Chicago makes another young forward available for trade ahead of Thursday's draft

For a couple of weeks now, we've known that the Chicago Blackhawks will be looking to trade forward Alex DeBrincat, with the hope that the return in any deal significantly helps with their rebuild going forward.

But DeBrincat isn't the only young forward the Blackhawks are fielding calls on. According to Scott Power of The Athletic, Chicago has made Kirby Dach available for trade, but they'll likely only do so if they can get a top-fifteen pick in tonight's draft.

The Blackhawks are without a first round pick in this year's draft after it was dealt to the Columbus Blue Jackets in the Seth Jones trade last summer. Chicago's pick going to Columbus ended up being sixth overall following the NHL's draft lottery in May.

It wasn't the season Chicago had expected after adding Jones and Marc-Andre Fleury, as well as getting captain Jonathan Toews back, but they finished second-last in the Central Division. Chicago's now focused on a rebuild and it will be interesting to see what Toews and Patrick Kane think if the team ends up dealing DeBrincat and possibly Dach.

The Blackhawks are listening on offers for Kirby Dach. The sense is it would have to be a top-15 pick to get them to really consider it.— Scott Powers (@ByScottPowers) July 7, 2022

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