Jonathan Toews
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"Jonathan Bryan Toews" is a Canadians/Canadian professional ice hockey Centre (ice hockey)/centre who currently serves as captain (hockey)/captain of the Chicago Blackhawks of the National Hockey League (NHL).

Toews was selected by the Blackhawks with the third overall pick in the 2006 NHL Entry Draft. He joined the team in 2007–08 NHL season/2007–08 and was nominated for the Calder Memorial Trophy as NHL rookie of the year. The following season, he was named team captain, becoming the third youngest captain in NHL history (behind Gabriel Landeskog, and Sidney Crosby) at the age of 20. Toews won the Stanley Cup in 2010 Stanley Cup Finals/2010, along with the Conn Smythe Trophy for the playoff MVP. After winning the Cup, Toews passed Peter Forsberg as the youngest player to join the Triple Gold Club. He won the Stanley Cup again in 2013 Stanley Cup Finals/2013.

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With our team this year, it was kind of a struggle for us, everyone knows we're a young team, we're up and down. We've beaten good teams and lost to weaker teams here and there and struggled to find consistency. So it's great that we've come this far.

When you see him up close, you see all the little things he does and as a teammate it is appreciated.

Things are going well, things are clicking. Sometimes, you're playing well, you're moving the puck around, getting chances, and it doesn't go in for you. But ... the puck is going in.

It's definitely some good motivation. He put up some great numbers. It makes you realize that you're not only playing for the guys in the room with you now, but the guys who have been there before.

There's a lot of great players in the draft. Kessel and Johnson may be rated before or behind me, I don't think it really matters. Anything can happen on draft day, depending on the lottery and the different interests from different teams. Anything can happen and I think that's why it's such an exciting day.

Things were clicking by all means.

I'm not worried about any head-to-head against him. This isn't about the draft.

If the officials call the game the same way, we're going to have to adjust and be smart with our sticks. If we're on the power play, we're going to have to capitalize.

You know what? You've just got to go out there and try to control the things you can control, deal with things and stay mentally strong.