Kyle Davidson knows that the Blackhawks need a rebuild

Earlier this week, the Chicago Blackhawks announced that they are simply removing the interim tag from Kyle Davidson so that he can become the new permanent General Manager of the team. It is a great honor for him but there is a tremendous amount of work to be done.

This came after a lengthy interview process. Chicago made all of their nominees very public along with the advisors that helped them make the decision. After all of that, they still believed that Davidson was the man for the job.

He gave a press conference after the announcement was made and he had a lot of interesting things to say. However, the most notable thing that came out of it was that he believes this team needs a rebuild. He is spot on.

Patrick Kane and Jonathan Toews are getting up there in hockey age, Alex DeBrincat is going to get a major pay increase after next year, and Seth Jones’ prime is going to be wasted while making nine million a year.

The Chicago Blackhawks need to rebuild in order to have success again.

With issues like that looming, there is no other choice but to rebuild if you want to get back to sustained success. Clearly, adding one star goalie and one star defenseman isn’t enough to get this team into the playoffs, let alone be Stanley Cup contenders.

There are some ways you can start the rebuild properly if you are Kyle Davidson in this new role. There are players like Marc-Andre Fleury, Brandon Hagel, Dominik Kubalik, and Calvin de Haan to consider trading for picks and prospects which could help them a lot in the future.

It is going to be painful. There are going to be years a lot worse than this one (on the ice) for the Chicago Blackhawks if Davidson sticks to this rebuilding plan but it will be so worth it in the long run.

Stan Bowman said he would rebuild and then made a bunch of “win now” moves which set the team back even further. Davidson, however, seems to have a good grasp on that fact and what he can do to make it better going forward. Hopefully, the moves that he makes for this team are ones that help them get back to contender status over the next five years.