First off, it was great to see the city and Chicago Blackhawks fans get behind the draft and set a new record attendance!
One thing you can always expect from Rocky Wirtz and John McDonough is a first class event, and the draft went perfectly, but I do wish this kid could have had a shot at announcing something before the Vancouver Canucks pick.
Bettman asked who was announcing the pick, the kid raised his hand, strided to the microphone and ALMOST PULLED IT OFF pic.twitter.com/XgsrzrPXeI
— Dave Lozo (@davelozo) June 23, 2017
Anyways I digress, the two biggest trades were the Niklas Hjalmarsson trade and the Artemi Panarin/Brandon Saad deal.