GM Kyle Davidson Details Trade Plans for the Struggling Blackhawks

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Chicago Blackhawks GM Kyle Davidson spoke with fans on Wednesday, essentially apologizing for how dreadful the team has been of late. In his messaging, he noted the fans deserve more than what the team has provided this season, but he also noted that the group has faith in head coach Jeff Blashill and the team won’t make a trade just for the sake of making a trade.

Davidson is actively looking to improve the roster and reports are that he’s willing to move “significant assets” if it will help. It’s unclear if that means young players, draft picks, or prospects. It could mean roster players. There are probably several pieces on the table, except for a handful of the team’s core. Scott Powers and Mark Lazerus of The Athletic noted that Davidson was working the room at this week’s GM meetings.

He is patient, but he’s also open for business.

“I’ve made it clear around the league that we’re intent in our attempts to improve the playing roster,” he said. “While we do have a lot of significant assets that are appealing around the league, we’re also not going to do something to make a bad deal. This is a little bit of a precarious time, where you don’t want to do something for the sake of doing something and make a mistake you’re going to regret later. That’s something that’s top of mind.”

The Blackhawks Need to Do Something

4-13-1 on the season, things have gotten ugly. A 9-2 loss to the Carolina Hurricanes in Raleigh, N.C., on Saturday only hammered home that there are serious flaws in the roster and something needs to be done about it. If the coach isn’t going to change, that leaves only the players as potential chess pieces to move around.

In doing so, Davidson is hoping fans will stay patient.

“The last thing I’ll add, and this is sort of a message to our fans, we know that they’ve stuck with us through this rebuild,” he said. “They deserve more than we’ve provided this year. But they can be rest assured (that) every single day we’re coming here with the intent of making our way out of this, improving and getting to where we want to go. That’s from ownership, management, coaches and players; we’re all committed. We’re all really, really motivated to get this right. That’s what we’re going to do every single day.”

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