CHICAGO, ILLINOIS – OCTOBER 01: Lukas Reichel #27 of the Chicago Blackhawks looks to pass against the St. Louis Blues during a preseason game at the United Center on October 01, 2021 in Chicago, Illinois. (Photo by Jonathan Daniel/Getty Images)
The Chicago Blackhawks are in an interesting spot. They believed that they were a playoff team going into the season but a terrible start buried them in the standings. It is going to take a lot to come out of it but that shouldn’t be the goal if we are being honest with ourselves.
The goal should be to develop the young players so that the future is much brighter than the present. One of those players is Lukas Reichel. Chicago drafted him in the first round (17th overall) in the 2020 NHL Draft. He is a very good winger from Germany that has a lot of upsides.