2015–16 Chicago Blackhawks season explained

League:	NHL
Season:	2015–16
Year:	2015
Team:	Chicago Blackhawks
Conference:	Western
Conferencerank:	3rd
Division:	Central
Divisionrank:	3rd
Record:	47–26–9
Homerecord:	26–11–4
Roadrecord:	21–15–5
Goalsfor:	235
Goalsagainst:	209
Generalmanager:	Stan Bowman
Coach:	Joel Quenneville
Captain:	Jonathan Toews
Altcaptain:	Duncan Keith Brent Seabrook
Arena:	United Center
Attendance:	21,859 (110.9%) Total: 896,240^[1]
Minorleague:	Rockford IceHogs (AHL) Indy Fuel (ECHL)
Goalsleader:	Patrick Kane (46)
Assistsleader:	Patrick Kane (60)
Pointsleader:	Patrick Kane (106)
Plusminusleader:	Patrick Kane (+17)
Pimleader:	Andrew Shaw (69)
Winsleader:	Corey Crawford (35)
Gaaleader:	Michael Leighton (1.54)

The 2015–16 Chicago Blackhawks season was the 90th season for the National Hockey League franchise that was established on September 25, 1926.^[2] They entered the season as defending Stanley Cup champions having won the Stanley Cup the previous season, their third championship in six years. The Blackhawks finished the season with 103 points to finish in third place in the Central Division, only six points behind the Western Conference-leading Dallas Stars. They lost in the first round of the Stanley Cup playoffs to the St. Louis Blues in seven games.

Patrick Kane led the Blackhawks with 46 goals and 106 points, both career highs. He was named the winner of the Hart Memorial Trophy as most valuable player in the NHL, becoming the first US-born player to receive the award.^{[3] [4]} The Blackhawks had four players who scored 20 or more goals: Kane, Artemi Panarin (30), Jonathan Toews, and (28) Artem Anisimov (22). Goalie Corey Crawford led the Blackhawks with 35 wins. Artemi Panarin received the Calder Memorial Trophy as rookie of the year.^[5]

Off-season

The Blackhawks faced an off-season of change after being crowned Stanley Cup Champions for a third time in six years. Coming into the offseason, it was well known Chicago was facing impending cap space struggles and moves would need to be made.^[6]

On June 27, Chicago traded backup goaltender Antti Raanta to the New York Rangers in exchange for AHL forward Ryan Haggerty.^[7] Two days after the trade, defenseman David Rundblad received a two-year, $2 million contract extension on June 29.^[8]

The Blackhawks attempted to negotiate a contract for restricted free agent winger Brandon Saad who was a restricted free agent, but were unsuccessful. Unlikely to match any sizeable offer sheets due to cap constraints, Chicago traded Saad to the Columbus Blue Jackets. Chicago sent Saad and prospects Michael Paliotta and Alex Broadhurst to Columbus in exchange for center Artem Anisimov, wingers Jeremy Morin and Corey Tropp, as well as prospect Marko Dano and their 2016 4th round pick.^[9] Anisimov subsequently signed a five-year, $22.75 million contract with the Blackhawks.^[10] The move did not sit well with the Chicago fanbase, as Saad was viewed as another top young player on the Stanley Cup-winning squad, even though Anisimov would score 42 points for the Blackhawks in 2015–16.^[11]

Chicago turned to Russia a few times throughout the off-season. Kontinental Hockey League winger Viktor Tihkonov signed a one-year, $1.04 million contract with Chicago on July 1.^[12] Tihkonov was returning to the NHL for the first time since his 2009 season with the Phoenix Coyotes. Also, Chicago and Edmonton swapped minor league players, sending goaltender Anders Nilsson to the Oilers in exchange for forward Liam Coughlin.^[13]

Following season-long trade speculation, the Blackhawks pulled the trigger on another trade by trading another piece of its core Stanley Cup winning teams. Another cap clearing move, Chicago traded alternate captain Patrick Sharp and defenseman Stephen Johns to the Dallas Stars in exchange for forward Ryan Garbutt and defenseman Trevor Daley.^[14] A three-time Stanley Cup winner, Sharp carried a cap hit of $5.9 million in each of the next two seasons, limiting the Blackhawks in what they could do with free agency. A trade was expected following a down year in terms of production and the large aforementioned cap hit.

