The Downfall Of The Chicago Blackhawks 

As a Kings fan I'm going to miss the Kings - Blackhawks rivalry of the mid-2010's.

Win, lose, or draw, I'm Blackhawk Down 4 Life !!

I have been a Blackhawk fan since 2008 and i can't say i am mad at them for not making the playoffs because they gave the city of chicago a dynasty so even if they do suck for next ten years i wont be mad

The salary cap hurt the Hawks more then anything,we had to get rid of a number of good players because we couldnt afford to fit their salarys under the cap.Losing Dustin Byfuglien especially hurt.

You act like Toews and Kane are washed up, they are only 30 years old. They still have a lot of good hockey years left in them. As for Keith and Seabrook, yes they are starting to regress big time. But hey, all of those dudes brought my Hawks 3 stanley cups, I'm fine with them finishing their careers in Chicago, and trying to find guys to put around them to get one last cup.

I’m a blues fan and I’m kinda of bummed that the Blackhawks have fallen off. As much as I hate them, games between us were some of the most fun hockey to watch in the mid 2010s

Yo I’m from Chicago and this is like a punch in the face😂😂 just looking back to all those memories of parties with the family and watching the blackhawks game, good times

Toronto Maple Leafs after 1967. Now that's a downfall.

The Blackhawks dynasty was the reason why I started watching hockey.

No matter what... Win or lose GO BLACKHAWKS NATION

They have won 3 cups in the last decade. Most teams have never won a Cup and some teams like mine (Toronto) haven't won in over 50 years. What downfall? :)

I wouldn't say the Hawks are in a "downfall". 2017 was a situation in which every conceivable thing that could've gone wrong, did. Hossa had to unofficially retire from hockey due to some bizarre skin condition, Crawford gets hurt and misses most of the season, Toews can't get it together for most of the year, and the team around the core was simply too young and inexperienced to carry all the dead weight. I think this year, with a more experienced supporting cast, a better year from Toews, a healthy Crawford and some fresh blood on defense, this team will compete.

3 cups in 5 years is mad impressive As a flyers fan who watched them win the first one, you knew the talent was here to stay

DeBrincat is a stud, they struggled with defense all last season.

The Kings and blackhawks both have fallen and it’s sad, penguins and caps are next to fall in the next couple years. Two dominant teams with superstars who are aging

“Excellent team culture” holy shit that aged like milk in a desert

I didn’t think coach q was doing that bad didn’t understand why they would fire him

So one bad season after 10 years of dominance including 3 Cups, multiple Western Conference Final and it's already their downfall? Hot take.

Make no mistake about it - the team that won 3 cups was built by Dale Tallon and NOT that little wimp named Bowman. If Bowman's father wasn't named Scotty no one would know who Stan Bowman is.

Love my Blackhawks no matter what. Been a fan since the 80's. They will be back again.

They’re a mess. Scandal shows that. Franchise’s lack of true direction and wasted past 4 years shows that.

Do a "downfall of the Canucks." Oh, easy: The Bruins!

As a chicagoan I don't know anyone who cared about the blackhawks until the got to the Stanly Cup it's like everyone some how became an expert and an old fan but I guess that happens with all teams

As my family has been season ticket holders long before i was born, I grew up watching the Hawks. My earliest memories of them consisted of a mere 6-8,000 people coming to watch them play as they scraped the bottom of the league standings. As they started to prosper, gaining popularity, i became more aware of the business side of the game. Dale Tallon gets little to no credit whatsoever for the team that he built. He grew this team from the bottom up and the same core of guys that he brought in won 3 Stanley Cups. Now, Stan Bowman gets all the credit. In my opinion, Stan Bowman is the second worst GM in the league, only slightly better than Marc Bergevin, which really isn’t hard to do. This guy came in, and “led” them to 3 cups. In the process, trading essential pieces of their future for rental players that arguably weren’t needed. For example, Andrew Ladd, Dale Weise, Tomas Fleishmann, Christian Ehrhoff, and he even traded a 2nd round draft pick AND a conditional 4th rounder for KIMMO TIMONEN. That trade would have been good when Kimmo was 32, but the man was a shell of the player he used to be. The guy shouldn’t have been in the NHL if it werent for his name. The only guy that actually helped was Antoine Vermette. And with the draft picks that he did keep, he proved he didn’t have a clue what he was doing. Since they started winning, there have been almost no notable draft choices other than Brandon Saad. But while all this was happening, he was trading away integral parts of the roster because he doesn’t know how to negotiate contracts. Nick Leddy is one that comes to mind. He’s a player that would have helped this extremely depleted defensive core compete in todays NHL. Back to how he can’t negotiate contracts, he loves to bring back old players. Does he love it, or is “because youve been here before and you liked it” his only good selling point when it comes to free agents? Also, trading away brandon saad just because he didn’t want to pay him 6 million dollars a year, led him to trade an incredible talent in Artemi Panarin, to finally say “okay, i guess we need a guy like saad and his price tag on the ice”. This man has ruined the Blackhawks hopes of success in the future, and he’s been able to because the Bowman name holds such unbelievable prestige in the League.

