You’ll sit alone forever
if you wait for the right time
What are you hoping for?
I doubt Jimmy Eat World was signing about professional sports franchises in that song, but hearing it over the weekend sent my mind towards the Blackhawks and their current state of affairs after missing out on the Stanley Cup Playoffs yet again, with no pandemic-induced playoff expansion to save them this time around.
Here the Blackhawks sit, on the outside of the playoff party but with a sense of direction that’s much different than the last three times Chicago arrived at this position.