Forward Andrew Desjardins returned on a two-year contract worth $1.6 million, taking less to stay in Chicago.^[15] The team also extended the contracts of defensemen Viktor Svedberg, forward Marcus Kruger, and defenseman Michal Rozsival. They lost forwards Brad Richards and Antoine Vermette, as well as defenseman Johnny Oduya during free agency.^[16]

Season notes

The Blackhawks began their title defense with and average month of October. The Blackhawks went 6–5–0. However, fortunes increased in November (7–3–1) and December (9–5–1). The Blackhawks finished December on two game winning streak, looking to keep the wins coming in 2016. The Blackhawks did just that, winning the first 10 games of January to bring the win streak to 12 games.^[17] The streak set a franchise record for consecutive wins. The streak tied the Florida Panthers win streak earlier in the season for the longest winning streak in the NHL that season.^[18]

Schedule and results

Pre-season

2015 Pre-season game log: 4–2–0 (Home: 3–0–0 ; Road: 1–2–0)^[19]
	Date	Opponent	Score	OT	Decision	Arena	Attendance	Record	Recap
1	Sept 22		5–4	OT			20,736	1–0–0	W1
2	Sept 23		1–4				16,886	1–1–0	L1
3	Sept 25		5–1				21,287	2–1–0	W1
4	Sept 26		3–1				20,813	3–1–0	W2
5	October 1		2–5		Darling		14,303	3–2–0	L1
6	October 3		4–0		Crawford		21,221	4–2–0	W1

