2016–17 Chicago Blackhawks season

2016–17 Chicago Blackhawks
Central Division champions
Division	1st Central
Conference	1st Western
2016–17 record	50–23–9
Home record	26–10–5
Road record	24–13–4
Goals for	244
Goals against	213
Team information
General manager	Stan Bowman
Coach	Joel Quenneville
Captain	Jonathan Toews
Alternate captains	Duncan Keith Brent Seabrook
Arena	United Center
Average attendance	21,751 (110.3%) Total: 891,827
Minor league affiliate(s)	Rockford IceHogs (AHL) Indy Fuel (ECHL)
Team leaders
Goals	Patrick Kane (34)
Assists	Patrick Kane (55)
Points	Patrick Kane (89)
Penalty minutes	Ryan Hartman (70)
Plus/minus	Duncan Keith (+22)
Wins	Corey Crawford (32)
Goals against average	Scott Darling (2.38)

The 2016–17 Chicago Blackhawks season was the 91st season for the National Hockey League, a franchise that was established on September 25 ^th, 1926. The Blackhawks finished the season with 109 points to win the Central Division and the best record in the Western Conference. As a result, they received the No. 1 seed in the West of the Stanley Cup Playoffs, but were swept in the first round by the eighth seeded and eventual Stanley Cup runner-up Nashville Predators.

Following the playoff loss, general manager Stan Bowman stated that the playoff loss was unacceptable and vowed that changes would be made.

Patrick Kane led the Blackhawks in scoring with 89 points and 34 goals. The Blackhawks had six players score 20 or more goals, Kane, Artemi Panarin (31), Marian Hossa (26), Artem Anisimov (22), Richard Panik (22), and Jonathan Toews (21). Goaltender Corey Crawford led the Blackhawks with 32 wins.

Standings

Central Division

Pos	Team	GP	W	L	OTL	ROW	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	z – Chicago Blackhawks	82	50	23	9	46	244	213	+31	109
2	x – Minnesota Wild	82	49	25	8	46	266	208	+58	106
3	x – St. Louis Blues	82	46	29	7	44	235	218	+17	99
4	x – Nashville Predators	82	41	29	12	39	240	224	+16	94
5	Winnipeg Jets	82	40	35	7	37	249	256	−7	87
6	Dallas Stars	82	34	37	11	33	223	262	−39	79
7	Colorado Avalanche	82	22	56	4	21	166	278	−112	48

Source: National Hockey League
x – Clinched playoff spot; z – Clinched conference

Schedule and results

Pre-season

2016 Pre-season Game Log: 2–4–0 (Home: 2–1–0 ; Road: 0–3–0)
#	Date	Opponent	Score	OT	Decision	Arena	Attendance	Record	Recap
1	September 28	Pittsburgh	0–2		Darling	United Center	20,195	0–1–0	L1
2	September 30	@ Pittsburgh	0–1		Johansson	Consol Energy Center	18,084	0–2–0	L2
3	October 1	St. Louis	4–0		Darling	United Center	20,831	1–2–0	W1
4	October 2	@ Detroit	3–6		Nalimov	Joe Louis Arena	17,962	1–3–0	L1
5	October 4	Detroit	6–1		Crawford	United Center	20,407	2–3–0	W1
6	October 8	@ St. Louis	1–2		Crawford	Scottrade Center	17,346	2–4–0	L1

