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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 26 ก.ย. 2024
- In February 2004, a grim milestone was reached when ESPN named the Chicago Blackhawks the worst franchise in professional sports. The once-proud team had become a symbol of apathy and frustration for Chicagoans throughout the 1990s and early 2000s, some of it had to do with the teams stanley cup drought which was nearing 45 years. but much of it was due to the controversial policies of owner Bill Wirtz, known disparagingly as "Dollar Bill." His decision to block local broadcasts of home games-claiming it was unfair to season ticket holders-alienated the fanbase. Coupled with steep ticket prices for a team who on their absolute best night might have been a solid product in the American hockey league the ticket prices were among the highest in the NHL at the time, it seemed Wirtz was driving a wedge between the team and its city.
Things were so embarrassing As the Blackhawks stumbled, they even had the nearby Chicago Wolves, an AHL team based in Rosemont, Illinois, mocking them with their biting marketing slogan: "We Play Hockey the Old-Fashioned Way: We Actually Win." It was a painful jab at a team that once commanded respect but had now become a shadow of its former self.
In the wake of the 2004-05 NHL lockout, a glimmer of change appeared. New general manager Dale Tallon took the reins, determined to rebuild and restore the franchise to its former glory. The summer of 2005 brought hope, as Tallon made bold moves, signing Nikolai Khabibulin who was fresh off a stanley cup win and All-Star defenseman Adrian Aucoin. Yet, the optimism was short-lived. Injuries ravaged both key acquisitions, and the Blackhawks endured another dismal season, finishing with a 26-43-13 record-second-worst in the league and next-to-last in the Western Conference.
May 16, 2006, marked another blow when the beloved voice of the Blackhawks, Pat Foley, was let go after 25 years with the team, a decision that outraged fans. Foley's departure to the Wolves only deepened the rift between the Blackhawks and their supporters.
Yet, amid the darkness, a faint flicker of hope began to emerge in 2006-a sign that perhaps the franchise's long fall from grace could still be reversed....
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Undeniably one of the greatest Captains and Leaders to ever play the game.
Absolutely.
Seeing him no longer carry the "C" for the Hawks still hurts...
he should be there mentoring bedard
@@usmanboone i'm sure his health is more important to him than mentoring the new rookie.
It was said that Tazer could be the best Scorer,Skater,Defensive Forward so on and so forth if he focused on one thing, but he chose not to and instead chose to be the best leader the game has seen since Messier
No chance lol he could of solely focused 100% on one specific skillset and he still wouldn’t even be best on his team aka kane , let alone best in the nhl
@@lucarossi9453guy started watching hockey in 2017😭
@@lucarossi9453you have no idea how much of his offensive game he sacrificed to be an amazing 2 way player.
@@lucarossi9453my guy they were comparing towes to Crosby at one point
You mean since yzerman, teows is more comparable to yzerman than anyone else.
I love the hawks of the 2010’s. Toews, Kane, Hossa, Kieth, Crawford, saad, bolland, Campbell, etc. Toews however…I’ll miss him the most❤️🖤🤍
I got into hockey as a 14 year old in Australia in 2011. I can feel the emotion in your voice as you describe your passion for the game. In my early years of playoff hockey I remember guys like St Louis, Stamkos, Doan, Mike Smith and Quick showing me how awesome hockey is. Nowadays my favourite players are Hellebuyck, Vasilevskiy Kucherov and Scheifele. Keep making hockey videos, it just fuels my love for the game
Great recap of a great career!
What’s even more exciting regarding Toews is the similarities we are seeing in Connor Bedard to Johnny’s personality. We have seen so much amazing talent in the NHL never win anything, but rarely is that kind of heart we see in those players there and that’s truly what wins championships.
That opening goal is when we all knew. I was going to say "Dying Franchise" was too strong, but I did actively boycott the Hawks the year before the lockout. Despite being only 8 at the time, you were very accurate describing life as a fan under dollar Bill Wirtz. The only cool thing was with a student ID, you could get nosebleeds for $16 around that time, so we still went up until that two years before the lockout. The worst part was there was no cap, we were a big market team, but Wirtz would not spend money to get a decent product on the ice. They got rid of my heros growing up, JR, Cheli, and Belfour. Excellent video.
My dad and I had partial season tickets from 2006 to 2008. I know everything seems better when you're 10-12 years old but that Hawks team during Kane and Toews's rookie year was my favorite
Dude, i love the intro, the passion and love for the game however you made me feel old as dirt. I fell in love with hockey way before i ever seen a pro game on TV, but when i did.. omg... i was 9 yrs old and it was the 1987-88 playoffs. Kane and Toews were just these young soft kids coming into the league with tons of talent. They did not disappoint. But i remember watching Denis Savard, Dirk Graham, Steve Larmer, blackhawks. Then a rookie named Roenick. And a short little goalie named Pang. They broke hearts every post season cause oilers were winning the cup and everyone knew it.
got a beauty toews auto hawks jersey signed and framed right above me.....and right beside it, a team canada toews jersey framed and signed. keith and kaner are still in a drawer, thats how high i hold tazer.
