"In one stall of a dressing room infested by frustration and disgust, Brent Seabrook sat hands folded, staring blankly at nothing in particular. A couple stalls down, Niklas Hjalmarsson struck the same gloomy pose. Across the space, Patrick Sharp did likewise.

The sight repeated itself after the Blackhawks' recent problems repeated themselves and produced a familiar result, a 5-2 loss to the Avalanche at the Pepsi Center that made it six straight defeats. It has been nearly three weeks without a victory, but forgive the Hawks if it feels like eons."