Chicago Blackhawks: Three potential 2020 free agent defense addsVincent Pariseon April 30, 2020 at 11:00 am

There are plenty of free agents available. There are some pretty high-quality players available and there is some depth to the free-agent class. Some have already been discussed here but there are still some more players to go over. This year should have plenty of good players available to them. If they do end up firing Stan Bowman they could hire a guy who wants one of these guys.

They can go for some youth, leadership, forwards, or defense. It all depends on what they see as their biggest needs. The facts of the matter are that they need everything. They are very top-heavy at the forward and defense positions. They rely heavily on young players at every position and that might become even more apparent in 2020-21. This won’t be the last set of free agents that we look at before the free agency period begins, but this one that is set on defense.

The Blackhawks are really good at trading chances for chances with the opposition, but they need to start being better in their own end otherwise the recent results will continue. They also have some serious youth on the blue line that needs some leadership. It is very important that guys like Adam Boqvist and Ian Mitchell develop well next season. These three might be able to help: