Dhameystir weedha soo socota: 1987<unk>88 Chicago Black Hawks waxay ka soo baxayeen sanad ay ku dhammeeyeen kaalinta saddexaad ee Norris Division waxaana wareega koowaad ee playoffs-ka ku badiyay Detroit Red Wings. The Blackawks waxay sameeyeen dhowr dhaqdhaqaaq xilli ciyaareedkan iyadoo GM Bob Pulford uu isku badalay macalin ahaan Bob Murdoch iyo isweydaarsiga xiddiga da'da yar ee Eddie Olczyk iyo xiddiga da'da weyn ee Al Secord ee Toronto Maple Leafs ee garabka Rick Vaive iyo Steve Thomas iyo difaaca Bob McGill. Goolhayaha Bob Mason waxa uu ahaa ciyaaryahankii ugu weynaa ee xagaagan lasoo saxiixday. In kasta oo aan si fiican loo tijaabin heerka NHL, Mason wuxuu ahaa mid la doonayo ka dib markii uu soo bandhigay waxqabad cajiib ah playoffs-kii 1987. Mason ka sokow, kooxdu waxay la saxiixatay Ed Belfour kaasoo dhawaan ku guuleystay jaamacada North Dakota horyaalka NCAA, wuxuuna u adeegsaday xulashadiisa koowaad ee
Waxa uu June ka doortay Jimmy Waite oo ka tirsan Horyaalka Hockey-ga Qaranka ee Quebec. Goolhayaha caadiga ah ee Blackhawks xilli ciyaareedkii hore, halyeeyada Murray Bannerman iyo Bob Sauve, waligood ma ciyaarin kulan kale oo caadi ah xilli ciyaareedkii Chicago. Blackhawks ayaa sidoo kale Duane Sutter ka iibsatay New York Islanders si ay ugu beddelaan wareega 2aad ee 1988 NHL Entry Draft. Kabtan Darryl Sutter ayaa ka fariistay ka hor bilowga xilli ciyaareedka kooxduna waxay dooratay inaysan magacaabin bedelkiisa.