Blackhawks Have Bigger Fixes, But One Need Has to Come First

The Blackhawks are still in the part of the rebuild where every offseason conversation feels like a priority list with no short answers. They have multiple ways to improve the roster, but one area stands out as the cleanest path to speeding up the climb. Around the league, teams that get this stage right usually stop talking about potential and start talking about results, and Chicago knows it cannot afford to miss on the obvious fix.