Jonathan Toews, 3-time Stanley Cup champion with Blackhawks, retires from NHL
Jonathan Toews, who helped lead the Chicago Blackhawks to three Stanley Cup titles in six years, announced on Friday that he is retiring from the NHL after 16 seasons.
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Jonathan Toews, who helped lead the Chicago Blackhawks to three Stanley Cup titles in six years, announced on Friday that he is retiring from the NHL after 16 seasons.
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Former Chicago Blackhawks forward Jonathan Toews will sign with the Winnipeg Jets after two years away from the National Hockey League.
"I am not fully retiring, but I am taking time away from the game again this season. I cannot deny my love for the game of hockey and still feel the passion for competing at my highest level," Toews wrote on Instagram.
No. 1 overall draft pick Connor Bedard just turned 18 in July, so he's a little young. Toews wasn't named captain until he turned 20.
The three-time Stanley Cup champion missed two months of this season with long COVID-19 and an immune system illness, after missing all of the 2020-21 season.
Toews had a chance to win the game in overtime, but he was denied by Felix Sandstrom on a breakaway with about 2:15 remaining.
Toews' NHL future is unclear. CBS 2's Matt Zahn reports.
It's the end of an era for the Chicago Blackhawks, longtime captain and three-time Stanley Cup champion Jonathan Toews will play his last game for the team Thursday night, after GM Kyle Davidson announced the team won't re-sign him this offseason, after his contract expires.
Toews has been asked a hundred different ways what's next after the season ends, with his contract expiring this summer.
The Blackhawks' season comes to an end on Thursday, with three more games to play, two of them at home at the United Center, including Monday night against the Minnesota Wild. Those last three games have become more than just a race to the bottom of the standings and better odds at the number one pick. It appears to be team captain Jonathan Toews' final days as a Blackhawk.
"It's definitely on my mind that this could be my last few weeks here in Chicago as a Blackhawk," Toews said.
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