Rubuta ci gaba ga wannan sakin layi - The 1987 <unk> 88 Chicago Black Hawks suna fitowa daga shekara wanda suka gama na uku a cikin Norris Division kuma an shafe su a zagaye na farko na wasan kwaikwayo ta Detroit Red Wings. Blackawks sun yi sauye-sauye da yawa a cikin lokacin hutu tare da GM Bob Pulford wanda ya maye gurbin kansa a matsayin koci tare da Bob Murdoch da kuma musayar tauraron dan wasa Eddie Olczyk da tauraron tsufa Al Secord zuwa Toronto Maple Leafs don 'yan wasan tsakiya Rick Vaive da Steve Thomas da mai kare Bob McGill. Mai tsaron gida Bob Mason shi ne babban dan wasan da ya sa hannu a wannan bazara. Kodayake ba a gwada shi ba a matakin NHL, Mason yana cikin buƙata bayan wasan kwaikwayo mai ban sha'awa a cikin wasan kwaikwayo na 1987. Baya ga Mason, kungiyar ta sanya hannu kan Ed Belfour wanda kawai ya goyi bayan Jami'ar North Dakota zuwa gasar zakarun NCAA, kuma ya yi amfani da lambar da suka zaba a cikin watan Yuni
don zaɓar Jimmy Waite daga Quebec Major Junior Hockey League. Masu tsaron gida na yau da kullun na Blackhawks daga kakar da ta gabata, tsoffin soji Murray Bannerman da Bob Sauve, ba su sake buga wani wasan kakar wasa na yau da kullun ba don Chicago. Har ila yau, Blackhawks sun sami Duane Sutter daga New York Islanders a musayar zagaye na 2 a cikin 1988 NHL Entry Draft. Kyaftin Darryl Sutter ya yi ritaya kafin a fara kakar wasa kuma kungiyar ta zabi kada ta zabi wanda zai maye gurbinsa.