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Not everyone is on board with the moves.
Namely, captain Jonathan Toews, who vented his frustrations
during an interview with The Athletic.
"Bottom line is, I want to win," Toews told the publication.
""The expectation for the other leaders on this team and myself
is to come ready to training camp every year to be a playoff
team. We prepare ourselves to win a Cup for our fans.
"I've never been told that we were going through a rebuild. That
has never been communicated to me, for that matter. A lot of
this comes as a shock because it's a completely different
direction than we expected."
Toews, 32, is a three-time Stanley Cup champion with the
Blackhawks. He has 815 career points (345 goals, 470 assists) in
943 games.
Crawford had been Toews' teammate for more than a decade, but
the team announced last week that it would not try to re-sign
him in free agency. The veteran netminder instead agreed to a
two-year deal with the New Jersey Devils.
The Blackhawks continued their roster shuffle by trading Saad
and defenseman Dennis Gilbert to the Colorado Avalanche. Saad
spent seven seasons with the Blackhawks, tallying 114 goals in
428 games with the franchise.
--Field Level Media
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