2010–11 Chicago Blackhawks season
| 2010–11 Chicago Blackhawks | |
|---|---|
| Division | 3rd Central |
| Conference | 8th Western |
| 2010–11 record | 44–29–9 |
| Home record | 24–17–0 |
| Road record | 20–12–9 |
| Goals for | 258 |
| Goals against | 225 |
| Team information | |
| General Manager | Stan Bowman |
| Coach | Joel Quenneville |
| Captain | Jonathan Toews |
| Alternate captains |
Duncan Keith Patrick Sharp |
| Arena | United Center |
| Average attendance | 21,423 (108.6%) Total: 878,356 |
| Team leaders | |
| Goals | Patrick Sharp (34) |
| Assists | Patrick Kane (46) |
| Points | Jonathan Toews (76) |
| Penalties in minutes | John Scott (72) |
| Plus/minus | (+) Brian Campbell (+28) (–) Tomas Kopecky (–13) |
| Wins | Corey Crawford (33) |
| Goals against average | Corey Crawford (2.30) |
The 2010–11 Chicago Blackhawks season is the club's 85th season in the National Hockey League (NHL). The team was nicknamed the "Hangover 'Hawks" for having to recover from winning the franchise's first Stanley Cup in 49 years while adapting to the loss of several players from that team due to salary cap restrictions.
The Blackhawks succumbed to the Presidents' Trophy-winning Vancouver Canucks in seven games in the first round of the Stanley Cup Playoffs.
Under pressure to fit the team's player salaries under the salary cap for the 2010–11 season, the team began making trades shortly after winning the Stanley Cup. On June 24, the club traded Dustin Byfuglien, Ben Eager, Brent Sopel and Akim Aliu to the Atlanta Thrashers for Marty Reasoner, Joey Crabb, Jeremy Morin, a first-round pick (#24 overall) in 2010 and a second-round pick (#54 overall) in 2010. Later that same day, restricted free agent Colin Fraser was traded to the Edmonton Oilers for a sixth-round pick in 2010. On June 30, the Toronto Maple Leafs traded for right winger Kris Versteeg from Chicago in a five-player trade. The Maple Leafs gave up forwards Viktor Stalberg, Chris DiDomenico and Philippe Paradis. Toronto also acquired the rights to 21-year-old left winger Bill Sweatt, who was a second-round pick in 2007. On July 1, the Blackhawks traded Andrew Ladd to the Atlanta Thrashers for Ivan Vishnevskiy and a second-round draft pick in 2011. On July 9, Niklas Hjalmarsson was signed to an offer sheet by the San Jose Sharks, though the Blackhawks matched the offer on July 12, thereby retaining his services and forgoing compensation from the Sharks for signing a restricted free agent. This signing again put Chicago against the salary cap wall, and as a result forced the club to forego resigning goaltender Antti Niemi, who had filed for arbitration.
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