Emery returning? Chicago Tribune
Prospects ready to pounce: Daily Herald
So this column has a terrible title: Suntimes
Not a surprise: ESPN CHICAGO
Key Vote: TSN
Duh! Sportsnet
They still have no defense or a Goalie: TSN
Now is the time for the youngsters to step up: CSN Autoplay
The Hartman scouting report: Blackhawks
Hockey and Golf are forever intertwined: Globe and Mail
Centers of Attention: Sportsnet.ca
Penguins are top heavy: Ottawa Sun
More crazy goalie money: Columbus Post Dispatch
NHL stars lose millions in a financial scam: NY Daily News
Please be careful: Chicago Tribune
Enjoy it: Suntimes
A helpful guide: Daily Herald
I didn’t realize Tampa had 32.67 million lying around: TSN
Clearly Kris Letang has Scott Boras as his agent: Sportsnet
Meet your new coach for Sochi: USA TODAY
Stan is the man:TSN
Quenneville pushed all the right buttons: CSN CHI Autoplay
Bigger Plans:Daily Herald
This team! Cheer The Anthem
Welcome Home: Hockee Night
This is why you’re a fan: Bernstein
Can I get a ruling? PW MANIA
They deserve each other: TSN
10 years gone: Sportsnet.CA
Stan is the man:TSN
Quenneville pushed all the right buttons: CSN CHI Autoplay
Bigger Plans:Daily Herald
This team! Cheer The Anthem
Welcome Home: Hockee Night
This is why you’re a fan: Bernstein
Can I get a ruling? PW MANIA
They deserve each other: TSN
10 years gone: Sportsnet.CA
vs. 
FACEOFF: 7:22pm Central
TV/RADIO: NBC, CBC, RDS, WGN 720am
ON THE CHOPPING BLOCK: Days of Y’Orr, Stanley Cup Of Chowder
If you’ll allow us to mix band metaphors: It’s right outside your door….
Or at least it will be. Lord Stanley’s favorite beer mug will enter the building sometime tonight while the two teams are on the ice, and it can only be brought out of the box by the men with white gloves to be given to someone in a white jersey. And we now know that someone will be the one with the “C”, if it breaks that way.
#19 is optimistic: Chicago Tribune
You know what tonight could bring: SunTimes
The hit will not be reviewed: Daily Herald
I hope it ends this way with a bigger trophy as well: Sportsnet
Many of them have been here before: Comcast Chicago (AP)
Axl Rose mode: Blackhawks.Com
Break their neck: Globe and Mail
I remember this from three years ago.
I remember when they flash that “1” all around the U.C. I remember the chills you get when you see it. Because though we spend most of our days dreaming about the Hawks winning The Chalice, and though that thought infuriates our bosses or significant others or whoever else because you are pretty much useless in any other way when thinking about it, when you see that “1”, it becomes all too real. It’s right there. You feel like you can touch it. It’s not just theory any more. It’s like when you first step into that girl’s/guy’s apartment that you’ve been chasing for so long. It’s not just a dream or a wish. There’s so little to execute now to have what you dared not speak of before. IT COULD REALLY HAPPEN AND OH MY GOD JUST BREATHE AND ALL I HAVE TO DO IS NOT CRIMINALLY FUCK UP AND….
And yet…there’s still so far to go.
Break Point: Cheer the Anthem
Barnburner: HockeeNight
Needed: Daily Herald
Fire Wagon Hockey: TSN
Patrice Bergeron is good and lucky: PuckDaddy
Real rule changes approved: Globe and Mail
vs.
FACEOFF: 7:22pm (or thereabouts) Central
TV/RADIO: NBC, CBC, WGN 720am
WICKED PISSAH: Days Of Y’Orr, Stanley Cup Of Chowder
We havin’ fun yet?
Obviously, things haven’t been this tense or looked this bleak since….oh right, about a month ago. But obviously the temperature is turned up because of THE FINAL and the opponent. The Bruins look more imposing than an Army Ranger after he catches you flirting with his girlfriend. Everyone’s losing their shit. There’s a controversy with one of the Hawks’ stars. We’re all digging for excuses and reasons.
And yet, it’s 2-1 and a solid road game tonight hits the reset button on the whole thing. So maybe it’s not so bad?
