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Hammer was pretty damn awesome tonight. But Oduya had me holding my breath every time the puck was near him. I love Hammer, and he's been the Hawks' best defenseman. Unfortunately the D run as pairings, so if Hammer is getting a ton of icetime, so is Oduya. I thought Oduya made at least 2-3 absolute back breakers that he got bailed out on. Hammer, despite that one really, really bad giveaway, had a really strong game.</p>
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To be honest I wasn't impressed with Hossa again in this game. Yeah, goal and an assist, but he's still not his usual rock solid self. Making a lot of uncharacteristic turnovers and ill-advised plays. The Hawks still had roughly half the roster playing below average, and still won the game. I'm hoping they get a better percentage of guys playing up to their potential in game seven, or I'm going to have a heart attack.</p>
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lol yah I get nervous with Oduya also. Hes a high risk high reward guy. I know his gaffs get highlighted..i yell at him too plenty/ I lost my shit when he iced that puck!!</p>
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Hossa is just so strange. One minute he is diving around like a maniac after loose pucks and blocking lanes then the next shift he is un-noticeable. I want more out of him too. Im sure the excuse of him being moved around is going to come up but he hasn't really been that much of a stand out all series. Tonight was acceptable but I still want more too. Im thinking hes starting to feel his injury history again and who knows if that vertigo stuff is acting up or if it was ever real. He doesn't look himself you are right. Kane is still making me a little off also but at least that top line now looks better than it has. Chances are more often and frequent..little more ice opening up. Kane has a lot to do with that but at the same time another night of watching him try the short side shot. Getting really old. Stalberg also...yikes what happened to that guy this series besides the early benching? Bickells carrying that line easily. Not what I expected.</p>
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But i dont want to nit pick overall that 3rd period tonight was outstanding until the last 5 minutes when it got a little crazy. The team showed a shit load of character. Enough where game 7 could be something extremely amazing or just a hard one to swallow as they always are. I think the pressure is on the Wings a bit more but the way this series has gone its a 50/50 game..home ice could be the difference. This series has been a hockey fans dream if they want one with a lot of things to talk about and a lot of up and downs.</p>
