Sam Rinzel's season has not gone the way he or the Blackhawks hoped.
After entering the year as the Hawks' No. 1 defenseman, Rinzel gradually slipped down the depth chart and struggled on the ice until the organization decided to send him down to the AHL on Monday.
A couple months don't define a career, though, and it is very rare for defensemen in particular to become NHL regulars without some AHL developmental time. Current Hawks staples Alex Vlasic, Wyatt Kaiser, Louis Crevier and Artyom Levshunov all followed that route. Читать дальше...