2016–17 Chicago Blackhawks season explained

League:	NHL
Season:	2016–17
Year:	2016
Team:	Chicago Blackhawks
Conference:	Western
Conferencerank:	1st
Division:	Central
Divisionrank:	1st
Record:	50–23–9
Homerecord:	26–10–5
Roadrecord:	24–13–4
Goalsfor:	244
Goalsagainst:	213
Generalmanager:	Stan Bowman
Coach:	Joel Quenneville
Captain:	Jonathan Toews
Altcaptain:	Duncan Keith Brent Seabrook
Arena:	United Center
Attendance:	21,751 (110.3%) Total: 891,827
Minorleague:	Rockford IceHogs (AHL) Indy Fuel (ECHL)
Goalsleader:	Patrick Kane (34)
Assistsleader:	Patrick Kane (55)
Pointsleader:	Patrick Kane (89)
Plusminusleader:	Duncan Keith (+22)
Pimleader:	Ryan Hartman (70)
Winsleader:	Corey Crawford (32)
Gaaleader:	Scott Darling (2.38)
Divisionwin:	yes

The 2016–17 Chicago Blackhawks season was the 91st season for the National Hockey League, a franchise that was established on September 25 ^th, 1926. The Blackhawks finished the season with 109 points to win the Central Division and the best record in the Western Conference. As a result, they received the No. 1 seed in the West of the Stanley Cup Playoffs, but were swept in the first round by the eighth seeded and eventual Stanley Cup runner-up Nashville Predators.

Following the playoff loss, general manager Stan Bowman stated that the playoff loss was unacceptable and vowed that changes would be made.^[1]

Patrick Kane led the Blackhawks in scoring with 89 points and 34 goals. The Blackhawks had six players score 20 or more goals, Kane, Artemi Panarin (31), Marian Hossa (26), Artem Anisimov (22), Richard Panik (22), and Jonathan Toews (21). Goaltender Corey Crawford led the Blackhawks with 32 wins.

Schedule and results

Pre-season

2016 Pre-season Game Log: 2–4–0 (Home: 2–1–0 ; Road: 0–3–0)^[2]
	Date	Opponent	Score	OT	Decision	Arena	Attendance	Record	Recap
1	September 28		0–2				20,195	0–1–0	L1
2	September 30		0–1				18,084	0–2–0	L2
3	October 1		4–0		Darling		20,831	1–2–0	W1
4	October 2		3–6				17,962	1–3–0	L1
5	October 4		6–1				20,407	2–3–0	W1
6	October 8		1–2		Crawford		17,346	2–4–0	L1

Regular season

2016–17 Game Log

October: 5–3–1 (Home: 4–1–1 ; Road: 1–2–0)
	Date	Opponent	Score	OT	Decision	Arena	Attendance	Record	Pts	Recap
1	October 12		2–5				21,729	0–1–0	0	L1
2	October 14		2–3		Crawford		17,256	0–2–0	0	L2
3	October 15		5–3				21,665	1–2–0	2	W1
4	October 18		7–4		Crawford		21,263	2–2–0	4	W2
5	October 21		2–3		Crawford		15,789	2–3–0	4	L1
6	October 22		5–4	SO	Darling		21,735	3–3–0	6	W1
7	October 24		2–3	SO	Crawford		21,348	3–3–1	7	O1
8	October 28		3–2	OT	Crawford		13,882	4–3–1	9	W1
9	October 30		3–0		Crawford		21,329	5–3–1	11	W2

November: 10–3–2 (Home: 5–0–1 ; Road: 5–3–1)
	Date	Opponent	Score	OT	Decision	Arena	Attendance	Record	Pts	Recap
10	November 1		5–1				21,166	6–3–1	13	W3
11	November 3		4–0		Crawford		21,580	7–3–1	15	W4
12	November 5		3–2		Crawford		18,532	8–3–1	17	W5
13	November 6		4–3	OT			21,901	9–3–1	19	W6
14	November 9		2–1	OT	Crawford		18,704	10–3–1	21	W7
15	November 11		2–3	OT	Crawford		22,075	10–3–2	22	O1
16	November 13		3–2		Crawford		21,762	11–3–2	24	W1
17	November 15		0–4		Crawford		15,294	11–4–2	24	L1
18	November 18		3–2		Crawford		18,691	12–4–2	26	W1
19	November 19		4–3	OT	Darling		18,865	13–4–2	28	W2
20	November 21		0–5		Crawford		18,347	13–5–2	28	L1
21	November 23		1–2		Crawford		17,501	13–6–2	28	L2
22	November 25		3–2		Crawford		17,174	14–6–2	30	W1
23	November 26		1–2	OT	Darling		18,435	14–6–3	31	O1
24	November 29		2–1	SO	Crawford		21,475	15–6–3	33	W1

