from Larry Brooks of the New York Post,

Did you know that this decade was the only one in which the NHL had 10 different Hart Trophy winners? You do now.

The teams that dominated the first half of the 10s — the Blackhawks and Kings — have become lottery-divers at its end, trapped by inevitable aging and management blunders dealing with the cap that was always meant to punish excellence.

Don’t worry, though. America’s Outdoor Hockey Team — that’s Chicago, folks — will find a way to benefit again from LTI (long term injury) with Brent Seabrook, and all will be right with the world. Unless, that is, Jonathan Toews objects because it will add to his escrow deduction.

The decade started with NHL teams getting 43 percent of the revenue and crying poverty and ended with teams getting 50 percent and rolling in dough, which is probably a pretty good reason why “Mr. Jacobs” of Boston found his way into the Hockey Hall of Fame without even paying admission.

A look back at the decade:

continued with lists including the top 12 players...