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Monday’s trade deadline brings plenty of intrigue for the Chicago Blackhawks, with new general manager Kyle Davidson’s stated goal of embarking on a rebuild of the team’s foundation, which has been crumbling for several years now.
The moves started last Friday, when forward Brandon Hagel was sent to the Tampa Bay Lightning for a pair of late first-round picks and forwards Taylor Raddysh and Boris Katchouk.
That figures to be the first of several moves involving the Blackhawks before Monday’s deadline, which will arrive at 2 p.m. CT. Additional players who seem like they’re on their way out of Chicago include veteran forward Ryan Carpenter and veteran blue-liner Calvin de Haan. Significant intrigue remains around goaltender Marc-Andre Fleury, who would be an excellent addition for a contending team in need of goaltending help but also has control of the situation and may not be interested in another change of scenery. Dylan Strome is another player who could be on the block but there’s also the possibility that the team views him as a long-term piece of the puzzle, given that Strome turned 25 just two weeks ago.
And if, sports betting is your thing, head over to DraftKings to see if your returns can surpass that of what Davidson obtains in trades on Monday. As of this writing, the Blackhawks are a healthy +50000 to win the Western Conference and +100000 to win the Stanley Cup. But Alex DeBrincat is just +2500 to finish this season as the NHL’s leading goal-scorer. So there’s that.