Wow, I'm ****ing chapped, just spent the past hour writing an articulate response on here about Ovy, Datsyuk and the STL/CHI series, om my ipad, went to a different tab for 30 seconds, came back, the pages reloaded with all my text disappeared. Absolutely enraging. Oh well. Just wanted to say yadda yadda Ovy one of the best if not the best of all time, hope he wins a Cup, been a pleasure to watch etc.
And that Datsyuk is probably a top 3 favourite player all time for me, commented on his skill level and the way he could dummy multiple players on a single play, at least once per game in his prime. Dude was poetry on ice. Style & substance. And by all accounts an awesome human. He will be missed. Only player from another team who's jersey I have. Can't say enough good things.
Anyone else think that this might be the year the Blues get out of the 1st round?
Last three years the Blackhawks have won it twice and made it to game 7 of the conference finals the other year. I wonder if fatigue sets in early for them in this playoffs. The Blues are due for a series win or two.
Dont blame the Hawks if they fold but they have even better depth than last season and a few new guys who will be hungry and help push the old group over the hump again IMO. Hawks are in the heads of St. Louis. CHI in 6.
And that will be it for Hitch and probably some a core piece or two of that group. They still dont have a #1 centre and that grinding style they've played for so long during the regular season makes things even more difficult for them come playoffs IMO, when they face adversity. They have only one style of play.