As sad as this is, the best thing to ever happen to the Hawks was the death of owner Bill Wirtz. None of this stuff happens if Bill is still around instead of his son Rocky. They're on the way down but they had 3 cups so I don't think they'll complain.

I’ve been a Black Hawks fan since the early 80’s and there was not much to cheer about except for the fights and the old Chicago Stadium. Rocky Wirtz has done a remarkable job with this franchise taking it from the bottom of the sports barrel to the top including 3 Cups in six years! No downfall, just rebuilding.

Almost four years later, and this is even more so relevant now.

The Blackhawks nearly qualified, but were eliminated from postseason contention w/ just 2 weeks to go.

The Blackhawks will be back with stronger,faster and more aggressive players

They miss the playoffs for the first time in years and it's their "downfall"? Come on, man. They're rebuilding around new, younger talent. That takes time. Plus, we've had some significant injuries, lost Bickell to illness, ect.. They're already looking damn good this year! They'll be back in it in no time, you'll see! #ONEGOAL #LETSGOHAWKS

Game #7 - 2014 series vs Kings, the 2nd, 3rd and 4th goals by LA were all offside.

Not to pull the old man card but my friend I have watched a Hawks team that was captained by Eric Daze and Bob Probert. Acting as if the Hawks are in a freefall is a bit premature folks.

Not a Dynasty, 3 in 5 years doesn't do it.

Alexa! Add to “Bedtime Stories” playlist.

That 2014 WCF was one of the greatest playoff series of all time. You knew whoever won that series, was winning the cup.

End of season update: Crawford did not play for opening night, but played after missing 5 games. He proceeded to get injured two more times. Joel Quenneville got fired and got hired by the Florida Panthers this off-season, reuniting him with Dale Tallon. Patrick Kane has his second 100 point season and finished 3rd overall in points. The Hawks finished last in the Central Division, but they won the draft lottery and got the 3rd pick.

"If yoiu have one of these teams you are going to take it very seriously" laughs in red wings

Joel Quennville is gonna be the panthers coach starting this fall. Dale Tallon was the guy that hired him anyway

This team got hurt when Bowman, the Brain Surgeon, dealt Panarin for Saad, who brought nothing to the team. Toews and his big deal should have been dealt and spare me the no-trade clause, that can be gotten around. Also, Pittsburgh re-worked Crosby's deal twice to keep young talent. Dale Tallon put the nucleus together and then screwed up the reporting protocol by waiting too long and cost the franchise. It happened because he waited too long for input from other members of Blackhawk management and one of those was Bowman.

Dale Tallon was the REAL ARCHITECT of the Hawks. Drafted Kane Toews Seabrook Byfuglien and Crawford. Traded for Hossa and Sharp. Signed Coach Q. Other than a couple good moves (draft Saad/DeBrincat and signing UFA Panarin), Stan Bowman is getting all the credit that Dallon shouldve gotten.

They have good pieces for the future tho. DeBrincat, Strome, Boqvist and to a slightly lesser extent Delia, Perlini, Jokiharju

As a Red Wings fan, I greatly enjoyed this video.

That series in 2014 between the kings and Blackhawks was an epic struggle between what was in my opinion, the two best teams of the last 5 years or so in the NHL...

They need a full rebuild right now. Team is a complete mess as of OCT of 2021. We’ll see what happens in the future.

Easy there killer we aren’t done yet. We are only 3 points off of the canucks and we have a chance to beat them on Thursday so the blackhawks aren’t dead yet

As a Panthers fan, thank you for letting Coach Q go.

