Blackhawks Eye Five UFA Forwards as Offseason Shopping Starts

Chicago is already kicking the tires on the UFA market, and this one reads like a front office laying out its board before the bidding gets silly. The Blackhawks need offense, but they also need the kind of forward who fits the room and doesn’t turn the cap sheet into a crime scene. That is where the real work starts, because the first wave of free agency usually separates the patient teams from the ones that panic and pay.