Andrew Shaw, Chicago Blackhawks (Photo by Victor Decolongon/Getty Images)
Five games into the season and the Blackhawks have three points out of a possible ten. Chicago has allowed 21 goals against. They aren’t realistically competing for anything except the draft lottery, and Detroit, who was historically bad last year proved that being the worst team doesn’t guarantee the first overall pick. Chicago needs to replenish its talent pool, but where does the rebuild go from here?
It’s not like the team is going to simply throw the season away for the sake of developing a handful of rookies, but Chicago Blackhawks did officially announce a rebuild with an emphasis on younger players.