Currently sitting 12th in the Western Conference with just 11 points, the Blackhawks are certainly not where they expected to be. After making several moves in the offseason, they already made a move this season before game 7 of the season. Starting Goalie Matt Murray and Center Logan Couture were shipped to another struggling team in the Maple Leafs, in exchange for, former Vezina winner John Gibson, Pierre-Luc Dubois (who is now seeing Top minutes in Rockford), and Dillon Dube. Dubois has registered 7 points in 7 games with the IceHogs, but Gibson has yet to find his Vezina form after a 2-3-0 start in the Hawks uniform with a 4.58 GAA and 0.852 Sv%. Only once in his 5 starts has he recorded a Sv% over 0.900 (0.929 vs the Redwings). The other 4 starts he has had an 0.870 Sv% or worse and nether start with a GAA of below 2.00.
Mike Sullivan has tried over and over again different line combinations to find something that works and he thought he had that with Draisaitl & Athanasiou but that all came to a halt with a 5-0 trashing from the divisional rival Predators (who has bounced them from the playoffs the last 2 seasons).
More changes will come if things don't turn around for the reigning Divisional Champ.