
Blackhawks to start season without a captain for first time in 16 years
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.
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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.
"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.
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.
Toews hasn't played since Jan. 28.
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