Regular season

2015–16 Schedule^[20]
October: 6–5–0 (Home: 5–1–0 ; Road: 1–4–0), 12 Points Date Opponent Score OT Decision Arena Attendance Record Pts Recap 1 October 7 2–3 22,104 0–1–0 0 L1 2 October 9 3–2 OT Crawford 15,795 1–1–0 2 W1 3 October 10 4–1 21,392 2–1–0 4 W2 4 October 14 0–3 Crawford 19,779 2–2–0 4 L1 5 October 15 1–4 Darling 18,506 2–3–0 4 L2 6 October 17 4–1 Crawford 21,563 3–3–0 6 W1 7 October 22 3–2 Crawford 21,591 4–3–0 8 W2 8 October 24 1–0 OT Crawford 21,822 5–3–0 10 W3 9 October 26 1–0 OT Crawford 21,529 6–3–0 12 W4 10 October 29 1–3 Crawford 15,294 6–4–0 12 L1 11 October 30 4–5 Darling 19,140 6–5–0 12 L2
November: 7–3–3 (Home: 3–1–1 ; Road: 4–2–2), 17 Points Date Opponent Score OT Decision Arena Attendance Record Pts Recap 12 November 2 4–2 21,534 7–5–0 14 W1 13 November 4 5–6 OT Crawford 21,676 7–5–1 15 O1 14 November 6 2–4 Crawford 16,514 7–6–1 15 L1 15 November 8 4–2 Crawford 21,611 8–6–1 17 W1 16 November 12 2–3 Crawford 21,568 8–7–1 17 L1 17 November 14 4–2 Crawford 19,808 9–7–1 19 W1 18 November 15 4–1 21,629 10–7–1 21 W2 19 November 18 4–3 OT Crawford 16,839 11–7–1 23 W3 20 November 20 1–2 OT Darling 19,289 11–7–2 24 O1 21 November 21 3–6 Crawford 18,570 11–8–2 24 L1 22 November 25 5–2 Crawford 17,562 12–8–2 26 W1 23 November 27 3–2 OT Crawford 17,174 13–8–2 28 W2 24 November 28 2–3 OT Darling 18,230 13–8–3 29 O1
December: 9–5–1 (Home: 6–3–0 ; Road: 3–2–1), 19 Points Date Opponent Score OT Decision Arena Attendance Record Pts Recap 25 December 1 1–2 21,580 13–9–3 29 L1 26 December 3 3–4 OT Crawford 17,171 13–9–4 30 O1 27 December 6 3–1 Crawford 21,749 14–9–4 32 W1 28 December 8 4–1 Crawford 21,432 15–9–4 34 W2 29 December 10 1–5 17,113 15–10–4 34 L1 30 December 11 2–0 Crawford 22,021 16–10–4 36 W1 31 December 13 4–0 Crawford 21,711 17–10–4 38 W2 32 December 15 0–3 Crawford 21,473 17–11–4 38 L1 33 December 17 4–0 Crawford 21,451 18–11–4 40 W1 34 December 19 3–2 SO Crawford 18,870 19–11–4 42 W2 35 December 20 4–3 OT Crawford 22,096 20–11–4 44 W3 36 December 22 0–4 Crawford 18,532 20–12–4 44 L1 37 December 27 1–2 Crawford 22,157 20–13–4 44 L2 38 December 29 7–5 Crawford 17,197 21–13–4 46 W1 39 December 31 4–3 OT Darling 18,048 22–13–4 48 W2
January: 11–3–0 (Home: 7–0–0 ; Road: 4–3–0), 22 Points Date Opponent Score OT Decision Arena Attendance Record Pts Recap 40 January 3 3–0 22,016 23–13–4 50 W3 41 January 5 3–2 OT Crawford 18,658 24–13–4 52 W4 42 January 6 3–1 21,908 25–13–4 54 W5 43 January 8 3–1 Crawford 22,142 26–13–4 56 W6 44 January 10 6–3 Crawford 22,007 27–13–4 58 W7 45 January 12 3–2 Crawford 21,618 28–13–4 60 W8 46 January 14 2–1 Crawford 21,288 29–13–4 62 W9 47 January 15 4–1 Darling 20,049 30–13–4 64 W10 48 January 17 5–2 Crawford 22,030 31–13–4 66 W11 49 January 19 4–1 Crawford 17,122 32–13–4 68 W12 50 January 21 1–2 Crawford 19,092 32–14–4 68 L1 51 January 22 0–4 Darling 19,343 32–15–4 68 L2 52 January 24 2–0 Crawford 22,138 33–15–4 70 W1 53 January 26 0–5 Crawford 14,588 33–16–4 70 L1
February: 6–4–1 (Home: 2–3–1 ; Road: 4–1–0), 13 Points Date Opponent Score OT Decision Arena Attendance Record Pts Recap 54 February 2 2–1 18,007 34–16–4 72 W1 55 February 4 5–4 OT Crawford 17,125 35–16–4 74 W2 56 February 6 5–1 Crawford 18,532 36–16–4 76 W3 57 February 9 0–2 Crawford 21,753 36–17–4 76 L1 58 February 11 2–4 Crawford 22,051 36–18–4 76 L2 59 February 13 2–3 OT Crawford 22,107 36–18–5 77 O1 60 February 15 7–2 21,767 37–18–5 79 W1 61 February 17 5–3 Crawford 18,006 38–18–5 81 W2 62 February 21 1–6 Crawford 50,426 38–19–5 81 L1 63 February 25 1–3 Crawford 22,058 38–20–5 81 L2 64 February 28 3–2 Crawford 22,218 39–20–5 83 W1
March: 5–6–2 (Home: 1–3–1 ; Road: 4–3–1), 12 Points Date Opponent Score OT Decision Arena Attendance Record Pts Recap 65 March 2 5–2 20,027 40–20–5 85 W2 66 March 3 2–4 17,565 40–21–5 85 L1 67 March 6 4–1 Crawford 22,247 41–21–5 87 W1 68 March 9 2–3 SO Crawford 19,756 41–21–6 88 O1 69 March 11 2–5 Crawford 18,532 41–22–6 88 L1 70 March 14 0–5 Crawford 22,170 41–23–6 88 L2 71 March 16 2–3 Darling 22,113 41–24–6 88 L3 72 March 18 4–0 Darling 15,294 42–24–6 90 W1 73 March 20 2–3 SO Darling 22,059 42–24–7 91 O1 74 March 22 2–6 Darling 22,034 42–25–7 91 L1 75 March 26 4–1 Darling 19,289 43–25–7 93 W1 76 March 27 3–2 Darling 18,570 44–25–7 95 W2 77 March 29 1–4 Darling 19,190 44–26–7 95 L1
April: 3–0–2 (Home: 2–0–1 ; Road: 1–0–1), 8 Points Date Opponent Score OT Decision Arena Attendance Record Pts Recap 78 April 1 5–4 OT 15,294 45–26–7 97 W1 79 April 3 6–4 Darling 22,156 46–26–7 99 W2 80 April 5 6–2 Darling 21,884 47–26–7 101 W3 81 April 7 1–2 OT Darling 22,075 47–26–8 102 O1 82 April 9 4–5 OT 19,177 47–26–9 103 O2
Legend:

