CHICAGO -- The Chicago Blackhawks will take the ice Tuesday night against the Vancouver Canucks for the first time since clinching their ninth consecutive playoff berth.
Team captain Jonathan Toews and his teammates do not take the streak for granted.
"There's no given that you're going to make the playoffs every year," Toews told the Chicago Tribune. "I think you've seen teams like Winnipeg, Dallas and Colorado that have made good runs, made the playoffs one year and then don't make it the next year.
"Even in the East, it's a lot tighter this year, but there's good teams that are on the bubble that just can't really seem to keep up.