Honestly I think Crawfiord and Darling looking good at this point of the season is a damned good thing. Everythi9ng else should be fixible--especially since it doesn't look like the 'hawks are playing full tilt--they look like they're playing to just not get injured.
Seriously, Bickell and Shaw's goals came from driving the net and playing how they should play. The goals against are either stupid plays or choking like Mama Cass devensively. What the team needs is O and it's patently obvious that Sharp, Saad, Hossa, and to a lesser extent Toews are just coasting and playing to not get inujred. I'm not expecting much from Kris Versteeg or Antoinne Vermette except for them to look at hockey from a male point of view. But, that being said, It does mean there's a next level when Toews, Sharp, Hoss, and Saad decide to turn it up a notch--the question will be the degree they can. If the 'hawks don't, it will be a hard lesson about not having the talent to win on talent alone (or rather, talent is worth nothing more than liquid shit if it's not brought to bear), but we've seen it from this team this year multiple times--they can crank it up a notch and when they do they're scary good.
I think the playoffs go eitther 1 of 2 ways--the team gets completely obliterated in the 1st round and the media calls everything into question (Q, Toews leaderhip, Vermette's worthlessness, Stan's acquistitions, Hossa, Sharp, Timonen, & Rosival's geriatrics, Crawford's netminding, etc.), or from a Greg Luganis level of positivity, The 'hawks come out and play like we know they can and surprise the hell out of everyone, and go deep. My gut is erring with my frosted side right now.
