Brent Seabrook is one of the stars on the Chicago Blackhawks' blue line.
He has been a solid player on each of their Stanley Cup championship teams in 2010 and 2013. In last year's championship run, Seabrook scored the overtime goal that eliminated the Detroit Red Wings in Game 7 of the Western Conference Semifinals.
In the Stanley Cup Final, he scored another overtime goal in Game 4 against the Boston Bruins. That goal gave the Blackhawks a key win on the road and allowed them to turn around a series they would eventually win in six games.
But when an athlete plays the role of hero, it doesn't end there.
Blackhawks fans will forever be grateful to Seabrook for those two goals. However, they will always expect more from him as well. They want Seabrook to play like a superstar on an every-night basis.
Nobody can do that, not even the league's top superstars. Seabrook is a star, but he is below that level. He is teamed with Duncan Keith to man the Blackhawks' top defensive pairing and makes many big plays.
His play throughout the first half of the regular season was excellent and there's n ...
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