Best of the Chicago Blackhawks

 The Chicago Blackhawks glory days are over, but man those years were something special. The Blackhawks made hockey fun again for the city of Chicago. It all started with Patrick Kane. You can read more about him in my blog post "3 reasons why Patrick Kane is the best American born player in history". He was a catalyst in all of the team's success. It is just crazy to imagine that if we did not draft him, the Blackhawks would possibly be in another city right now. I go more in depth on that in my blog post "a bizarre hypothetical". Winning three Stanley Cups in six years, they solidified themselves as a dynasty of that time. No other team in recent history was able to accomplish what they did in the same time period. During that run, the Blackhawks produced some of my favorite hockey players of all time. You can read more about that in my page post "My favorite NHL players". It is very sad to see how the dynasty came to an end. But, there is a new era upon us for the Blackhawks. The Blackhawks locked in the first overall pick in the upcoming draft, earning the next generational talent Connor Bedard. I go more in depth in this on my blog post "Profile on the next generational talent". Although the beloved dynasty of the Blackhawks is over, there is no doubt in my mind they will have another one shortly with all these new recruits.

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