The first two months of the 2018-2019 season were nothing but a nightmare for the Chicago Blackhawks and their fans.
After going 6-2-2 in their first ten games, the ‘Hawks plunged into an eight-game losing streak. In the midst of that, they fired their long-time future Hall-of-Fame head coach Joel Quenneville and hired Rockford’s 33-year-old head coach Jeremy Colliton to try something different. But nothing changed. The ‘Hawks won three games and lost three games before descended into yet another eight-game losing streak. They dug themselves into such a deep hole that nobody thought they’d ever find a way out.