The Chicago Blackhawks have hired Kyle Davidson as general manager, dropping his interim tag instead of going outside the floundering franchise for new leadership.

CHICAGO, IL – Reality set in for Jonathan Toews when he got to the Chicago Blackhawks' locker room Friday morning. The 34-year-old Seabrook then will have surgery on his right hip in January and left hip in February. The Blackhawks also will be without Calvin de Haan for the rest of the year. The 28-year-old defenseman had his own right shoulder surgery on Friday. “We sit beside each other in every locker room,” Keith said, “so it's different, you know, not having him on the bus and things like that.