It’s difficult to not be supremely overconfident after watching the Blackhawks pick the wings off of the…ahem, Red Wings like a demented child would to a harmless fly but I will give it a go. It’s why they pay me the big bucks.
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
It shall be Scum: Detroit Free Press
One more for the road: Comcast Chicago
Last Encore? NHL
Game 7 in Boston: Toronto Sun
Game 7 in DC: NY Daily News
This may be an issue: PuckDaddy
Well, that’s that then. An underwhelming series came to what was pretty much an underwhelming end. Sure, it looks glossy to have an emphatic scoreline, but I find the most encouraging aspect of the whole thing to be Quenneville’s quote that he wasn’t too thrilled with the last two games and feels that that there’s a few levels the Hawks are going to have to reach before we pack up the cats for the summer.
And I have to agree.
The Hawks weren’t great tonight, just as they weren’t great in Game 4. They did enough, some players more so and some less. And though it’s easy to say that you only have to pull out enough to win to beat the Wild when you’re Milton Berle, I don’t think it’s so simple as to just turn it on when you feel the challenge is up to your standards.
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!!!!
Party Dave and Rayzor are out: Chicago Tribune
Saad is a Calder Finalist: Comcast Chicago
How will the Hawks respond? Daily Herald
This awesomeness is official: NHL
Top line struggles: Comcast Chicago (auto)
I cant help but see a point: CBSSPORTS
I know we only post a video in a wrap for a very certain occasion, but this felt apt. Whereas the Wild caused a few half-heart flutters in Game 1, this one very much felt like a boat race. Once Michael Frolik — and perhaps from here on out he should be referred to by his full name, “Playoff Dynamo Michael Frolik” — put the Hawks ahead in the first, there was never a moment where it felt like the Wild would catch them. And that’s how it played out.
I know we only post a video in a wrap for a very certain occasion, but this felt apt. Whereas the Wild caused a few half-heart flutters in Game 1, this one very much felt like a boat race. Once Michael Frolik — and perhaps from here on out he should be referred to by his full name, “Playoff Dynamo Michael Frolik” — put the Hawks ahead in the first, there was never a moment where it felt like the Wild would catch them. And that’s how it played out.
Zeus adds chemistry: (Comcast Chicago)
Cooler heads must prevail: (Daily Herald)
Backstrom doubtful: (Twincities.com)
Emery and Bolland out: (ESPN)
Ticket prices to rise 30 percent: (Chicago Tribune)
Needless to say, I hope Lars Eller is ok: (TSN)
Don Cherry is still old and needs to go away: (Toronto Sun)
Hmmmm:(Chicago Tribune)
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)
