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Johnson and Toews lived with each other last season and developed a close if unlikely friendship. As Johnson tries to expand his NHL skill set beyond simply hitting, observing Toews’ habits has provided valuable help.
Mike Ehrmann/Getty Images When Patrick Kane thinks back to his rookie season in 2007-08, he remembers seeing a lot of the Blue Jackets, Red Wings, Predators and Blues. The NHL schedule was formatted far differently then. The Hawks played those teams — their Central Division rivals at the time — eight times each. But they played only 10 of the 15 Eastern Conference teams at all, and they faced those 10 teams once each. So when the NHL’s exclusively intradivision 2021 schedule landed in Kane’s hands, he felt like it was 2007 all over again. ‘‘I like playing different teams, bu...