Will the Chicago Blackhawks pull off their best impression of the 2024-25 Montreal Canadiens? Probably not. But that doesn't mean this season's not the turning point in what's been a far-too-long rebuild.
Why is that? While you won't get all the top prospects with the big club this season, you're getting Frank Nazar, Artyom Levshunov, Connor Bedard, Alex Vlasic, Spencer Knight, Arvid Soderblom, and Sam Rinzel at the absolute least with the big club in 2025-26.
While not all of the above are prospects, like Bedard, Knight, and Vlasic, the point is that this core is past the initial 'brewing' stages.