Vinnie Hinostroza was traded to the Blackhawks after nine scoreless games with the Panthers, his longest scoreless streak since his rookie season in 2016-17. There weren’t lofty expectations for Hinostroza, judging by the fact that the Blackhawks gave up career minor leaguer Brad Morrison in the deal, whom the Blackhawks had acquired for Olli Maatta from the Kings in the offseason.
Hinostroza proceeded to deliver 12 points in 17 games with the Blackhawks, one of the better players in his 17 games in Chicago. According to MoneyPuck, Hinostroza’s most common line — with Dominik Kubalik and Philipp Kurashev — was the fourth-best this season for the Blackhawks with a 50 percent expected goal share (among lines with more than 30 minutes).