I don’t think anyone expected the wings to battle the hawks the way they did. Had it not been for a strike shortened season(that could have very easily been canceled altogether)good chance the wings don’t even make the playoffs this year. The younger guys got to experience playoff style hockey, and hopefully learned something from that experience. That said, great finals...the games I watched hawks were definitely the better team with their speed to the puck, skill on filling in passing lanes on defense...Bruins(like the Wings)gave them a good battle...better team came out on top. Congrat’s to the Hawks...great season(abbreviated or otherwise).
The Wings played the Hawks as tough as anybody. They really gave the Hawks everything they could handle.
Oh yes, nobody expected Detroit to perform that well- including the Hawks. Very good hockey indeed.
Not sure if you play the sport or not, but the shortened season made it that much sweeter! They were playing games back to back in essence which made for a much more DIFFICULT season!
Congrats to my Chicago Blackhawks!!