One simple reason why Chicago Blackhawks GM Kyle Davidson is not on the hot seat

A portion of the fan base is not going to like this, but Chicago Blackhawks general manager Kyle Davidson's job seems pretty secure.

Maybe Luke Richardson did not deserve to get fired considering Davidson never gave him very talented NHL rosters. Davidson did find a way to get Connor Bedard onto the roster, and Richardson managed to make Bedard look like a normal hockey player.

When you take a generational talent and have him focus more on his defense and less on goal-scoring, then maybe it was the right call to fire Richardson.

Also, Davidson did upgrade the roster enough this season to where it has been competitive on most nights.

An inconsistent effort, an impotent offense, and now silly mistakes have been handing the Hawks enough defeats to sit at the bottom of the NHL standings.

If you are calling for Davidson's firing, you have to remember he was not behind the bench trying to motivate the team's effort on a nightly basis. It seemed Richardson was in charge of the lines and not Davidson, so that constant shuffling up goes on Luke.

The inconsistent effort and mistakes piling up are some of the reasons Davidson made the call to fire Richardson.

You could argue Davidson is looking at the Hawks' problems with a biased lens. He could be thinking he constructed a roster talented enough to avoid being at the top of the Tankathon standings when it was still a very flawed roster entering the season.

It was not like this team was going to the playoffs, so firing Richardson for some of these issues feels like taking a bazooka to get rid of an ant hill. The standards were raised by Richardson, and this is what accountability looks like.

That is not to say Kyle from Chicago does not deserve criticism for the third straight season of the Blackhawks being a tough watch.

However, do not expect Davidson to get fired anytime soon for one simple reason.

This team is being built through the draft. This is not the NBA or the NFL where you get an immediate impact from multiple draft picks in the year they are taken.

You are taking teenagers who usually require years at college and the juniors, along with some time in the minors, to be ready to be productive NHL players. This rebuild is going to take time.

Fans might have forgotten how last decade's dynasty was constructed, but it was mostly through a process of collecting the core players through the draft.

The reason that usually gets overlooked is that a lot of fans tuned out the Hawks before 2008.

This is how the sausage gets made, and it can be hard to be patient for the payoff because it means sitting through a lot of losing seasons.

It can be really easy to point out that Davidson missed on hiring Richardson, even though for the first two seasons of Richardson's tenure, he was doing a good job given the lack of talent he was working with.

Richardson was not expected to win. He was expected to build the proper culture infrastructure for the arriving prospects to thrive in. He did that for the most part.

Where Richardson lost his way was when he started to constantly tinker with the lines this season and never properly addressed the team's inconsistent effort.

Those are two problems that can easily be solved by making a coaching change. Plus, what was the death blow to Richardson's job security was Connor Bedard regressing as a goal scorer. Basically, Luke had one job, and that was not to ruin Connor. He somehow managed to pull off the impossible.

Davidson's draft has gone so well that the Hawks' farm system is considered one of the best in the NHL.

The problem is these future pieces are still either at Rockford, college, the KHL, or the juniors. That is why the IceHogs having success this season and even next might be more important than the Blackhawks having success.

Connor Bedard, Alex Vlasic, Nolan Allan, Lukas Reichel, and Wyatt Kaiser project as the only players currently on the roster who will be on the next great Blackhawks team.

Otherwise, the veterans Davidson has signed a just passing through because Kyle is deciding to be patient with his prized-prospects development.

Remember, one reason the Hawks had to undertake this massive rebuild was previous management either rushed players to the NHL, traded them away for one more desperate attempt to keep the contention window open, or just drafted poorly.

Look, it can be hard to be patient when the Blackhawks are once again the worst team in the NHL, and this time not by design. That does not mean ownership is going to fire Davidson anytime soon.