One of the secrets to Chicago’s dominance of the last half decade is that the team’s management group has generally done a pretty good job of not getting confused about what makes the team win. That’s why, as it has in the past, it’ll do whatever it takes to keep the stars that win championships.
The core of the team is a group of five players: Jonathan Toews, Patrick Kane, Duncan Keith, Marian Hossa and Patrick Sharp. That’s something that stands out when we look at the top scorers in both of the recent seasons when the Blackhawks won the Cup:
All are exceptional talents; with the exception of Sharp any one of those players is the kind a team can be built around. The Blackhawks have three of them inked to long-term contracts, while Kane and Toews will doubtlessly be extended long term prior to becoming unrestricted free agents in the summer of 2015.
But to keep a core together, sacrifices often have to be made. The Blackhawks won it all in 2010 while Kane and Toews were still on their entry-level deals (both having signed long deals previously that would kick in the next year), b ...
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The Cost to Keep Jonathan Toews and Patrick Kane for the Chicago Blackhawks
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