Good read this am Frenchy, thanks.
Every game i expect the Blackhawks to turn into a pumpkin and to my eye, maybe a bit bias but they have not looked over matched or overwhelmed.
One thing i noticed at the end of the Canucks game was even though the Canucks had 2 PPs in the last 5 minutes, i never saw any of the penalty killers panic, they stayed in their lanes, never chased and took away the prime scoring angles. They said last night that the ice hogs killed 20 penalties in a row until the Wolves finally scored one.
Once they get better at not trailing opponents off the half boards during puck battles this team will take another step in the right direction.
Sounds like Slaggert has been activated so i doubt we see Reichel today.