Équipe: 2021-22 Blackhawks de Chicago

Date de création initiale: 26 avr. 2021

Publié: 26 avr. 2021

Mode - plafond salarial: Basique

This season has been tough for sentimental hawks fans. Saad was traded, Crawford left and then retired, Seabrook retired and today, Shaw retired too. I think that it’s time we make the final longtime goodbye for the next few years. Duncan Keith should be given an opportunity to win with a contender one more time. He’s already a no doubt Hall of famer, but it’s clear that he A. Doesn’t fit the timeline of the team and B. Is actively hurting the team with his play at his amount of icetime. He’s one of the least valuable players in the NHL right now by most advanced analytics and the eye test of his defensive play confirms it. The direction of the organization makes this move difficult, but necessary as we need to allow our young defenseman to get the icetime they deserve. I know that for some, you can't move on from Keith yet because of his locker room presence, but I feel that holding onto Keith just because leadership when hes 37 years old and we have guys who can step up and become leaders in his absence like Kane, Debrincat, Murphy and maybe even Kirby Dach, on top of getting back Jonathan Toews next season. This to me is absolutely something that can be done without wrecking the locker room.

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