Regular season

2016–17 Game Log
October: 5–3–1 (Home: 4–1–1 ; Road: 1–2–0) # Date Opponent Score OT Decision Arena Attendance Record Pts Recap 1 October 12 St. Louis 2–5 Crawford United Center 21,729 0–1–0 0 L1 2 October 14 @ Nashville 2–3 Crawford Bridgestone Arena 17,256 0–2–0 0 L2 3 October 15 Nashville 5–3 Darling United Center 21,665 1–2–0 2 W1 4 October 18 Philadelphia 7–4 Crawford United Center 21,263 2–2–0 4 W2 5 October 21 @ Columbus 2–3 Crawford Nationwide Arena 15,789 2–3–0 4 L1 6 October 22 Toronto 5–4 SO Darling United Center 21,735 3–3–0 6 W1 7 October 24 Calgary 2–3 SO Crawford United Center 21,348 3–3–1 7 O1 8 October 28 @ New Jersey 3–2 OT Crawford Prudential Center 13,882 4–3–1 9 W1 9 October 30 Los Angeles 3–0 Crawford United Center 21,329 5–3–1 11 W2
November: 10–3–2 (Home: 5–0–1 ; Road: 5–3–1) # Date Opponent Score OT Decision Arena Attendance Record Pts Recap 10 November 1 Calgary 5–1 Crawford United Center 21,166 6–3–1 13 W3 11 November 3 Colorado 4–0 Crawford United Center 21,580 7–3–1 15 W4 12 November 5 @ Dallas 3–2 Crawford American Airlines Center 18,532 8–3–1 17 W5 13 November 6 Dallas 4–3 OT Darling United Center 21,901 9–3–1 19 W6 14 November 9 @ St. Louis 2–1 OT Crawford Scottrade Center 18,704 10–3–1 21 W7 15 November 11 Washington 2–3 OT Crawford United Center 22,075 10–3–2 22 O1 16 November 13 Montreal 3–2 Crawford United Center 21,762 11–3–2 24 W1 17 November 15 @ Winnipeg 0–4 Crawford MTS Centre 15,294 11–4–2 24 L1 18 November 18 @ Calgary 3–2 Crawford Scotiabank Saddledome 18,691 12–4–2 26 W1 19 November 19 @ Vancouver 4–3 OT Darling Rogers Arena 18,865 13–4–2 28 W2 20 November 21 @ Edmonton 0–5 Crawford Rogers Place 18,347 13–5–2 28 L1 21 November 23 @ San Jose 1–2 Crawford SAP Center at San Jose 17,501 13–6–2 28 L2 22 November 25 @ Anaheim 3–2 Crawford Honda Center 17,174 14–6–2 30 W1 23 November 26 @ Los Angeles 1–2 OT Darling Staples Center 18,435 14–6–3 31 O1 24 November 29 Florida 2–1 SO Crawford United Center 21,475 15–6–3 33 W1
December: 8–5–2 (Home: 4–3–2 ; Road: 4–2–0) # Date Opponent Score OT Decision Arena Attendance Record Pts Recap 25 December 1 New Jersey 4–3 OT Crawford United Center 21,351 16–6–3 35 W2 26 December 3 @ Philadelphia 1–3 Darling Wells Fargo Center 19,487 16–7–3 35 L1 27 December 4 Winnipeg 1–2 Darling United Center 21,383 16–8–3 35 L2 28 December 6 Arizona 4–0 Darling United Center 21,327 17–8–3 37 W1 29 December 9 NY Rangers 0–1 OT Darling United Center 21,770 17–8–4 38 O1 30 December 11 Dallas 3–1 Darling United Center 21,451 18–8–4 40 W1 31 December 13 @ NY Rangers 2–1 Darling Madison Square Garden 18,006 19–8–4 42 W2 32 December 15 @ NY Islanders 5–4 Darling Barclays Center 12,504 20–8–4 44 W3 33 December 17 @ St. Louis 6–4 Darling Scottrade Center 19,197 21–8–4 46 W4 34 December 18 San Jose 4–1 Darling United Center 22,027 22–8–4 48 W5 35 December 20 Ottawa 3–4 Darling United Center 21,614 22–9–4 48 L1 36 December 23 Colorado 1–2 OT Crawford United Center 21,918 22–9–5 49 O1 37 December 27 Winnipeg 1–3 Crawford United Center 22,117 22–10–5 49 L1 38 December 29 @ Nashville 3–2 Crawford Bridgestone Arena 17,229 23–10–5 51 W1 39 December 30 @ Carolina 2–3 Darling PNC Arena 18,016 23–11–5 51 L1
January: 7–6–0 (Home: 5–3–0 ; Road: 2–3–0) # Date Opponent Score OT Decision Arena Attendance Record Pts Recap 40 January 2 @ St. Louis 1–4 Crawford Busch Stadium 46,556 (outdoors) 23–12–5 51 L2 41 January 5 Buffalo 4–3 OT Crawford United Center 21,824 24–12–5 53 W1 42 January 6 Carolina 2–1 Darling United Center 21,822 25–12–5 55 W2 43 January 8 Nashville 5–2 Crawford United Center 21,658 26–12–5 57 W3 44 January 10 Detroit 4–3 OT Crawford United Center 22,019 27–12–5 59 W4 45 January 13 @ Washington 0–6 Crawford Verizon Center 18,506 27–13–5 59 L1 46 January 15 Minnesota 2–3 Crawford United Center 22,051 27–14–5 59 L2 47 January 17 @ Colorado 6–4 Crawford Pepsi Center 18,007 28–14–5 61 W1 48 January 20 @ Boston 1–0 Darling TD Garden 17,565 29–14–5 63 W2 49 January 22 Vancouver 4–2 Crawford United Center 21,689 30–14–5 65 W3 50 January 24 Tampa Bay 2–5 Crawford United Center 21,617 30–15–5 65 L1 51 January 26 Winnipeg 3–5 Darling United Center 21,746 30–16–5 65 L2 January 27–29 All-Star Break in Los Angeles Staples Center 52 January 31 @ San Jose 1–3 Crawford SAP Center at San Jose 17,424 30–17–5 65 L3
February: 9–1–0 (Home: 2–1–0 ; Road: 7–0–0) # Date Opponent Score OT Decision Arena Attendance Record Pts Recap 53 February 2 @ Arizona 4–3 Crawford Gila River Arena 17,125 31–17–5 67 W1 54 February 4 @ Dallas 5–3 Crawford American Airlines Center 18,532 32–17–5 69 W2 55 February 8 @ Minnesota 4–3 OT Crawford Xcel Energy Center 19,326 33–17–5 71 W3 56 February 10 @ Winnipeg 5–2 Crawford MTS Centre 15,294 34–17–5 73 W4 57 February 11 @ Edmonton 5–1 Darling Rogers Place 18,347 35–17–5 75 W5 58 February 18 Edmonton 1–3 Crawford United Center 22,075 35–18–5 75 L1 59 February 19 @ Buffalo 5–1 Darling KeyBank Center 19,070 36–18–5 77 W1 60 February 21 @ Minnesota 5–3 Crawford Xcel Energy Center 19,333 37–18–5 79 W2 61 February 23 Arizona 6–3 Crawford United Center 21,781 38–18–5 81 W3 62 February 26 St. Louis 4–2 Darling United Center 21,961 39–18–5 83 W4
March: 11–3–2 (Home: 6–1–1 ; Road: 5–2–1) # Date Opponent Score OT Decision Arena Attendance Record Pts Recap 63 March 1 Pittsburgh 4–1 Darling United Center 22,012 40–18–5 85 W5 64 March 3 NY Islanders 2–1 SO Crawford United Center 21,883 41–18–5 87 W6 65 March 4 @ Nashville 5–3 Crawford Bridgestone Arena 17,297 42–18–5 89 W7 66 March 9 Anaheim 0–1 Crawford United Center 21,838 42–19–5 89 L1 67 March 10 @ Detroit 2–4 Crawford Joe Louis Arena 20,027 42–20–5 89 L2 68 March 12 Minnesota 4–2 Crawford United Center 22,147 43–20–5 91 W1 69 March 14 @ Montreal 4–2 Crawford Bell Centre 21,288 44–20–5 93 W2 70 March 16 @ Ottawa 2–1 Darling Canadian Tire Centre 18,638 45–20–5 95 W3 71 March 18 @ Toronto 2–1 OT Crawford Air Canada Centre 19,505 46–20–5 97 W4 72 March 19 Colorado 6–3 Darling United Center 22,070 47–20–5 99 W5 73 March 21 Vancouver 4–5 OT Darling United Center 21,607 47–20–6 100 O1 74 March 23 Dallas 3–2 SO Crawford United Center 21,798 48–20–6 102 W1 75 March 25 @ Florida 0–7 Crawford BB&T Center 18,625 48–21–6 102 L1 76 March 27 @ Tampa Bay 4–5 OT Darling Amalie Arena 19,092 48–21–7 103 O1 77 March 29 @ Pittsburgh 5–1 Crawford PPG Paints Arena 18,657 49–21–7 105 W1 78 March 31 Columbus 3–1 Crawford United Center 22,112 50–21–7 107 W2
April: 0–2–2 (Home: 0–1–0 ; Road: 0–1–2) # Date Opponent Score OT Decision Arena Attendance Record Pts Recap 79 April 2 Boston 2–3 Crawford United Center 22,131 50–22–7 107 L1 80 April 4 @ Colorado 3–4 OT Darling Pepsi Center 16,023 50–22–8 108 O1 81 April 6 @ Anaheim 0–4 Crawford Honda Center 16,462 50–23–8 108 L1 82 April 8 @ Los Angeles 2–3 OT Crawford Staples Center 18,230 50–23–9 109 O1
Legend:   Win (2 points)   Loss (0 points)   Overtime/shootout loss (1 point)