December: 8–5–2 (Home: 4–3–2 ; Road: 4–2–0)
	Date	Opponent	Score	OT	Decision	Arena	Attendance	Record	Pts	Recap
25	December 1		4–3	OT			21,351	16–6–3	35	W2
26	December 3		1–3				19,487	16–7–3	35	L1
27	December 4		1–2		Darling		21,383	16–8–3	35	L2
28	December 6		4–0		Darling		21,327	17–8–3	37	W1
29	December 9		0–1	OT	Darling		21,770	17–8–4	38	O1
30	December 11		3–1		Darling		21,451	18–8–4	40	W1
31	December 13		2–1		Darling		18,006	19–8–4	42	W2
32	December 15		5–4		Darling		12,504	20–8–4	44	W3
33	December 17		6–4		Darling		19,197	21–8–4	46	W4
34	December 18		4–1		Darling		22,027	22–8–4	48	W5
35	December 20		3–4		Darling		21,614	22–9–4	48	L1
36	December 23		1–2	OT	Crawford		21,918	22–9–5	49	O1
37	December 27		1–3		Crawford		22,117	22–10–5	49	L1
38	December 29		3–2		Crawford		17,229	23–10–5	51	W1
39	December 30		2–3		Darling		18,016	23–11–5	51	L1

January: 7–6–0 (Home: 5–3–0 ; Road: 2–3–0)
	Date	Opponent	Score	OT	Decision	Arena	Attendance	Record	Pts	Recap
40	January 2		1–4				46,556 (outdoors)	23–12–5	51	L2
41	January 5		4–3	OT	Crawford		21,824	24–12–5	53	W1
42	January 6		2–1				21,822	25–12–5	55	W2
43	January 8		5–2		Crawford		21,658	26–12–5	57	W3
44	January 10		4–3	OT	Crawford		22,019	27–12–5	59	W4
45	January 13		0–6		Crawford		18,506	27–13–5	59	L1
46	January 15		2–3		Crawford		22,051	27–14–5	59	L2
47	January 17		6–4		Crawford		18,007	28–14–5	61	W1
48	January 20		1–0		Darling		17,565	29–14–5	63	W2
49	January 22		4–2		Crawford		21,689	30–14–5	65	W3
50	January 24		2–5		Crawford		21,617	30–15–5	65	L1
51	January 26		3–5		Darling		21,746	30–16–5	65	L2
January 27–29		All-Star Break in Los Angeles
52	January 31		1–3		Crawford		17,424	30–17–5	65	L3

February: 9–1–0 (Home: 2–1–0 ; Road: 7–0–0)
	Date	Opponent	Score	OT	Decision	Arena	Attendance	Record	Pts	Recap
53	February 2		4–3				17,125	31–17–5	67	W1
54	February 4		5–3		Crawford		18,532	32–17–5	69	W2
55	February 8		4–3	OT	Crawford		19,326	33–17–5	71	W3
56	February 10		5–2		Crawford		15,294	34–17–5	73	W4
57	February 11		5–1				18,347	35–17–5	75	W5
58	February 18		1–3		Crawford		22,075	35–18–5	75	L1
59	February 19		5–1		Darling		19,070	36–18–5	77	W1
60	February 21		5–3		Crawford		19,333	37–18–5	79	W2
61	February 23		6–3		Crawford		21,781	38–18–5	81	W3
62	February 26		4–2		Darling		21,961	39–18–5	83	W4

