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Was inevitable but upsetting nonetheless. Ready to build the next team to start a new streak (not sure Holland is the one to do it, either. Or that Blashill is the one to coach it.)

So much this. Every time I see D-men just pick Dats up and throw him down and get no whistle, I get infuriated thinking that Kane just skates around with nobody touching him. I assume its because the refs will blow whistle if anyone so much as touches the US Golden Boy, but Dats hasn't gotten a holding penalty in ages and all they do to him is clutch and grab him anywhere on the ice. And they have been starting to check him right in the chest and knock him down (he's old and can't dodge as well) and that is perfectly ok too, even when the puck is like 10 feet away. Anyway, I digress. Edzo on the CSN broadcast last night called the St. Louis goal in Game 1 that went off the Hawk's player into the net a "lucky" bounce. Then Shaw last night, he says he got a "fortunate" bounce. LOL, I suppose they sorta mean the same thing, but the delivery sure doesn't make them sound similar. The neutrality is NOT strong in this one.

Although they did outplay the Bolts last night, they are still bad at passing and bad at shooting. Teams with those two attributes aren't going to win many playoff games.

Why does this guy's line have to tear the Wings up every year? (well, last year and this one... but I am sure its becoming a trend, just like Ben Bishop becoming the greatest goalie in the history of Hockey when he faces Detroit.).

I'd like to have some players on the team who don't look surprised every time a rebound comes off to them on the far side of an open net. They can't even get a stick on the puck to even get a bad shot, it skips right past them with a giant half of an open net staring at them.

Ref was looking right at it. Ridiculous non call, even though I dislike Oduya.

Callers in Chicago were clueless today saying Saad asking for too much instead of giving hometown discount now has to play with bad players. SMH. Johannsen, Foligno, Hartnell? Trash players according to the Hawks super fans.

http://www.reddit.com/r/hockey/comments/3abs8z/best_of_the_best_what_would_happen_if_the_last_16/ Guy used some simulator site: Whatif sports... I like the outcome. http://imgur.com/a/PGtAj

Sharp probably hit that this year which caused their locker room fight and his almost assured exodus from the team this summer (plus he is older and sucks).

He lost me when he was rude to some woman reporter who was just trying to do her job.

I still asterisk the shortened season. West didn't play a single East team during the regular season. Althought weren't people claiming West was better than East in those years? Still, playoff seeds may have been different. Plus, seeing a team during regular season has to have some advantage before you meet them in the Finals? Or maybe not, and I am full of gas.

If the Hawks fail to win another cup in 6 years... does that make the Wing's dynasty tops again?

http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/nhl-puck-daddy/lightning-s-tyler-johnson-calls-broken-wrist--disappointing-041029857.html Not a surprise. And Bishop had a torn groin. Sucks when the most exciting player (top goal scorer) in the post season gets hobbled. Dude single handed takes down the Wings then gets injured before he can finish out for the Cup.

GMAFB