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Stanley Cup Finals Morning Links 6.5.2015

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All quiet on the chomping front:ESPN CHICAGO

TVR? Let’s Go Hawks

Yes but only for Vermette:BU

**Listen to Spiegs & Goff, for Sam’s spots & Jason Goff has the best nickname for #80**

Literally…Sweet Jesus! PD

Probably not:NBC

Well its hard to get warm in a skybox:TS

Yes if he isn’t cute:SCH

Sour Grapes…Draft Better:NJ.com

I figured this was fitting:Chicago Tribune

Dolla Dolla Bills Y’all:USA TODAY

For the foodies:NY Times

This is going to keep happening:Montreal Gazette

I heard a lot about most of it, but what I did hear, I did not hear any of that:TSN

Non-Hockey but Wow:Globe and Mail

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Southeast First – Game 1 – Hawks at Lightning Preview, Pregame Thread, Insurance Claim

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Game Time: 7:00PM Central
TV/Radio: NBC, CBC, TVA, WGN-AM 720
Reinventing Axl Rose: Raw Charge

A year later, the Blackhawks finally find themselves in the position they should have been in with 20 minutes to play against the Kings on June 1st. And with them, a return to the only hockey that matters. Hockey whose outcome will determine names engraved in silver, and on the Hawks’ side of the ledger, a chance at solidifying even much more than that. Standing in their way is now the Tampa Bay Lightning, a team more than comfortable at not only playing the exact game the Hawks want to and possibly even faster, but also gleefully seizing the opportunity to play the upstarts and define their own story rather than be a footnote in someone else’s.

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In Search Of… – Game 7 – Hawks at Ducks Preview, Pregame Thread, Instrument Recalibration

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Game Time: 7:00PM Central
TV/Radio: NBC, CBC, TVA, WGN-AM 720
Story Of My Life: Anaheim Calling, Battle of California

It has been 363 days since the Blackhawks lost a Game 7 in the Western Conference Final on home ice, blowing two separate two goal leads and a lead going into the third period. Tonight they will finally get a chance to take another step in righting the wrong that was last season, and all that stands in their way is the West’s number 1 seed on their home ice in the form of the Anaheim Ducks.

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The Action Is Go – Game 6 – Ducks vs Hawks Preview, Pregame Thread, OSHA Inspection

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Game Time: 7:00PM Central
TV/Radio: NBCSN, CBC, TVA, WGN-AM 720
Prison Bound: Anaheim Calling, Battle of California

Because seemingly nothing can ever be simple or straightforward with this iteration of the Hawks, they now find themselves in an unfamiliar situation under Joel Quenneville: being forced to win a Game 6 at home in order to force a Game 7 after tying the series at 2-2 on Saturday. And in their way remain the Anaheim Ducks, who are looking to punch their ticket to the Cup final while keeping themselves undefeated in regulation this post season.

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Thinkin’ Out Loud – Game 4 – Ducks vs Hawks Preview, Pregame Thread, Neurologist Appointment

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Game Time: 7:00PM Central
TV/Radio:  NBC, CBC, TVA, WGN-AM 720
All The Answers: Anaheim Calling, Battle Of California

In Joel Quenneville’s seven year tenure as the Hawks’ coach, there has not been a single postseason wherein his squad has not trailed in a series at some point, including twice in each respective year that ended in a parade. So tonight’s Game 4 at home against the Ducks is not new territory for his team. But Game 3 certainly rocketed up the charts as one of his all-time coaching boners in what is already a greatest hits collection. The Ducks took advantage, and now tonight results in a crucial, near must-win for the home team.