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Originally Posted by yourchoice

Talk about a Western bias!

Originally Posted by Ahbroody

well it is the two best teams remaining after all. .

There you have it!

Originally Posted by Ahbroody

That said I think the Hawks will take the west. With big fuglyin playing the holmstrom role combined with the skill and physicality of the team and I think over 7 the Hawks will win. Maybe less if sluefoots are involved.

You just want to stave off disappointment, Mike...Sharks will make a series of it, I have little doubt. The Hawks have to pick one line to put their best checking line (Bolland's line) on....I think Q will put them on Big Joe's line as Marleau and Heatley, though not as hot as Joe P., are what he considers the biggest threat. That leave Toews line checking Pavelski and Co., and that might not bode well to have the Hawks best scoring line checking against SJ's hottest line, at least for the Hawks' offense.

I just hope Byfuglien can get in Nabokov's head the way he got into Luongo and the Canucks' fan's heads. Might not be as easy with bruisers like Murray, Blake and Wallin on the Shark blueline. But I can still hope.