Just got my Toews jersey in my mail last week, looks sick!
god i miss my 2010s blackhawks so bad
Fantastic Video; I love watching Blackhawks games from that 2010-16 Era Hawks teams those were some fun teams
Phenomenal video …go hawks. Retire #19 LEGEND
great video!
Not a hawks fan but awesome video 👍 subbed
Great video brother! Can you drop a hint as to who you are doing other videos on? Love the channel!
Thank you man! One of the next videos will be on a legend who wore #5 aha 👀
@@MSZFilms I'm a Red Wings fan so this has me (potentially) excited 🤣
Either way I'm pumped. Keep it up man.
W vid (so far I haven’t finished it)😂
Maybe I’m just getting older but why do I feel like young prospects then and now are so different they seem soo boyish in twinky to me now
It’s because you know them as they are now. Older, hardened, more mature. We tend to forget how small and boyish they used to be. I mean look at young Toews, Crosby, Kane, Fluery. They all were smaller
@@Hockeyfan268 I also mean facially, these new guys faces seem like they’re 15 . Bedard!!! Hughes!! It’s insane seeming them in regular clothes they look like frat boys
I think if you just changed your approach to your thumbnails, your channel would grow much more. I'm not saying you should make them super obnoxious stereotype TH-cam thumbnails, but try experimenting with different things. I think removing the VHS filter thing and allowing for brighter colors would help a lot. Some text would also be nice too.
st Boniface is pronounced saint bonafiss. but the video was great regardless
hockey for life
Kings got revenge in 2014. Just saying.
But amazing video.
Thats still the best series ive ever seen
It's weird, I have no ill will towards the Kings. Some awesome battles.
Hawks got revenge in 2015 by cementing a dynasty
never right after safe n effective
how many will get THAT comment. I was thinking the same
@@onajourneytosomewherek8242what does safe n effective mean?
🥹😭 SO sad that he threw it ALL away with the ol' Jibby jab 👎 play stupid games,... win the Ultimate prize 🤷🏻🤬
What did he do to throw his career away? sorry i’m confused
@@Cthylla417 don't listen to this guy, hes speculating.
fine i'll say it. toews was massively over rated and could barely stay on his feet in the nhl.
Lol stop
That part on the Wolves brought back memories. That team is in a weird place now. They have a few die hards left over, but they are now an enemy in their own city due to the Hawks affiliate being their hatred rival in Rockford.
Toews, Keith and hjalmer became some of my hero's watching them and trying to replicate their skills on the pond made a bigger impact on my life than I ever realized
Toews short handed goal to send it into overtime against Vancouver was legendary
5:43 me too man, me too. The 2010s NHL is unmatched.
Oh Captain My Captain!
My old man said that he was like a modern day Dave Keon.
I agree with pretty much everything thats being said about him..but it helps having a guy nicknamed showtime playing with you, marian hossa who was a top 10 forward during his Chicago day's, brandon saad,duncan keith,corey Crawford, Patrick sharpe ect in their prime. Coupled with excellent role players. Point being he had a great team to lead along with great players and it came together beautifully his fingerprints were all over that team and with him leading the way it catipulted the blackhawks to greatness. 3 cups in 5 years and if not for the kings historic 14 playoff run and game 7 OT win in Chicago in conference finals it would've been 4..they also made conference finals in 09..really impressive run.
It's always so weird to me that massive markets like Chicago and Pittsburgh have trouble filling the stands when they don't have top level talent, despite all the cups they've won
His goal against Colorado made me renounce my hometown Flames red for Blackhawks red, I had the centre ice package and marvelled at that goal, no Flame did anything exciting like that, not even Iggy. That goal vs Van where he willed it coast to coast to send it in overtime in game 7, stayed with me all offseason. They had no business being in game 7 vs how good that Vancouver team was that year.
Please do Daniel Alfredsson
Yesssss
Damn you're older than me. I was only 6 when they won. Toews was my favorite player.
My favorite player. Oh captain my captain 🫡
Captain my captain.... your fearful trip is done - I salute you
My personal favorite player of all time, if it wasn't for Tazer I may not even be a hockey fan today.
11:47 "and we did a fucking great job" made me laugh, you toews had a great fucking career
Special player. Special leader. Special winner.
Thanks for this incredible video , next make patrick kane
A Keith and seabrook video would kill
24:48 Thought that was hugging the post.
After he left, right back to a garbage franchise
One of the most overrated players ever.
It wasn't him that saved the team it was the better player Patrick Kane
You do know hockey is a 200 hundred foot, 3 zone game. Hockey is more then just points.
Don’t disrespect the best Blackhawk and best captain in NHL history
@@BBeyondBBlessed bro double texted me, and made a threat too lmao. We on YT bro. Who scored the clutch goals for the team
@@Vancouverallday first of all let me get this out the way, there was no threats and secondly who assisted them ? Ah that’s right number 19
@@BBeyondBBlessed Kane's a top 20-25 forward in NHL history.