Prior to making his National Hockey League debut, Bill Hay was traded from the Montreal Canadiens for Cash who would watch their former farmhand win the Calder Trophy in 1960 and assist the Blackhawks win the 1961 Stanley Cup.  Hay was a solid playmaker whose 386 Points (all with Chicago) were Assists and he was the leader in Assists per Game in the 1961/62 season.  Hay would play eight seasons in the NHL and would retire shortly after being claimed the St. Louis Blues in the Expansion Draft.

Cliff Koroll is one of the players in Chicago Blackhawks history to have played over 800 Games with the franchise (814 to be exact) and it was in the Windy City where his entire NHL career was spent.  Koroll was a very good two way player and he would have four 50 Point seasons with 462 in total.  He would also finish in the top ten in Game-Winning Goals three times.

One of the most versatile players in hockey history, Doug Mohns played both Left Wing and Defense when needed and as such earned a reputation as a solid two-way player.  Mohns arrived to Chicago via trade from the Boston Bruins where he had already been a multi-time All Star and he would play more of an offensive role with the Blackhawks.  On a line with Stan Mikita, Mohns would have a 60 Point season (1966-67), which was good enough for tenth that season.  He would score 279 Points with Chicago.

Without a doubt there was a slew of phenomenal players who came out of the Soviet Union and the machine that was the Red Army.  One such great player is blueliner Alexi Kasatonov, who played for the elite national team throughout the 1980’s where he was a two time Olympic Gold Medal winner (1984 & 1988), a Canada Cup Gold Medalist (1981) and a five time World Hockey Championship winner.  Kasatonov was easily among the elite of Soviet Defenseman and he was also a multi-time champion in the Soviet League with CSKA Moscow.  He would join the NHL at age 30 and while he was not a top player anymore, he was a still an All-Star in 1984.