{"id":557222,"date":"2026-04-21T11:51:23","date_gmt":"2026-04-21T11:51:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/557222\/"},"modified":"2026-04-21T11:51:23","modified_gmt":"2026-04-21T11:51:23","slug":"blackhawks-fan-survey-when-will-the-stanley-cup-playoffs-return-to-chicago","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/557222\/","title":{"rendered":"Blackhawks fan survey: When will the Stanley Cup playoffs return to Chicago?"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The Blackhawks landed in 31st place for the third season in a row. Kamil Krzaczynski \/ Imagn Images<\/p>\n

Watching the Buffalo Sabres back in the Stanley Cup playoffs, you can\u2019t help but wonder when it\u2019ll be the Blackhawks\u2019 turn to return to the postseason. The Blackhawks don\u2019t have the longest playoff drought among NHL teams \u2014 and their drought\u2019s length depends on whether you consider the 2020 playoff bubble the real playoffs \u2014 but Chicago still hasn\u2019t hosted a playoff game since April 15, 2017. Anton Frondell was 9 years old back then.<\/p>\n

The Blackhawks again weren\u2019t close to making the playoffs this season. They finished with their most points since the 2019-20 season and showed improvement at times, but they also landed in 31st place for the third consecutive season. Fans can look at it two ways: They can see the glass half full with Jeff Blashill\u2019s work in his first season as coach, Connor Bedard\u2019s third-season surge, Frondell\u2019s arrival and another top-four draft pick. On the other hand, the rebuild and the playoff drought may be wearing on fans. There is also no guarantee that this will all work out in the end, regardless of how much trust and belief the organization has in general manager Kyle Davidson\u2019s plan.<\/p>\n

Which side do you fall on? Here is your opportunity to share your opinion about this season, the rebuild, the future and more.<\/p>\n

(Note: Use two fingers to scroll on mobile. Or you can click\/tap this link<\/a> to fill out the survey.)<\/p>\n

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\"Connections:\"Connections:<\/p>\n

Apr 21, 2026<\/p>\n

Connections: Sports Edition<\/p>\n

Spot the pattern. Connect the terms<\/p>\n

Find the hidden link between sports terms<\/p>\n

Play today’s puzzle<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Blackhawks landed in 31st place for the third season in a row. Kamil Krzaczynski \/ Imagn Images…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":557223,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5115],"tags":[521,37,96,5263,5,4],"class_list":{"0":"post-557222","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-chicago-blackhawks","8":"tag-blackhawks","9":"tag-chicago","10":"tag-chicago-blackhawks","11":"tag-chicagoblackhawks","12":"tag-hockey","13":"tag-nhl"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nhl\/116442557704981949","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/557222","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=557222"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/557222\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/557223"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=557222"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=557222"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=557222"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}