Hey, hockey is back! The Chicago Blackhawks and Columbus Blue Jackets laced up their skates Tuesday night for a preseason game, the Blackhawks’ first of the 2017-18 year. The visiting Blackhawks won the game emphatically, using four second-period goals to coast to a 5-2 result.
Blackhawks fans definitely shouldn’t take this as a sign that everything is hunky dory after a tumultuous offseason, but it’d be wrong to say there weren’t positive elements to extract from this game. Any time you’re viewing primarily prospects, you’re going to get something out of watching.
Let’s go through some of my takeaways from the Blackhawks’ preseason-opening victory.