Most of the time, those of us who write here at Second City Hockey — who make no secret about our status as Blackhawks fans — try to view everything around this team with as objective of a viewpoint as we can muster.
But this ... this is not one of those times.
That’s because goaltender Corey Crawford, after a 10-month absence that’s felt like 10 years, is going to return when the Blackhawks host the Coyotes on Thursday night at the United Center.
I don’t think I realized how much I’ve appreciated having Crawford on this team until the rotating cast of sieves that replaced him last season were forced upon us during his absence.