from Mark Potash of the Chicago Sun-Times,
For years, the Hawks seemed to have a Patriots-like knack for making an opponent play stupid or tighten its own noose as a series turned in the Hawks’ favor. One moment you’re playing fast and free on the ice and joking around in the off-day press conference with a series lead. The next thing you know, your goalie is running into your best defenseman to set up the Hawks for the key goal in the series.
Forcing a good team to play poorly and scared is the Hawks’ only hope at this point. But they seem to have lost that touch.
“It’s not easy,” Toews said. “[The Predators] are a good team and they want it. They’re pushing themselves to the limit. But we have no choice. We’ve got to find a way to put pressure on them. We’ve got to make them realize that winning that fourth game is the toughest for any team in any series.
“We can be that team to try and frustrate them and put pressure on them, especially in their own building. You never know what can happen. So we’ll just focus on winning the next one.”
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