Blackhawks Week That Was and Will Be, 2/20: Holding On

(Author’s note: Apologies for last week’s omission of this series but we’re back! And on a Monday, too!)

Sometimes, it feels like Patrick Kane — and perhaps Jonathan Toews, too — is holding on to the same hope that probably exists somewhere in the minds of most Blackhawks fans: that The Era® isn’t over yet and that there’s one final act awaiting both Kane and/or Toews in Chicago.

That seems like the best way to explain why it’s taken Kane so long to arrive at his decision on whether or not to waive his no-movement clause and accept a trade away from the only hockey franchise he’s ever known. As recently as Sunday, Kyle Davidson used the word “soon” to describe when said decision is coming,…