Detailed records

Western Conference
Opponent	Home	Away	Total	Pts.	Goals scored	Goals allowed
Central Division
Chicago Blackhawks	–	–	–	–	–	–
	1–1–0	2–0–0	3–1–0	6	12	10
	0–2–0	1–2–0	1–4–0	2	11	20
	0–1–1	0–3–0	0–4–1	1	9	20
	2–1–0	1–1–0	3–2–0	6	13	11
	1–0–1	1–0–1	2–0–2	6	9	7
	2–0–0	2–1–0	4–1–0	8	15	9
	6–4–2	7–6–1	13–10–3	29	66	72
Pacific Division
	1–0–1	1–0–0	2–0–1	5	6	5
	1–0–0	2–0–0	3–0–0	6	18	11
	2–0–0	0–0–1	2–0–1	5	9	4
	2–0–0	1–0–0	3–0–0	6	12	5
	1–1–0	0–0–1	1–1–1	3	6	10
	1–1–0	1–0–0	2–1–0	4	9	7
	1–0–0	1–1–0	2–1–0	4	10	8
	8–2–1	7–1–2	15–3–3	33	70	50

Eastern Conference
Opponent	Home	Away	Total	Pts.	Goals scored	Goals allowed
Atlantic Division
	1–0–0	0–1–0	1–1–0	2	8	8
	1–0–0	1–0–0	2–0–0	4	6	3
	1–0–0	1–0–0	2–0–0	4	9	3
	1–0–0	0–1–0	1–1–0	2	3	6
	1–0–0	1–0–0	2–0–0	4	7	3
	1–0–0	1–0–1	1–0–1	3	6	4
	1–0–0	0–1–0	1–1–0	2	2	2
	1–0–0	1–0–0	2–0–0	4	11	3
	8–0–0	4–3–1	12–3–1	25	52	32
Metropolitan Division
	0–1–0	0–1–0	0–2–0	0	1	7
	1–0–0	0–0–1	1–0–1	3	8	6
	0–1–0	0–1–0	0–2–0	0	4	7
	1–0–0	1–0–0	2–0–0	4	7	3
	0–1–0	1–0–0	1–1–0	2	7	6
	0–1–0	0–1–0	0–2–0	0	2	6
	1–0–0	1–0–0	2–0–0	4	6	3
	1–0–0	0–1–0	1–1–0	2	4	6
	4–4–0	3–4–1	7–8–1	15	37	40

Playoffs

Player statistics

Final stats

Skaters

Regular Season^[21]

Player					data-sort-type="number"
	82	46	60	106	17	30
	80	30	47	77	8	32
	80	28	30	58	16	62
	81	14	35	49	6	32
	67	9	34	43	13	26
	77	20	22	42	8	12
	78	13	22	35	−2	20
	78	14	20	34	11	69
	64	13	20	33	10	24
	81	2	22	24	13	32
	82	3	11	14	−5	31
	41	0	14	14	11	4
	77	8	5	13	−8	30
	51	1	12	13	3	33
^†	19	8	4	12	−3	6
	44	4	5	9	9	4
	30	6	2	8	4	6
^‡	43	2	4	6	−7	27
^‡	29	0	6	6	1	8
	41	4	1	5	−7	23
^†	19	4	1	5	−7	4
^‡	30	1	4	5	−3	6
	27	2	2	4	−5	4
	41	0	4	4	−5	24
	17	1	2	3	−2	2
^‡	13	1	1	2	0	2
	9	0	2	2	−2	6
	25	0	2	2	−5	2
^†	8	0	2	2	−1	2
^‡	6	0	1	1	−1	2
	3	0	1	1	−1	0
^†	15	0	1	1	4	2
	2	0	0	0	−2	0
	7	0	0	0	−1	6
	1	0	0	0	0	0
^‡	11	0	0	0	−4	6
^†‡	17	0	0	0	−6	0

