The Chicago Blackhawks will be playing 13 of their next 17 games on the road. If they can get out of that stretch still in the playoff hunt. It’s safe to consider them a team that might be a buyer near the trade deadline.
Losing Brent Seabrook and Calvin De Haan for the season has freed up cap space for the Blackhawks. Even though Seabrook’s veteran leadership will be missed on the ice, the Blackhawks have room to be buyers at the deadline for the first time in years.
Those injuries also give Adam Boqvist time in the NHL to improve as a player.