Stan Bowman needs to take a lot of blame for the Chicago Blackhawks fall, but he is not the only reason the team fell so quickly from championship hunting to missing the playoffs.
In Marian Hossa’s final season he put up 26 goals and 19 assists. Those were great numbers from the then 38-year-old forward. He also was great in his own end and registered 47 takeaways. I think that the Blackhawks are still missing Hossa.
Hossa was great with Jonathan Toews. The two played a similar style of play, and since Hossa left the team that right-wing position has seen a slew of players come in and try to take the ropes.