Nah, the Hawks probably have the best team in the NHL at the moment. Them and Boston will be a great cup final, but fuck do I wish it was pitts vs. Chi. I can't fucking stand Boston.
Fun facts: I grew up about 10 minutes from Toews, played hockey with his little brother and against him in a few tournaments. Duncan Keith is my best friends cousin. So yeah, go Chicago.
That's pretty sweet. The thing about this team is that ALL players get the love. All my friends on Facebook are cheering the Hawks on right now and each person has their own favorite player. A girl even changed her last name to "Bickell" on Facebook. Weird, I know. Someone has a team for their adult hockey team named the "Camel Toews." There's the phrase "these bitches love Hossa." Patrick Kane and Sharp get the love on the local sports radio stations. Keith and his ban still got a ton of support. It was nice seeing him and Carter put their thing behind them during the handshake at the end. You could see them kinda stop and talk for five seconds to let each other know shit was behind them. I haven't quite seen that in any sport. Maybe because ESPN is jacking itself off to hockey, despite it being the playoffs, so it didn't get much attention?
The only one that catches shit, and really from just one of my friends in particular, is Corey Crawford. He does always start off a bit shaky, many times giving up the early goal, but he has just been great otherwise this playoffs. Emery was fantastic too during the season, but.... Corey seems to be the Hawks' future.
And a Hawks-Pens Cup would have been amazing as well. That team was stacked. I dunno what happened to them against Boston, but they went out without so much as a whimper. That was real disappointing. I'm more proud of the Kings coming back from a shit start early in the season and at least attempt to defend their cup, but the Penguins really shat the bed.