bedard long before Deputy Commissioner Bill Daly revealed it on national television

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Andreas Athanasiou’s late-season surge with Blackhawks sets him up nicely for free agency

Athanasiou finished the season on a tear after moving to center. He will get a bigger contract as a pending UFA again this summer — and that raise could come with the Hawks, who will need to spend money.

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Blackhawks could pick anywhere from first to fifth in NHL draft after 30th-place finish

The Blue Jackets’ loss Friday against the Sabres locked the Hawks into third-to-last in the final standings. They receive 11.5% odds of winning the first pick (and Connor Bedard) but also a chance of falling to fifth.

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Jonathan Toews scores in his final game with Blackhawks: ‘I really felt almost unworthy of a moment like that’

CHICAGO — It was no ordinary warmup for Jonathan Toews.

Chicago Tribune

Jonathan Toews ready to see ‘where life takes’ him as he moves on from Blackhawks

Even before his conversation with Kyle Davidson, Toews felt in his heart that the time had come to move on, he admitted after his sendoff Thursday night. But what he’s moving on to remains undetermined.

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Jonathan Toews scores in sendoff, but Blackhawks lose to Flyers in overtime

Toews nearly scored on an overtime breakaway, too, but his attempt trickled wide and the Flyers grabbed a 5-4 victory moments later. The Hawks finished the season 26-49-7; their draft lottery positioning remains up in the air pending other results.

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Jonathan Toews’ departure completes slow disintegration of Blackhawks’ golden era

The Hawks won’t re-sign Toews this summer, meaning the last holdover from their mid-2010s Stanley Cup generation is now gone. The biggest disappointment might be how fruitless the second chapter of his tenure proved to be.

Chicago Sun-Times

Blackhawks won’t re-sign longtime captain Jonathan Toews. What’s next? ‘A little easier to sort when it’s all over.’

CHICAGO — Whether Jonathan Toews chooses to retire remains unknown heading into the Blackhawks’ season finale, but one thing is settled: He won’t play again in Chicago.

Chicago Tribune

Blackhawks announce Toews will not be back next season

Chicago Blackhawks captain Jonathan Toews will not return to the team next year, ending a wildly successful run that included three Stanley Cup championships in 15 seasons

The Independent UK

Blackhawks won’t re-sign Jonathan Toews as GM Kyle Davidson ‘clears the deck’ for next core

The Hawks-Flyers game Thursday will officially mark Toews’ final appearance with the team. Davidson said he wants the Hawks’ incoming young stars to be able to grow into leaders themselves without deferring to someone else.

Chicago Sun-Times

Analyzing most encouraging, discouraging aspects of Blackhawks’ season

From Lukas Reichel to Luke Richardson, this loss-laden Hawks season has still produced plenty of pleasant surprises. But other areas — like the overall offense — haven’t been so pretty.

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Anders Bjork hoping to parlay Blackhawks stint into new contract, rejuvenated career

It’s a race against time for Bjork, whom the Hawks acquired from the Sabres on March 2, to take advantage of this brief tryout with the team he grew up idolizing. His speed and work ethic have stood out so far.

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Blackhawks routed by Avalanche; defenseman Ian Mitchell endures rough night

Mitchell was exploited on three Avalanche goals as the Hawks lost 5-0 on Monday. Plus, Jack Johnson describes his trade process and coach Luke Richardson gives some injury updates.

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One year later, Brandon Hagel trade looks like win for both Blackhawks, Lightning

Both teams have since doubled down on their respective strategies, with the Hawks continuing to convert all valuable players into draft picks and the Lightning continuing to do the opposite. And Hagel has fully lived up to expectations in Tampa while Taylor Raddysh has flourished a bit in Chicago.

Chicago Sun-Times

With picks stockpiled, Blackhawks look toward rebuild’s next stage: drafting and developing

The Hawks have made, and will continue to make, tons of high-round draft choices. But they will still have to choose the right players and mold them in the right way to create NHL stars.

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Max Domi describes trade from Blackhawks to Stars: ‘One of the crazier days’

Instead of playing against the Stars on Thursday, Domi was traded to them. The Hawks decided to move forward with the deal when the Stars increased their offer to a second-round draft pick.

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Blackhawks GM Kyle Davidson concludes frenetic trade deadline week with reflective Friday

The Hawks made only one small move Friday, acquiring depth forward Austin Wagner from the Kings. Instead, Davidson took time to weigh his decisions up to this point in the rebuild and where the team stands overall.

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Paul Sullivan: The Patrick Kane era ends on a bittersweet note with Blackhawks almost back where they started

CHICAGO — The slow-motion departure of Patrick Kane was just another example of the disintegration of the once-proud franchise known as the Chicago Blackhawks.

Chicago Sun-Times

Blackhawks enter NHL rental market with big trades out of the way

Max Domi and Andreas Athanasiou are the two remaining Hawks most likely to move before Friday’s deadline. If such trades happen, they’ll be much simpler than the Jake McCabe and Patrick Kane monstrosities that preceded them.

Chicago Tribune

Patrick Kane — ‘one of the greatest Blackhawks players in club history’ — is traded to the Rangers

CHICAGO — “Showtime” is headed to Broadway.

Chicago Sun-Times

Blackhawks to trade Patrick Kane to Rangers for two draft picks: reports

The Hawks are expected on Tuesday night to deal Kane to the Rangers — as has been heavily anticipated over the past week — for 2023 second- and fourth-round draft picks, multiple outlets reported Tuesday.

Chicago Sun-Times

Blackhawks notes: Kyle Davidson assesses updated trade outlook after big Toronto move

With Jake McCabe, Jack Johnson and Sam Lafferty shipped out and Patrick Kane’s anticipated trade to the Rangers in a “holding pattern,” Max Domi and Andreas Athanasiou are the others with decent chances of moving.

Chicago Sun-Times

Blackhawks acquire two draft picks for taking Nikita Zaitsev in trade with Senators

Zaitsev carries a $4.5 million salary-cap hit through the end of next season, but the Hawks received a 2023 second-round pick and a 2026 fourth-round pick in exchange for taking his contract Wednesday.

Chicago Tribune

Phil Thompson: Patrick Kane’s trade saga is like a game of musical chairs — with Blackhawks possibly left standing

CHICAGO — It can’t be easy to trade a legend.

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