It's Time To Embrace The Blackhawks, People

These are dark days on the Chicago sports scene, my friends.  After a long summer of disappointment with both the White Sox and Cubs, we all turned our eyes towards the newest savior in town, one Jay Cutler.  Well, he's proved to be more David Koresh than Jaysus as this Bears season burns to the ground all around us.

Still, if there was any silver lining to last night's Bears loss it was that afterward, all any Chicago sports fan had to do to lift their spirits was flip the channel over to WGN and watch the Blackhawks win their seventh straight in Vancouver. 

They are the best team in Chicago, and they have been for the last twelve months.  They were the team getting all the way to the Western Conference Finals last summer, and they're currently the team with the second-best record in the conference at the moment (San Jose has 36 points to the Hawks 32 but the Hawks beat them at the United Center just over a week ago).

If you're not a Blackhawks fan, or a hockey fan, it's time to embrace the team and the sport.  Commit to the indian, or these winter months are going to be dark and dreary.



Don't get me wrong, the Bulls are a nice team to watch as well as Derrick Rose is a beacon of hope and the maturation of Joakim Noah is something to cherish as well, but the Bulls are not built to win this season.  They had that magical series against the Celtics in the playoffs over the summer, but they didn't win it.

Odds are they may sneak into the playoffs again this season, but another first round exit likely awaits them there as well.

No, if you want to celebrate a championship in this city anytime soon, put your time and money on this Blackhawks team.  They're young, they're exciting, they're talented and most important of all, they're good.

So if you're not following this team yet, get on board now and enjoy the ride all the way through the winter.  If you are following the team, well, then you already know what I'm talking about.