"How easy it would be to blame "Disney on Ice" for the Blackhawks resembling a Mickey Mouse operation at the start of their longest road trip since 1994.

To attribute the cold, Stanley Cup reality the Hawks have confronted recently to the "Dare to Dream'' ice show (tickets still available!) forcing 26 days between games at the United Center.

To wonder how an organization with the NHL's best business savvy, according to The Hockey News, approved a schedule that locks the Hawks out of a building the team co-owns at a time they need the warmth of home ice."