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Wings Take Blackhawks To School
by Paul on 05/17/09 at 07:24 PM ET
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from Pierre LeBrun of ESPN,
Game 1 of the Western Conference finals looked awfully familiar.
It reminded us of the first two games the young Pittsburgh Penguins played in Detroit last June in the Stanley Cup finals. The Pens never touched the puck and wondered what had just hit them. By the time they recovered in the series, it was too little, too late.
The Detroit Red Wings delivered that same lesson Sunday, controlling large stretches of the afternoon in a dominating 5-2 victory over the young Chicago Blackhawks.
The class in question Sunday was Puck Possession 101, a course the Red Wings have taught many times to the rest of the league.
“Welcome to the Western Conference finals, kids,” the Wings seemingly said loud and clear Sunday. “Did we tell you this was our eighth trip here in 14 seasons and third in a row?
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“You feel a guy coming, you have to find a way to get it deep and skate harder. Move your feet and don’t stand around.
“We knew that coming in, we knew what to expect. We play them enough in the regular season. That’s the frustrating and disappointing part for me.”
Campbell is missing the real point in the “lesson” they were taught today. This ain’t the regular season, son. That team you faced six times before the playoffs began? They’re gone. They’ve been replaced by a team that plays at a completely different level now. Unless the Hawks get that, they’ll spend the next two weeks (or less) being very frustrated and disappointed.
Posted by OlderThanChelios from Grand Rapids on 05/17/09 at 11:33 PM ET
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What is Versteeg talking about? The Hawks were the “sexy” sleeper pick for this season, ever since the end of last season. And then they added a couple nice, veteran pieces, and even more people hopped on the bandwagon.
And hey, rightfully so. They are a very good team. But let’s go ahead and put the “us against everyone” card away. The Hawks have had plenty of pundits on their side, expecting them to be successful. They just finally ran into a team where the pundits have every reason to believe they will be beat.
But the games are decided on the ice. So just go play ‘em.
Posted by Nathan from the scoresheet! on 05/17/09 at 09:27 PM ET