Struggling Blackhawks

The Blackhawks have lately been losing big games lately and it seems like Ladd isn't making things too much better. Kane is on a 3 game point drought, Hossa came back, but is 0-2 since returning to the Blackhawks, Crawford has had a record 57 starts in a season, and Toews isn't being "captain clutch". The Blackhawks are in a tight race to be in first in the Central Division, but have lost to the Blues and Stars who are also competing with them. Lets break this down, they have been playing poorly since Hossa's injury and the first line has been invisible during this slump. The bad thing is, the Hawks haven't beat a western conference team in a whole month as well. Last night they lost to their rival Kings 5-0 and former Blackhawks Kris Versteeg scored the first goal of the game. The real problem is, they just have to get used to each other since all these new guys like Andrew Ladd, Thomas Fleishmann, and Dale Weise have come in. Luckily the Hawks are only two points behind in the race for 1st and have 1 game in hand so one win would be huge to get out of their losing streak. Also I've noticed the Blackhawks have been in the same situation before so this should be ending soon. Also they don't seem to be scoring 5 on 5 as much anymore, instead they score on power plays or empty nets. Will the Hawks get out of this slump? Can they win the cup again? Is Ladd going to be a good fit for the Blackhawks? stay tuned.... (P.S thank you to everyone who reads this blog! Thanks for 1,500 page views!)