When the Blackhawks traded Brandon Saad and let Corey Crawford, and Drake Caggiula walk, many were upset. “We prepare ourselves to win a Cup for our fans. I’ve never been told that we were going through a rebuild,” Jonathan Toews said as he voiced his frustrations. “That has never been communicated to me, for that matter. A lot of this comes as a shock because it’s a completely different direction than we expected.”
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Things were smoothed over in the last few weeks with Hawks GM Stan Bowman claiming they weren’t going anywhere.