Detailed records

Western Conference
Opponent	Home	Away	Total	Pts.	Goals scored	Goals allowed
Central Division
Chicago Blackhawks	—	—	—	—	—	—
Colorado Avalanche	2–0–1	1–0–1	3–0–2	8	20	13
Dallas Stars	3–0–0	2–0–0	5–0–0	10	18	11
Minnesota Wild	1–1–0	2–0–0	3–1–0	6	15	11
Nashville Predators	2–0–0	2–1–0	4–1–0	8	20	13
St. Louis Blues	1–1–0	2–1–0	3–2–0	6	15	16
Winnipeg Jets	0–3–0	1–1–0	1–4–0	2	10	16
	9–5–1	10–3–2	19–8–2	40	98	80
Pacific Division
Anaheim Ducks	0–1–0	1–1–0	1–2–0	2	3	7
Arizona Coyotes	2–0–0	1–0–0	3–0–0	6	14	6
Calgary Flames	1–0–1	1–0–0	2–0–1	5	10	6
Edmonton Oilers	0–1–0	1–1–0	1–2–0	2	6	9
Los Angeles Kings	1–0–0	0–0–2	1–0–2	4	6	5
San Jose Sharks	1–0–0	0–2–0	1–2–0	2	6	6
Vancouver Canucks	1–0–1	1–0–0	2–0–1	5	12	10
	6–2–2	5–4–2	11–6–4	26	57	49

