Brent Seabrook was talking about the Blackhawks’ young season so far when he made a simple assessment.
“I think we have some work to do,” he said following a 5-4 loss to the Minnesota Wild.
It comes as no great surprise that the Blackhawks didn’t come charging out of the 2015-16 gate. They went through so many changes this offseason there was no doubt it was going to take time. So here they sit, heading into November, with a mediocre 6-5-0 record. As coach Joel Quenneville said, “that’s probably what we should be.”
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The Blackhawks are struggling in areas this season that they haven’t dealt with since the season or two following the summer of 2010 purge.