Frank Seravalli: A number of groups are considering Jonathan Toews as he seems to make a comeback, and there are three groups to maintain an in depth eye on who might be within the middle.
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Andi Petrillo: “And right here’s a reputation lots of people haven’t heard in a very long time. What’s the newest on Jonathan Toews?”
Seravalli: “Nicely, Andy, it’s been virtually two calendar years since we’ve seen Jonathan Toews on the ice. However I can let you know that there’s no scarcity of groups whose curiosity was piqued over the vacations when Toews detailed his five-week therapeutic journey in India, as he’s been affected by continual inflammatory response dysfunction
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And so he’s feeling the very best that he has in years, and hinted in that story that he may need to resume his NHL profession.
Nicely, I can let you know that at this level, Jonathan Toews has certainly resumed skating. He’s feeling the very best that he has in years, and he’s additionally again all the way down to his taking part in weight.
I’m instructed that a number of groups expressed curiosity in Toews a possible return to his agent in Pat Brisson from CAA sports activities. They’re not fully certain but as as to if or not Toews may attempt to resume taking part in this yr, wherein case you’d need to be on a workforce’s reserve checklist by the commerce deadline on March 7, or if that is one thing that may wait till subsequent yr.
However Andy, I’m going to offer you three groups to regulate if Jonathan Toews does determine to make a comeback bid. Certainly one of them is the Toronto Maple Leafs, a third-line middle has been on Brad Trelivings Want Checklist all season lengthy. The opposite can be the Winnipeg Jets, the hometown workforce for Jonathan Toews. And the third can be the Colorado Avalanche in determined want of one other middle.
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Three true, reputable Stanley Cup contenders, all of whom would have an interest to see what the three-time Stanley Cup winner and one of the vital clutch gamers of his era would nonetheless have left within the tank.”
