The next round will be a lot harder for the Hawks but if Khabby can keep playing like he has we have got a chance.

If the Ducks can do the Sharks then I'm sure we can do the Canucks. That said I would hope Quennville gets them back to playing with the intensity they showed in games 1,2 & 5.
I don't know if it was me but thought he seemed to play the liokes of Toews, Kane, Sharp & Havlat sparingly last night as Versteeg, Byfuglien, Pahlsson seem to be logging alot of ice time.

Will be a tough series but one I think the Hawks can come through in 5 or 6

Second round of the playoffs start tonight and after getting 6 out of 8 right in the 1st round here are my predictions

Pitt/Wash=Wash in 6
Bos/Car=Bos in 5
Van/Chi=Van in 7


Det/Ana=Det in 6

Hawks lose game one of the western conference semi against the Canucks in Vancouver 5-3.

Hawks 3 nil down going into the 3rd before tying the game up at 3-3 with less than minute and half to go when a 4 on 2 break away was picked off and Canucks went down the other end and scored then added an empty netter.

Early penalty trouble cost the Hawks dearly.

The Hawks learned by the 3rd period to shoot low at Luongo and pick off the rebounds and it got them 3 goals so hopefully they carry that on into the 2nd game.

Big come back win by the Hawks in Vancouver beating the the Canucks 6-3 after been 2 nil down starting the 2nd period. Seems its taking the Hawks a while to get going or they have more stamina than the Canucks for the 60minutes.

Hopefully 2 wins at home will give them a chance to win the series back in in Vancouver or when they return to Chicago for game 6.

Big win for the Ducks and Carolina against Detroit and Boston repectively and the Caps beating Pittsburgh meaning all the series are tied at 1-1 except for the Caps who lead their series 2-0.

any calgary fans out there? didnt expect them to bite the dust this early!

anyway would like to see the cannucks win it now just to bring the cup back to canada for the first time in a while.

Chicago put up their worst performance of the playoffs last night to lose 3-1 and now are 2-1 behind the Canucks,they will need to improve a lot in the next game or their season could soon be over.

Not a great performance again by the Hawks but managed to dig out the win in OT. Very much a close and tight game with few chances for either team. Hopefully the Hawks can find the speed again that helped them overturn the Canucks last time in Vancouver.

I'm a flames fan. Totally gutted but from the games i watched on setanta they gave away to many penalties which the hawks capitalised on plus the hawks own powerplay defense was outstanding against a pretty much clueless attack. Also the hawks were so much quicker and clinical, once they'd won a game at the dome it was over the flames didn't have enough about them to win on the road. It was their main failing I think this season.

Think the other problem for the flames was their big game players didn't do enough in the series Iginla & Bertuzzi in particular.

Agreed Iginla didn't even seem to get fired up until the last game in chicago when he was starting to get a bit more hot headed and trying to get a bit of fistycuffs going. Though I thought he started the last game well but once the Hawks got that first goal he an d the rest of the teams heads went down and once the second went in it was game over. Bertuzzi for what ever reason didn't turn up for the playoffs. He becomes an unrestricted free agent at the end of the season. It'll be interesting to see if he lines up for teh flames next season.

I'd be suprised if Bertuzzi isn't gone after this season lets face it he's had 4 different teams in as many season since he left the Canucks. Flames need to make some serious changes for next season as they keep failing to deliver when it matters. Even Keenan may struggle to keep his job as head coach. Think Igilna may need to move on too as think he and the Flames need a fresh start.

From the post playoff media interview that Daryl sutters done it would seem he's happy with the core of elite players they have and just a little bit of "tweaking" is needed? Keenan feels he will see out the last year of his contract, the media seem to think that the coaching staff being changed are the" tweaking" that Sutter is going on about. Though the Flames are only one of 5 teams I think, who have made the playoffs in the last 4 consecutive years not making it past the 1st round has been a bone of contention

It would seem that flames fans aren't to happy with bertuzzi's playoff performances and want him gone for good. So he could be gone you never know.

Blackhawks beat the Canucks 4-2 in Vancouver to take a 3-2 lead in the series and heading to Chicago for game 6 so hopefully the Hawks can finish the series at home.

The Blackhawkas dump the Canucks out the Stanley Cup with a 7-5 home win with Kane & Toews having big games and getting 3 pts each, to take the series 4-2 to set up a possible meeting with the Redwings in the Conference finals if Detroit get past the Ducks.

It was nice to hear the'Detroit sucks' chant near the end of the game



There were 2 great games last night and maybe i'm a bit biased with the Hawks doing so well but this seasons playoff are the best I can remember for a long time,i can't believe most Americans like Basktball more than Ice Hockey when you get nights like last night.

Bruins force a game 7 by beating the Hurricanes 4-2

And promptly lose in overtime


Carolina v Pittsburgh... Game 1 in Pittsburgh on monday

Chicago v Detroit.... Game 1 in Detroit on sunday

Conference finals

I'll go for Chicago V Pittsburgh Final. Hopefully if this is the final I hope its not a repeat of the 1992 final and we beat the Pens this time and win that darn cup!!

I think this might be a season to early for the Hawks,back in the early 80's the young Edmonton Oilers lost to the mighty Islanders team the season before they went on to beat them and dominate the league for the next few years and I think that could be us,lose to Detroit this season before taking over as the top team from next season.

I'm not so sure tbh, the young Hawks for me came of age when they beat the Canucks. Game 5 in Vancouver I think will be a defining moment for this current Hawks team. Don't think the Wings have been spectacular in the Cup and could have and should have been beaten by the Ducks.

'hawks for me. The synchronised diving team from Detroit looked old and tired last night. Had the Ducks been able to string more than two passes together they may well have won. Worse still was the Ducks power play in 5 on 3, just stand still and do nothing. Makes me wonder where Tony Granatto has been for the last few weeks because that power play certainly looked like the Avs this year.
Should the Blackhawks and Penguins make the final it will be a wonderful series with all the young stars coming out to play but don't count the 'canes, a true team.

5-2 to Detroit

Hawks go 2-0 down in the series against the Wings with a 3-2 loss in OT. Much better performance from the Hawks with greater speed and intensity, but they were their own downfall with 2 costly mistakes from Seabrook & Pahlsson gifting the wings 2 goals.

All is not lost and if they carry on playing like they did last night but cutting out the mistakes I can see this series going all the way.