March: 11–3–2 (Home: 6–1–1 ; Road: 5–2–1)
	Date	Opponent	Score	OT	Decision	Arena	Attendance	Record	Pts	Recap
63	March 1		4–1				22,012	40–18–5	85	W5
64	March 3		2–1	SO			21,883	41–18–5	87	W6
65	March 4		5–3		Crawford		17,297	42–18–5	89	W7
66	March 9		0–1		Crawford		21,838	42–19–5	89	L1
67	March 10		2–4		Crawford		20,027	42–20–5	89	L2
68	March 12		4–2		Crawford		22,147	43–20–5	91	W1
69	March 14		4–2		Crawford		21,288	44–20–5	93	W2
70	March 16		2–1		Darling		18,638	45–20–5	95	W3
71	March 18		2–1	OT	Crawford		19,505	46–20–5	97	W4
72	March 19		6–3		Darling		22,070	47–20–5	99	W5
73	March 21		4–5	OT	Darling		21,607	47–20–6	100	O1
74	March 23		3–2	SO	Crawford		21,798	48–20–6	102	W1
75	March 25		0–7		Crawford		18,625	48–21–6	102	L1
76	March 27		4–5	OT	Darling		19,092	48–21–7	103	O1
77	March 29		5–1		Crawford		18,657	49–21–7	105	W1
78	March 31		3–1		Crawford		22,112	50–21–7	107	W2

April: 0–2–2 (Home: 0–1–0 ; Road: 0–1–2)
	Date	Opponent	Score	OT	Decision	Arena	Attendance	Record	Pts	Recap
79	April 2		2–3				22,131	50–22–7	107	L1
80	April 4		3–4	OT			16,023	50–22–8	108	O1
81	April 6		0–4		Crawford		16,462	50–23–8	108	L1
82	April 8		2–3	OT	Crawford		18,230	50–23–9	109	O1

Legend:

Detailed records

Opponent	Home	Away	Total	Pts.	Goals scored	Goals allowed
Western Conference
Central Division
Chicago Blackhawks	—	—	—	—	—	—
	2–0–1	1–0–1	3–0–2	8	20	13
	3–0–0	2–0–0	5–0–0	10	18	11
	1–1–0	2–0–0	3–1–0	6	15	11
	2–0–0	2–1–0	4–1–0	8	20	13
	1–1–0	2–1–0	3–2–0	6	15	16
	0–3–0	1–1–0	1–4–0	2	10	16
	9–5–1	10–3–2	19–8–2	40	98	80
Pacific Division
	0–1–0	1–1–0	1–2–0	2	3	7
	2–0–0	1–0–0	3–0–0	6	14	6
	1–0–1	1–0–0	2–0–1	5	10	6
	0–1–0	1–1–0	1–2–0	2	6	9
	1–0–0	0–0–2	1–0–2	4	6	5
	1–0–0	0–2–0	1–2–0	2	6	6
	1–0–1	1–0–0	2–0–1	5	12	10
	6–2–2	5–4–2	11–6–4	26	57	49

Opponent	Home	Away	Total	Pts.	Goals scored	Goals allowed
Eastern Conference
Atlantic Division
	0–1–0	1–0–0	1–1–0	2	3	3
	1–0–0	1–0–0	2–0–0	4	9	4
	1–0–0	0–1–0	1–1–0	2	6	7
	1–0–0	0–1–0	1–1–0	2	2	8
	1–0–0	1–0–0	2–0–0	4	7	4
	0–1–0	1–0–0	1–1–0	2	5	5
	0–1–0	0–0–1	0–1–1	1	6	10
	1–0–0	1–0–0	2–0–0	4	7	5
	5–3–0	5–2–1	10–5–1	21	45	46
Metropolitan Division
	1–0–0	0–1–0	1–1–0	2	4	4
	1–0–0	0–1–0	1–1–0	2	5	4
	1–0–0	1–0–0	2–0–0	4	7	5
	1–0–0	1–0–0	2–0–0	4	7	5
	0–0–1	1–0–0	1–0–1	3	2	2
	1–0–0	0–1–0	1–1–0	2	8	7
	1–0–0	1–0–0	2–0–0	4	9	2
	0–0–1	0–1–0	0–1–1	1	2	9
	6–0–2	4–4–0	10–4–2	22	44	38

Playoffs

Player statistics

Final stats

Skaters

Regular Season^[3]
Player					data-sort-type="number"
	82	34	55	89	11	32
	82	31	43	74	18	21
	72	21	37	58	7	35
	80	6	47	53	22	16
	73	26	19	45	7	8
	64	22	23	45	9	30
	82	22	22	44	14	58
	79	3	36	39	5	26
	76	19	12	31	13	70
	61	6	22	28	10	6
	73	5	13	18	12	20
	80	5	12	17	12	24
	70	5	12	17	7	34
	47	6	10	16	15	8
	58	5	11	16	17	29
	49	6	8	14	−1	17
	68	4	4	8	−4	12
	50	2	6	8	1	22
	33	4	3	7	2	14
	38	2	3	5	3	4
	12	1	3	4	3	4
	50	2	1	3	−6	28
	22	1	2	3	−3	14
^†	15	1	1	2	−2	8
	46	0	1	1	−6	22
^†	13	1	0	1	−4	2
^‡	1	0	0	0	0	0
	Totals	82	240	406	646	162	564

