During the latest installment of the Spittin Chiclets podcast , the Winter Classic between the Chicago Blackhawks and St. Louis Blues was addressed. This was in addition to interviews with Taylor Hall and the eventual MVP of the 6-2 St.
Louis victory, Cam Fowler. The Chicago Blackhawks’ general manager Kyle Davidson was not happy with the team following the Winter Classic loss Ryan Whitney mentioned in the podcast that Davidson ripped into the team hard following the embarrassing contest on national television. The 6-2 loss in which the team got outworked in every fashion imaginable exposed to the entire hockey world that they were never good enough to be featured in the Winter Classic this year, to begin with.
The NHL knew that this was purely a marketing opportunity and that the squad is far from competing for a championship. Whitney is a man of many words and he made sure his opinion on the Blackhawks was heard loud and clear following the New Year’s Eve loss at Wrigley Field. “This team (Chicago) is legit horrible,” Whitney said.
“They’re getting blown out every game.” Whitney went on to tell the story of how the team could not get off the ice during their end-of-practice game because they struggled to score five goals on netminder Petr Mrazek. He recalled every media member near the ice looking around in shock as they were there for over 35 minutes.
“I feel bad for Chicago,” Whitney added. “Maybe there’s better days to come. Appearently, the GM (Kyl.