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This wasn’t the end of this story that any of us were hoping for. For nearly a year, Chicago Blackhawks captain Jonathan Toews’ future with the organization has been under the microscope. Every one of his words was dissected as a ‘he wants to stay’ or ‘he wants to get out’ comment when most of them weren’t really definitive either way. While his future on the ice was uncertain and he was taken day by day, his future off the ice was also fighting a battle one day at a time.
On Sunday afternoon, we got our answer on Toews’ future with the organization, at least until the end of the 2022-23 season.
It will not be exchanged.
But it’s not for his desire to stay with the Blackhawks, sign an extension and retire after playing all of his NHL games in the same uniform. It’s because his body isn’t cooperating with him and his own desires to play hockey at the level he and the Blackhawks world want him to play. Toews released a statement addressing his health issues, saying his body has battled symptoms of ‘Long COVID’ and ‘Chronic Immune Response Syndrome’ seemingly all season, and his recent absence is again down to those. symptoms.
After the statement was released, Blackhawks general manager Kyle Davidson spoke to the media. The immediate focus was on what this meant for Toews and the Blackhawks regarding the March 3 trade deadline. Davidson said nothing changes for their trade deadline plans outside of Toews, but he won’t be moved and the focus is on his health.
“We’re going to continue to work with him and support him with whatever he needs to make sure he continues to feel good and feels strong enough to get back on the ice,” Davidson said before. than the Blackhawks play the Maple Leafs. Sunday. “We are trying to help him regain his full strength. [The trade deadline] is totally secondary.
The Blackhawks captain’s health is a story that has surrounded him since missing the entire abbreviated 2020-21 season due to his battle with chronic immune response syndrome. Whether his health was the primary, secondary, or tertiary storyline around him has fluctuated since then. Now it’s the main focus for him again, but that’s nothing new this season. Davidson said of Toews’ battle with symptoms this season: “It’s been an ongoing thing. It started before the stars break. It’s not something that just happened. We’ve been treating him by his side for some time now.
Toews has repeatedly said he feels like he still has a few years of hockey left. There’s a world he’s playing in those years he thinks he still has and there’s a world he’s doing that with the Blackhawks.
Davidson said while Toews won’t be moved by the March 3 trade deadline, there still needs to be talk about his hockey future beyond that and whether or not it involves the Blackhawks. “I think these are discussions that remain to be had. I think it’s a two-way street and it’s something we’ll get to once we figure out where we are on March 4th.
For now, the hope is that Toews can recover from his current bout of health issues and return to the ice before the end of the season with the Blackhawks. If so, that’s great news for him and his personal health.
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