"Huh? Who wants to have a little? You?"

In a way, opening with a home-and-home series against the Stars is an extension of the preseason. The Stars have the offensive firepower of a Paleolithic farmer. Then again, the Stars were 23-3-11 in one-goal games last year, so let's not let them linger, eh, lads?

• Hammer is ready to show us his "O" face (Sun-Times)
• Hawks find chemistry through character (Kuc)
• David Haugh: Seabrook is a rock (Trib)
• NHL.com's Brian Hedger thinks Saad is ready
• Center problem? What center problem? Jesse Rogers writes the Hawks are fine with their pivot depth
• The polls are in at TSN: Hawks to win it all again
• Part 2 of Blackhawk Up's law of diminishing returns
• Set your DVRs: Blackhawks TV returns to CSN tonight