Playoffs^[22]

Player					data-sort-type="number"
	7	2	5	7	2	14
	7	1	6	7	−1	14
	6	4	2	6	0	18
	7	0	6	6	2	10
	6	3	2	5	3	2
	7	3	2	5	0	0
	7	3	0	3	1	2
	6	0	3	3	0	6
	7	1	1	2	−1	16
	7	1	1	2	−2	12
	7	1	0	1	−3	2
	4	1	0	1	0	0
	5	0	1	1	−1	0
	7	0	1	1	1	0
	7	0	1	1	−2	0
	7	0	1	1	5	0
	3	0	0	0	0	6
	3	0	0	0	0	4
	2	0	0	0	0	2
	6	0	0	0	−2	0
	4	0	0	0	−1	0
	4	0	0	0	−3	2

Goaltenders

Regular Season^[23]

Player
	58	58	3,323	35	18	5	131	2.37	1,718	.924	7	0	1	2
	29	24	1,560	12	8	4	67	2.58	784	.915	1	0	0	0
	1	0	39	0	0	0	1	1.54	17	.941	0	0	0	0

^†Denotes player spent time with another team before joining Blackhawks. Stats reflect time with Blackhawks only.
^‡Left team mid-season. Stats reflect time with Blackhawks only.

Awards and honours

Awards

Regular season

Player	Award	Awarded
	NHL First Star of the Week^[25]	November 9, 2015
	NHL First Star of the Month^[26]	December 1, 2015
	NHL First Star of the Week^[27]	December 14, 2015
	NHL All-Star game captain^[28]	January 2, 2016
	NHL Third Star of the Month^[29]	January 4, 2016
	NHL All-Star game selection^[30]	January 6, 2016
	NHL First Star of the Week^[31]	January 18, 2016
	NHL Second Star of the Month^[32]	February 1, 2016
	NHL First Star of the Week^[33]	April 4, 2016
	Calder Memorial Trophy^[34]	June 22, 2016
	Hart Memorial Trophy^[35]	June 22, 2016

Milestones

Regular season

Player	Milestone	Reached
	1st career NHL game 1st career NHL goal 1st career NHL point	October 7, 2015
	1st career NHL game	October 9, 2015
	200th career NHL game	October 9, 2015
	1st career NHL goal	October 10, 2015
	1st career NHL assist	October 10, 2015
	1st career NHL goal 1st career NHL point	October 15, 2015
	1st career NHL game	October 17, 2015
	1st career NHL game	October 29, 2015
	1st career NHL game 1st career NHL assist 1st career NHL point	October 30, 2015
	1st career NHL assist	November 2, 2015
	1st career NHL assist 1st career NHL point	November 4, 2015
	300th career NHL game	November 4, 2015
	1st career NHL goal 1st career NHL point	November 6, 2015
	300th career NHL game	November 8, 2015
	200th career NHL point	November 8, 2015
	1st career NHL assist	November 18, 2015
	19 game point streak – American Record (later 26 games) 600th career NHL game	November 28, 2015
	900th career NHL game	December 3, 2015
	22 game point streak – Blackhawks Record (later 26 games)	December 6, 2015
	1st career NHL game 1st career NHL goal 1st career NHL point	December 8, 2015
	600th career NHL point	December 8, 2015
	1,200th career NHL game	December 13, 2015
	500th career NHL game	December 13, 2015
	1st career NHL assist	December 13, 2015
	1st career NHL goal 1st career NHL point	December 13, 2015
	1st American born player to score 20 goals in each of their first 9 seasons	December 13, 2015
	600th career NHL game	December 20, 2015
	1st career NHL assist 1st career NHL point	December 20, 2015
	800th career NHL game	December 27, 2015
	100th career NHL goal	December 31, 2015
	4th OT goal this season – Blackhawks Record (later 5 goals)	December 31, 2015
	300th career NHL game	January 3, 2016
	1st career NHL goal	January 8, 2016
	800th career NHL game	January 10, 2016
	783rd career NHL coaching win – 2nd all time	January 14, 2016
	1st career NHL hat-trick	January 15, 2016
	300th career NHL game	February 6, 2016
	300th career NHL assist	February 6, 2016
	400th career NHL assist	February 15, 2016
	1st career NHL hat-trick	February 17, 2016
	1st career NHL playoff goal	April 15, 2016
	1st career NHL playoff goal	April 23, 2016

Transactions

The Blackhawks were involved in the following transactions during the 2015–16 season.

