The Chicago Blackhawks took an interesting approach ahead of this years NHL Draft. The entered the day yesterday with no picks in the 1st round, but ended the night with 3 selections. The Blackhawks moved both Alex DeBrincat and Kirby Dach to the Eastern Conference and acquired Petr Mrazek and the Maple Leafs 1st in a trade as well.
After trading both DeBrincat and Dach, the General Manager of the Blackhawks shared that he had no intentions of asking any of their players with no movement clauses, to waive their deals. The players in question included Jonathan Toews, Patrick Kane and Seth Jones.
