Chicago started out hot and never looked back en route to the Stanley Cup. Patrick Kane and company started the season 21-0-3 and cruised to a 36-7-5 finish and the President’s Trophy. Let’s put in our tape of Chelsea Dagger in and hum along as we look back at the champs’ season in fantasy hockey.
Team Name: Chicago Blackhawks
Record: 36-7-5, 1st Central, Won Stanley Cup
Player of the Season: Kane led the Hawks with a 23-32–55 line, 17 PP points, +11 rating and only 8 PIMs. He was the best player in the regular season and kept going in the playoffs when he won the Conn Smythe Trophy.
Breakout of the Season: Brandon Saad finished fifth on the team with a solid 10-17–27 line and a +17 rating. The rookie had a great debut season, won a Cup and should produce for years to come in Chicago.
Disappointment of the Season: The Hawks finished 19th on the power play and were a dismal 1-of-19 in the finals. Not like they needed any help scoring goals.
Team Analysis: They were second in goals for (3.1), first in goals against (2.0), and third on the penalty kill (87.2%). The team had stellar players in Kane and Johnathan Toews (23-25–48, 6 PP points and a +28) and they had six other players with at least 20 points this season. Yeah, they were really damn good.
2013-2014 Story Lines: How many of these guys will be back next season? There are going to be some free agents and Chicago will have to make some tough decisions.
2013-2014 Fantasy Guys to Have: Kane, Toews, Saad, Marian Hossa, Duncan Keith, Seabrook, Patrick Sharp, Corey Crawford, Ray Emery,
Guys On the Fringe: Stalberg, Bickell, Leddy, Shaw,
| PLAYER | GP | G | A | PTS | +/- | PIM | ATOI | PPG | PPA | SHG | SHA | SOG | SPCT |
| Patrick Kane, RW | 47 | 23 | 32 | 55 | 11 | 8 | 20:03 | 8 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 138 | 16.7 |
| Jonathan Toews, C | 47 | 23 | 25 | 48 | 28 | 27 | 19:21 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 143 | 16.1 |
| Marian Hossa, RW | 40 | 17 | 14 | 31 | 20 | 16 | 18:02 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 116 | 14.7 |
| Duncan Keith, D | 47 | 3 | 24 | 27 | 16 | 31 | 24:07 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 91 | 3.3 |
| Brandon Saad, LW | 46 | 10 | 17 | 27 | 17 | 12 | 16:28 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 98 | 10.2 |
| Viktor Stalberg, LW | 47 | 9 | 14 | 23 | 16 | 25 | 14:07 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 113 | 8.0 |
| Bryan Bickell, LW | 48 | 9 | 14 | 23 | 12 | 25 | 12:48 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 82 | 11.0 |
| Brent Seabrook, D | 47 | 8 | 12 | 20 | 12 | 23 | 22:00 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 65 | 12.3 |
| Patrick Sharp, C | 28 | 6 | 14 | 20 | 8 | 14 | 18:50 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 88 | 6.8 |
| Nick Leddy, D | 48 | 6 | 12 | 18 | 15 | 10 | 17:25 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 65 | 9.2 |
| Andrew Shaw, C | 48 | 9 | 6 | 15 | 6 | 38 | 15:03 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 64 | 14.1 |
| Dave Bolland, C | 35 | 7 | 7 | 14 | -7 | 22 | 16:20 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 46 | 15.2 |
| Marcus Kruger, C | 47 | 4 | 9 | 13 | 3 | 24 | 14:10 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 50 | 8.0 |
| Michal Rozsival, D | 27 | 0 | 12 | 12 | 18 | 14 | 18:07 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 0.0 |
| Johnny Oduya, D | 48 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 12 | 10 | 20:31 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 52 | 5.8 |
| Niklas Hjalmarsson, D | 46 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 15 | 22 | 20:54 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 43 | 4.7 |
| Michael Frolik, C | 45 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 5 | 8 | 12:31 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 98 | 3.1 |
| Michal Handzus, C † | 11 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 12:07 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10.0 |
| Jimmy Hayes, RW | 10 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 14:20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 7.7 |
| Daniel Carcillo, LW | 23 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 9:00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 8.7 |
| Jamal Mayers, C | 19 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 16 | 6:58 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0.0 |
| Jeremy Morin, LW | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 13:01 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 14.3 |
| Sheldon Brookbank, D | 26 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -2 | 21 | 12:45 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 25 | 4.0 |
| Ben Smith, RW | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 18:21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 100.0 |
| Shawn Lalonde, D | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 14:47 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Brandon Pirri, C | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17:55 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 |
| Ryan Stanton, D | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 17:05 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 |
| Brandon Bollig, LW | 25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 51 | 8:01 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 34 | 0.0 |
| Drew LeBlanc, C | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 0 | 13:20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.0 |
| PLAYER | GP | W | L | OTL | GAA | TOI | SV | SV% | SHO | TGA | TSA | PIM |
| Ray Emery | 21 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 1.94 | 1116:00 | 424 | .922 | 3 | 36 | 460 | 0 |
| Corey Crawford | 30 | 19 | 5 | 5 | 1.94 | 1760:31 | 712 | .926 | 3 | 57 | 769 | 4 |
| Carter Hutton | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3.06 | 58:44 | 25 | .893 | 0 | 3 | 28 | 0 |
