Mattias Janmark #13, Chicago Blackhawks Mandatory Credit: Jerome Miron-USA TODAY Sports
It has been widely reported by the Blackhawks beat today that Mattias Janmark will not be playing in tonight’s game. Stan Bowman and the Blackhawks organization can not risk Janmark getting injured ahead of the trade deadline on Monday.
Mattias Janmark has had stretches of good play this season. He has 19 points in 41 games giving him the fourth-best point total on the roster. Janmark has been one of the Hawks’ top players throughout the majority of the season but put him on a real contender and he falls to the bottom six.