Chicago has firepower. If you knew this matchup was coming a few months ago, you would have siad the Blues need to figure out a way to shut them down or keep up with them. Based on what we've seen in the last 10 games, it is hard to imagine them doing either. They haven't been able to even slow down average teams, much less good ones. Then you look at the offense they've shown and it is downright scary.

The only way I see them beating Chicago is to keep them to 2 or 3 goals and hope like heck they can find th back of the net themselves, one more time than the Hawks. They simply cannot take dumb penalties and they can't get out-worked. Both are areas the Blues have shown to struggle in recent playoffs.

Go Blue!!