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The Chicago Blackhawks, the worst team you know, got all the luckTanking isn’t a plan, at least in leagues with a lottery. It’s a wager. A GM or front office or owner isn’t putting up money, other than the lack of tickets and merch they’ll sell while their team is shit. They’re putting up a season or many of complete haplessness with rosters devoid of useful play...

IDIOT OF THE YEAR #4: Chicago Blackhawks, equal parts heinous and incompetentWelcome to Deadspin’s IDIOT OF THE YEAR festivities! Nos. 50 through 11 are available for your enjoyment here. And our top 10 thus far:...

Do you believe in miracles? No! USA Hockey is an embarrassmentYou would think that after the year they’ve had — after the past couple of weeks they’ve had — USA Hockey would want to steer clear of anything remotely controversial. The organization could cynically circle the wagons or engage in some reflection about its place in the sport’s toxic culture, but US...

Welcome to hell, NHL! Your stay is long overdue

The NHL is not in a good place, and that’s good. For too long have victims of high-ranking members in NHL front offices gone unseen and unheard....

Strip Jonathan Toews of his captaincy and set the NHL on fire

(TW: Sexual assault)...

No, your favorite team doesn’t ‘know something’ you don’t

(TW: Sexual assault)...

In failing to properly protect John Doe’s identity, Chicago has allowed him to be victimized once more

A paltry $2 million fine for the franchise, less severe than the New Jersey Devils’ penalty for salary cap circumvention. Stan Bowman allowed to resign as general manager, rather than getting fired, with good odds that when hockey’s old boys network cranks up again, he’ll be a consultant or an assis...

The Blackhawks are forced to face their reckoning, 11 years too late

The details are always worse than you can imagine, even if the overall arc of the story is exactly what we all expected. And so it proved as the Chicago Blackhawks released the findings of their internal investigation into how the organization handled accusations of sexual assault and harrassment by...