Blackhawks captain Jonathan Toews is silencing the critics with his hot start after scoring the overtime winner on Thursday for his seventh goal in 11 games.
"I count on him a lot. I know the team does and I think he expects a lot from himself. There are a lot of things that drive him to be what he is, and he’s been the leader so far. That’s great to see."
Toews is silencing the critics with his roaring start, and there were quite a few of them last season after he had only 12 goals and 25 assists for 37 points in 71 games. He wasn't happy with that kind of production, although, to be fair, he had missed the entire 2020-21 season with an illness, so it was obviously going to be an uphill battle for him to get back to where he was before it all.
Toews came into camp looking hungry to prove to everyone that he still has some good hockey left in him and we're seeing that come to fruition right now. His 52-goal pace is probably unsustainable, but he's earning his puck luck and he's been one of Chicago's best players for the majority of the season so far.
"I know we were talking about expectations a second ago and there weren’t really any for our team and for myself, especially, this year," Toews said."I’ve always kind of been talking about taking it one day at a time and just going out there and playing and worrying about the next play, the next shift, and that’s kind of what I’m doing. So it’s nice to see the puck luck and the bounces and it’s definitely a good feeling and something I want to keep going.
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