Corrections from a die-hard Hawks fan: 1) Dale Tallon was demoted (not initially fired) because of a catastrophic failure of the front office to file qualifying offers to RFAs on time that offseason, which resulted in UFA money going to younger players like Versteeg and Big Buff. Dale mishandled the purse and caused the salary cap issues that came later after the 2010 Cup Win, so his demotion by McD going into that year was not really a surprise to Chicago fans. 2) I would argue that cap forced several “mini-rebuilds” during their “dynasty” run, but their recent failures over the past 2 years came from poor decision-making in the front office. Currently, the Hawks actually have quite a bit of cap space, but StanBo is unable or unwilling to make anything happen. 3) Anyone who hates the Hawks right now (outside of Detroit or Vancouver) isn’t old enough to remember our decades of literal suffering. We deserved the run more than any other NHL city, and I will remember it fondly for the rest of my life regardless of our undeniable downfall.

Next season they're coming back strong. The new coach found his fitting, Kane - Toews - Debrincat - Strome hitting new heights and if Crawford can stay healthy they will be a serious contender in my opinion. All on top of a 3rd overall pick this June.

downfall? 2018 was only one year. 2017 18 season had to do a lot with Corey Crawford getting injured.

Never stop making videos please. These are art!

“I kinda miss them being good” My sentiments exactly. I felt the same way during the Avalanche’s decline in the mid-late 200’s after Sakic, Roy, Forsberg all left.

Might wanna start getting that "Rise of the Blackhawks" video ready

Do the oilers of 1979 to 2019

This guy is Prabably a blues or wild fan

Jeez back when I was little and the Red Wings owned to world I would have never thought the Blackhawks would have their own post-dynasty breakdown video. Besides a few bone headed moves from Bowman, the hawks are a few pieces away from being a cup contender again. The fact that they won as many as they have in such a short amount of puts them in rare company.

I have to be honest Stan Bowman is really hurting the Hawks. And I say that as a Blackhawk fan. He has made horrific trades that have really hurt the team. Trading people like Patrick Sharp, Artemi Panarin, and Tevo Teravainen were huge mistakes in my opinion. He needs to go.

Great video man talk about hockey more your great at it :)

They all just got so old, but it was fun growing up with these great moments, but I’ve always been with my Leafs. GO LEAFS GO!!

The downfall of the hawks was getting rid of niklas hjalmarssen. Casual hockey fans outside of chicago dont realize how Great he is cuz he doesnt light up the stat sheet (except for blocked shots) and its no coincidence they havent won a playoff game since he left. Its no coincidence were absolutely DREADFUL (read: dead-ass last) on penalty kills since he left. Hopefully olli maatta can be the stay-at-home defenseman we need

I used to play with Brandon saad, nice enough kid pretty self confident bordering on arrogance. Absolute man at age 15 too.

I wouldn’t say it’s a downfall, but it’s not dynasty. Kieth and seabrook are aging, but the prospects and young guys look pretty good. Kane is still doing great and toews had an off year but should bounce back, plus the young guys and prospects look decent

HEY, we're gonna win the cup this year dammit. We just had a little lull.

I always claimed Chicago teams until I realized I was never going back. That being said, the Kings' OT win made me hate them for life, so as a Coyotes fan I can still truly carry on my hatred for the Kings even though the Hawks are no longer my team. I hate the Kings so much. So very much. Sometimes I forget it was due to them beating the Hawks, this was a good reminder. Oh, and that Boston series was brutal. Was a good year =)

as a chicago fan since i was 8 (2018) we had a great fuckin run and now we gotta accept that we gotta loook at the future, we aint elite anymore

Price of success, it happens. Still love my Hawks baby!

Downfall? Its only been 1 year of not making the playoffs thats hardly a downfall!

Gotta say as a leafs fan, if the current tandem strung together 3 cups in 6 years and we’re mediocre for years after I would take that in a heartbeat. And honestly Chicago could rebuild quickly, they’ve still drafted really well over the years considering they’ve had low picks. 1-2 high picks and they’re right back in it... maybe trade toews when his value is high again

Die hard Hawks fans from birth. Win or Lose that win Never change!!!