Trades

Notes

• Pittsburgh to retain 33% ($1.125 million) of salary as part of trade.
• Winnipeg to retain 36% ($1.584 million) of salary as part of trade.
• Chicago to retain 50% ($1.125 million) of salary as part of trade.
• Los Angeles to retain 15% ($225,000) of salary as part of trade.

Free agents acquired

Date	Player	Former team	Contract terms (in U.S. dollars)	Ref
			1 year, $1.04 million	^[49]
			2 years, $1.15 million	^[50]
			1 year, $575,000
			2 year, $1.335 million	^[51]
			1 year, $575,000	^[52]
			1 year, $575,000	^[53]
			1 year, $700,000
			1 year, $692,500

Free agents lost

Date	Player	New team	Contract terms (in U.S. dollars)	Ref
			1 year, $3 million	^[54]
			2 years, $7.5 million	^[55]
			1 year, $575,000	^[56]
			2 year, $7.5 million	^[57]

Claimed via waivers

Player	Old team	Date claimed off waivers	Ref

Lost via waivers

Player	New team	Date	Ref
		December 6, 2015	^[58]
		February 27, 2016	^[59]

Lost via retirement

Player	Ref
Daniel Carcillo	^[60]
Kimmo Timonen	^[61]

Player signings

Date	Player	Contract terms (in U.S. dollars)	Ref
		2 years, $2 million	^[62]
		1 year, $575,000	^[63]
		5 years, $22.75 million	^[64]
		2 years, $1.6 million	^[65]
		2 years, $1.65 million	^[66]
		1 year, $575,000	^[67]
		1 year, $575,000	^[68]
		1 year, $605,000	^[69]
		1 year, $1.5 million	^[70]
		1 year, $600,000	^[71]
		8 years, $55 million contract extension	^[72]
		1 year, $575,000	^[73]
		2 years, contract extension	^[74]
		3 years, $9.25 million contract extension	^[75]
	Viktor Svedberg	2 years, contract extension	^[76]
		3 years, entry-level contract	^[77]
		3 years, entry-level contract	^[78]
		3 years, entry-level contract	^[79]
		3 years, entry-level contract	^[80]
		3 years, entry-level contract	^[81]
		1 year	^[82]
		1 year	^[83]
		3 years, entry-level contract	^[84]
	Dennis Rasmussen	1 year	^[85]

Suspensions/fines

Player	Explanation	Length	Salary	Date issued
	Missing the NHL All-Star game	1 game		January 28, 2016
	Striking Minnesota Wild center Charlie Coyle in the face with his stick (intent to injure)	6 games		April 1 – April 13
	Uttering an anti-gay slur	1 game		April 21, 2016

Draft picks

See also: List of Chicago Blackhawks draft picks. Below are the Chicago Blackhawks' selections at the 2015 NHL Entry Draft, to be held on June 26–27, 2015 at the BB&T Center in Sunrise, Florida.

Round		Player	Pos	Nationality	College/Junior/Club team (League)
2	54	Graham Knott	LW		Niagara IceDogs (OHL)
3	91	Dennis Gilbert	D		Chicago Steel (USHL)
4	121	Ryan Shea	D		Boston College High School (USHS–MA)
5	151	Radovan Bondra	RW	Slovakia	HC Košice (Slovakia)
6	164	Roy Radke	RW		Barrie Colts (OHL)
6	181	Joni Tuulola	D	Finland	HPK (Finland)
7	211	John Dahlstrom	LW/C	Sweden	Frölunda HC Jr. (Sweden-Jr.)

