When the Chicago Blackhawks and longtime captain Jonathan Toews parted methods in April, it appeared just like the 35-year-old ahead was closing the e-book on his NHL profession.
While nothing is official till Toews recordsdata the suitable paperwork with the NHL, all indicators level to the previous No. 3 general choose calling it a profession after his title was not included within the listing of free-agent gamers despatched to the league by CAA, the company that represents Toews, prior to July 1.
A multi-time NHL All-Star, Toews had fairly the 15-year run in Chicago. He scored 372 objectives and 883 factors over 1,067 video games whereas successful three Stanley Cup championships, two Olympic gold medals, a World Cup of Hockey gold medal, a Conn Smythe award and a Selke Trophy.
Toews was named the Blackhawks captain 2008, when he was the third-youngest participant within the NHL to be named a group captain. His 15-year captaincy is the longest in franchise historical past.
Among the Blackhawks all-time information, Toews ranks third in game-winning objectives (69), fifth in postseason objectives (45) and postseason factors (119), sixth in objectives and factors, seventh in power-play objectives (93) and eighth in assists (262). The Winnipeg native is a surefire Hall of Famer.
Toews likely might proceed enjoying if he needed. While his time as a top-line middle is within the rearview (he scored simply 15 objectives and 31 factors final season), he might have been a serviceable bottom-six middle on a group trying to compete for a Stanley Cup. Instead, Toews retires having solely performed for the Blackhawks, which is strictly what followers would have needed.
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