Here’s the final entry of our 10-week Throwback Thursday series (it’s almost regular season time!), counting down to the Hawks’ home opener on Thursday, October 5. Today, it’s one regular season game that stood out among the fulll 82 during the 2016-17 season.
One minor drawback of cheering for a team that has been fortunate enough to have so much postseason success is that it can render the regular season largely irrelevant. The first month is usually a perfect antidote for a hockey-less summer, but once that affliction has been cured, it’s hard to find reasons to get too excited about a Tuesday night matchup between the Chicago Blackhawks and a team they won’t see again for the rest of the regular season.