Draft notes^[86]

• The Chicago Blackhawks' first-round pick went the Arizona Coyotes as the result of a trade on February 28, 2015, that sent Antoine Vermette to Chicago in exchange for Klas Dahlbeck and this pick.^[87]
• The Chicago Blackhawks received the 24th pick of this round (54th overall) as compensation for not signing 2010 first-round draft pick Kevin Hayes.^[88]
• The Chicago Blackhawks' second-round pick went to the Philadelphia Flyers as the result of a trade on February 27, 2015, that sent Kimmo Timonen to Chicago in exchange for a conditional fourth-round pick in 2016 and this pick.^[89]
• The Los Angeles Kings' sixth-round pick went the Chicago Blackhawks as the result of a trade on July 16, 2013 that sent Daniel Carcillo to Los Angeles in exchange for this pick (being conditional at the time of the trade).^[90] The condition – Chicago will receive a sixth-round pick in 2015 if Carcillo plays less than 40 games with Los Angeles during the 2013–14 NHL season – was converted on January 4, 2014, when Carcillo was traded to the New York Rangers^[91] after playing only 26 games with the Kings.^[92]

Notes and References

1. Book: ESPN. NHL Attendance Report - 2015-16 . ESPN.com.
2. Book: National Hockey League. The National Hockey League Official Guide & Record Book/2014. 2013. Diamond Sports Data, Inc.. 41. 978-1-894801-26-3.
3. News: Blackhawks: Patrick Kane wins Hart Trophy to cap huge night at NHL Awards. 2016-06-22. NBC Sports Chicago. 2018-06-20.
4. News: Patrick Kane wins the NHL's MVP award. SBNation.com. 2018-06-20.
5. News: Artemi Panarin wins Calder as NHL's best rookie. SBNation.com. 2018-06-20.
6. Web site: Gretz. Adam. How much is the salary cap going to hurt the Blackhawks?. CBS Sports. CBS.
7. Web site: Mcwilliam. Bryan. Blackhawks trade Raanta to Rangers for Ryan Haggerty.
8. Web site: Neveau. James. Blackhawks Re-Sign David Rundblad to Two-Year Contract.
9. Web site: Battaglia. Chris. Blackhawks trade Brandon Saad to Blue Jackets in 7-player deal.
10. News: McLaren. Ian. Blackhawks sign Artem Anisimov to 5-year, $22.75M contract extension.
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12. Web site: McLaren. Ian. Blackhawks sign Viktor Tikhonov to 1-year, believed to be worth $1.04M. The Score.
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14. Web site: Gold-Smith. Josh. Blackhawks trade Patrick Sharp to Stars in 4-player deal. The Score.
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31. Web site: Kane, Bennett, Kopitar named 'Three Stars' of week. NHL. January 18, 2016.
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33. Web site: Panarin, Burns and Murray named stars of week.
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36. Web site: Blackhawks acquire Haggerty from Rangers. June 27, 2015. blackhawks.nhl.com. June 29, 2015.
37. Web site: Blackhawks acquire four from Columbus. June 30, 2015. blackhawks.nhl.com. June 30, 2015.
38. Web site: Blackhawks acquire Coughlin for Nilsson. July 6, 2015. blackhawks.nhl.com. July 6, 2015.
39. Web site: Blackhawks acquire Daley and Garbutt from Dallas. nhl.com. July 17, 2015.
40. Web site: Blackhawks acquire Robertson, Massie. September 11, 2015. blackhawks.nhl.com. September 11, 2015.
41. Web site: Blackhawks acquire Scuderi. nhl.com. December 14, 2015.
42. Web site: Blackhawks acquire Panik. nhl.com. January 4, 2016.
43. Web site: Blackhawks acquire Sekac. nhl.com. January 21, 2016.
44. Web site: Blackhawks acquire Ladd, Fraser and Harrison from Winnipeg. nhl.com. February 25, 2016.
45. Web site: Blackhawks acquire Ehrhoff from Los Angeles. nhl.com. February 26, 2016.
46. Web site: Blackhawks acquire Fleischmann and Weise from Montreal. nhl.com. February 26, 2016.
