Patrick Kane Is a Winner
While the Bulls can't seem to do anything right these days. They've taken any kind of goodwill they may have garnered by landing the first pick in the draft and thrown it out the window after Jerry Reinsdorf spent too much time worrying about his feelings for Doug Collins, and then hired Vinny Del African-American instead.
Meanwhile, on the other side of the United Center where they keep the guys with the funny accidents and mullets, the Blackhawks have been doing just about everything right. They missed the playoffs this season, but they stole all the winter attention away from the Bulls with their improved play and public relations.
Now next season all of their games will be televised, and they'll even be playing the Red Wings at Wrigley Field. All of which means I'm going to be spending a lot more of my time watching the Blackhawks next season, and of course, that would mean seeing a lot more of the new Calder Trophy winner, Patrick Kane.
...when 18-year-old forward Patrick Kane of the Chicago Blackhawks won the Calder Trophy as rookie of the year.Kane led rookies with 72 points, including 21 goals. He is the first Blackhawks player to win the trophy since goalie Ed Belfour in the 1990-91 season. Kane, who had the best first month by a rookie since 1992 when he posted 16 points in October, topped Chicago linemate Jonathan Toews and Capitals center Nicklas Backstrom for the award.
As mentioned in the quote, Chicago's other kid, Jonathan Toews finished in second place, and had he not missed a month due to injury he probably would have won the award. Not to say that Patrick didn't deserve it, but he seemed to wear down toward the end of the season a bit (he is rather small), while Toews finished pretty strong. Either way, the future of Blackhawks hockey keeps looking better everyday.
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