2003 was the best draft class the Chicago Blackhawks ever put together

Jonathan Daniel/GettyImagesThe Chicago Blackhawks' 2003 draft produced two core players for one of the greatest championship runs in team history. The team also found a player in the eighth round who helped snap a 49-year championship drought.

The Hawks selected defenseman Brent Seabrook in the first round. The team then took goalie Corey Crawford in the second round. With pick No. 245, the Blackhawks chose a defenseman named Dustin

Byfuglien.

Seabrook teamed up with Duncan Keith (2002 second-round choice) and Niklas Hjalmarsson (2005 fourth-round choice) to form the core of a defensive unit that won three Stanley Cups last decade. Crawford was the starting goalie on the 2013 and 2015 Stanley…