47. Web site: Blackhawks acquire MacIntyre from Carolina. nhl.com. February 29, 2016.
48. Web site: Blackhawks acquire Jackman from Anaheim. nhl.com. February 29, 2016.
49. Web site: Blackhawks agree to terms with Tikhonov. nhl.com. July 17, 2015.
50. Web site: Blackhawks agree to terms with Schilling and Liambas. nhl.com. July 17, 2015.
51. Web site: Blackhawks agree to terms with Valleau. nhl.com. August 18, 2015.
52. Web site: Blackhawks agree to terms with Carruth. nhl.com. March 1, 2016.
53. Web site: Blackhawks agree to terms with Johansson, Kempny and Lundberg. nhl.com. May 25, 2016.
54. Web site: Richards signs with Red Wings. nhl.com. July 17, 2015.
55. Web site: Coyotes Sign Vermette to Two-Year Contract. nhl.com. July 17, 2015.
56. Web site: Predators Sign Cody Bass to One-Year Contract. nhl.com. July 17, 2015.
57. Web site: Stars sign defenseman Oduya to two-year contract. nhl.com. July 15, 2015.
58. Web site: Coyotes Claim Tikhonov Off Waivers. coyotes.nhl.com. December 6, 2015.
59. Web site: Coyotes Claim Sekac Off Waivers. coyotes.nhl.com. February 27, 2016.
60. Web site: Farewell, Carbomb: Carcillo announces retirement. NBC Sports. September 17, 2015 . September 17, 2015.
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62. Web site: Blackhawks agree to terms with David Rundblad. nhl.com. July 17, 2015.
63. Web site: Blackhawks agree to terms with Michael Leighton. nhl.com. July 17, 2015.
64. Web site: Blackhawks agree to terms with Anisimov. nhl.com. July 17, 2015.
65. Web site: Blackhawks agree to terms with Desjardins. nhl.com. July 17, 2015.
66. Web site: Blackhawks agree to terms with Trevor van Riemsdyk. nhl.com. July 17, 2015.
67. Web site: Blackhawks agree to terms with Rasmussen. nhl.com. July 17, 2015.
68. Web site: Blackhawks agree to terms with Svedberg. nhl.com. August 5, 2015.
69. Web site: Blackhawks agree to terms with Nordstrom. nhl.com. September 2, 2015.
70. Web site: Blackhawks agree to terms with Kruger. nhl.com. September 11, 2015.
71. Web site: Blackhawks agree to terms with Rozsival. nhl.com. September 19, 2015.
72. Web site: Blackhawks agree to terms with Seabrook. nhl.com. September 26, 2015.
73. Web site: Blackhawks agree to terms with Cumiskey. nhl.com. November 12, 2015.
74. Web site: Blackhawks agree to terms with Baun. nhl.com. March 4, 2016.
75. Web site: Blackhawks agree to terms with Kruger. nhl.com. March 9, 2016.
76. Web site: Blackhawks agree to terms with Svedberg. nhl.com. March 15, 2016.
77. Web site: Blackhawks agree to terms with Norell. nhl.com. April 4, 2016.
78. Web site: Blackhawks agree to terms with Motte. nhl.com. April 12, 2016.
79. Web site: Blackhawks agree to terms with Dahlstrom. nhl.com. April 18, 2016.
80. Web site: Blackhawks agree to terms with Johnson. nhl.com. May 3, 2016.
81. Web site: Blackhawks agree to terms with Forsling. nhl.com. May 12, 2016.
82. Web site: Blackhawks agree to terms with Carruth. nhl.com. June 15, 2016.
83. Web site: Blackhawks agree to terms with Panik. nhl.com. June 15, 2016.
84. Web site: Blackhawks agree to terms with Schmaltz. nhl.com. June 20, 2016.
85. Web site: Blackhawks agree to terms with Rasmussen. nhl.com. June 23, 2016.
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87. Web site: Vermette traded to Blackhawks by Coyotes. February 28, 2015. February 28, 2015.
88. Web site: Blackhawks let draft pick Hayes become free agent. August 15, 2014. August 15, 2014.
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90. Web site: Blackhawks deal forward Carcillo to Kings. National Hockey League. July 16, 2013. July 16, 2013.
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