commentary...

now for reality to set in,for Chicago Blackhawks' fans... before you crown the team Stanley Cup Champions,let me remind you of three teams that did not win the Stanley Cup,after spectacular regular seasons:the 1993-1994 Red Wings,who won the Central Division,and was the Western Conference's best team-record wise,and got beaten by the San Jose Sharks,in opening round,in seven games... the 1995 Detroit Red Wings(strike-shortened season) had best record in NHL,and got swept by the New Jersey Devils,in Stanley Cup Finals,and 1995-1996 Detroit Red Wings,who won a NHL- record 62 games,with a record of 62-13-7,for 131 points-second in NHL history,to Montreal Canadiens' 1976-1977 team,who had a record of 60-8-12,for 132 points... the 1995-1996 Red Wings lost in six games in the Western Conference Finals,to the eventual Stanley Cup Champion Colorado Avalanche,who swept the Florida Panthers,in the Stanley Cup Finals... my point is that weird bounces of the puck,tipped passes,and other strange things always seem to happen in the two month,four tier Stanley Cup playoffs... the fact that the Blackhawks really has not played too many teams in the Eastern Conference may also come back to bite them,because there are very good teams in the Eastern Conference,and the fact that the Blackhawks who may have only lost only one game,in regulation,so far,and maybe only three games,in shootouts/overtime,but let me remind of a cruel little fact,and that fact is that in the playoffs,shootouts do not occur,and overtime goes until one team scores;let it be one second,or multiple twenty minute overtimes,and not always does the best team win...