Kirby Deutch, 21, and Alex DeBrinkat, 24, have been replaced by the Chicago Blackhawks.
Both were shocked.
“I was willing to stay in Chicago for a long time,” DeBrinkat told the Chicago Sun-Times.
With 41 goals and 37 assists, Alex DeBrincat came second in the Indoor Points League. It wasn’t enough for the 24-year-old co-captain to stay in Chicago when the Black Hawks once again tried to rebuild the team.
DeBrincat was set to stay at the club for a long time, but was transferred to the Ottawa Senators ahead of this year’s NHL draft.
– I saw some rumors, but this does not happen to you in reality. Alex DeBrincat says of his first reaction, it was a shock.
I got the call five minutes ago
DeBrinkat isn’t the only Chicago player to be substituted for next season.
Center Promise Kirby Dash was on his way out on the snow to get a ski pass when he got a phone call. Five minutes later, it was officially the approval of the Chicago and Montreal Canadiens, he says.
It was shocking, says Dach, who will first belong to a different NHL team than the Blackhawks.
Against Alex DeBrincat, Chicago won two draft picks (7th and 39th) in this year’s just-concluded draft and a third round in 2024.
For Kirby Dash, the Montreal Canadiens gave their thirteenth and sixty-sixth picks in this year’s draft.
In the past seven years, Chicago has missed the Stanley Cup playoffs four times and was knocked out in the first round in the three years he was there.