Northernhawk
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In 2007 the Blackhawks won the NHL draft lottery and were awarded the 1st pick overall, first time in Blackhawks long history that they were able to do so...they had been struggling for years...who do they pick?
I remember it being the second year in a row that we had a high pick, the year before the Blackhawks were drafting 3rd overall...being from Thunder Bay, Ontario(Sharpies home town) I was hoping for Jordan Staal...so much so I saw Jordan, his brother Marc and father Henri fly out for the draft in Vancouver(I work at airport)...I told Henri "so Jordans' going #3 to Chicago right?" To which Henri replied "he'll be gone before #3"...sure enough STL took Erik Johnson at #1, PITT took Staal at #2 and our Blackhawks took Jonathan Toews at #3, the rest is as they say history.
So here they were a year later, Columbus, Ohio, winning the #1 overall...huge moment in Blackhawks history and a very proud Hawks' GM Dale Tallon selects with "our first ever 1st overall" from the London Knights of th Ontario Hockey League Patrick Kane!
Wow! Just wow! I had tickets to that NHL draft, but did not attend, it was something I hope to one day get Kaner to autograph(I have his autograph already having been to the 2008, 2012 and 2017 conventions) as it is I feel safe to say THE BIGGEST MOMENT IN BLACKHAWKS HISTORY...Kane having won 3 Cups, a Conn Smythe, an Art Ross and Hart Trophy is a living legend...
To me he is only getting better with age, being Canadian I felt more of a kinship with the Toews end more so than the Kane, but I believe Kaner has an extra level yet to reach, Toews has shown the battle scars, age has reached the Duncan Keith's and Brent Seabrooks but Kane seems to be ever evolving...dare I say future Captain? This thread I dedicate to the living Legend that is Patrick Kane
I remember it being the second year in a row that we had a high pick, the year before the Blackhawks were drafting 3rd overall...being from Thunder Bay, Ontario(Sharpies home town) I was hoping for Jordan Staal...so much so I saw Jordan, his brother Marc and father Henri fly out for the draft in Vancouver(I work at airport)...I told Henri "so Jordans' going #3 to Chicago right?" To which Henri replied "he'll be gone before #3"...sure enough STL took Erik Johnson at #1, PITT took Staal at #2 and our Blackhawks took Jonathan Toews at #3, the rest is as they say history.
So here they were a year later, Columbus, Ohio, winning the #1 overall...huge moment in Blackhawks history and a very proud Hawks' GM Dale Tallon selects with "our first ever 1st overall" from the London Knights of th Ontario Hockey League Patrick Kane!
Wow! Just wow! I had tickets to that NHL draft, but did not attend, it was something I hope to one day get Kaner to autograph(I have his autograph already having been to the 2008, 2012 and 2017 conventions) as it is I feel safe to say THE BIGGEST MOMENT IN BLACKHAWKS HISTORY...Kane having won 3 Cups, a Conn Smythe, an Art Ross and Hart Trophy is a living legend...
To me he is only getting better with age, being Canadian I felt more of a kinship with the Toews end more so than the Kane, but I believe Kaner has an extra level yet to reach, Toews has shown the battle scars, age has reached the Duncan Keith's and Brent Seabrooks but Kane seems to be ever evolving...dare I say future Captain? This thread I dedicate to the living Legend that is Patrick Kane