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Major props to Brookbank in this series
Probably just got himself a nice contract next season with his play</p>
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He was extremely solid in those games without Seabrook. I was really surprised. Then again, it seems anyone you put on the ice with Keith plays really well.</p>
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Crawford really stepped up his game after he called himself out after game 2. He was a major factor in eliminating the Blues. Stole a game this series, and allowed the Hawks to weather the storm in the second period of game 6, and bury those assholes in the third.</p>
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Toews and Keith....were absolute monsters. Seabrook played really well too. Hossa is playing strong but needs to start scoring. Sharp definitely needs to step his game up. Ben Smith should be playing in the top six until he proves he can't. He's really the best option between Sharp and Kane/Hossa. Roleplayers were just fine in this series, but I think the Hawks will need to be able to play their fourth line a bit more if they're going to go deep in these playoffs.</p>
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I still don't understand the point of dressing Nordstrom and Bollig to play...2 minutes each. The Hawks basically ran three lines the entire game. Why not dress someone that you can trust to play more minutes so you can give the fourth line a bit more ice time? The ice time was spread out quite well over the other 3 lines, so maybe it won't be a big issue going forward. Would still like to see SOME kind of fourth line put together.</p>