"I'm not satisfied the way things ended in Chicago," Toews told Mark Lazerus in comments published Monday in The Athletic. "It's not about proving anything. It's just that there's something left in the tank, and I want to explore that. I want to go have fun, have a blast, play with passion.

The soon-to-be 37-year-old Toews, who suffered symptoms of long Covid, will attempt a comeback more than two years after his last NHL game.

When former Chicago Blackhawks captain Jonathan Toews began to make rumblings about a potential comeback to the National Hockey League after undergoing an unorthodox “healing” treatment, my first instinct was to be very skeptical.

The Chicago Blackhawks are entering a new era and that means bringing in a new crop of talent, something that general manager Kyle Davidson is trying his best to do. This meant parting ways with players such as Jonathan Toews and Patrick Kane.