'I was ecstatic we got him’ The inside story of how the Blackhawks came to land Alex DeBrincat at the 2016 NHL draft
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A year’s worth of work was done, the waiting nearly over. No more words needed to be spoken. So Blackhawks general manager Stan Bowman and vice president of amateur scouting Mark Kelley closed their laptops, stopped talking and waited to see if the Panthers would ruin their day. “With the 38th...