 Salary cap constraints forced the Blackhawks to make additional trades before the 2016–17 season.The team traded pending free-agent Andrew Shaw to Montreal in exchange for two second-round 2016 draft picks.The Blackhawks also traded Bryan Bickell and Teuvo Teravaainen to the Carolina Hurricanes in exchange for another 2016 second-round pick in order to free additional salary cap space.