The last time we saw Captain Serious Jonathan Toews on the ice in an NHL game was with the Chicago Blackhawks in the 2022-23 season. Toews’ contract ran out in Chicago and many believed at the time he officially hung up the skates for good after 15 seasons all with the Blackhawks. Everyone speculated retirement as Toews’ NHL career ended very quietly like he slunk away into the sunset not heard from again. All his injuries have healed as he took a long journey away from the game and went on personal retreat to the country of India. It sounds like some plot out of Batman the Movie. Bruce Wayne needed enlightened perspective to craft his own purpose as he trained with Ra’s Al Ghul and all the killers making up the League of Shadows to come back to Gotham and save his city. Captain Serious has been surfing in Costa Rica and then skating in Arizona as he never officially retired from the NHL. He is back from his long retreat with the mindset not happy with the way things ended after a extraordinary hockey career. He has closed the chapter on the Blackhawks for good. The 36 year old is looking to make his comeback and start a new chapter in his life with a new ending to his NHL career with a different team.

Jonathan Toews’ hockey career has been decorated like some 5 star general on the battlefield. Toews was born in Winnipeg, Canada and was drafted in the first round of the 2006 NHL draft 3rd overall by the Blackhawks. Toews with his partner in crime Patrick Kane turned around one one of the worst run franchises at the time in the sporting world, the Chicago Blackhawks. Toews helped the Blackhawks get back on the map by winning three Stanley Cups in 2010, 2013, and then in 2015. He won the Conn Smythe trophy in the 2009-10 season as he was the MVP of the Stanley Cup playoffs in 2010. He won the Selke trophy in 2013 for best defensive forward. Surprising he only made one All-Star appearance. He helped his country Canada win some gold medals. The first one he helped win was back in 2010 when the Olympics were held in Vancouver. Then again in 2014 the Winter Olympics in Sochi. Toews have played in 1,067 games in the NHL scoring 372 goals. He dished out 511 assists for a grand total of 883 points. He was named one of the 100 greatest NHL players in the 2017 Centennial celebration.

Jonathan Toews’ hockey career was derailed by a Chronic Inflammatory Response Syndrome. This illness he had kept him out the entire 2020-21 season, right when the Covid-19 was lingering through the states and causing people harm. Then from February 21st through the month of April of 2023, Toews was dealing with effects of Covid-19 that kept him out of multiple games during that time span. For a two season stretch he only played in 124 games. Which were the final two years of his career wearing the Indian-head sweater.

Jonathan Toews will be out to prove the current General Manager of the Chicago Blackhawks wrong. It was Kyle Davidson that basically pulled the plug on two of the greatest Blackhawks of my time and perhaps in franchise history. Besides not offering Towes a deal, it was the same year we saw Patrick Kane leave town to sign with the Detroit Red Wings. Oh the humanity, if Toews followed Kane to Detroit next year. That would fire up the Chicago fans and not in a good way. I believe Toews’ captain days are over as he would not play the role on any team as one of the main staples that he was when he wore the Indian-head sweater. He should not have to settle for some rebuilding team and be more of an advertisement than a player to put more fannies in the seats to watch a has-been. I can see Captain Serious making a comeback because he would have something to offer with some gasoline still left in the tank. I would not give him a crazy amount of money either. A one year deal kind of to prove himself. He could be a guy that can help work the special teams in hockey like the power play of penalty kill. Have him on the third or 4th line & he can probably make some of the younger guys better on one of those skating lines. If I was a betting man, what would be a great ending for Captain Serious is if he went home and suited up for the Jets. The Winnipeg Jets are one of the best teams in the NHL this season. I think he could light the lamp 10-15 times in a season in a limited role. Most likely he would dish pout more assists than goals scored. I always like guys that play their entire career with one team. The Blackhawks are a mess right now, so why bring him to Chicago besides the fact the GM does not want him here. I would love to see Toews make that comeback and maybe be a part of another Stanley Cup run for someone else. I just hope he does not come back and return to the same results slinking away. Surely you can’t call Captain Serious Shirley as he would give it his all in a comeback attempt.