Connor Murphy #5, Chicago Blackhawks. (Photo by Ben Nelms/Getty Images)
The Stanley Cup-winning teams for the Chicago Blackhawks were all big and could play a skilled or a physical style. Why not follow that same blueprint?
The Stanley Cup-winning Blackhawks teams were skilled, yet full of big, strong guys who kept the opposition in check: Bryan Bickell, Brent Seabrook, Brandon Bollig, Ben Eager, Dan Carcillo, the list goes on. This team only began to get pushed around when the front office decided to go down a smaller, skilled path.
Jeremy Colliton has been disappointing and frustrating but, to me at least, not infuriating.