Mezue ahịrịokwu na-esonụ: Tupu oge 2017/18, ndị Blackhawks kpughere Marian Hossa ga-efu oge 2017/18 dum n'ihi nsogbu akpụkpọ ahụ na-aga n'ihu. Ndị otu ahụ mere azụmahịa abụọ buru ibu tupu
2017 NHL Entry Draft; onye na-agbachitere oge ochie bụ Niklas Hjalmarsson ka a na-enye ndị Arizona Coyotes na mgbanwe maka Connor Murphy na Laurent Dauphin, ebe Artemi Panarin gbanwere Columbus Blue Jackets iji nwetaghachi Brandon Saad na nkwekọrịta egwuregwu anọ. Ha abụọ Hjalmarsson na Hossa bụ ndị isi na ndị Blackhawks roster nke meriri iko Stanley atọ na 2010, 2013 na 2015. Ndị otu ahụ gbanwekwara onye na-eche nche Scott Darling na Carolina Hurricanes na etiti Marcus Kruger na Vegas Golden Knights, ebe ha tụfuru ndị na-agbachitere Trevor van Riemsdyk na Golden Knights na 2017 NHL Expansion Draft na Brian Campbell, onye lara ezumike nká. Ndị Blackhawks nwetara ndị na-agba n'akụkụ Patrick Sharp, Tommy Wingels na Lance Bouma na free agency.