Eastern Conference
Opponent	Home	Away	Total	Pts.	Goals scored	Goals allowed
Atlantic Division
Boston Bruins	0–1–0	1–0–0	1–1–0	2	3	3
Buffalo Sabres	1–0–0	1–0–0	2–0–0	4	9	4
Detroit Red Wings	1–0–0	0–1–0	1–1–0	2	6	7
Florida Panthers	1–0–0	0–1–0	1–1–0	2	2	8
Montreal Canadiens	1–0–0	1–0–0	2–0–0	4	7	4
Ottawa Senators	0–1–0	1–0–0	1–1–0	2	5	5
Tampa Bay Lightning	0–1–0	0–0–1	0–1–1	1	6	10
Toronto Maple Leafs	1–0–0	1–0–0	2–0–0	4	7	5
	5–3–0	5–2–1	10–5–1	21	45	46
Metropolitan Division
Carolina Hurricanes	1–0–0	0–1–0	1–1–0	2	4	4
Columbus Blue Jackets	1–0–0	0–1–0	1–1–0	2	5	4
New Jersey Devils	1–0–0	1–0–0	2–0–0	4	7	5
New York Islanders	1–0–0	1–0–0	2–0–0	4	7	5
New York Rangers	0–0–1	1–0–0	1–0–1	3	2	2
Philadelphia Flyers	1–0–0	0–1–0	1–1–0	2	8	7
Pittsburgh Penguins	1–0–0	1–0–0	2–0–0	4	9	2
Washington Capitals	0–0–1	0–1–0	0–1–1	1	2	9
	6–0–2	4–4–0	10–4–2	22	44	38

Player statistics

Final stats

Skaters

Regular Season

Player	GP	G	A	Pts	+/−	PIM
Patrick Kane	82	34	55	89	11	32
Artemi Panarin	82	31	43	74	18	21
Jonathan Toews	72	21	37	58	7	35
Duncan Keith	80	6	47	53	22	16
Marian Hossa	73	26	19	45	7	8
Artem Anisimov	64	22	23	45	9	30
Richard Panik	82	22	22	44	14	58
Brent Seabrook	79	3	36	39	5	26
Ryan Hartman	76	19	12	31	13	70
Nick Schmaltz	61	6	22	28	10	6
Niklas Hjalmarsson	73	5	13	18	12	20
Brian Campbell	80	5	12	17	12	24
Marcus Kruger	70	5	12	17	7	34
Tanner Kero	47	6	10	16	15	8
Trevor van Riemsdyk	58	5	11	16	17	29
Vinnie Hinostroza	49	6	8	14	−1	17
Dennis Rasmussen	68	4	4	8	−4	12
Michal Kempny	50	2	6	8	1	22
Tyler Motte	33	4	3	7	2	14
Gustav Forsling	38	2	3	5	3	4
John Hayden	12	1	3	4	3	4
Jordin Tootoo	50	2	1	3	−6	28
Michal Rozsival	22	1	2	3	−3	14
Johnny Oduya†	15	1	1	2	−2	8
Andrew Desjardins	46	0	1	1	−6	22
Tomas Jurco†	13	1	0	1	−4	2
Spencer Abbott‡	1	0	0	0	0	0
Totals	82	240	406	646	162	564

Playoffs

Player	GP	G	A	Pts	+/−	PIM
Jonathan Toews	4	1	1	2	−5	0
Patrick Kane	4	1	1	2	−3	2
Dennis Rasmussen	3	1	0	1	−2	0
Duncan Keith	4	0	1	1	−6	2
Richard Panik	4	0	1	1	−3	2
Marcus Kruger	4	0	1	1	−2	2
Artemi Panarin	4	0	1	1	−4	0
Marian Hossa	4	0	0	0	−4	2
Brian Campbell	4	0	0	0	−2	0
Johnny Oduya	4	0	0	0	−3	0
Brent Seabrook	4	0	0	0	−3	2
Niklas Hjalmarsson	4	0	0	0	−4	2
Artem Anisimov	4	0	0	0	−2	0
Ryan Hartman	4	0	0	0	−3	14
Trevor van Riemsdyk	4	0	0	0	−4	0
Nick Schmaltz	4	0	0	0	−2	2
Tanner Kero	4	0	0	0	−2	0
Jordin Tootoo	2	0	0	0	0	0
Vinnie Hinostroza	1	0	0	0	−2	0
John Hayden	1	0	0	0	0	0
Michal Kempny	1	0	0	0	0	0

Goaltenders

Regular Season

Player	GP	GS	TOI	W	L	OT	GA	GAA	SA	SV%	SO	G	A	PIM
Corey Crawford	55	55	3246:52	32	18	4	138	2.55	1691	.918	2	0	1	2
Scott Darling	32	27	1688:35	18	5	5	67	2.38	877	.924	2	0	0	0
Totals		82	4935:27	50	23	9	205	2.49	2568	.920	4	0	1	2

Playoffs

Player	GP	GS	TOI	W	L	GA	GAA	SA	SV%	SO	G	A	PIM
Corey Crawford	4	4	253:47	0	4	12	2.83	123	.902	0	0	0	0

^†Denotes player spent time with another team before joining Blackhawks. Stats reflect time with Blackhawks only.
^‡Left team mid-season. Stats reflect time with Blackhawks only.

