Jeremy Colliton, Chicago Blackhawks (Photo by Jonathan Daniel/Getty Images)
The Chicago Blackhawks declared themselves to be rebuilding, and yet they haven’t put actions to their words yet.
Despite Stan Bowman’s admission of a rebuild, his backward hand flip goodbye to Corey Crawford, and his apparent obsession with acquiring for bottom-six defensive-minded forwards. I am certain there were still a few Blackhawk fans that held out hope for the upcoming season. I am equally assured that the events of the past couple of weeks have destroyed all of these delusions.
The bad news started with the realization that the surgery to Alex Nylander’s torn meniscus was going to sideline the winger for four to five months.