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. 

The top blueliner for well over a decade with the Blackhawks, Doug Wilson won the Norris Trophy in the 1981-82 season, also earning First Team All-Star honors.  Wilson would also be named a Second Team All-Star twice and was also an All-Star for the Blackhawks six times.  The Defenceman would score 779 Points with a .84 PPG for the Chicago, and he would twice receive votes for the Hart Trophy. 

Earl Seibert may never have won the Norris Trophy as the National Hockey League’s top Defenseman (you can't win an award that didn't exist yet), but look at the consecutive string of All-NHL Selections he had!

If you were to ask Art Ross after he first met Doug Bentley, he would have told you that both he and his brother Max would never have made the NHL, let alone the Hockey Hall of Fame, but Boston’s loss would become Chicago’s gain as the Bentleys were signed to the Blackhawks.