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Chicago Blackhawks Get Defensive Amid Great Expectations

Posted: 1st October 2009 by Mike Szwaja in NHL
A year ago, the Chicago Blackhawks were the great unknown. They had the tools to win. A Stanley Cup-winning goalie in Nikolai Khabibulin. Young guns in Patrick Kane and Jonathan Toews. A lockdown defensive pairing in Brent Seabrook and Duncan Keith. A veteran scorer in Marty Havlat. And fans who were so hungry for a winner, that more than 14,000 season tickets were sold. Still, everyone wanted to know, could ...