The Blackhawks have put together a really good, strong, big pipeline of defensemen. And the model we’re watching for many of them moving forward is Alex Vlasic, who spent almost a full year in Rockford before making the jump to the NHL. This past season, we saw Vlasic become one of the better shut-down defensemen in the entire league — and earn a nice contract as a reward. How will the next wave of young defensemen follow his lead? That’s something we’ll all be watching in the coming years.