NHL PREVIEW: Oilers, Hawks, Jets among intriguing teams to watch this season
Hours before they were to host their very first NHL draft, the Chicago Blackhawks turned their team upside down.
Blackhawks general manager Stan Bowman, still dismayed at how the 2016-17 campaign went down, swapped then-reigning Calder trophy winner Artemi Panarin for Brandon Saad, traded long-time defensive stalwart Niklas Hjalmarsson, and later, brought back Patrick Sharp.
It was the kind of noisy off-season which makes the Blackhawks an especially interesting team to watch in the coming NHL season.
Here a few other squads to keep an eye on: