Like the 29 other teams in the National Hockey League, the Blackhawks are prone to some inconsistency. But even in the couple of rough stretches they’ve had this season, there is one constant that you can count on every single night: Jonathan Toews.
At just age 23, Toews already boasts Hall of Fame credentials. He’s a former Juniors star, the best forward at the 2010 Winter Olympics, a Conn Smythe Trophy winner, and the captain of a Blackhawks team that brought Chicago its first Stanley Cup in 49 years. He was also a Selke Trophy finalist last season.
This season, Toews appears to have set his sites on not only the Selke, but possibly a bigger individual achievement: the Hart Trophy. Sure, there are plenty of other candidates, including guys like Evgeni Malkin and Claude Giroux among others, but the fact is that there is no other player in the National Hockey League that is the total package like Jonathan Toews is.
Obviously the first thing anyone looks at when evaluati...
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