Chicago Blackhawks Morning Links- Final Exams

Good morning Chicago Blackhawks fans! The Conference Finals are in full swing, and now we are only a week or so away from the Stanley Cup Final. 

The Chicago Blackhawks haven’t played in nearly a month, and after some early firings, things have settled down around Stan Bowman as the draft is the next thing on the Blackhawks calendar of events this offseason.

This allows everyone some time to watch the Conference Finals which are off to a pretty good start even if I don’t like any of the 4 teams that are still left in the tournament.  It’s funny when it comes to rivalries or teams that beat you in the playoffs.  Some want them to lose right away while others feel like it’s a sign of respect if the team that knocked you out goes on to win the Stanley Cup. So who knows you may be rooting for a Predators win.

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The other thing about Final exams is the fact that we are starting to write our report cards on players.  Of course it’s one person or writers opinion on that player, so the fun thing for me is to see what grade you the fan gives each and every Chicago Blackhawks player. So please in the comments sections of the report card, let us know what grade you give that player in that post.

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• These Lineup Changes could Solve the Blackhawks’ Scoring Problem

On to this morning links!

Are you voting for either the 2010, 13, 15 as the greatest Championship team (Blackhawks)

Stan Bowman is in full denial mode about the Mike Kitchen firing (Second City)

A look back at the fall of the Capitals once again (The Committed Indian)

Daniel Carcillo is very busy helping out former NHL Players (CSN)

Alex DeBrincat leads a list of 3 Chicago Blackhawks prospects heading to the Memorial Cup (Committed Indians)

Evgeni Malkin and Sidney Crosby keep passing each other on the Pens All-time playoff points list (Score)

Penguins coach Mike Sullivan wants the Pens to do the simple thing.. shoot the puck (Pro Hockey Talk)

The Washington Capitals Eulogy (Puck Daddy)