Blackhawks general manager Stan Bowman doesn’t hold back when he believes he has a special prospect.



Bowman will deliver one positive adjective after another in touting his player. He did that when Teuvo Teravainen was still a teenager in Finland. He’s been doing it with Nick Schmaltz while he’s still in college. And now you can add 19-year-old defenseman Gustav Forsling to the list.



Bowman was optimistic about Forsling’s potential when the Blackhawks acquired him from the Vancouver Canucks for Adam Clendening in January 2015, but there was not a lot of proof just yet. Since then, Forsling has provided Bowman all he’s needed to see to believe Forsling will be a legit NHL player.



Bowman went over to Sweden in November to watch Forsling play in person. What Bowman witnessed was a defenseman beginning to find his game.



“He was really impressive,” Bowman said last month at the IIHF World Championship in...