On Monday night, the defending Stanley Cup champion Chicago Blackhawks became the seventh team eliminated from the 2016 Stanley Cup playoffs, after a 3-2 loss to the St. Louis Blues in Game 7 of their first-round series.
The Blackhawks have won three Stanley Cups in the past six years but have never won back-to-back championships in their franchise's entire 90-year history. In fact, no team has repeated as Stanley Cup champion since the Detroit Red Wings nearly 20 years ago, back in 1997 and 1998. Perhaps a Stanley Cup run simply takes too big of a toll on the now tightly budgeted teams of the salary-cap era.
Chicago gave it a good fight, rebounding from a 3-1 deficit in the series to force Game 7 and then tying the deciding game heading into the third period.
Digging deeper, here's who's at fault for the abrupt end to the Blackhawks' 2015-16 season.
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Who’s to Blame for the Chicago Blackhawks’ Early Exit from 2016 NHL Playoffs?
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