Awards and honours

Awards

Regular season

Player	Award	Awarded
A. Anisimov	NHL Second Star of the Week	October 24, 2016
C. Crawford	NHL Second Star of the Week	November 7, 2016
A. Panarin	NHL First Star of the Week	December 19, 2016
C. Crawford	NHL All-Star game selection	January 10, 2017
P. Kane	NHL All-Star game selection	January 10, 2017
D. Keith	NHL All-Star game selection	January 10, 2017
J. Toews	NHL All-Star game selection	January 10, 2017
J. Toews	NHL Second Star of the Week	February 27, 2017
J. Toews	NHL First Star of the Month	March 1, 2017
P. Kane	NHL Third Star of the Month	April 1, 2017
A. Panarin	NHL First Star of the Week	April 3, 2017

Milestones

Regular season

Player	Milestone	Reached
Gustav Forsling	1st career NHL game	October 12, 2016
Ryan Hartman	1st career NHL goal	October 12, 2016
Michal Kempny	1st career NHL game	October 12, 2016
Tyler Motte	1st career NHL game 1st career NHL assist 1st career NHL point	October 12, 2016
Nick Schmaltz	1st career NHL game	October 12, 2016
Richard Panik	1st career NHL hat trick	October 15, 2016
Nick Schmaltz	1st career NHL goal 1st career NHL point	October 15, 2016
Marian Hossa	500th career NHL goal	October 18, 2016
Gustav Forsling	1st career NHL assist 1st career NHL point	October 21, 2016
Tyler Motte	1st career NHL goal	October 21, 2016
Artemi Panarin	1st career NHL fight 1st career Gordie Howe hat trick	November 9, 2016
Gustav Forsling	1st career NHL goal	November 13, 2016
Michal Kempny	1st career NHL assist 1st career NHL point	November 18, 2016
Vinnie Hinostroza	1st career NHL goal 1st career NHL assist 1st career NHL point	November 19, 2016
Richard Panik	200th career NHL game	November 19, 2016
Artemi Panarin	100th career NHL game	November 21, 2016
Artemi Panarin	100th career NHL point	December 4, 2016
Patrick Kane	700th career NHL point	December 29, 2016
Michal Kempny	1st career NHL goal	December 30, 2016
Duncan Keith	400th career NHL assist	January 5, 2017
Patrick Kane	700th career NHL game	January 6, 2017
Ryan Hartman	1st career NHL hat trick	January 8, 2017
Marian Hossa	600th career NHL assist	January 17, 2017
Brian Campbell	500th career NHL point	January 22, 2017
Corey Crawford	200th career NHL win	January 22, 2017
Niklas Hjalmarsson	600th career NHL game	January 26, 2017
Brent Seabrook	900th career NHL game	February 18, 2017
Jonathan Toews	600th career NHL point	February 18, 2017
Marcus Kruger	100th career NHL point	February 19, 2017
Dennis Rasmussen	100th career NHL game	February 21, 2017
Duncan Keith	500th career NHL point	February 26, 2017
Jonathan Toews	700th career NHL game	March 3, 2017
Brent Seabrook	400th career NHL point	March 4, 2017
Duncan Keith	900th career NHL game	March 10, 2017
Andrew Desjardins	400th career NHL game	March 10, 2017
John Hayden	1st career NHL game	March 16, 2017
Marian Hossa	1,300th career NHL game	March 16, 2017
John Hayden	1st career NHL goal 1st career NHL point	March 18, 2017
John Hayden	1st career NHL assist	March 19, 2017
John Hayden	1st career NHL playoff game	April 13, 2017
Ryan Hartman	1st career NHL playoff game	April 13, 2017
Tanner Kero	1st career NHL playoff game	April 13, 2017
Nick Schmaltz	1st career NHL playoff game	April 13, 2017
Dennis Rasmussen	1st career NHL playoff game	April 15, 2017
Vinnie Hinostroza	1st career NHL playoff game	April 15, 2017
Dennis Rasmussen	1st career NHL playoff goal	April 17, 2017
Michal Kempny	1st career NHL playoff game	April 20, 2017

Transactions

The Blackhawks have been involved in the following transactions during the 2016–17 season.

