How The Blackhawks Were Built – Defensemen
After looking at how Chicago wound up with a goaltending group of Corey Crawford, Scott Darling and Antti Raanta earlier, now let’s look back at how the Blackhawks’ blue line was assembled.
DRAFT
- Duncan Keith – 2nd round, 54th overall – 2002
- Brent Seabrook – 1st round, 14th overall – 2003
TRADE
- Niklas Hjalmarsson – draft pick rights (4th round, 108th overall) in 2005 NHL Draft were acquired from the New York Islanders in exchange for Alexander Karpovtsev on March 2, 2004.
- Johnny Oduya – acquired from the Winnipeg Jets in exchange for a 2nd round pick (#61 – Zach Sanford) and 3rd round pick (#91 – J.C. Lipon) in the 2013 NHL Draft on Feb. 27, 2012.
- David Rundblad – acquired with defenseman Mathieu Brisebois from the Arizona Coyotes in exchange for 2nd round pick in the 2014 draft (#58 – Christian Dvorak) on March 4, 2014.
- Kimmo Timonen – acquired from the Philadelphia Flyers in exchange for two 2nd round draft picks* (2015 and 2016 – TBD) on Feb. 27, 2015.
FREE AGENTS
- Trevor van Riemsdyk
- Kyle Cumiskey
- Michal Rozsival
Some cool insight Tab. I must add this link of Foley ripping Karpovtsev (RIP).
Karpovtsev played 3 games for the Islanders. And to think Foley would have traded him for a bag of pucks
I’ve heard that a few times over the years and loved every second of it. Thanks for the reminder. One thing for sure, it left no doubt about Pat Foley’s feelings.
Wow, I’ve never heard Pat Foley speak about someone like that. He must have been a real dbag.
Those Keith-Seabrook back to back draft picks were much like the Toews-Kane picks a few years later in terms of org. impact. Cool to see how this roster all came together, thanks Tab.