By 1982, the Chicago Blackhawks squeaked into the playoffs as the 4th seed in the Norris Division, and were one of the league's Cinderella team that year.  Despite GM Tallon's desperate moves, the Chicago Blackhawks finished 14th in the Western Conference in 2005-06.  Following the lockout of the 2004-2005 season, new General Manager Dale Tallon set about restructuring the Chicago Blackhawks in the hopes of making a playoff run.  For the rest of the 1970s, the Chicago Blackhawks made the playoffs each year but were never a successful Stanley Cup contender, losing 16 straight playoff games at one point.  Hall left for the expansion St. Louis Blues in 1967, and by 1969 the Chicago Blackhawks missed the playoffs for the first time since 1958 — and the last time before 1998.  In 1967, the last season of the six-team NHL, the Chicago Blackhawks finished first, breaking the supposed Curse of Muldoon, 23 years after the death of Frederic McLaughlin, but lost in the semifinals.  In 1971, life was made easier for the Chicago Blackhawks, as in an attempt to better balance the divisions, the expansion Buffalo Sabres and Vancouver Canucks were both placed in the East Division, while the Chicago Blackhawks moved into the West Division.  In 1989, after three straight first-round defeats, and despite a fourth-place finish in their division in the regular season, the Chicago Blackhawks made it to the Conference Finals.  Injuries plagued the Chicago Blackhawks they again finished with one of the worst records in the league.  In the late 1980s the Chicago Blackhawks still made the playoffs on an annual basis, but made early-round exits each time.  Once again though, they would fail to make the Stanley Cup finals, losing to the eventual champion Calgary Flames.  The Chicago Blackhawks became the class of the division overnight, rampaging to a 46-17-15 record and an easy first place finish, but once again losing in the Stanley Cup finals.  The Chicago Blackhawks has still not won the Cup since 1961, the longest drought of any current NHL team.  The Chicago Blackhawks missed the playoffs for 4 straight years until they took a quick first-round exit in 2002.  The Chicgao Blackhawks stunned the Minnesota North Stars and St. Louis Blues in the playoffs before losing to another surprise team, the Vancouver Canucks. 

 

 

 

 

 

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