The Tarasenko/Hitchcock deal WAS way overblown......if nothing else, simply because Hitchcock is the coach...he gets paid to manage the players. You do it his way, or you sit, or you biatch about it....but in the end you do it his way. That's hockey, and that's how a team wins with a coach who has a proven track record. I'm glad that Tarasenko got his panties in a wad over lack of playing time....great players do, it should be expected.....now sit down and shut up.

I don't think the Blues feel like they have won anything yet....I just didn't get that sense listening to the after game interviews. I was happy to see/hear it.

I think Andy's point about Shaw and Kieth is valid.....but let's face it, the Hawks had gotten a bit too used to being allowed to play on an edge that was further out then other teams have been allowed on. The league reeling them back in a bit was valid and needed.

This Blues team can win the Stanley Cup, they are that good, and play that well as a team.....and until they are eliminated I have no criticism. They've had plenty of that and now is not the time.

As I said before, there are very few people who thought this wouldn't be a 7 game series.....and a lot happens in a long series. Tarasenko put it aptly after the game...."we won 1, they won 1, we won 2, they won 2, and we won the last one." Seven games......that's what it takes to eliminate the Stanley Cup champions. Fabulously played series by the Blues.

griffin