Playoffs
Player					data-sort-type="number"
	4	1	1	2	−5	0
	4	1	1	2	−3	2
	3	1	0	1	−2	0
	4	0	1	1	−6	2
	4	0	1	1	−3	2
	4	0	1	1	−2	2
	4	0	1	1	−4	0
	4	0	0	0	−4	2
	4	0	0	0	−2	0
	4	0	0	0	−3	0
	4	0	0	0	−3	2
	4	0	0	0	−4	2
	4	0	0	0	−2	0
	4	0	0	0	−3	14
	4	0	0	0	−4	0
	4	0	0	0	−2	2
	4	0	0	0	−2	0
	2	0	0	0	0	0
	1	0	0	0	−2	0
	1	0	0	0	0	0
	1	0	0	0	0	0

Goaltenders

Regular Season^[4]
Player
	55	55	3246:52	32	18	4	138	2.55	1691	.918	2	1	2
	32	27	1688:35	18	5	5	67	2.38	877	.924	2	0	0
Totals		82	4935:27	50	23	9	205	2.49	2568	.920	4	1	2

^†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 Second Star of the Week^[5]	October 24, 2016
	NHL Second Star of the Week^[6]	November 7, 2016
	NHL First Star of the Week^[7]	December 19, 2016
C. Crawford	NHL All-Star game selection^[8]	January 10, 2017
	NHL All-Star game selection	January 10, 2017
	NHL All-Star game selection	January 10, 2017
	NHL All-Star game selection	January 10, 2017
J. Toews	NHL Second Star of the Week^[9]	February 27, 2017
J. Toews	NHL First Star of the Month^[10]	March 1, 2017
P. Kane	NHL Third Star of the Month^[11]	April 1, 2017
A. Panarin	NHL First Star of the Week^[12]	April 3, 2017

Milestones

Regular season
Player	Milestone	Reached
	1st career NHL game	October 12, 2016
	1st career NHL goal	October 12, 2016
	1st career NHL game	October 12, 2016
	1st career NHL game 1st career NHL assist 1st career NHL point	October 12, 2016
	1st career NHL game	October 12, 2016
	1st career NHL hat trick	October 15, 2016
Nick Schmaltz	1st career NHL goal 1st career NHL point	October 15, 2016
	500th career NHL goal	October 18, 2016
Gustav Forsling	1st career NHL assist 1st career NHL point	October 21, 2016
	1st career NHL goal	October 21, 2016
		November 9, 2016
Gustav Forsling	1st career NHL goal	November 13, 2016
	1st career NHL assist 1st career NHL point	November 18, 2016
	1st career NHL goal 1st career NHL assist 1st career NHL point	November 19, 2016
Richard Panik	200th career NHL game	November 19, 2016
Artemi Panarin	100th career NHL game	November 21, 2016
Artemi Panarin	100th career NHL point	December 4, 2016
	700th career NHL point	December 29, 2016
Michal Kempny	1st career NHL goal	December 30, 2016
	400th career NHL assist	January 5, 2017
Patrick Kane	700th career NHL game	January 6, 2017
Ryan Hartman	1st career NHL hat trick	January 8, 2017
Marian Hossa	600th career NHL assist	January 17, 2017
	500th career NHL point	January 22, 2017
	200th career NHL win	January 22, 2017
	600th career NHL game	January 26, 2017
	900th career NHL game	February 18, 2017
	600th career NHL point	February 18, 2017
	100th career NHL point	February 19, 2017
	100th career NHL game	February 21, 2017
Duncan Keith	500th career NHL point	February 26, 2017
Jonathan Toews	700th career NHL game	March 3, 2017
Brent Seabrook	400th career NHL point	March 4, 2017
Duncan Keith	900th career NHL game	March 10, 2017
	400th career NHL game	March 10, 2017
	1st career NHL game	March 16, 2017
Marian Hossa	1,300th career NHL game	March 16, 2017
	1st career NHL goal 1st career NHL point	March 18, 2017
John Hayden	1st career NHL assist	March 19, 2017
John Hayden	1st career NHL playoff game	April 13, 2017
Ryan Hartman	1st career NHL playoff game	April 13, 2017
	1st career NHL playoff game	April 13, 2017
Nick Schmaltz	1st career NHL playoff game	April 13, 2017
Dennis Rasmussen	1st career NHL playoff game	April 15, 2017
Vinnie Hinostroza	1st career NHL playoff game	April 15, 2017
Dennis Rasmussen	1st career NHL playoff goal	April 17, 2017
Michal Kempny	1st career NHL playoff game	April 20, 2017

