Silverman: Isolating The Blackhawks Was The Wrong Way For NHL To Go
The Chicago Blackhawks have been treated shabbily by the National Hockey League.
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The Chicago Blackhawks have been treated shabbily by the National Hockey League.
You don't have to be a hockey savant to know that the Chicago Blackhawks are going to be marked men this season every time they step on the ice.
Michal Handzus scored the go-ahead goal 6:45 into the second period and the Chicago Blackhawks held on for a 3-2 win over the New York Islanders on Friday night.
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The drum beat is getting louder for the NHL to put an end to fighting.
Championships in Chicago are few and far between.
The current Blackhawks are already among the best teams Chicago has ever seen.
When it comes to talent, the Blackhawks don't have to take a backseat to anyone.
This time, the Blackhawks decided to make sure their Stanley Cup-winning goalie stays with them.
The Chicago Blackhawks have agreed to terms with goaltender Corey Crawford on a six-year contract extension, through the end of the 2019-20 season.
No NHL team has repeated as Stanley Cup Champion since the Detroit Red Wings won back-to-back championships in 1997 and '98.
All Quenneville has done since he came aboard early in the 2008-09 season is win two Stanley Cups for a team that had not won even once since 1961.
Stan Bowman wanted to keep Joel Quenneville in Chicago, and the coach had no desire to leave.
There has been a lot of hand-wringing locally about the NHL's decision to go forward with a decision to play in the Olympics.
The Blackhawks begin their quest for their third Stanley Cup Final victory in five seasons on October 1 at the United Center.
Crawford is going to get his money and he is going to deserve what he gets.
Here's a prediction: Even though the Chicago Blackhawks will have the shortest offseason in NHL history – thanks to the lockout and the late end of the Stanley Cup Final – they will not suffer from the hangover this time around.
The future looks bright for the Chicago Blackhawks, certainly a lot brighter than it did when they won the Stanley Cup in 2010.
They are the 2013 Chicago Blackhawks. The third-greatest team of all-time.
Those seventeen seconds birthed a champion from the jaws of sure defeat. They made hockey just the coolest damn thing in the world, if only for a short period of time to the rest of the country and the world, but a hell of a lot longer in the Windy City.
A remarkable season ended with the most memorable of finishes.
This series has long had the look of a seven-game series. However, the Blackhawks' Magic Man has hit his stride again and he could prove fatal for the Bruins tonight.
Here's a helpful guide in case you're not quite sure how to approach tonight's Game 6 so as not to embarrass yourself or the city (because Chicago bandwagoners are known nationally).
The Chicago Blackhawks and Boston Bruins have been seen as a Stanley Cup Final of near-equals from the time this confrontation became a reality two weeks ago.
