Joe Knowles: Blackhawks need to get bad, and the sooner the better
CHICAGO - Bundle up for a long cold spell, Blackhawks fans. Winter is coming. Or at least, it had better be.
If you have been on the Hawks bandwagon for only a short time, this climate change could be jarring. For those of you with longer loyalties, it may seem familiar but no less uncomfortable.
The firing of Joel Quenneville effectively ends the greatest era in modern Hawks history. What's next is likely a painful descent, first to mediocrity and then, hopefully, to depths lower still.
Why hopefully? Because
