Zaddy
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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.
It could happen but I wouldn't bet on it. To me this years Blues team feels weaker than the previous years. They haven't really done anything to improve their team. Goaltending is still a questionmark and for a team in need of more offense trading Oshie for Brouwer doesn't look too good. Then again Oshie never really did much in the playoffs anyway. I don't know, I just don't see the depth there in the Blues lineup. They're the same team with the same issues. I guess the defense might be slightly better this year, both Parayko and Edmundson have been solid for them but at the end of the day they're both rookies and shouldn't be too heavily relied on. The only way I see them winning is if Hawks aren't the Hawks we usually see in the playoffs. I find it hard to judge what kind of team the Hawks is this year, feels like a pretty different team compared to years past.