"We have some young players here with pretty impressive resumes at a young age," Joel Quenneville said recently. "And they're competitive and they want to do well and want to win. That's a good thing."

Marian Hossa is the oldest member of the "core" at 34. Sharp is 31 while star defensemen Duncan Keith and Brent Seabrook are 29 and 28, respectively. Then there's Jonathan Toews and Patrick Kane, both in just their mid 20's.

"The core is special here," Kane said. "They did a great job of keeping it together. I don't see why we can't do it (again). It's a fun feeling going out there every night knowing you have a chance to win a hockey game. Hopefully we can keep that feeling and win a few more because we have something special here. Everyone wants to stick around and be a part of it."

Continued, and good luck given that it's June 28th and that most of you won't even start your off-season training regimens until late July. Ten weeks till training camp. Hope your bumps and bruises and torn ligaments heal reeeeeeeeaaaly fast...