Reality has set in for almost the entire fanbase that the Blackhawks postseason streak will end this year. After dropping seven straight games and falling to 12 points out of the playoffs, the ‘Hawks have a higher probability of winning the draft lottery than of making the playoffs right now.
But this isn’t the end of the franchise by any means. Blackhawks fans endured so many painful years before the Rocky Wirtz era and know the bottom can be so much lower than where the team is now. It simply is the fact that this kind of disappointment hasn’t been felt for quite a long time.