NHL World Reacts To Jonathan Toews’s Bizarre Injury

I am grateful for the continuous support from and ongoing communication with the Blackhawks organization. Stan Bowman, Rocky Wirtz, Danny Wirtz, Jeremy Colliton and my teammates have been nothing but understanding of my situation, and I appreciate them standing by me.

To Blackhawks fans, I will continue to do whatever I can to get back on the ice and return to play the game I love for the team I love. I will not be making any further comment at this time and ask everyone to please respect my privacy as I focus on my health and recovery,” Toews said in a statement via the team’s website.

Chicago Blackhawks fans – and many other fans who just appreciate good hockey – on social media reacted to the sudden news of the three-time Stanley Cup Champion’s unexpected announcement.

Toews and Dach out.
Me: pic.twitter.com/CvlXv00vTF

— Ashley🇺🇦 (@AshIeyysuxx) December 29, 2020

https://twitter.com/hemjhaveri/status/1343971468691054596

Wishing Toews the best as he deals with this uncertainty. Awful feeling. https://t.co/nJHnt473jL

— Pierre LeBrun (@PierreVLeBrun) December 29, 2020

Recap of #Blackhawks absences:

• Kirby Dach out 4-5 months with wrist injury
• Alex Nylander out 4-6 months with knee injury
• Jonathan Toews out indefinitely with medical condition

Who's ready to turn the page on 2020?

— Charlie Roumeliotis (@CRoumeliotis) December 29, 2020

Jonathan Toews says he's "feeling drained and lethargic." It sounds like there is a lot of uncertainty around his situation.

Let's hope we see him back on the ice sooner than later. https://t.co/qVOrMmOUzH

— Chris Johnston (@reporterchris) December 29, 2020

The news about Toews and Lundqvist is a huge bummer. 2020 keeps sucking.

Wishing for the best for two of the highest quality people in the league.

— James Mirtle (@mirtle) December 29, 2020

Can we just cancel the season before Patrick Kane gets hit by a bus?

— Toews' Burner Account (@JToewsBurner) December 29, 2020

Best wishes to Chicago captain Jonathan Toews who is sidelined indefinitely by an unidentified illness 🙏

MORE: https://t.co/5Dc24m6RYE pic.twitter.com/sN1Hi6iiF7

— Hockey Night in Canada (@hockeynight) December 29, 2020

"Sorry, Bill, looks like Toews won't be available for the start of the season, either." https://t.co/mrcaEKHypx

— Second City Hockey (@2ndCityHockey) December 29, 2020

Fuck, that doesn't sound great. Hope Toews is alrighthttps://t.co/ZUjo8cYdtr

— Eddie (@EddieBarstool) December 29, 2020

First and foremost, I pray that Toews is alright. If there’s one thing I know about Jonathan Toews, it’s that if he could be playing, he would be playing. That’s what makes this whole situation so scary. I hope Toews figures out whatever is going on with him, and that we see him back out on the ice in the near future.

In the meantime, the Chicago Blackhawks are in trouble. They were already going to need the absolute best out of their star players if they were going to have any chance whatsoever of competing this season. After losing goalie Corey Crawford to free agency, trading Brandon Saad, and losing Jonathan Toews and Dach to injury, the Blackhawks are destined to be at the bottom of the Western Conference.

Those three Stanley Cups in the 2010s were fun though, right?

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