As I am writing this, it has been a whole hour and a half since the Blackhawks have raised Lord Stanley's Cup. Now that they have done that, I will get to bask in the glory of picking them to win it all. But also now I have to think about next season just like all of the other experts. And after some heavy consideration (all of about 2 seconds) I am ready to label the Chicago Blackhawks as the NEWEST DYNASTY IN SPORTS!!!
I know that free agency hasn't begun yet and there will also be alot of trades that will occur during the hockey off-season, but just looking at what is going to be there for the Blackhawks when training camp starts, I am not making that big of a leap to announce this to the world. I mean just look at the two biggest pieces that they have grown Patrick Kane and Jonathan Toews. These two forwards are the best in the game right now. Of course Kane scored the game winner for the cup and had himself a nice playoffs with 28 points (10 Goals-18 Assists). He was one point behind his teammate Toews, who had 29 points (7 Goals-22 Assists).
Now you would think that after those two guys the talent really drops off, but it doesn't. Just looking at the rest of there players, they have Dustin "Big Buff" Byfuglien who was a beast for the Hawks near the crease. Just in game 5 and game 6 of the finals, Dustin had 3 Goals and 2 Assists and really was starting to pick his game up against one of the premier defenseman in Chris "Chrissy" Pronger. Then you have a man in Duncan "Teeth" Keith who will take shot after shot, lose 7 teeth, and return to make an impact for the team. Thats what I call toughness right there. They also have the defensive tandem of Brent Seabrook and Brian Campbell that really kept Antti Niemi from having to work so hard that he was tired by the end of the series. Then you have a rising star in net in Antti Neimi who during the season had a 2.25 GAA and a .931 Save Percentage.
When you put all of this together next year and for years to come, and the fact that they could go out and sign some premier talent free agent or trade for another star and not lose much in the talent department. You would have to say that we are looking at possibly the start of the greatest dynasty in not only the NHL but possibly in sports.
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Eric@BigBadSportsDaddy.com
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