Blackhawks Stanley Cup contender checklist: Chicago needs young defense to take the leap

Rebuilds take time. A lot of time.The Chicago Blackhawks found themselves in the league’s bottom three for the fourth straight season, allowing them to add a high-end blue-chip piece with this year’s fourth pick to a growing core of Connor Bedard, Artyom Levshunov and Anton Frondell.There may come a day when those four pieces make up the scariest core in the league. But that day is not today, and after last season, it doesn’t feel that close to tomorrow either. It’s clear there is still a lot of work to do with a lot of holes left to fill.Advertisement