The Blackhawks’ bye week started after an embarrassing loss to a middling team, and it ended with one, too. The goaltending isn’t good enough without Corey Crawford, the defense seems to be regressing, and other than Patrick Kane, the star forwards aren’t producing at a high enough level to make up for the other issues.
This thing isn’t going in the right direction, and everyone involved seems befuddled as to how to fix it. We’re left with general platitudes about how the team needs to rally and play better and yada yada yada.