You're being too generous, Ares. This season there have been stretches where the entire team couldn't hit the broadside of Rosie O'donnel with a pass less than halfway across the ice--much less stretch passes. In the playoffs this has been standard faire. Kaner's sweet-ass dish last night is a very rare exception.
As for the rest, Hossa's passing is off like everyone's, but his whells are not--especially since he's still one of the 1st guys in on the backcheck. Sharp, OTOH, is only really noticable on the PP when the PP's effective. Vermette showed up once since coming to the team, and let's be brutally honest, Toews is usually a wiz at faceoffs but is *barely* over 50% and he's our best guy in the dot. Don't get me started on the team D. I won't discount any of the Pred's play, since they are looking good, but for a team with "star power" like the 'hawks they need to play more hungry and less like they're believing their own hype.
The thing I saw last night was that the Preds played the 3rd as if their backs were against a wall. The 'hawks played as if the game didn't matter.