Trades

Date	Details		Ref
June 15, 2016 (2016-06-15)	To Carolina Hurricanes Teuvo Teravainen Bryan Bickell	To Chicago Blackhawks NYR's 2nd round pick in 2016 CHI's 3rd round pick in 2017
June 24, 2016 (2016-06-24)	To Montreal Canadiens Andrew Shaw	To Chicago Blackhawks 2nd-round pick in 2016 MIN's 2nd-round pick in 2016
June 25, 2016 (2016-06-25)	To New York Islanders CBJ's 4th-round pick in 2016	To Chicago Blackhawks 4th-round pick in 2016 6th-round pick in 2017
June 25, 2016 (2016-06-25)	To St. Louis Blues FLA's 5th-round pick in 2016	To Chicago Blackhawks 5th-round pick in 2017
January 21, 2017 (2017-01-21)	To Los Angeles Kings Cameron Schilling	To Chicago Blackhawks Michael Latta
February 24, 2017 (2017-02-24)	To Detroit Red Wings 3rd-round pick in 2017	To Chicago Blackhawks Tomas Jurco
February 28, 2017 (2017-02-28)	To Dallas Stars Mark McNeill conditional 4th-round pick in 2018	To Chicago Blackhawks Johnny Oduya
March 1, 2017 (2017-03-01)	To Anaheim Ducks Spencer Abbott Sam Carrick	To Chicago Blackhawks Kenton Helgesen 7th-round pick in 2019

Notes

Free agents acquired

Date	Player	Former team	Contract terms (in U.S. dollars)	Ref
July 1, 2016 (2016-07-01)	Brian Campbell	Florida Panthers	1 year, $1.5 million
July 1, 2016 (2016-07-01)	Sam Carrick	Toronto Maple Leafs	1 year, $600,000
July 1, 2016 (2016-07-01)	Spencer Abbott	Frolunda HC	1 year, $575,000
July 5, 2016 (2016-07-05)	Jordin Tootoo	New Jersey Devils	1 year, $750,000
September 25, 2016 (2016-09-25)	Alexandre Fortin	Rouyn-Noranda Huskies	3 years, $2.055 million entry-level contract
February 23, 2017 (2017-02-23)	Jeff Glass	Rockford IceHogs	2 years, $1.225 million
March 2, 2017 (2017-03-02)	Matthew Highmore	Saint John Sea Dogs	3 years, $2.775 million entry-level contract
May 1, 2017 (2017-05-01)	David Kampf	Pirati Chomutov	2 years, $1.85 million entry-level contract
June 7, 2017 (2017-06-07)	Jan Rutta	Pirati Chomutov	1 year, $1.35 million entry-level contract

Free agents lost

Date	Player	New team	Contract terms (in U.S. dollars)	Ref
July 1, 2016 (2016-07-01)	Dale Weise	Philadelphia Flyers	4 year, $9.4 million
July 1, 2016 (2016-07-01)	Andrew Ladd	New York Islanders	7 years, $38.5 million

Claimed via waivers

Player	Old team	Date claimed off waivers	Ref

Lost via waivers

Player	New team	Date	Ref

Lost via retirement

Player	Ref
Dillon Fournier

Player signings

Date	Player	Contract terms (in U.S. dollars)	Ref
June 30, 2016 (2016-06-30)	Brandon Mashinter	1 year, $575,000
June 30, 2016 (2016-06-30)	Michal Rozsival	1 year, $600,000
July 1, 2016 (2016-07-01)	Pierre-Cedric Labrie	1 year, $575,000
July 15, 2016 (2016-07-15)	Mark McNeill	1 year, $600,000
December 29, 2016 (2016-12-29)	Artemi Panarin	2 years, $12 million
February 28, 2017 (2017-02-28)	Michal Rozsival	1 year, $650,000 contract extension
February 28, 2017 (2017-02-28)	Jordin Tootoo	1 year, $700,000 contract extension
March 12, 2017 (2017-03-12)	John Hayden	2 years, $1.85 million entry-level contract
March 13, 2017 (2017-03-13)	Anthony Louis	2 years, $1.85 million entry-level contract
March 15, 2017 (2017-03-15)	Luc Snuggerud	3 years, $2.775 million entry-level contract
March 23, 2017 (2017-03-23)	Tanner Kero	2 years, $1.5 million contract extension
March 28, 2017 (2017-03-28)	Matheson Iacopelli	2 years, $1.85 million entry-level contract
April 27, 2017 (2017-04-27)	Nathan Noel	3 years, $2.775 million entry-level contract
May 11, 2017 (2017-05-11)	Richard Panik	2 years, $5.6 million
May 27, 2017 (2017-05-27)	Michal Kempny	1 year, $900,000