You should definitely do a video on the Kings

0:09 This didn’t age well

the downfall was really the loss to Nashville. Even though the Predators shut out the Hawks in the first two games, they still looked like themselves. I was at Game 3 when Fiala scored the OT goal to put the Preds up 3-0 in the series. I remember seeing it live and later on replays, there's a moment after the goal was scored and then benches emptied. The Hawks were headed back to the locker room and Jonathan Toews just stood there on the blue line looking at the replay on the scoreboard in complete disbelief. They COULD. NOT. BELIEVE. an 8th seed team like Nashville was beating them. Hubris caught up with them and they haven't been the same since that night.

Krueger was one of the best in my eyes as well as Sharp and hossa. Forgot to mention Saad and Shaw, Crow

7:36 HOW DARE YOU INSULT MY HERO SCOTT FOSTER

Joe Quenville just retired so yeah...

it honestly appears as if Bowman became a mowl to dismantle this franchise

Going to miss those LA-Chicago series

"bounceback year" yeahhh no.

You just casually throw, "I know that most people hate the Blackhawks..." in at the end. - Where the hell do u get that from? Watch their road games & see how many Hawks jerseys are in the crowd! (And not just in states close to IL) Smh...

seems like a lot of teams that win multiple stanley cups, they dominate for a few years, win the cup, then next few seasons they're barely making the playoffs or can't keep the talent, so they get eliminated early on. I wonder if it's all worth it to only have 1 win then back to re-building the team because they've gutted the future of the team for that chance to win the cup?

FUTURE ME 2023: Looking not so good! I realize I was spoiled for a almost a decade. It hurts, I cannot lie. The Bruins look unbeatable in the regular season. Lets see what the playoffs have to say.

0:37 “if everyone is healthy” Corey Crawford, or should I say Corey Crawford*

This team is going to the playoffs. This is the one team you can NEVER count out.

I'm a Hawks fan since 2006,they had awesome players,they'l get back on tracks,GO HAWKS!!

I love how this never happens to the Pens

the blackhawks, aka, the best damn team in the nhl

There’s 2 teams I hate in hockey. Blackhawks and Penguins

It’s kinda funny when you think about it, winning Stanley Cups to not even making the playoffs, lol.

I went to a hockey camp this year over the summer and Corey Crawford was co-running the camp with one of his childhood friends who is now a coach and I personally talked to him and his friend about his problems and there is a fair chance that he never plays in the nhl again, let alone this season

Can we agree that salary cap ruins every sport it’s enforced ??

Crawford "had" vertigo problems, he was just cleared, but he is also finishing a rehab protocol, the same one Darling completed and was then traded.

They've given us fans so much. The cap has caught up to them, sadly. Nobody can complain with 3 cups in 8 years. Some fans expect them to go 82-0 every year, but players are getting older and slower. Super thankful and proud of this team!

It is hard to believe that 10 years ago they running sky high to their first Stanley Cup win 49 years, and now 10 laters later, you still have Patrick Kane and Jonathan Towes, but Joel Queneville is going, fired on November 6th, 2018. Now Jeremey Colliton is the head coach, and frankly it looks to be their years are over. While Kane and Towes are both still healthy they are in their early 30's, so who knows how long they will have to go.

Joel Quenneville never missed the playoffs with the Blues, he got fired before the 2004 season ended but even then they still made the playoffs that year

Before Kane's and Toews' arrival, it was said in Chicago that one couldn't give away Blackhawks tickets. I ought to know, I live in that metro area.

Thanks for using my music, lovely video!!

Age is the #1 issue facing the Hawks. That and they were stupid for giving up Panarin, he had 77 points in his rookie year, 74 in his 2nd year and 82 in his 3rd year and in his 4th he has 26 points in 23 games. You don't give up a player like that, especially for Saad who is nowhere near that level

We back baby

From the way the hawks have started this season i wouldn't say it's quite a downfall yet my friend

1:52 that is quite simply untrue. Toews was not at all hyped as a generational talent in 2006.

Well done. I’ve noticed the decline for a long time. You talking about Talon, aging, and salary hit them all. Stan Bowman also introduced a lot of bad trades for any good trade he made. Not just Byfuglien- Leddy, Panarin, Niklas, and continuing to bring back old players instead of developing new blood. A lot more was lost than gained. The losses of Hossa and Crawford are just bizzare. Bickell was unfortunate. Kempney won a cup, Oduya- it’s over and that’s how Hockey is. 3 cups in 8 years is incredible, put them up there with the 90’s-00’s teams of Detroit, Colorado, New Jersey.