Chicago Blackhawks, Adam Munro (Photo by Jonathan Daniel/Getty Images)
Some people would probably consider the phrase ‘Chicago Blackhawks 2000s all-decade team’ to be an oxymoron, and that wouldn’t be entirely untrue. The ‘Hawks were notoriously bad in the early 2000s, but there were still some talented players that laced them up during this era.
The Blackhawks saw a number of players come and go during the tumultuous period prior to their 2010 Stanley Cup Championship, their first in 49 years. The club lost in the first round of the 2002 playoffs and would not return to the postseason until 2009.