Records

Transactions

The Blackhawks have been involved in the following transactions during the 2016–17 season.

Trades

Date			Ref
	To Carolina Hurricanes Teuvo Teravainen Bryan Bickell	To Chicago Blackhawks NYR's 2nd round pick in 2016 CHI's 3rd round pick in 2017	^[13]
	To Montreal Canadiens Andrew Shaw	To Chicago Blackhawks 2nd-round pick in 2016 MIN's 2nd-round pick in 2016	^[14]
	To New York Islanders CBJ's 4th-round pick in 2016	To Chicago Blackhawks 4th-round pick in 2016 6th-round pick in 2017	^[15]
	To St. Louis Blues FLA's 5th-round pick in 2016	To Chicago Blackhawks 5th-round pick in 2017
	To Los Angeles Kings Cameron Schilling	To Chicago Blackhawks Michael Latta	^[16]
	To Detroit Red Wings 3rd-round pick in 2017	To Chicago Blackhawks	^[17]
	To Dallas Stars conditional 4th-round pick in 2018	To Chicago Blackhawks	^[18]
	To Anaheim Ducks	To Chicago Blackhawks 7th-round pick in 2019	^[19]

Notes

Free agents acquired

Date	Player	Former team	Contract terms (in U.S. dollars)	Ref
			1 year, $1.5 million	^[20]
			1 year, $600,000	^[21]
			1 year, $575,000	^[22]
			1 year, $750,000	^[23]
			3 years, $2.055 million entry-level contract	^[24]
			2 years, $1.225 million	^[25]
			3 years, $2.775 million entry-level contract	^[26]
			2 years, $1.85 million entry-level contract	^[27]
		Pirati Chomutov	1 year, $1.35 million entry-level contract	^[28]

Free agents lost

Date	Player	New team	Contract terms (in U.S. dollars)	Ref
			4 year, $9.4 million	^[29]
			7 years, $38.5 million	^[30]

Claimed via waivers

Player	Old team	Date claimed off waivers	Ref

Player signings

Date	Player	Contract terms (in U.S. dollars)	Ref
		1 year, $575,000	^[32]
		1 year, $600,000
		1 year, $575,000
		1 year, $600,000	^[33]
		2 years, $12 million	^[34]
	Michal Rozsival	1 year, $650,000 contract extension	^[35]
		1 year, $700,000 contract extension
		2 years, $1.85 million entry-level contract	^[36]
		2 years, $1.85 million entry-level contract	^[37]
		3 years, $2.775 million entry-level contract	^[38]
		2 years, $1.5 million contract extension	^[39]
		2 years, $1.85 million entry-level contract	^[40]
		3 years, $2.775 million entry-level contract	^[41]
		2 years, $5.6 million	^[42]
		1 year, $900,000	^[43]

Detailed transaction list

Source^[44]

