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Regular Season Recap: Chicago Tribune

Verdi talked with Joel: Daily Herald

Uno Mas: Cheer The Anthem

The three guys that need to be shut down: Blackhawk Up

Ben Smith is ready: Comcast Chicago

Josh Harding will win (and should) but No Hossa love? Puckdaddy

Well…they still are Kings of the Mountain: TSN

My Sens got shitpumped by The Flightless Birds: Ottawa Citizen

Sheer Turmoil from the top down and I love it: Calgary Herald

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Must be relentless: Chicago Tribune

Building Block Win: CSN CHICAGO

I really wanna know how much that jet costs: Verdi

This is Insane: MNWILD

Easy to see the talent gap:Star Tribune

Round and Round: CSN CHICAGO

Two Playoff games in nine years appears to be all: CBC

Scum down to the wire as told to us by Larry Horse’s favorite writer: Det Free Press

Scum Jr. on the brink too: LaTimes (AP)

Oh well…..CBC

The Right Move: CTV

Its time for Handshakes at Home!!!!

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Full Recap: (AP)

Whew…(CTA)

Good, Bad and Ugly: (HockeeNight)

Holy Mother of God that was fun: (Chicago Tribune)

The good Ottawa boy is clutch: (Comcast Chicago)

Niklas Backstrom hurt: (PuckDaddy)

Harding played his ass off: (Minny Star Tribune)

Parise and Suter must lead for the Wild to succeed: (CBC)

Scum Jr. takes a 1-0 lead on the Kings: (St. Louis Post-Dispatch)

Grinding out wins on the first night: (TSN)

As Crosby turns: (SPORTSNET AP)

People with more talent than me explain the history of the chalice:(Visual Capitalist)

Remember where we all come from: (SPORTSNET)

 

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In somewhat of a role-reversal, I couldn’t fucking sit still or stop swearing tonight (OK, I always swear a lot) and Fels was cool as a… well, not a cucumber. Maybe a zucchini? Are those cool? Some sort of squash or gourd, I guess. Are squashes and gourds even mutually exclusive? I don’t get horticulture.

While the Blackhawks didn’t make it easy for themselves, they never really seemed like they were getting outplayed. The early goal from the Wild (from Clutterbuck on a softie… because of course that would happen) didn’t inspire much confidence but it wasn’t a dagger in the hearts of the UC either. The Wild scored, we groaned but anyone who thought the Hawks would be shutout for the game was kidding themselves. The Hawks didn’t panic. They came back to their game and they found a way to score one on the advantage and then take it in a longish OT. 15.