Nyorai kuenderera mberi kweiyi ndima - Musi waChikunguru 1, maBlackhawks akatengesa Andrew Ladd kuAtlanta Thrashers yaIvan Vishnevskiy uye yechipiri-kutenderera dhizaini muna 2011
. Musi waChikunguru 9, Niklas Hjalmarsson akasainwa kune pepa rekupihwa neSan Jose Sharks, kunyangwe maBlackhawks akaenzana nechipo musi waChikunguru 12, nekudaro achichengetedza masevhisi ake uye achisiya muripo kubva kuSharks yekusaina wakasununguka wakasununguka. Kusayina uku zvakare kwakaisa Chicago pamadziro emari yemubhadharo, uye semhedzisiro yakamanikidza kirabhu kuti irege kusiya muchengeti wemagariro Antti Niemi, uyo anga anyorera arbitration.