{"id":2904,"date":"2024-11-14T23:23:12","date_gmt":"2024-11-14T23:23:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/breakingnews.azontree.com\/?p=2904"},"modified":"2024-11-14T23:23:12","modified_gmt":"2024-11-14T23:23:12","slug":"hot-news-are-the-chicago-blackhawks-living-up-to-preseason-expectations-through-mid-november","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/breakingnews.azontree.com\/?p=2904","title":{"rendered":"HOT NEWS: Are the Chicago Blackhawks living up to preseason expectations through mid-November?"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure><\/figure>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images2.minutemediacdn.com\/image\/upload\/c_crop,w_4888,h_2749,x_0,y_509\/c_fill,w_752,ar_16:9,f_auto,q_auto,g_auto\/images\/ImagnImages\/mmsport\/99\/01jcp5sxyj53vajrxgvc.jpg\" alt=\"Nov 10, 2024; Chicago, Illinois, USA;  Chicago Blackhawks center Philipp Kurashev (23) celebrates with center Connor Bedard (98),  defenseman Seth Jones (4) and  left wing Taylor Hall (71)  after he scored the game winning goal against the Minnesota Wild during the overtime  period at the United Center. Mandatory Credit: Matt Marton-Imagn Images\" \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-0\">The Chicago Blackhawks have some serious issues, but for a team that\u2019s still looking for an identity, could we have expected anything less? Plus, it\u2019s not like 2024-25 is a make-or-break, and another bad year could counterintuitively work in the team\u2019s favor.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-1\">Some of the team\u2019s more legitimate concerns have been what to do with a suddenly upstart player named Arvid Soderblom (seriously), why Connor Bedard isn\u2019t scoring more goals, and perhaps most importantly, when will this team show an iota of consistency? Legitimate, and while the team\u2019s inner circle of fans may be worried that 2024-25 may be another clunker, we need to measure progress.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-2\">With some new, experienced names like Teuvo Teravainen and Tyler Bertuzzi, it was easy to raise expectations. Connor Bedard, entering his second season, plus other young players like Philipp Kurashev and Alex Vlasic, further raised the standard.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-3\">But not all rebuilding teams will become playoff contenders so quickly, and the Hawks look like they\u2019re another year out unless their chemistry picks up. But let\u2019s look at some real numbers and determine whether this group is where they should be.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"inline-text-4\">The Blackhawks have shown improvement from this time last season<\/h2>\n<p id=\"inline-text-5\">Let\u2019s check out the 2023-24 team\u2019s numbers, which saw them sitting at 5-11-0, with 41 goals scored and 56 goals allowed. That averages 2.56 goals scored per game and 3.5 goals allowed.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-6\">At 6-9-1, the Hawks have 13 points or three more than they did through 16 games last season. Goals, however, remain hard to come by, and they\u2019re exactly where they were last season, but they\u2019ve allowed just 49 total, a seven-goal improvement from 2023-24.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-7\">Other critical numbers from last season (in 82 games) include a 16.6 power play percentage, a 75.76 penalty kill percentage, a 6.5 shooting percentage at 5-on-5, a 44.3 Corsi For, 118 actual goals for at 5-on-5 with 202 allowed, and a 41.3 to 50.7 high-danger chances for to against ratio from a percentage standpoint. Overall, the Hawks finished the year with pedestrian numbers that were all expected to improve this season.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-8\">Their 20.83 power play percentage has been a vast improvement so far, as has the 79.17 penalty kill percentage. Currently, the Hawks are shooting at just 6.7 percent at 5-on-5, so that number isn\u2019t at expectations. But, they have a 46.7 Corsi For, 25 actual goals scored at 5-on-5, and 29 allowed, but their high-danger chances for-to-against ratio sits at a meager 39.2 to 60.8.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"inline-text-9\">Have the Hawks at least played to expectations?<\/h2>\n<p id=\"inline-text-10\">At best, the Blackhawks would have competed for a wild card spot in the Western Conference, but they still look like one of the worst teams so far. But, there have been some improvements as shown above, and far more progression than there has regression, so that\u2019s an excellent sign.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-11\">No, improvements alone don\u2019t answer whether this team has played to expectations, but we also went into this year knowing that the Hawks were, realistically, going to build on the foundation they established last season, weak as it was. So far, they\u2019ve been doing that and have at least looked relevant at times, including their recent 2-1 upset win over the Minnesota Wild.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Chicago Blackhawks are 6-9-1 heading into Game 17 against the Seattle Kraken. 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