Chicago Blackhawks Morning Links- March Madness

Good morning Chicago Blackhawks fans! Tonight the brackets for March Madness get announced and for 3 days people around the country will be filling out brackets with the hopes of the perfect bracket.

The Chicago Blackhawks are going through their own March Madness with them doing their annual struggle through the end of the regular season before getting to the postseason.  The Hawks never push themselves to get to first place in the Central Division, and that lack of push was obvious this week against the St. Louis Blues and Dallas Stars on the road.

This is time of year where we all question what is wrong with the Blackhawks even though we know what the answers are.  The Hawks are 69 games into the season so they are a tired bunch that focus on the finish line in June and not the finish line in April, and after the trade deadline it takes a few games for the team to mesh.

The Hawks have a bunch of off days to rest up and do some practicing, it will be another measuring stick game at home on Monday night when the LA Kings come to the United Center.  No worries it’s just the Hawks version of March Madness, and here are some morning links to kick off your Sunday morning.

Maybe we can blame all of the Chicago Blackhawks moms for the teams losing on the road this past week (Blackhawks)

What were the good, bad, ugly and uber ugly from the Chicago Blackhawks loss to the Dallas Stars (Puckin Hostile)

One good thing that has happened this past week is Teuvo Teravainen feeling more at home playing center (CSN)

The biggest problem facing the Chicago Blackhawks is that they are getting killed by their own penalty kill (ISports)

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After dreaming about it for two weeks, we finally got to witness the Chicago Blackhawks top line (Sports Quotient)

Stephen Johns finally made his NHL debut and of course it was against his old team the Blackhawks (Pro Hockey Talk)

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Nashville Predators defenseman Barret Jackman is handling his recent benching (Tennessean)

Three Colorado Avalanche players that need to step up in Gabriel Landeskog absence  (Mile High Sticking)

Vladimir Sobotka is not the St. Louis savior of the franchise to lead them to the Cup (Bleedin Blue)

The Washington Capitals are about to lock up their playoff spot, but the real pressure will come when the playoffs begin (Puck Daddy)