Dach comfortable with trying to meet expectations for Blackhawks

Center chosen No. 3 in 2019 Draft is Chicago's highest pick since Kane went No. 1 in 2007

Kirby_Dach

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By Scott King / NHL.com Correspondent

CHICAGO --
Kirby Dach
isn't letting the pressure of being the Chicago Blackhawks' highest draft pick since forward Patrick Kane get to him. The 18-year-old center, the No. 3 pick in the 2019 NHL Draft, has his own expectations to meet.

"I think the biggest pressure is going to come from myself," Dach said at Blackhawks development camp Monday. "I know that kind of stature of being the third overall pick. There's going to be some pressure behind it but I kind of just flush it out and the only pressure that's going to come from my performance is going to be from**

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