Detailed transaction list

Source

Off-season

• April 29, 2016 – Agreed to terms with F Luke Johnson on a three-year contract.
• May 11, 2016 – Agreed to terms with D Gustav Forsling on a three-year contract.
• May 24, 2016 – Agreed to terms with G Lars Johansson, D Michal Kempny and F Martin Lundberg on one-year contracts.
• June 15, 2016 – Agreed to terms with G Mac Carruth on a one-year contract.
• June 15, 2016 – Agreed to terms with F Richard Panik on a one-year contract.
• June 19, 2016 – Agreed to terms with F Nick Schmaltz on a three-year contract.
• June 23, 2016 – Agreed to terms with F Dennis Rasmussen on a one-year contract.
• June 30, 2016 – Agreed to terms with F Brandon Mashinter and D Michal Rozsival on one-year contracts
• July 1, 2016 – Agreed to terms with D Brian Campbell and Fs Sam Carrick, Spencer Abbott and Pierre-Cedric Labrie on one-year contracts. Named Will Chukerman media relations assistant.
• July 6, 2016 – Agreed to terms with F Jordin Tootoo on a one-year contract.
• July 7, 2016 – Named Derek King assistant coach for Rockford (AHL).
• July 15, 2016 – Agreed to terms with F Mark McNeill on a one-year contract.
• September 26, 2016 – Agreed to terms with F Alexandre Fortin on a three-year contract.
• September 26, 2016 – Released Fs Tyler Barnes, Bryn Chyzyk, Jeremy Langlois, Trevor Mingoia, Evan Mosey; D Jonathan Carlsson, Nick Mattson and G Eric Levine from their tryout agreements. Released F Radovan Bondra, John Dahlstrom, Nathan Noel and Roy Radke from training camp and returned them to their junior hockey teams.
• September 30, 2016 – Agreed to terms with F Graham Knott on a three-year contract.

October

• October 1, 2016 – Assigned F Kyle Baun, D Dillon Fournier, D Carl Dahlstrom and D Nolan Valleau to Rockford (AHL). Released F Alex DeBrincat and F Graham Knott from training camp.
• October 2, 2016 – Assigned G Mac Carruth to Rockford (AHL).
• October 3, 2016 – Assigned Fs Luke Johnson, Tanner Kero and Martin Lundberg; D Erik Gustafsson, Robin Norell and Ville Pokka, and G Lars Johansson to Rockford (AHL). Released Fs Chris DeSousa and Jake Dowell from their tryout agreements.
• October 4, 2016 – Assigned Fs Spencer Abbott, Sam Carrick and Pierre-Cedric Labrie and D Viktor Svedberg and Cameron Schilling to Rockford (AHL).
• October 7, 2016 – Recalled D Viktor Svedberg and D Ville Pokka from Rockford (AHL).
• October 9, 2016 – Assigned D Dillon Fournier, Ville Pokka and Viktor Svedberg to Rockford (AHL).
• October 10, 2016 – Assigned F Alexandre Fortin to Rouyn-Noranda (QMJHL) and G Ivan Nalimov to Vladivostok (KHL). Placed F Andrew Desjardins on injured reserve.
• October 11, 2016 – Assigned Fs Brandon Mashinter and Mark McNeill to Rockford (AHL).

November

• November 6, 2016 – Placed F Trevor van Riemsdyk on injured reserve. Activated F Andrew Desjardins from injured reserve.
• November 7, 2016 – Agreed to terms with F DeBrincat on a three-year contract.

December

• December 2, 2016 – Placed F Jonathan Toews on injured reserve, retroactive to Nov. 24. Activated Trevor van Riemsdyk from injured reserve.
• December 4, 2016 – Recalled G Lars Johansson from Rockford (AHL). Assigned F Nick Schmaltz to Rockford.
• December 6, 2016 – Placed G Corey Crawford on injured reserve, retroactive to Saturday.
• December 13, 2016 – Activated F Jonathan Toews from injured reserve.
• December 22, 2016 – Placed F Artem Anisimov on injured reserve, retroactive to Dec. 18. Recalled F Tanner Kero from Rockford (AHL).
• December 27, 2016 – Activated F Artem Anisimov from injured reserve. Placed F Marian Hossa on injured reserve, retroactive to Dec. 20.
• December 28, 2016 – Agreed to terms with F Artemi Panarin on a two-year contract extension.

January

• January 1, 2017 – Placed F Marcus Kruger on injured reserve, retroactive to Dec. 30.
• January 4, 2017 – Assigned F Tyler Motte to Rockford (AHL). Recalled F Spencer Abbott from Rockford (AHL).
• January 5, 2017 – Activated F Marian Hossa from injured reserve.
• January 6, 2017 – Assigned D Gustav Forsling and F Spencer Abbott to Rockford (AHL).
• January 14, 2017 – Recalled F Nick Schmaltz from Rockford (AHL).
• January 21, 2017 – Acquired F Michael Latta from the Los Angeles Kings for D Cameron Schilling.
• January 24, 2017 – Activated F Marcus Kruger from injured reserve.
• January 29, 2017 – Placed D Michal Rozsival on injured reserve, retroactive to Jan. 25. Recalled D Gustav Forsling from Rockford (AHL).

