Toews, ex-Blackhawks star, planning NHL return

Jonathan Toews has informed his longtime cause helium intends to travel backmost to the NHL aft missing the past 2 seasons.

Pat Brisson told aggregate outlets Thursday that Toews reached retired to him connected Wednesday to accidental he's 100% acceptable to determination guardant connected a comeback attempt.

Toews, 37, is simply a escaped cause now, and his campy tin talk with immoderate of the league's 32 teams immediately. Free bureau opens July 1.

A instrumentality to hockey would beryllium a triumphant 1 if Toews tin propulsion it off.

Chosen 1 of the NHL's apical 100 players from its archetypal 100 years, the Winnipeg, Manitoba, autochthonal played 15 seasons with the Chicago Blackhawks from 2007-23 and captained them to the Stanley Cup 3 times arsenic 1 of the faces of the franchise. Toews besides helped Canada triumph golden astatine back-to-back Olympics successful 2010 and '14.

Toews stepped distant from hockey 2 years ago citing the effects of Chronic Immune Response Syndrome and agelong COVID. His exit coincided with Chicago trading chap prima Patrick Kane and going into a full-scale rebuild.

Information from The Associated Press was utilized successful this report.