SAN JOSE, Calif. -- It's Corey Crawford's turn again.

DENVER -- Things have already already gotten bad for the Blackhawks. To make matters worse, the flu is now going around their locker room.

DENVER -- It's the fourth time in Joel Quenneville's four seasons behind the Blackhawks bench that there's a focus on who starts in net down the stretch and backstops the team into the playoffs, maintaining the notion that he's impatient with what happens in goal.

He was asked before Tuesday's loss to the Colorado Avalanche if he thinks he's too impatient with his goalies. Here's his answer:

DENVER -- Veteran winger Andrew Brunette made a surprise appearance on the ice for the Blackhawks morning skate Tuesday at the Pepsi Center. And, there's a chance he'll play against the Colorado Avalanche.

Coach Joel Quenneville made his sales pitch to the media Sunday after practice at Johnny's IceHouse West.

Andrew Brunette's injury situation was disconcerting at one point. But after returning to Chicago and getting examined by the Blackhawks doctors, things apparently looked better than they seemed.

By Ben Meyer-Abbott
bmeyer-abbott@suntimes.com
Twitter: @BMACST

The Blackhawks have doled out a number of different descriptions in the past few days of the team's shellacking at the hands of the Edmonton Oilers on their last visit to Rexall Place.

By Ben Meyer-Abbott
bmeyer-abbott@suntimes.com
Twitter: @BMACST

The Blackhawks should have both Jonathan Toews and Patrick Sharp in the lineup Tuesday against the Vancouver Canucks.

OTTAWA - For the top four teams in the Central Division - the Detroit Red Wings, St. Louis Blues, Nashville Predators and the Blackhawks -- the All-Star break had to be a welcome vacation from the all-out fight they're in.

But their stars couldn't escape talk of it over the All-Star game weekend. The most dominant division in hockey was a hot topic as some of the most dominating players in the game gathered in Ottawa.

OTTAWA, Ontario -- Patrick Kane transformed into Superman Saturday night.