The Chicago Blackhawks may have the best young tandem in hockey in Jonathan Toews and Patrick Kane. General manager Stan Bowman is eager to sign both before July 1.

The two are as close off the ice as they are on it and plan on signing long-term extensions on the same day like they did in 2009.

Toews told Mark Lazerus of the Chicago Sun-Times:

We've been kind of going hand-in-hand almost our entire careers. When we came in as rookies, and we've just been included in the same discussion for a lot of things, namely our second contract, and probably this time again. The chances of that are good. But at the end of the day, he’s got his own needs and his own family, and you have to respect that, as well.

Toews continued to elaborate, hinting at extenions that would keep them in Chicago for the remainder of their careers.