It’d be one thing if the Blackhawks had a proven track record of doing things the right way, ya know?
If the club didn’t have morally questionable (at-best) ownership. If it had a proven player development system. If its last general manager hadn’t routinely been on the wrong end of lopsided trades. But that’s not the reality inside the United Center these days.
There is no goodwill left on Chicago’s west Madison street. No success story the team can point to.