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Nov 22 @ 10:12 AM ET
Can't take the Blackhawks lightly. I don't care what their stats look like at the moment. Toews or Kane can easily break a game open on their own. Bolts need to jump on these guys early and not have another slow start like they did against the Islanders.
Always a good match-up between these two squads. The 2015 Cup Final was epic and I'd guess that there is still a bitter taste in the mouths of the Bolts core players that were a part of the 2015 Cup Final. Hawks are a VERY young team outside of Kane, Toews, Keith, Seabrook and Crawford both on Forward and Defense so they have been consistently inconsistent as a group this year. Some games they look like Cup Champs, other nights they look like Chumps. IF (very big IF), the Hawks can somewhat contain Kucherov+Stammer, I like the Hawks tonight. But, nobody has been able to do that thus far and Keith is still very good, but not at his Conn Smyth/Norris Trophy level of play at age 34. Goal-tending and depth scoring from both teams will be the determining factor tonight as both top lines are very effective.
