Quite the roller-coaster ride of a week, wasn’t it?
The Chicago Blackhawks opened it on a three-game winning streak then ended it with the most resounding of thuds in an embarrassing 8-5 evisceration at the hands of the Seattle Kraken.
But it was a fitting result, considering everything that transpired in the 24-48 hours prior to that, with Lukas Reichel being sent back to the IceHogs just a handful of days after coach Luke Richardson suggested the 2020 first-round pick might hang around for the long haul.
It was at least somewhat curious that the team’s GM felt the need to address the media soon after that Reichel demotion happened, right?