Off-season

April 29, 2016 – Agreed to terms with F Luke Johnson on a three-year contract.
May 11, 2016 – Agreed to terms with D Gustav Forsling on a three-year contract.
May 24, 2016 – Agreed to terms with G Lars Johansson, D Michal Kempny and F Martin Lundberg on one-year contracts.
June 15, 2016 – Agreed to terms with G Mac Carruth on a one-year contract.
June 15, 2016 – Agreed to terms with F Richard Panik on a one-year contract.
June 19, 2016 – Agreed to terms with F Nick Schmaltz on a three-year contract.
June 23, 2016 – Agreed to terms with F Dennis Rasmussen on a one-year contract.
June 30, 2016 – Agreed to terms with F Brandon Mashinter and D Michal Rozsival on one-year contracts
July 1, 2016 – Agreed to terms with D Brian Campbell and Fs Sam Carrick, Spencer Abbott and Pierre-Cedric Labrie on one-year contracts. Named Will Chukerman media relations assistant.
July 6, 2016 – Agreed to terms with F Jordin Tootoo on a one-year contract.
July 7, 2016 – Named Derek King assistant coach for Rockford (AHL).
July 15, 2016 – Agreed to terms with F Mark McNeill on a one-year contract.
September 26, 2016 – Agreed to terms with F Alexandre Fortin on a three-year contract.
September 26, 2016 – Released Fs Tyler Barnes, Bryn Chyzyk, Jeremy Langlois, Trevor Mingoia, Evan Mosey; D Jonathan Carlsson, Nick Mattson and G Eric Levine from their tryout agreements. Released F Radovan Bondra, John Dahlstrom, Nathan Noel and Roy Radke from training camp and returned them to their junior hockey teams.
September 30, 2016 – Agreed to terms with F Graham Knott on a three-year contract.

October

October 1, 2016 – Assigned F Kyle Baun, D Dillon Fournier, D Carl Dahlstrom and D Nolan Valleau to Rockford (AHL). Released F Alex DeBrincat and F Graham Knott from training camp.
October 2, 2016 – Assigned G Mac Carruth to Rockford (AHL).
October 3, 2016 – Assigned Fs Luke Johnson, Tanner Kero and Martin Lundberg; D Erik Gustafsson, Robin Norell and Ville Pokka, and G Lars Johansson to Rockford (AHL). Released Fs Chris DeSousa and Jake Dowell from their tryout agreements.
October 4, 2016 – Assigned Fs Spencer Abbott, Sam Carrick and Pierre-Cedric Labrie and D Viktor Svedberg and Cameron Schilling to Rockford (AHL).
October 7, 2016 – Recalled D Viktor Svedberg and D Ville Pokka from Rockford (AHL).
October 9, 2016 – Assigned D Dillon Fournier, Ville Pokka and Viktor Svedberg to Rockford (AHL).
October 10, 2016 – Assigned F Alexandre Fortin to Rouyn-Noranda (QMJHL) and G Ivan Nalimov to Vladivostok (KHL). Placed F Andrew Desjardins on injured reserve.
October 11, 2016 – Assigned Fs Brandon Mashinter and Mark McNeill to Rockford (AHL).

November

November 6, 2016 – Placed F Trevor van Riemsdyk on injured reserve. Activated F Andrew Desjardins from injured reserve.
November 7, 2016 – Agreed to terms with F DeBrincat on a three-year contract.

December

December 2, 2016 – Placed F Jonathan Toews on injured reserve, retroactive to Nov. 24. Activated Trevor van Riemsdyk from injured reserve.
December 4, 2016 – Recalled G Lars Johansson from Rockford (AHL). Assigned F Nick Schmaltz to Rockford.
December 6, 2016 – Placed G Corey Crawford on injured reserve, retroactive to Saturday.
December 13, 2016 – Activated F Jonathan Toews from injured reserve.
December 22, 2016 – Placed F Artem Anisimov on injured reserve, retroactive to Dec. 18. Recalled F Tanner Kero from Rockford (AHL).
December 27, 2016 – Activated F Artem Anisimov from injured reserve. Placed F Marian Hossa on injured reserve, retroactive to Dec. 20.
December 28, 2016 – Agreed to terms with F Artemi Panarin on a two-year contract extension.

January

January 1, 2017 – Placed F Marcus Kruger on injured reserve, retroactive to Dec. 30.
January 4, 2017 – Assigned F Tyler Motte to Rockford (AHL). Recalled F Spencer Abbott from Rockford (AHL).
January 5, 2017 – Activated F Marian Hossa from injured reserve.
January 6, 2017 – Assigned D Gustav Forsling and F Spencer Abbott to Rockford (AHL).
January 14, 2017 – Recalled F Nick Schmaltz from Rockford (AHL).
January 21, 2017 – Acquired F Michael Latta from the Los Angeles Kings for D Cameron Schilling.
January 24, 2017 – Activated F Marcus Kruger from injured reserve.
January 29, 2017 – Placed D Michal Rozsival on injured reserve, retroactive to Jan. 25. Recalled D Gustav Forsling from Rockford (AHL).

