The Blackhawks have won three straight games, and Tyler Johnson believes a big difference between this year and last is that the locker room is “more fun.”
"I think it's the feeling in the locker room," Tyler Johnson said following a 5-4 win over the Seattle Kraken at the United Center on Sunday in which he scored twice."I mean, I guess you guys weren't really around the locker room too much last year, but it's a lot more fun this year. Guys have smiles on their faces. They want to come to the rink every day and compete and work, and it's been huge. It's a little bit of everything.
I don't think Johnson was suggesting there was dysfunction in the locker room last season. I think it had to do with the fact the Blackhawks had playoff-type expectations last year and they got off to such a disastrous start that it quickly filtered into their minds.