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Chicago Tribune
Chicago Tribune
CHICAGO — As Patrick Kane settles into his new role with the New York Rangers, it’s time for some blunt chalk talk on the Lot C tribute to the longtime Chicago Blackhawks star. Did the Hawks organization reserve a spot Thursday in the overpriced parking lot just to give Hawks fans a chance to write their goodbyes to the departed superstar in colored chalk? Or was it simply a way to deflect the focus from the sad regression of the franchise, the unending rebuild and the embarrassing return from the Rangers for one of the greatest players in franchise history? Nice gesture or disingenuous public…