June 23rd, 2017 - the Chicago Blackhawks just won the Western Conference before getting swept by Nashville in the 1st round of in the playoffs. Chicago scored 1 goal on 111 shots at 5v5 that series.
At the draft, GM Stan Bowman traded franchise superstar & Patrick Kane's linemate, Artemi Panain (w/ pieces) in exchange for Brandon Saad (w/ pieces).
Since then:
— Panarin has a 98pt pace across 668 games - 6th league wide in total points
— Saad has a 41pt pace across 616 games - 180th league wide in total points
The day the Blackhawks dynasty ended.
2026 #Cubs are 1985 Cubs—> On June 11, the Cubs had a record of 35-19, and held a four game lead over the New York Mets for the division. However, Rick Sutcliffe, Steve Trout, Scott Sanderson and Dennis Eckersley all were injured, and the Cubs went on a 13-game losing streak
The Bears’ Board of Directors voted Thursday to advance the stadium development in Hammond, Indiana, with the exact to be selected. This is this first time that the Bears’ board has voted on any stadium site.
As one source said, “There is more work to do but barring anything very strange, it’s a done deal.”
The Cubs are the only MLB team in the last 50 years to have 7 different players who came into the inning batting .250 or worse get hits in the bottom of the 9th in the same game:
Busch (.242)
Happ (.233)
Hoerner (.250)
Ballesteros (.231)
Suzuki (.239)
Swanson (.180)
PCA (.242)