February

• February 12, 2017 – Reassigned D Gustav Forsling and Fs Vinnie Hinostroza, Tanner Kero, and Nick Schmaltz to Rockford (AHL). Activated D Michal Roszival from injured reserve.
• February 16, 2017 – Recalled Fs Tanner Kero, and Nick Schmaltz from Rockford (AHL).
• February 19, 2017 – Recalled F Vinnie Hinostroza from Rockford (AHL).
• February 23, 2017 – Agreed to terms with G Jeff Glass on a two-year contract through the 2017–18 season.
• February 24, 2017 – Acquired F Tomas Jurco from Detroit Red Wings for a 2017 third-round draft pick. Reassigned F Vinnie Hinostroza to Rockford (AHL).
• February 25, 2017 – Assigned G Jeff Glass to Rockford (AHL)
• February 26, 2017 – Recalled G Lars Johansson from Rockford (AHL)
• February 27, 2017 – Assigned G Lars Johansson to Rockford (AHL)

Draft picks

See also: List of Chicago Blackhawks draft picks

Below are the Chicago Blackhawks' selections at the 2016 NHL Entry Draft, to be held on June 24–25, 2016 at the First Niagara Center in Buffalo.

Round	#	Player	Pos	Nationality	College/Junior/Club team (League)
2	39	Alex DeBrincat	RW	United States	Erie Otters (OHL)
2	45	Chad Krys	D	United States	U.S. NTDP (USHL)
2	50	Artur Kayumov	LW/RW	Russia	Russia U18 (MHL)
3	83	Wouter Peeters	G	Belgium	Red Bull Salzburg (Austria)
4	110	Lucas Carlsson	D	Sweden	Brynäs IF (SHL)
4	113	Nathan Noel	C	Canada	Saint John Sea Dogs (QMJHL)
5	143	Mathias From	LW/RW	Denmark	Rögle BK-jr. (SWE-jr.)
6	173	Blake Hillman	D	United States	University of Denver NCAA
7	203	Jake Ryczek	D	United States	Waterloo Black Hawks (USHL)

Notes

• The Chicago Blackhawks' first-round pick went to the Philadelphia Flyers as the result of a trade on June 24, 2016, that sent a first and third-round pick both in 2016 (18th and 79th overall) to Winnipeg in exchange for a second-round pick in 2016 (36th overall) and this pick.

Winnipeg previously acquired this pick from Chicago as the result of a trade on February 25, 2016, that sent Andrew Ladd, Jay Harrison and Matt Fraser to Chicago in exchange for Marko Dano, a conditional third-round pick in 2018 and this pick.

• The Montreal Canadiens' second-round pick went to the Chicago Blackhawks as the result of a trade on June 24, 2016, that sent Andrew Shaw to Montreal in exchange for Minnesota's second-round pick in 2016 (45th overall) and this pick.
• The Minnesota Wild's second-round pick went to the Chicago Blackhawks as the result of a trade on June 24, 2016, that sent Andrew Shaw to Montreal in exchange for a second-round pick in 2016 (39th overall) and this pick.

Montreal previously acquired this pick as the result of a trade on July 1, 2014, that sent Josh Gorges to Buffalo in exchange for this pick.

Buffalo previously acquired this pick as the result of a trade on March 5, 2014, that sent Matt Moulson and Cody McCormick to Minnesota in exchange for Torrey Mitchell, Winnipeg's second-round pick in 2014 and this pick.

• The New York Rangers' second-round pick went to the Chicago Blackhawks as the result of a trade on June 15, 2016, that sent Teuvo Teravainen and Bryan Bickell to Carolina in exchange for Chicago's third-round pick in 2017 and this pick.

Carolina previously acquired this pick as the result of a trade on February 28, 2016, that sent Eric Staal to New York in exchange for Aleksi Saarela, a second-round pick in 2017 and this pick.

• The Chicago Blackhawks' second-round pick went to the Philadelphia Flyers as the result of a trade on February 27, 2015, that sent Kimmo Timonen to Chicago in exchange for a second-round pick in 2015 and this pick (being conditional at the time of the trade). The condition – Philadelphia will receive a second-round pick in 2016 if Chicago advances to the 2015 Stanley Cup Finals with Timonen playing in at least 50% of the Blackhawks' playoff games – was converted on May 30, 2015.
• The New York Islanders' fourth-round pick went to Chicago Blackhawks as the result of a trade on June 25, 2016, that sent Columbus' fourth-round pick in 2016 (95th overall) to New York in exchange for a sixth-round pick in 2017 and this pick.