If you asked hockey scouts when they saw Ed Belfour at the age of 18, none of them would have pegged Ed Belfour as a future Hall of Famer.  That may very well have been the case for his next four years.  Belfour went undrafted and committed to the University of North Dakota, where he led the University to a Frozen Four win. During that time, he was signed by the Blackhawks, although it's unlikely that even they knew what was to come.

Except for his last two seasons (which were with the New York Rangers), Steve Larmer was a Chicago Blackhawk throughout his professional career.  A late-round pick in the 1980 Draft, Larmer proved to be a pleasant surprise, providing Chicago with 674 Points and making two All-Star appearances after being named the Calder Trophy winner in 1983.  His best season was in 1990-91 where he scored 101 Points and finished fifth in Hart Trophy voting and third in the tally for the Frank J. Selke Trophy.

From the hockey-rich city of Winnipeg, Jonathan Toews was the third overall pick in the 2006 NHL Draft, and he proceeded to finish third in Calder Trophy voting, where he lost to his teammate Patrick Kane, which certainly gave notice to the city of Chicago that they had a special team ahead of them.

The Chicago Blackhawks likely did not expect to see Denis Savard fall to them when they drafted third in 1980, and how happy that must have been for years after that he did!  Savard tore it up in the Quebec Juniors, and with Chicago, he continued to show off elite playmaking skills.  While in terms of scoring, he would, in the league, be in the shadow of Wayne Gretzky; however, Savard would gain his fair share of attention.  He would have 119 Points in his sophomore season, and in his third season (1982-83), he scored 121 Points with a third-place finish in Hart Trophy balloting with a Second Team All-Star Selection.