Worst-kept secret in hockey: The Chicago Blackhawks’ defense throughout the 2015-16 season was a mess, to say the least. A likely-tired trio of Duncan Keith, Brent Seabrook and Niklas Hjalmarsson was tasked with carrying the entire unit, and sometimes Seabrook needed carrying as well.
Trevor van Riemsdyk, Erik Gustafsson, Michal Rozsival, Christian Ehrhoff, Viktor Svedberg, Trevor Daley, David Rundblad and Rob Scuderi had different roles and tenures with the Blackhawks this season, but an overarching word that can be used to describe them all was “struggled.