Chicago Blackhawks Morning Links- False Start

Good morning Chicago Blackhawks fans! Well after waiting an entire year for the playoffs to return, the Chicago Blackhawks stunk up the first period and ended up skating away with a 1-0 loss.

The Chicago Blackhawks had a 10 minute lull in their game on Thursday night, and it cost them in the end it’s another 1-0 deficit to start a series. The sad part is that it was almost a year ago to the date that David Backes and the St. Louis Blues beat the Chicago Blackhawks 1-0 in overtime.

Last year, the Chicago Blackhawks because of losing their opening game of the playoffs were forced to a Game #7, and we all know how that ended with a rival of the Chicago Blackhawks moving on in the playoffs.

The frustrating part of the entire game was watching Brent Seabrook and Duncan Keith shooting time and time again into a Nashville Predators player. If it was a drinking game, I would have been wasted if I had to drink every time I heard the word blocked shot. This is definitely something that Joel Quenneville and the coaching staff have to change their attack for Game #2.

All of this is frustrating that the Hawks had two weeks really to prepare for the series, and yet they are behind the 8 ball from the start of another series.

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It’s still a 7 game series and it’s a marathon not a sprint, so here are some morning links to start your Friday morning.