It’s no secret at this point in the season that the Chicago Blackhawks are not a perfect team. They are not Stanley Cup contenders and it’s looking more likely that they are not true Stanley Cup
playoff contenders, either.
Last night’s 5-1 loss to the Dallas Stars seemed to be a culmination of a lot of things wrong with the 2021 iteration of the Blackhawks. Primarily, costly mistakes not being rectified.
Blackhawks teams of the past used to have this aura around them, which, whatever happened, they were never out of a game. They could be down two, three, four goals and still feel like the game would be within arms reach. The leadership of the team stretched way beyond Jonathan Toews and whoever was wearing a letter for Chicago at the time.