Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - The 1987<unk>88 Chicago Black Hawks vakanga vachibuda mugore ravakapedza vari vechitatu muNorris Division uye vakaparadzwa mumutambo wokutanga weplayoffs neDetroit Red Wings. The Blackawks akaita kufamba anoverengeka ari offseason pamwe GM Bob Pulford kutsiva pachake somudzidzisi pamwe Bob Murdoch uye kutengeserana muduku nyeredzi Eddie Olczyk uye kukwegura nyeredzi Al Secord kuna Toronto Maple Leafs nokuda wingers Rick Vaive uye Steve Thomas uye defenseman Bob McGill. Muchengeti wepagedhi Bob Mason akanga ari muchengeti akasununguka mukuru wezhizha. Kunyange zvazvo akanga asina kuongororwa pamwero weNHL, Mason akanga achidiwa mushure mekuita kunoshamisa mumakwikwi e1987. Mukuwedzera kuna Mason, chikwata chakasaina Ed Belfour uyo akanga achangobva kudzorera University of North Dakota kuNCAA championship, uye akashandisa nhamba yavo yekutanga kusarudza muJune draft
kusarudza Jimmy Waite kubva kuQuebec Major Junior Hockey League. Vachengeti vemikombe veBlackhawks vomwaka wapfuura, vakwegura Murray Bannerman naBob Sauve, havana kuzotamba mumwe mutambo wenguva dzose wemwaka weChicago. VaBlackhawks vakawanawo Duane Sutter kubva kuNew York Islanders mukutsinhana kwekutora kwechipiri kutenderera mu1988 NHL Entry Draft. Kaputeni Darryl Sutter akarega basa mwaka usati watanga uye chikwata chakasarudza kusapa zita romutsivi.