February

February 12, 2017 – Reassigned D Gustav Forsling and Fs Vinnie Hinostroza, Tanner Kero, and Nick Schmaltz to Rockford (AHL). Activated D Michal Roszival from injured reserve.
February 16, 2017 – Recalled Fs Tanner Kero, and Nick Schmaltz from Rockford (AHL).
February 19, 2017 – Recalled F Vinnie Hinostroza from Rockford (AHL).
February 23, 2017 – Agreed to terms with G Jeff Glass on a two-year contract through the 2017–18 season.
February 24, 2017 – Acquired F Tomas Jurco from Detroit Red Wings for a 2017 third-round draft pick. Reassigned F Vinnie Hinostroza to Rockford (AHL).
February 25, 2017 – Assigned G Jeff Glass to Rockford (AHL)
February 26, 2017 – Recalled G Lars Johansson from Rockford (AHL)
February 27, 2017 – Assigned G Lars Johansson to Rockford (AHL)

Draft picks

See also: List of Chicago Blackhawks draft picks. Below are the Chicago Blackhawks' selections at the 2016 NHL Entry Draft, to be held on June 24–25, 2016 at the First Niagara Center in Buffalo.

Round		Player	Pos	Nationality	College/Junior/Club team (League)
2	39	Alex DeBrincat	RW	United States	Erie Otters (OHL)
2	45	Chad Krys	D	United States	U.S. NTDP (USHL)
2	50	Artur Kayumov	LW/RW	Russia	Russia U18 (MHL)
3	83	Wouter Peeters	G	Belgium	Red Bull Salzburg (Austria)
4	110	Lucas Carlsson	D	Sweden	Brynäs IF (SHL)
4	113	Nathan Noel	C	Canada	Saint John Sea Dogs (QMJHL)
5	143	Mathias From	LW/RW	Denmark	Rögle BK-jr. (SWE-jr.)
6	173	Blake Hillman	D	United States	University of Denver NCAA
7	203	Jake Ryczek	D	United States	Waterloo Black Hawks (USHL)

Notes

The Chicago Blackhawks' first-round pick went to the Philadelphia Flyers as the result of a trade on June 24, 2016, that sent a first and third-round pick both in 2016 (18th and 79th overall) to Winnipeg in exchange for a second-round pick in 2016 (36th overall) and this pick.^[45]

Winnipeg previously acquired this pick from Chicago as the result of a trade on February 25, 2016, that sent Andrew Ladd, Jay Harrison and Matt Fraser to Chicago in exchange for Marko Dano, a conditional third-round pick in 2018 and this pick.^[46]

The Montreal Canadiens' second-round pick went to the Chicago Blackhawks as the result of a trade on June 24, 2016, that sent Andrew Shaw to Montreal in exchange for Minnesota's second-round pick in 2016 (45th overall) and this pick.^[47]
The Minnesota Wild's second-round pick went to the Chicago Blackhawks as the result of a trade on June 24, 2016, that sent Andrew Shaw to Montreal in exchange for a second-round pick in 2016 (39th overall) and this pick.

Montreal previously acquired this pick as the result of a trade on July 1, 2014, that sent Josh Gorges to Buffalo in exchange for this pick.^[48] ^[49]

Buffalo previously acquired this pick as the result of a trade on March 5, 2014, that sent Matt Moulson and Cody McCormick to Minnesota in exchange for Torrey Mitchell, Winnipeg's second-round pick in 2014 and this pick.^[50]

The New York Rangers' second-round pick went to the Chicago Blackhawks as the result of a trade on June 15, 2016, that sent Teuvo Teravainen and Bryan Bickell to Carolina in exchange for Chicago's third-round pick in 2017 and this pick.^[51] ^[52]

Carolina previously acquired this pick as the result of a trade on February 28, 2016, that sent Eric Staal to New York in exchange for Aleksi Saarela, a second-round pick in 2017 and this pick.^[53]

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 second-round pick in 2015 and this pick (being conditional at the time of the trade).^[54] The condition – Philadelphia will receive a second-round pick in 2016 if Chicago advances to the 2015 Stanley Cup Finals with Timonen playing in at least 50% of the Blackhawks' playoff games^[55] – was converted on May 30, 2015.^[56]
The New York Islanders' fourth-round pick went to Chicago Blackhawks as the result of a trade on June 25, 2016, that sent Columbus' fourth-round pick in 2016 (95th overall) to New York in exchange for a sixth-round pick in 2017 and this pick.^[57]

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