Jonathan Toews isn't sure if he will play hockey next year.

The Chicago Blackhawks captain, who has suffered from chronic immune response syndrome for three years, told The Athletic's Mark Lazerus on Thursday that he has "no idea whether I return to play for the Blackhawks next year, or play for another team, or I decide to move on to other things."

"… But at this point, I've realized there's no point in continuing to stomach this struggle," Toews said. "So if it's not a hell yeah, then it's a hell no."

He was absent the entire 2020-21 season due to CIRS and missed two months of this year's campaign because of its effects compounded with long COVID.

The center returned to the ice on April 1 at the United Center, where he skated 14 minutes in the Blackhawks' 6-3 loss to the New Jersey Devils.