It was NHL locker cleanout day Monday, the earliest the Chicago Blackhawks have had to do this in almost a decade. GM Stan Bowman first met with the media and opened the floor to questions. Questions mostly focused on the team being better defensively, key players underachieving, and the future outlook of keeping young talent.
It wasn’t the same Stan Bowman from last season who was irate and embarrassed after the Blackhawks were swept from the first round by the Predators. This was a defeated Bowman that just wanted to leave the 2017-18 season in the past, like the rest of us.