How are these former Chicago Blackhawks doing in the Stanley Cup Playoffs semifinals?

The Chicago Blackhawks missed the Stanley Cup playoffs for the sixth time in seven seasons. Technically, it should be seven straight seasons as the Hawks only made the playoffs in 2020 because the playoffs were expanded due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

The Hawks roster is being rebuilt in the hopes that the franchise can once again make the postseason.

Until then, all that is left to do is to get ready for the NHL Draft where the Blackhawks have the No. 2 overall pick.

However, the Stanley Cup playoffs do have some former Hawks skating in it.

Florida is up 3-2 on the Boston Bruins with the help of Gustav Forsling.

The Hawks traded him in 2019 to the Carolina Hurricanes after he struggled to break into the lineup with the Blackhawks. He did not play great for the Hurricanes and was placed on waivers.

He has become a find for the Panthers as he has become one of their best blueliners. He is going to get votes for the Norris Trophy.

He has a goal and two assists in the series against Boston. However, he did not have a good game in Game 2 when he registered just a little bit over 18 minutes in ice time and was on the ice for three of Boston's five goals that game.

Still, Forsling flourishing in Florida is just another example of the previous leadership group giving up too quickly on young defenseman.

The New York Rangers are trying to advance to the Eastern Conference Finals with the help of Artemi Panarin and Erik Gustafsson.

The Rangers are up 3-2 on the Carolina Hurricanes as they hope to be the first Presidents Trophy winner to clinch the Stanley Cup since the 2013 Chicago Blackhawks.

Panarin is another example of the short-sightedness of the previous general manager who traded away a talented goal scorer to if Brandon Saad could help keep open a title window that was clearly closing.

He is now in New York and fourth in the team in points during their playoff run. He is doing some damage in this series with two goals and four assists. He picked up the secondary assists on the game-tying and game-winning goal in the very entertaining Game 2 that went into double-overtime.

However, he has been held scoreless in the past two games.

Gustafsson had a career year with the Hawks in the 2018-2019 season when he had 17 goals and 43 assists. The Hawks traded him before the 2020 trade deadline to the Calgary Flames for a third-round pick that the team used to draft Wyatt Kaiser.

He had an assist in Game 5 on Saturday.