Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - Kafin kakar 2017/18, Blackhawks ya bayyana Marian Hossa zai rasa duk kakar 2017/18 saboda ciwon fata mai ci gaba. Kungiyar ta yi manyan kasuwanci guda biyu kafin NHL Entry Draft na 2017
; An yi musayar tsohon dan wasan tsaron Niklas Hjalmarsson zuwa Arizona Coyotes a musayar Connor Murphy da Laurent Dauphin, yayin da aka yi musayar Artemi Panarin zuwa Columbus Blue Jackets don sake sayen Brandon Saad a yarjejeniyar 'yan wasa hudu. Dukansu Hjalmarsson da Hossa sun kasance manyan membobin kungiyar Blackhawks wadanda suka lashe kofunan Stanley guda uku a 2010, 2013 da 2015. Kungiyar ta kuma yi musayar goaltender Scott Darling zuwa Carolina Hurricanes da kuma Marcus Kruger zuwa Vegas Golden Knights, yayin da kuma suka rasa masu kare Trevor van Riemsdyk zuwa Golden Knights a cikin 2017 NHL Expansion Draft da Brian Campbell, wanda ya yi ritaya. Blackhawks sun sami yan wasan gefe Patrick Sharp, Tommy Wingels da Lance Bouma a cikin 'yanci kyauta.