Feb. 22--Day 2 of life as a first-time Twitter user and Jonathan Toews already has more than 84,000 followers as of Monday. Blackhawks teammate Scott Darling put his meteoric rise in popularity into perspective.
"When @JonathanToews gets more followers than you in 12 hours," Darling tweeted late Sunday along with a picture of Toews scowling. The backup goaltender had more than 38,000 followers Monday since starting his account in 2010.
So if you're keeping score, it took Toews less than two days to more than double the following it took Darling more than five years to build.
Both have a long way to go to catch Patrick Kane's (@88PKane) 760,000.
plthompson@tribpub.com
