There’s one word that comes to mind as quickly as any other when people are talking about Blackhawks fans: spoiled. You’ll hear it from opposing fans, media, and even other fans from Chicago. There’s an attitude that the Hawks have been so good to their fans over the years that we should all just be content for now no matter what happens.
Shockingly, sports fans don’t really operate that way. Nobody watches Season 8 of a television show and ignores that it sucks just because Season 2 was really, really good. People are gauging the immediate entertainment value of the product at hand, and you only get so many bonus points for entertainment provided in 2015 when it’s now two years later.