If you hopped on Twitter late this morning/early this afternoon, you likely saw some new Chicago Blackhawks lines. No surprise here, as the team has lost four straight games while picking up just two of eight possible points.
However, the way these lines look is so far out of left field, former Chicago Cub Moises Alou would probably shout about it. Let’s have a look, shall we?
Blackhawks lines this morning:
Hartman-Toews-Hayden
Saad-Anisimov-Kane
Bouma-Schmaltz-DeBrincat
Sharp-Wingels-Panik— Mark Lazerus (@MarkLazerus) December 6, 2017
OK. I’m going to go through each of these lines and break down what I think coach Joel Quenneville expects from them, and then talk about why I think these adjustments are a major overreaction.