Andreas Athanasiou’s 20 goals for the Blackhawks this past season tied him for seventh among all pending unrestricted free-agent forwards around the NHL.
That’s an ugly reflection of the 2023 free agency class, which is the weakest in a while. In fact, not a single pending UFA forward scored more than 27 goals. (Tampa’s Alex Killorn, Pittsburgh’s Jason Zucker and Boston’s Patrice Bergeron, who isn’t going anywhere all tied for that mark.)
