The Blackhawks signed Brian Campbell a year later, and Marián Hossa a year after that. There was no distant future. There was just now. And within three years, they were Stanley Cup champions. “We just expected to win,

The Chicago Blackhawks have made a minor league deal with the Winnipeg Jets and traded defenseman Isaak Phillips in exchange for Dmitry Kuzmin.

Isaak Phillips’ long run with the Chicago Blackhawks organization has ended. The Blackhawks have traded the 23-year-old defenseman to the Winnipeg Jets for 21-year-old defenseman Dmitry Kuzmin. Phillips played in three games with the Blackhawks this season.

The Chicago Blackhawks are one of the few teams concretely out of the playoff race as the NHL Trade Deadline nears, meaning every contending team will be calling and trying to pluck their best players and assets.