The bad news is that Chicago Blackhawks captain Jonathan Toews will miss Tuesday night’s game against the New Jersey Devils with a non-COVID illness.
The good news is that the Blackhawks announced that Lukas Reichel — arguably their top forward prospect — had been recalled from the Rockford IceHogs and would replace the captain in the line-up in Newark.
Reichel has been on an absolute tear for the IceHogs recently with nine points (4 G, 5 A) in his last five games. The 2020 first-rounder is currently second in points in Rockford with 23 (10 G, 13 A) in 19 AHL games this season, trailing only 26-year old verten Brett Seney.