The Chicago Blackhawks' start to the season yields the seeds of what could be the end of the ongoing rebuild.
The Chicago Blackhawks are 2-2-1 heading into Friday night’s tilt against the Vancouver Canucks. The start isn’t precisely earth-shattering, but it’s much better than expected. Some pundits would have had the Hawks opening the season 0-5 or somewhere around there.
But the fact of the matter is that the Blackhawks’ rebuild, painful as it is, could finally be yielding the sort of fruit fans have been anxious to see.