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The Afternoon After The Night Before

Thoughts rattling around this bald head of mine:

-Not to pat myself on the back, but we theorized here that if the Hawks power play got rolling, they would win the series, and rather easily.  That's exactly what happened in Games 5 and 6, where both tempo and leads were established early in the game with the man advantage.  This will also be the story coming up, as Vancouver will take penalties, and lots of them.  They were shorthanded 24 times in four games with the Blues, and with the Hawks' more plentiful speed and skill, there's no reason to think we won't see similiar penalty numbers again.  If the Hawks dent twine when facing four or less skaters, they have every chance of winning the series.  if they don't, they don't. 

-The last two games against the 'Nucks wouldn't encourage any body, but we'll just go with saying the regular season means nothing.  Last time Pahlse came up against the Sedins in the playoffs, he marked them out so completely they had to be split up, which I'm sure caused them great confusion and lonlieness.  Let's hope Q goes that route instead of using Bolland against them, which led to Fabulous Weapon's line pretty much getting mauled.  We'll be breaking down Vancouver more in-depth over the coming days here, but those are the top things in my mind.  You should also check out Nucks Misconduct, they are pretty wonderful.

-I don't want to be defeatist, and I certainly want to keep watching Hawks hockey for as long as I can this spring.  However, before the season my most optimistic vision of the season was the 4th seed and 1st round win.  I think most fans felt the same way.  We've got that now, and I sort of feel everything from here on out is candy.  I don't want to see the Hawks get embarrassed or anything, but should we lose to Vancouver in a hard fought series, I'll feel pretty good about what's gone on over the past six months.

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Still in awe of the moment

It was defintely an amazing night for all Hawks fans especially for those who have suffered through the last 12 years or so of horrible teams, trades, ownership, and so on! Back in the early 90’s the Hawks were considered to be one of the best teams in the NHL and it’s nice to be back to that level and last night’s series win over Calgary put the exclamation mark on that.
Although at the start I would’ve been happy to have just made the playoffs this season, but the way it has turned out it has me being a little greedy! Getting the 4 seed was icing on the cake to go along with qualifying for the playoffs and now add to that a Stanley Cup playoff series win over a very quality opponent like Calgary- well that’s incredible!
But make no mistake if the Hawks were to lose to Vancouver I would still have a bad taste in my mouth. Vancouver is a quality opponent for sure but the Hawks definitely have shown us all year that they have the goods to beat anyone in this league.
It should be a blast! LET’S GO HAWKS!!! 12 more wins!

by hawks61 on Apr 28, 2009 9:57 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

Gravy Train

In Sept. I’d have been happy with finishing 6-8 and just getting there. Everything that happens now is a bonus to me.

We were somewhere around Barstow on the edge of the desert when the drugs began to take hold.

by E Runs on Apr 29, 2009 8:43 AM CDT reply actions   0 recs

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