Can the Chicago Blackhawks go on a cup run?

[illpucks]

Depends on Crawford

 

[Steven1562]

Never gonna say never but it seems unlikely. They could win a round and be a nice story but they would need some crazy good goaltending and Kane and Toews going off for them to make a run.

 

[Goose]

The great thing about playoff hockey is that anything can happen. That said, extremely unlikely. Their D as a collective is too problematic.

 

[BK]

Not this year but if things go right this summer next year could happen if they get hot.

 

[TheAngryHank]

In the west ? Possible.

 

[greasysnapper]

Their D issues are way overinflated, they have decent Defense and Seabrook and Keith still are good, just not great.

They could if they get the goaltending.

 

[aufheben]

They’re 24th overall right now lol

 

[HandshakeLineRespect]

No.

 

[Section88]

They’re 24th overall right now lol

This is one of those cases where thats all you really need to look at. We have no chance lol

 

[DougieSmash]

Cup run? They have something like 24 W LOL.

 

[BRUINS since 1995]

West is WIDE open. So why not...if they make the po

 

[LetsGoBLUES91]

Stop it.

 

[KirkAlbuquerque]

Nope. Their goaltending and depth sucks

 

[GordieHowsUrBreath]

hell no, they stink

 

[OvermanKingGainer]

They've got some pieces... Toews, Debrincat, Kane, Strome. But they need to add serious skater depth to be a good possession team. They might be able to beat a pretender like Winnipeg but the top possession teams in the west - Nashville, Vegas, San Jose, Calgary - would eat them alive.

West teams sorted by CF%

> 51.5% - Contenders
San Jose
Vegas
Calgary
Nashville

>50% - Playoff Calibre teams
St. Louis
Minnesota
Colorado

>48% Bubble Teams who need everything to go right
Winnipeg
Arizona
Dallas
Edmonton
Chicago
Los Angeles

<48% Bob Hartley Hockey
Vancouver
Anaheim

 

[BrockLobster]

23 ROWs and a -24 GD. Cup run???