well, blackhawks fan kinda beat me to the punch. you might get a few replies from us blackhawks fans, because this thread was posted on the blackhawks board. i am not what you would call a 'hardcore' blackhawks fan, nor am i a bandwagon jumper now that they are popular. i am a lifelong chicago sports fan, including hockey. but, like most chicago sports fans, i have never taken a strong interest in hockey because there wasn't much reason to. this, i think, gives me a pretty good perspective of chicago hockey fans. i can tell you that i have learned a lot about the team and the sport by browsing the blackhawks forums - to say that they are 'not knowledgeable fans' is simply wrong. i would guess it's the same with the fans on this forum also - it seems overall that hockey fans are VERY knowledgeable fans in general. as for the 'detroit sux' chanting, it definitely does happen. for whatever reason, chicago fans have always gone a bit overboard when it comes to their rivalries - you don't even want to know what is said about the packers here! i think for a long time blackhawks fans didn't have very much to cling to, which is why they have held on to this rivalry so tightly. i can say that there is now a real excitement and genuine interest in this team here and in hockey in general, which in a sport that is obviously struggling to gain fan interest is a very good thing for ALL hockey fans. i also hope that we can renew the rivalry with detroit, which would mean that we actually would have to be a threat to you again. i mean, after all, you guys have won enought already, right? give someone else a chance for chrissakes.
